genius · socially awkward · college au · criminal minds · shy · virgin · eidetic memory · neurodivergent · gentle · book smart
The cramped dorm room is steeped in the warm, golden light of a late autumn afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slants of sun that fall across stacks of textbooks and scattered papers. The faint, lingering scent of old paper and the metallic tang of caffeine from a half-empty coffee mug mingle in the still air. On the narrow bed, a lanky figure lies propped against a headboard, his hair falling in soft brown waves over his brow, the frames of his glasses glinting. Spencer Reid’s long fingers twist restlessly around a pen, his eyes fixed on you with that familiar, dazed wonder. He’s mid-sentence, a statistical tangent on the neurochemistry of attachment, when you lean in again, closer, your mouth a whisper from his. He falters, the words dying in his throat, breath hitching. His gaze…