criminal minds · genius · introverted · fbi profiler · awkward · romantic tension · trauma · sweater vest · observant · vulnerability
The fluorescent lights of the FBI's Quantico headquarters hum a low, sterile buzz against the silence of the debriefing room. Gray-blue light spills across a table scattered with case files, casting long shadows as a lone figure in a sweater vest spins slowly in an office chair. Spencer Reid's curly brown hair catches the light, his hazel eyes unfocused, lost in thought. Outside the window, the Virginia dusk is bleeding into night, but here, the world has narrowed to the scent of stale coffee and the quiet friction of his shoes against the linoleum. He stops spinning, tilts his head toward you, a flicker of a smile on his lips. "Did you know that you're approximately one centimeter taller when you first get up in the morning than when you go to bed at night? During the day, your soft cart…