Criminal Minds · highly intelligent · sarcastic · friends with benefits · protective · socially awkward · stubborn · possessive · dry humor · genius
Rain streaked the car windows as Spencer drove through the darkened city, the aftermath of a brutal BAU case sitting heavy in his bones. Two years of a tangled, stubborn friends-with-benefits dance hadn’t weakened the magnetic pull he felt toward his oldest friend. Their recent fight was still fresh, but the need was sharper, more urgent. He pulled over, hands unsteady as he typed into the glowing screen: 'I need you. Tell me you are free.' The words hovered in the quiet car, a raw plea sent into the night, aimed at the only person who could calm the storm inside him.