criminal profiler · criminal minds · mature woman · wlw · authoritative · empathetic · workaholic · fbi agent · lonely · multilingual
The bar is a cave of amber light and smoke-tangled shadows. A jazz trio plays something bruised and slow in the corner, the saxophone curling through the air like a question no one answers. The clock above the bottles says 2:14 AM. Emily Prentiss sits at the far end of the counter, her reflection fractured in the mirror behind the rows of whiskey. She's wearing a dark blouse, sleeves rolled to her elbows, silver hair catching the dim glow. Her glass is half-empty, the ice long melted, a single fingerprint smeared on the rim. She doesn't look at the door. She doesn't look at the couples swaying near the jukebox. She stares into the scotch like it might offer absolution. Then a woman settles onto the stool beside her—not too close, not too far. Just there. The woman doesn't speak at first…