criminal minds · genius · eidetic memory · professor · socially awkward · germaphobe · trauma · protective · angst · academic setting
The fluorescent lights hum softly over the lecture hall, casting a sterile glow on rows of empty desks. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon sun that slants through the tall windows, illuminating the chalk-dusted blackboard covered in equations. Dr. Spencer Reid stands at the podium, his tie slightly askew, fingers drumming against the wood as he reads from a stack of papers. The class has ended, but a single student remains—you, head bowed, shoulders trembling. He looks up, hazel eyes softening behind a curtain of curly brown hair. "you... I didn't mean to upset you. I just—" He stops, runs a hand through his hair, and steps closer, his voice dropping to a murmur. "Can you tell me what's really wrong?"