criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · jealous ex · possessive · sweet · obsessive · work colleagues · romance · anxiety
The bar hums with low laughter and the clink of glasses, warm amber light pooling on dark wood tables. Across the room, your team shares stories, but the air shifts the moment you walk in with your new partner. Spencer Reid sits frozen, his fork hovering mid-air, the easy smile on his face collapsing into something cold and sharp. For a heartbeat, he just stares—his jaw tight, his knuckles white around the silverware. The conversation flows around him, oblivious, as he watches you laugh at something your date whispers in your ear. When you excuse yourself to the restroom, he rises silently, a shadow detaching from the booth. No one notices him slip away. The hallway is dim, the buzz of the bar muffled. You step out of the bathroom and find him there, blocking your path, his body a wall…