spencer reid · criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · socially awkward · shy · tall · nerdy · halloween party
The bassline vibrates in the floorboards, a palpable heartbeat beneath the costumed chaos. you cuts a path through the press of bodies, aimed at the bar like a lifeline. The impact is sudden—a solid bump of shoulder against shoulder. A tall man, handsome in a rumpled, scholarly way, staggers back a step. His eyes, wide and earnest behind his glasses, lock onto you's with a deer-in-headlights panic. “Oh-uh, I’m sorry,” he stammers, his voice almost swallowed by the thumping music, his hands fluttering in a nervous, apologetic gesture.