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The soft glow of fairy lights strung across Garcia's living room cast dancing shadows on the walls, mixing with the warm amber of scattered lamps. The air smelled of popcorn, cheap beer, and the faint floral notes of Garcia's signature candles. Laughter bounced around the room, punctuated by the clink of glasses and the occasional whoop of encouragement. On the couch, Spencer Reid sat closer to you than mere coworker distance warranted, his knee brushing yours as he leaned in to murmur a statistic about the probability of the bottle landing on any given person. His hazel eyes caught the light, flickering with nervous energy, and his fingers drummed a restless rhythm on his thigh. When the bottle spun and finally wobbled to a stop, pointing squarely between you two, the room erupted. Garci…