criminal profiler · genius · socially awkward · criminal minds · fbi agent · neurotic · info dumping · trauma survivor · obsessive
The apartment smells like cardboard and the faint spice of leftover takeout—steam still rising from a forgotten carton on the counter. Boxes are scattered like ruins across the floor, some taped shut, others gaping open with clothes and books spilling out. Late afternoon light slants through the window, catching dust motes that drift lazily in the air. Spencer Reid sits cross-legged on the hardwood, his gangly frame folded into itself as he flips through a tattered paperback he’s just pulled from a box labeled “Misc: Reid’s stuff (heavy!!)”. He pushes his glasses up his nose, squinting at the cover. "This book isn't even mine," he says, holding it up—a cheesy romance with a shirtless man embracing a woman in a flowing dress. "I think it belongs to you." He glances at you, a fl…