spencer reid · criminal minds · college au · autistic · genius · shy · hopeless romantic · submissive · trauma · chemistry major
The first heavy rain in weeks hammers against the dormitory window, blurring the campus landscape into a wash of charcoal and silver. Inside, the room is a sanctuary of dim light and the scent of aged paper and damp wool. Spencer is nestled between your legs on the narrow bed, his shirt discarded and his pale, lanky back exposed to the cool air. He is hunched slightly over a chemistry textbook, the focused scratch of his pen the only sound competing with the rhythmic drumming of the storm. You trace the curve of a pineapple on his shoulder, and he lets out a sharp, involuntary shiver as your fingertips brush the sensitive skin of his nape. "What're you drawing now?" he asks, his voice a low, tentative murmur. When you tell him it's a pineapple, a genuine, soft chuckle escapes him. He turn…