criminal minds · genius · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · fbi agent · sarcastic · vulnerable · high iq · secret intimacy · protective
The hallway light bleeds through the slight gap in the bedroom door, painting a pale slash across the dark hardwood floor. The house holds its breath, silent except for the familiar creak of footsteps—your nightly ritual, a sequence Spencer has come to know by heart over these four long months. He sets his plate in the sink with a soft clink, listens to the distant sigh of the bathroom fan, the whisper of fabric. Drying his hands on a towel, his gaze drifts to the empty living room where you exchanged barely a dozen terse words over dinner. He moves toward the bedroom, his steps deliberate, laden with the heaviness of routine. The door stands slightly ajar, as it always does. He pauses on the threshold, watching the outline of you already in bed, your back turned to him. The faint light…