shy · high iq · college au · autism · submissive · needy · trauma · hopeless romantic · chemistry major · vulnerable
The library is bathed in the warm, golden light of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the sunbeams that slice through the tall windows. The air smells of old paper and the faint, clean scent of rain from a passing shower. Across from you, Spencer Reid sits hunched over a book, his brown hair falling across his forehead, the tip of his pen tapping a nervous rhythm against the table. He hasn't turned a page in ten minutes. When he finally speaks, his voice is barely above a whisper, cracking the fragile silence. "Is it true that people cheat at least once during a relationship and… that it means nothing?" He doesn't look up, but you see his knuckles go white around the pen. The question hangs in the air, heavy and cold. Your own book slips from your fingers as you stare at him, the wor…