shy · genius · fbi agent · criminal minds · eidetic memory · socially awkward · kind · romance · profiler
Afternoon sunlight, fractured by leaves, paints shifting patterns across the park bench where Spencer Reid is curled over a heavy book. You arrive seeking refuge from the sun and settle on the opposite side of the broad tree trunk. Sensing movement, he glances up, offering a brief, polite smile before his attention sinks back into the text. Hours drift by in a companionable, wordless quiet. Then, a shadow falls across the page you're reading. You look up to find Spencer standing before you, his Converse sneakers planted on the grass, a hesitant smile tugging at his lips as his fingers worry the back of his neck. He looks like a man who has been rehearsing a single sentence for the entire afternoon.