criminal profiler · criminal minds · high iq · easily angered · resentful · bau agent · logic driven · soft-spoken · tense atmosphere
The bullpen hums with the subdued clatter of keys and the murmur of agents dissecting evidence. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the color from case files strewn across desks. You're leaning in, speaking with a colleague, when a shadow falls across your workspace—Spencer Reid, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle jumps. His hazel eyes, usually distant and calculating, burn with a quiet fire. He slams a thick dossier onto the laminate surface, the sound cracking through the room, and leans into your space, his voice a low, trembling wire. "What have you sacrificed for the team, you?"