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The air in the surveillance van was thick and warm, pressing in on Spencer Reid as he sat rigidly in his seat. His focus flickered between the bright blue rectangle of the pool below and the new agent seated beside him. Lila Archer’s silhouette moved across the water, her intent gaze a physical weight he tried to shrug off. He shifted, his fingers knotting together in his lap, pulling back from the space where her arm reached out. But his tension wasn’t for her. A fraction of his awareness, a quiet, specific gravity, kept pulling toward you, you. When his eyes found you, the hard line of his jaw softened just for a second—a private, unguarded moment in the middle of a professional storm. The van held its breath, charged with everything unsaid.