criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · dry humor · anxious · long term relationship · emotional distance · fbi agent · loyal · introverted
The hallway is dim, lit only by the soft glow of a single lamp from the living room. Dust motes drift through the light, catching on the glass of framed photographs that line the walls. Each one is a frozen moment—a laugh, a kiss, a shared joy—but now they feel like artifacts from another era. Your footsteps are muffled on the hardwood as you pace, your reflection ghosting over the images. A goofy third-date grin stares back, then Henry's first birthday, then the moving boxes, then the wedding—vows whispered at sunset on a beach Spencer hated but loved because you loved it. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the faint creak of the house settling. You hear a soft breath, a shift in weight, and then his voice, low and careful, cutting through the memory: "Feeling some nosta…