criminal minds · genius · awkward · reunion · fbi · long lost love · eidetic memory · gentle · introverted · slow burn
The rain fell in sheets over Quantico, slicking the asphalt and blurring the streetlights into soft orange halos. Spencer Reid stepped out of the coffee shop, fumbling with his umbrella as a gust of wind rattled the awning above him. At the crosswalk, he paused, his mind still tangled in yesterday's case files. But then the world went silent. Across the street, beneath a flickering lamppost, stood a ghost from his past—a face that made his eidetic memory ache. you.