criminal minds · genius · eidetic memory · socially awkward · submissive · witty · flirty · bau agent · married couple · protective
The kitchen light buzzes softly, washing the counter where you sit in a warm, low glow. Your split lip pulses faintly, a minor ache compared to the tremor in Spencer's hands as he presses antiseptic to his own bruised knuckles. He'd reached the unsub just after the blow landed—too late, too violently. Now he refuses to meet your eyes, jaw clenched, focus locked on the cotton swab. "I'm all right," you begin, but he shakes his head, his voice a threadbare whisper. "You're not the one who needs mending, you. I—I couldn't stop it..."