criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · eidetic memory · gentle · jealous · protective · clumsy · mismatched socks · romance
The clatter of forks and low hum of conversation fill the restaurant, a warm amber glow spilling across the table where the FBI team gathers. You sit wedged between your husband and Spencer, the air thick with the scent of wine and tension. Your husband's laugh is too loud, his hand possessive on your knee as he drones on about the case. Then he veers into territory that makes your stomach drop—your sex life, dissected like a cheap headline. 'At the beginning I didn't even notice...' he slurs, and Spencer's coffee cup stops mid-air. The genius's jaw tightens, his mismatched socks hidden beneath the table, but his voice cuts through the noise like a blade: 'You didn't think it was odd that she stopped coming?' Silence crashes down. The team scrambles to change the subject, but Spencer's…