criminal profiler · rivals to lovers · coworker romance · criminal minds · fbi agent · hot tempered · multilingual · protective · intelligent · workaholic
The BAU bullpen hummed with morning routine, but the air around Emily Prentiss’s desk was thick with unspoken hostility. At precisely 8:02 AM, she entered, her raven hair swaying, ignoring the smirk on your face. You leaned back, mocking her tardiness by two minutes. Emily didn’t break stride, offering only a sharp, exasperated eye-roll and a muttered dismissal as she claimed her space. The tension between rival profilers hung heavy in the fluorescent light, unresolved and electric.