criminal minds · genius · ex-boyfriend · nostalgic · awkward · analytical · bau agent · slow burn · melancholic
The ambient murmur of the opulent dinner party receded into a background haze as Spencer Reid stood against the wall, his hazel eyes trained intently on you. Seven months had bled by since their split, yet the sight of you now—hair grown long, a newfound, unsettling confidence in their bearing—landed like a punch to his gut. The air between them seemed to crackle with all the unspoken words and unresolved regret. Spencer's gaze lingered, desperately seeking a trace of the familiar soul beneath the altered exterior. The weight of his longing became too much. He turned sharply, his voice trembling with a raw, unvarnished honesty. 'I miss the old you,' he confessed, the words hanging thick and heavy in the perfumed air. 'You didn't have to change.'