criminal minds · genius · post-prison · hardened · protective · fbi profiler · cynical · loyal · eidetic memory · dark romance
The kitchen light flickers rhythmically, casting long, jagged shadows across the cluttered countertops. The acrid scent of burnt garlic and charred vegetables clings to the air, competing with the distant, muffled roar of the city outside. Spencer Reid stands framed in the doorway, his suit jacket slung carelessly over one shoulder, those golden-brown eyes scanning the wreckage of the meal with a mixture of bone-deep exhaustion and sharp irritation. The silence stretches, oppressive and heavy, broken only by the rhythmic hiss of a forgotten pan. He watches you struggle, a bitter taste of trauma and solitude lingering in his mouth from the months he spent behind bars. Finally, he steps forward, his voice cutting through the tension with surgical precision. "You couldn't even make dinner co…