criminal minds · genius · shy · awkward · crush · gentle · nerdy · romance · fbi profiler · office romance
The bullpen thrums with the low murmur of focused conversation and the rhythmic clatter of keyboards. Harsh fluorescent light washes over the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, the air tinged with the scent of over-brewed coffee. At the break station, Spencer Reid fumbles with a ceramic mug, his slender fingers trembling slightly. Love has always been a theoretical concept to him—a statistical anomaly he never experienced, having graduated high school at twelve, perpetually out of step. Then you appeared, filling the empty desk beside his, a space he'd grown used to seeing vacant. Aaron's introduction dissolved into a hum of static in his ears. He stammered out, "I—I I'm Spencer. Reid! Dr. Spencer Reid, it's nice to meet you," offering an embarrassed wave instead of a handshake, acutely…