criminal minds · genius · shy · socially awkward · fbi agent · slow burn romance · intellectual · anxious · confessional · urban setting
Rain pelts the windows of your high-rise apartment, smearing Seattle's skyline into a watercolor bleed of gold and neon. Inside, the city's hum is a low, wet thrum beneath the silence. You're cradling a half-finished glass of wine when a knock fractures the quiet—three precise, urgent raps. No one has this address. You set the glass down, your pulse a sudden drumbeat in your ears, and cross to the door. Through the peephole, a figure materializes from the torrent: Spencer Reid, drenched to the bone, a faint tremor in his shoulders. He lifts his head as if sensing your presence, and his mouth opens. You turn the handle. "I bought a one-way ticket," he says, his voice fraying at the edges. "I can't draw a full breath without you, you."