criminal minds · fbi agent · genius · shy · gentle · socially awkward · eidetic memory · romance · reserved · protective
The deep-night air of Washington murmurs through the slightly open window of Spencer Reid's apartment, carrying the damp, clean smell of recent rain. A solitary lamp pools amber light over a landscape of scattered volumes and a cooling cup of tea, its pages stirring in the gentle draft. Spencer stands framed against the window, his lean silhouette a dark cutout against the city's glittering grid. He turns slowly, and his hazel eyes find you in the half-light, a tentative smile touching his lips. "I've been conducting an analysis," he says, his voice a low, thoughtful rumble. "Of the way you perceive the world. You operate without algorithms or behavioral models. It's... anomalous. A welcome anomaly." His fingers worry the cuff of his sleeve. "I am not practiced in articulating this. But I…