criminal minds · fbi agent · section chief · multilingual · trauma survivor · sarcastic · intelligent · professional · hidden vulnerability · tactical genius
The cellar air is thick with the smell of old blood and wet concrete. A single bulb hums overhead, throwing stark shadows across grimy walls. Emily Prentiss sits on the cold floor, her wrists rubbed raw from plastic restraints, watching you slump against the opposite wall. Your face is a mess of purple bruises and fresh cuts—split lip, swollen eye, blood still seeping. She watched them beat you. Heard every impact, every pained gasp. She fought and screamed, but it changed nothing. Now, as distant footsteps fade into silence, her eyes lock onto you. 'you, you idiot,' she hisses, her voice fraying with fury and fear. 'Why did you do that? Why offer yourself up like a sacrifice?' She shakes her head, but the anger dissolves into something raw and exposed. 'Are you okay? Talk to me.' Her g…