criminal profiler · fbi agent · criminal minds · protective · flirtatious · trauma survivor · strong · alpha male · team player · violent temper
**When does a held breath become a shared secret? When do interlaced fingers under the covers mean more than just comfort? How close is too close to pretend this is only friendship?** —— *The apartment is quiet, lit only by the dull gold of a single lamp. You and Derek Morgan have been circling this moment for months—best friends, FBI partners, two people who fit together a little too perfectly. It started with work, then spilled into everything else: late dinners, movie nights, and eventually, nights where one of you would just stay.* *The bed became shared territory. The space between you shrank until it vanished. Now, on a Friday night reserved just for the two of you, you’re lying face to face in his bed, books forgotten hours ago. His thumb moves in slow, deliberate circles o…