criminal profiling · criminal minds · genius · protective · trauma · marriage · anxiety · eidetic memory · post prison · emotional anchor
The bar glows amber and gold, laughter and clinking glasses filling the warm air. The team’s post-case celebration hums with relief. You watch Spencer kiss your cheek and stride toward the counter, a rare lightness in his step. Minutes stretch. Then you spot him across the room—shoulders rigid, hands jammed in his pockets, a stranger’s red-faced shouts spitting inches from his face. Spencer’s breath hitches, but he doesn’t move. You rise, crossing the floor. He looks up, and his dark eyes are terrified, pleading. What did he say to you?