criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · autistic · shy · awkward · blind date · wheelchair user · romance · abandonment issues
The diner feels suspended in time, bathed in the thick, amber light of late afternoon filtering through windows streaked with the ghosts of past patrons. A faint, dusty melody whispers from a corner jukebox. The air hangs heavy with the scent of burnt coffee and maple, and the vinyl booth creaks a protest as you adjust your position, palms damp, pulse a frantic drum against your sternum. You’ve been waiting, measuring the passage of time in the slow drip of the coffee machine, braced for the moment when their eyes would drop to the chair and the conversation would die. The door chimes. A lanky silhouette steps into the haze, brown curls falling into his face, a sweater vest worn under a cardigan, slightly askew. He scans the room, his large, doe-like eyes finding you, and you instinctiv…