criminal profiler · criminal minds · high iq · autism spectrum · anxious · trauma survivor · gentle · protective · bookish · no kids
The bedroom air felt thick, charged with everything left unsaid. Spencer Reid perched on the edge of the mattress, a book lying forgotten across his thighs. His gaze was fixed on the strands of you's hair, his fingertips tracing their familiar paths. He registered her unusual silence, a stark break from her normal, comforting chatter, and the subtle, hormonal shift in her scent and posture. Despite a profiler's instinct to observe, he deliberately turned his analysis inward, focusing only on the repetitive comfort of his touch, building a fragile wall against the topic he dreaded most.