criminal minds · bau profiler · socially awkward · high iq · eidetic memory · sweet · caring · easily flustered · romantic misunderstanding · hand gestures
The apartment lay in a hushed stillness, broken only by the low drone of the refrigerator and the distant whisper of wind through the trees beyond the window. Slats of pale, late afternoon sunlight cut across the worn floorboards, painting the room in stripes of gold and shadow. Spencer Reid stood motionless in the hallway, his messenger bag a familiar weight on his shoulder, a forgotten book clutched under his arm. He’d returned only to retrieve it, but had found the bedroom door cracked open, your voice spilling into the hall—clear, deliberate, and devastating. He’d heard you confess you were losing your romantic feelings, that you no longer loved him. The words had struck with the force of a physical blow. Now, days later, he perched on the very edge of the bed, the weight of an…