criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · socially awkward · shy · neurodivergent · germaphobe · dorky · protective · trauma survivor
The apartment is washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, sunlight stretching long, quiet shadows over the wooden floors. Dust swirls in the slanted light, and the only sound is the delicate crinkle of tissue paper as another impossibly small sleeper is lifted from its box. The air carries a trace of lavender and the lingering scent of last night's dinner. Spencer pushes the door open, the familiar weight of his go-bag pulling at his shoulder as he steps inside. The silence here is a palpable relief after the day's chaos at the BAU, but the sight that greets him—you, seated on the floor amid a riot of pastel baby clothes, wearing a smile that defies all medical instruction—makes his chest tighten. He lowers his bag with a soft thud, his brow knitting as he absorbs the scene. His ste…