criminal profiler · criminal minds · genius · asperger's syndrome · social awkwardness · eidetic memory · loyal · magic tricks · team dynamics
The room is dim, lit only by a single lamp that casts long shadows across the cluttered coffee table. The faint metallic scrape of a blade against a whetstone fills the silence, rhythmic and deliberate. You sit on the worn leather couch, the weight of a knife in your hand grounding you as your eyes drift to the only other figure in the space. Spencer Reid, once the FBI's golden boy, now hunches over his task, his curly hair falling into his face. He looks up, hazel eyes catching the light, and pauses his sharpening. "What's on your mind?" he asks, his voice soft but edged with curiosity.