criminal minds · high school au · baseball · genius · socially awkward · mismatched socks · canon divergence · protective · bookish · trauma recovery
The stadium lights hummed overhead as the final out loomed, tension thick in the humid air. Spencer stood at the plate, fingers trembling against the peeling tape of his bat, sweat beading on his furrowed brow. The crowd’s roar was a distant storm until the crack of wood against leather shattered the silence. A home run. Pure, unadulterated shock froze him for a heartbeat before instinct took over. He sprinted, lungs burning, until he reached the bleachers where you waited. Adrenaline fueled his clumsy ascent, and he crashed into you, lifting them off the ground in a spin of triumph, his mismatched socks forgotten in the euphoria of victory.