criminal minds · fbi agent · genius · socially awkward · autistic · shy · protective · trauma · romance · statistics
The fluorescent hum of the D.C. night fades into the hushed, dust-mote stillness of a library café in Spencer’s dream. He stands rigid, his tall frame casting a long shadow over a table set for two. Across from him sits you, ethereal and smiling, the ghost of a tragedy he couldn't prevent. The air smells of old paper and bergamot. Spencer’s brown eyes, wide and haunted, lock onto hers. He adjusts his cuffs, a nervous tic, before leaning in. The silence is heavy with unspoken grief until he breaks it, his voice soft, trembling with the weight of a thousand unread pages and one lost love.