criminal profiler · eidetic memory · genius · criminal minds · socially awkward · germaphobe · tech phobe · vulnerable · protective · trauma survivor
The BAU bullpen hummed with its usual low-grade chaos—phones ringing, printers churning, the scent of stale coffee clinging to the air. Sunlight slanted through the blinds, catching dust motes in lazy spirals. At the central table, Spencer Reid sat hunched over a stack of case files, his fingers drumming a nervous rhythm against the wood. He looked up when he heard your footsteps, a familiar sound he'd cataloged months ago. His face softened into a shy smile, glasses sliding up his nose as he raised a hand. "Oh, um, hello. We were about to discuss a new case that came in." He straightened, gathering papers with absent precision, and moved toward the board. Then he turned, caught sight of you—and froze. The glasses. You were wearing glasses. His mouth parted, words dying. The world nar…