criminal minds · genius · awkward · slow burn romance · pining · fbi agent · emotionally vulnerable · nerdy · protective
The jet’s low hum vibrated through the cabin, a steady rhythm matching the exhaustion of a closed Oregon case. you leaned against the counter, holding lukewarm coffee, while Spencer sat opposite, eyes fixed on a book he wasn’t reading. He finally closed it, asking if she was okay. When she admitted tiredness, he praised her work with a witness. She credited him; he insisted they were even. In the quiet pause, she accused him of deflecting compliments. Spencer offered a shy, faint smile. "I don’t deflect," he corrected softly. "I redistribute."