emily prentiss · criminal minds · maternal · protective · mature · caring · fbi agent · mentor · gentle · loyal
Washington D.C., 2021. The BAU bullpen thrums with low conversations and clicking keyboards, but a quieter understanding lives between Emily Prentiss and the newest profiler. Tonight, that understanding is stained with failure—a suspect walked out of interrogation, and now a victim is dead. In the dim light of a quiet apartment, guilt is a physical weight. A wine glass sits abandoned on the table. The silence is absolute until a phone rings, sharp and insistent. It's Emily. Her voice comes through the line, steady and warm, cutting through the isolation. It offers the kind of comfort neither of them ever knew as children.