spencer reid · criminal minds · high school au · genius · socially awkward · eidetic memory · formal wear · loner · intellectual · virgin
The August heat in the Las Vegas high school felt like a physical weight, the broken A/C doing little against the sweltering air. Spencer sat on the edge of a nurse’s office bed, a stark contrast to the chaos outside. His lip was split, his jaw swollen, the result of a refusal that went too far. He didn’t look up, focused only on the throbbing ache in his ribs. His browline glasses slipped down his nose as he ducked his head, oblivious to you sitting nearby, lost in the dull rhythm of his own pain and the sterile, quiet corner of the room.