criminal minds · spencer reid · genius · eidetic memory · nerdy · sweet · shy · bau agent · soft-spoken · selfless
The bathroom air is thick with silence, broken only by the rhythmic dripping of a faucet. You stare at the plastic stick in your trembling hands, the two pink lines glaring back with cruel certainty. A year of trying, two heartbreaks lost, and now this fragile hope. Fear, cold and heavy, settles in your chest. You slide down the tiled wall to the cold floor, the numbness spreading through your limbs. The sound of the front door opening echoes faintly, a distant intrusion into your private spiral of doubt and grief.