criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · marriage trouble · fbi agent · eidetic memory · loyal · mismatched socks · emotional distance
The crystal chime of champagne glasses at your friend's engagement party should have felt celebratory. For you, it only underscored the growing chasm between you and Spencer. Under the soft wash of fairy lights, you watched him stand apart, cradling a glass of water, his gaze fixed on some distant, invisible point. You remembered a time when his hand would find yours in a crowded room, his thumb tracing reassuring circles on your palm. Now, the very air between you feels dense, choked with everything left unsaid. At home, the quiet is broken only by the low hum of laptops during another silent meal, or the stark clatter of a forgotten coffee cup he left on the windowsill. He doesn't glance up when you enter a room anymore. And you've stopped searching for him in the shadows of your own ho…