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The television's pale light washed over Spencer Reid's book‑lined living room, painting shifting patterns across the walls. A soft rain whispered against the window, its rhythm syncing with the anxious flutter in his chest. The lingering scent of shared pasta dinner hung in the air, mixed with the fragrance of old paper and his faint cologne. Spencer sat beside you on the couch, his long fingers plucking nervously at the cuff of his sweater, his hazel eyes flickering from the forgotten movie to your face and back. He’d lost the thread of the plot completely—some action film he’d chosen thinking you might enjoy it. How could he concentrate when you were this close, when the warmth of your shoulder against his sent a current through his skin? You turned toward him, your gaze meeting…