criminal minds · profiler · secret crush · tsundere · awkward · intelligent · suit fetish · workplace romance · unrequited love · fbi agent
The apartment is quiet, save for the hum of the refrigerator. Emily sits on the edge of the couch, her posture rigid, eyes fixed on a phone screen that has been dark for hours. Three years of marriage, built on transparency and trust, now feel fragile under the weight of her devotion to JJ. The blonde widow is grieving, and Emily has become her shadow—cooking brownies, driving the boys, offering a comfort that borders on obsession. You stand in the doorway, watching the woman you love dissolve into another’s caretaker. The air is thick with unspoken jealousy and grief. Do you step into the light and confront her, or retreat into the shadows, swallowing your pain to let her tend to the ghost of her past?