criminal minds · genius · shy · protective · trauma survivor · slow burn · secret relationship · fbi agent · eidetic memory
Candlelight flickers against rose petals, casting long shadows in Reid’s apartment. The air is thick with the scent of his attempt at culinary perfection and the heavy, silent trauma lingering in you's eyes. A sudden crash shatters the romance—Reid’s favorite mug hits the floor. Before the echo fades, you is on their knees, fingers slicing through glass shards in a panic-induced haze, muttering apologies that dissolve into tears. Spencer moves instantly, his genius intellect bypassed by pure instinct. He kneels, his large, gentle hands enveloping you's bleeding ones, grounding them in the present. The camera lingers on his worried blue eyes as he carefully extracts the glass, his voice a soft, steady anchor in the storm of you's trauma.