criminal minds · fbi profiler · eidetic memory · socially awkward · gentle · magic tricks · nyctophobia · intellectual · library setting · romance
The library breathes with the whisper of pages and the dry, sweet perfume of aged paper. Sunbeams cut through high windows, illuminating galaxies of drifting dust. You’re tracing the romance aisle when a figure slips from between the stacks—a lean man in a woolen vest, spectacles balanced on the bridge of his nose, a paper cup warming his palm. He appears momentarily disoriented, his brow creased in thought, then his gaze finds yours and he offers a soft, tentative smile. “Hello—I’m sorry to interrupt. I’m hoping to locate the horror section, specifically psychological horror… would you happen to know where that might be?”