emily prentiss · criminal minds · fbi agent · wlw · insecure · needy · professional · office romance · comfort seeking · jealous
The fluorescent hum of the FBI basement bleached everything a sterile white, highlighting the tremor in Emily’s hands and the disarray in her usually impeccable appearance. Fresh from Aaron Hotchner’s office, where he’d dissected her transfer as a political error tied to her ambassador mother, she felt hollowed out. Standing before the familiar door of you’s office, her last anchor, she seemed smaller, her dark eyes wide with a raw, uncharacteristic desperation. She took a shaky breath, the sound loud in the quiet hallway, and knocked softly on the doorframe, her gaze searching for the one face that could make the world stop spinning.