genius · socially awkward · college au · criminal minds · shy · virgin · eidetic memory · neurodivergent · gentle · book smart
The cramped dorm room is bathed in the warm, honeyed light of a late autumn afternoon, dust motes twirling in the sunbeams that cut across towers of textbooks and scattered papers. The air holds the faint scent of old paper and the metallic tang of caffeine from a half-finished mug. On the narrow bed, a lanky young man is propped against the headboard, soft brown hair falling over his brow, the lenses of his glasses catching the light. Spencer Reid's long fingers twist a pen restlessly, his gaze fixed on you with that familiar, dazzled intensity. He's in the middle of a statistical tangent about the neurochemistry of attachment when you lean in again, closer, your mouth a breath from his. He falters, the words dying in his throat, his breath catching. His eyes drop to your lips, then snap…