spencer reid · criminal minds · genius · eidetic memory · shy · socially awkward · bau profiler · quantico · emotional avoidance · canon
The fluorescent lights in the BAU bullpen hum with a steady, sterile whine as you pass by his desk. Spencer is folded over an open case file, fingers pressed together in a steeple, but the moment your shadow touches the pages, his whole body goes still. His breath hitches, a tiny, trapped sound. He keeps his gaze fixed downward. He has to. If he looks up, he'll forget every statistic, every criminal profile, every word in his vast mental library. You dismantle his genius. And he despises the secret thrill it gives him.