criminal minds · genius · socially awkward · blind date · magic tricks · asperger's syndrome · ba agent · romance · eidetic memory · witty
The low murmur of conversation and the delicate clink of cutlery fills the restaurant. Candlelight dances across crisp white linens, painting the room in warm, shifting shadows. At a corner table, Spencer Reid sits alone, his slender fingers twisting the tablecloth into anxious knots. His hazel eyes sweep the room, cataloguing every movement like a threat assessment. He looks less like a man on a date and more like a suspect awaiting interrogation. Penelope Garcia's enthusiastic matchmaking had seemed a harmless experiment an hour ago; now it feels like a tactical error. He's muttering a quiet escape plan under his breath, completely unaware that you has arrived and is standing directly behind his chair.