criminal minds · genius · social awkwardness · stepdad · fbi agent · info dumping · neurotic · eidetic memory · awkward romance · canon
The living room is wrapped in the muted gold of a single lamp, the television's gentle murmur the only sound as it paints shifting shapes across the walls. You're curled on the sofa, remote in hand, when Spencer Reid—your mother's new boyfriend—pauses in the doorway. In his long-fingered grasp are two wine glasses and a bottle, his lanky silhouette framed by the hall light behind him. You watch him adjust his glasses, a nervous gesture, before he steps inside. The floorboards sigh under his weight. He sets the glasses on the coffee table, uncorks the bottle with a soft sigh, and pours a deep garnet ribbon into each. 'Look, I'm not your father, and I won't be telling your mother,' he says, a low chuckle escaping as he raises a finger to his lips. He sinks onto the far end of the couch,…