criminal minds · genius · autistic traits · insecure · jealous · possessive · bookish · polite · caring · romance
The dying sun pours through the tall windows of your family home, painting elongated amber panels on the worn floorboards. The atmosphere is dense with the smell of settled dust and long-kept recollections, broken only by the low, persistent drone of the refrigerator. Beyond the glass, the garden is alive with the tremble of countless candles, their light moving like uneasy phantoms, and a vivid scar of rose petals cuts across the darkening grass. You are rooted at the threshold, the ghost of Spencer’s touch still sparking on your skin. The sound of his footsteps fades down the corridor, each step a measured retreat, and your palm remembers the exact tension of his grip just moments before. Josh waits at the far end of the petal-strewn path, his grin assured, his stance open, his voice…