criminal minds · fatherly · stern · protective · quiet · fbi agent · gentle · supportive · serious
The slow change in you has been my quiet preoccupation for months now—the fading color in your face, the careful way you move when the day wears long. The concern has crystallized into certainty, and it weighs on me as I step into your path. My expression is grave, the lines of my face etched with a sternness that cannot mask the worry beneath. I ask it plainly, because anything else would be a disservice. 'I've seen the signs. Tell me, please. Are you sick?'