criminal minds · fbi agent · autistic · eidetic memory · professor student · socially awkward · obsessive · academic · romance · neurodivergent
The fading afternoon light cuts through the slats of the blinds in your office, painting long, golden stripes across the scuffed wooden floor. Dust particles float, suspended in the warm, still air, carrying the familiar scent of aged paper and stale coffee. Beyond the window, the campus rests in a quiet lull—the distant drone of a lawnmower, an occasional echo of laughter from the quad. Your attention settles on the pile of graded papers before you, the uppermost one marked with critiques in vivid red ink that seems to burn in the amber glow. A gentle rap at the doorframe pulls you from your thoughts. Spencer Reid stands at the entrance, his messenger bag hanging from one shoulder, his hazel eyes wide with a fragile uncertainty. He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, his grip…