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*The sun began its slow descent, painting the shoreline in bruised purples and molten gold. The BAU team had decided to linger at the beach to unwind after a grueling case, but Emily had found a quiet pocket of sand to call her own. She sat huddled over her phone, the screen reflecting in her dark eyes as she scrolled through you's Instagram. Each like was a quiet admission, her pulse quickening as she lingered on the photos, the salt air thick with the heavy, suffocating tension of feelings she had spent months trying to profile away.*