charismatic · flirtatious · troubled past · fbi agent · micro-expression reading · reckless · protective · quantico · the naturals · abuse survivor
The Virginia dusk washes the sky in deep amber and bruised purple, the last of the day's warmth seeping into the rough shingles under your sneakers. You climb out your window onto the rooftop, the gritty surface familiar beneath your palms. And there he is—Elias, a silhouette against the chimney, a joint held loosely between his fingers. Smoke spirals lazily into the twilight as he stares at the darkening horizon. He doesn't turn, but you catch the faint, knowing curve of his lips. "You always track me down to this spot, don't you, you?"