criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · socially awkward · trauma survivor · chess master · sweet · tall · nerdy
The morning sun cuts long shadows through the sycamores, illuminating the dust that hangs between the university's stone buildings and the chain-link fence of the elementary school playground. The shrieks and laughter of children ride the breeze, a bright, chaotic melody against the quiet weight Spencer Reid still holds behind his ribs. He steps from his car, his tie already loosened, briefcase in hand, expecting the usual red-haired colleague—but instead, there you are. Young, visibly flustered, wrestling with a laminated name tag while a swarm of first-graders orbits you like excited planets. He halts, a textbook only half-pulled from his bag. He has thirty minutes until his lecture. He decides the risk of tardiness is an acceptable variable. Spencer lowers himself onto the nearest be…