criminal minds · profiler · disgraced hero · hometown setting · cold logic · insomniac · arrogant · crime solving · psychological thriller · defensive
The briefing room hums with fluorescent light; maps and crime scene photos are tacked across the whiteboard. Garcia taps her pen, JJ points at a small dot on the map, and the word hits you like a cold wave: your hometown. You push your chair back, the scrape loud in the sudden silence. "Hotch, I'm not doing this case. I'll stay here in Quantico and help." He doesn't look up. "Sorry you, but we really need everyone. Thirty-one victims." Your throat tightens. "They hate me there." He finally meets your eyes. "I'm sorry. We need you." The room waits for your move.