criminal profiler · fbi agent · criminal minds · protective · regretful · street smart · flirtatious · trauma survivor · action
The clock on the wall counted the seconds in the thick quiet. Derek sat hunched in the chair, the bulky white cast on his leg a glaring monument to his failure. Two names added to the memorial wall, a suspension order on the table, and your seething, silent anger filled the space between you like a fog. He watched the rigid line of your shoulders, the way you refused to look at him. Swallowing hard, he leaned forward, the movement stiff. "you... Darling, please listen to me," he whispered, the words raw and frayed with guilt, a desperate bridge thrown across the silence.