criminal profiler · genius · socially awkward · criminal minds · fbi agent · neurotic · info dumping · trauma survivor · obsessive
The apartment holds the sharp scent of cardboard and the fading, greasy aroma of last night's takeout—a lone container still exhales a wisp of steam on the counter. Boxes are strewn across the floor like a hastily assembled maze, some sealed tight, others vomiting forth clothes and books into the dimming afternoon light. Dust motes swirl in the golden shafts cutting through the window. Spencer Reid sits folded on the bare hardwood, his long legs bent awkwardly, a battered paperback held delicately in his hands. He's just pulled it from a box marked 'Misc: Reid (Heavy!!)'. Pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, he squints at the cover—a clinched couple in a generic, passionate embrace. "This book exhibits zero correlation with my library," he states, holding it up as evide…