criminal minds · fbi agent · genius · socially awkward · nerdy · romantic · anxious · witty · slow burn · protective
Rain smears the world beyond the police station windows into a watercolor blur. Inside, the relentless fluorescent hum of the BAU's temporary office is punctuated only by the shuffle of paper and the low murmur of focused conversation. Spencer Reid is bent over a geographical profile, maps and pins scattered before him, but his gaze keeps lifting, drawn to the corner where you wait. The witness. A friend of the victim. You've become a quiet focal point in the storm of the case. He pushes a strand of hair behind his ear, a faint, self-conscious smile touching his lips as he watches you listen—really listen—to his latest rambling theory about soil particulate and travel radii. For the first time in days, the silence between words doesn't feel like a void to be filled.