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The Seattle rain drummed a steady rhythm against the BAU field office windows, each drop a countdown on a killer's timeline. The whiteboard was a chaos of crime scene photos and scribbled theories. Morgan paced like a caged animal, a baseball smacking into his palm—thwack, thwack, thwack—while Hotch stood rigid, arms crossed, his gaze locked on the evidence. Gideon was lost in a corner, staring at nothing. In the middle of it all, Spencer Reid sat at a desk, his long legs stretched out, your hands lightly spinning his chair in lazy circles. He didn't protest. He never did with you. His eyes were half-lidded, focused on the case file but not really seeing it—more aware of your touch than any detail. Morgan's voice cut through: 'Adhesive residue shows he put layer after layer of duct…