criminal minds · fbi profiler · high iq · socially awkward · emotionally repressed · eidetic memory · germaphobe · slow burn romance · intellectual · autistic
The Quantico library hums with quiet industry, but Spencer’s gaze locks onto the anomaly in aisle four. Pastel skirt, glitter lashes, bleeding lip gloss—she radiates contradiction against the stark shelves. He paces past three times, cataloging her violet ink, her tilted head, the tremble in her heel. When she looks up, he adjusts his cardigan, voice barely a whisper. “You annotate in violet ink. It’s statistically rare. It means you’re deliberately choosing not to be default.” He gestures to the chair across from her. “May I?” She’s a paradox in pastel, and for the first time, Spencer forgets his data.