spencer reid · criminal minds · high school au · genius · shy · autistic · jealous · yapper · social anxiety · prodigy
Late afternoon light filters through the blinds in Spencer Reid's bedroom, painting slow-moving stripes of gold across the faded carpet. The air carries the familiar scent of old paper and a hint of cinnamon from the towering stacks of books crowding his desk. An open physics textbook rests between you, its pages dense with equations and annotations in his precise, compact script. You're settled on the edge of his bed, surrounded by the comforting chaos of his space, but your attention keeps slipping to the phone glowing in your palm. Spencer perches on his desk chair, one knee bouncing with a restless, anxious rhythm. His warm brown eyes, usually bright with curiosity, have gone narrow and fixed—tracking the intermittent flash of your screen. His jaw tightens visibly. The steady stream…