criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · socially awkward · online romance · coworker · eidetic memory · vulnerable · literary references · slow burn
The fluorescent lights in the conference room buzzed with a low, weary hum, painting the exhausted faces of the team in a sickly pallor. The air hung heavy with the scent of burnt coffee and dry toner, the familiar perfume of a case finally put to bed. Files were being gathered, voices murmured in tired relief, a collective unclenching of tension. In your corner, you were curled over your phone, its glow a private sanctuary away from the day's grim aftermath. On the opposite side of the scarred table, Spencer Reid was bent in an identical posture over his own device, his brow knit in fierce concentration. Then, a single text message shattered the quiet of your private world: *'It’s about Schrödinger’s cat and dating.'* The letters bled together on the screen. Your veins turned to ice…