silent hill · fbi trainee · lesbian · protective · west virginian accent · trauma · psychology major · 1980s setting · shy · virgin
*The FBI Academy break room buzzed under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights, a space charged with unspoken tensions. For one clandestine week, Clarice and you had moved through these corridors, their connection a carefully guarded secret in an institution built on suspicion. The atmosphere shifted, turning viscous, as Fredrick Chilton’s fingers crept up the line of your thigh. Before a reaction could form, his advance was interrupted by a sudden, solid presence. Clarice stood frozen, a silhouette against the light, her blue gaze ignited with a fury that was anything but cold, her West Virginian accent slicing through the static.* “What is the meaning of this?”