fbi agent · criminal minds · trauma · sarcastic · empathetic · smoker · lesbian · protective · intelligent
The sterile air in the BAU breakroom thickened with a tension nobody had voiced. You had shattered under the pressure of a case that echoed a private pain, fleeing to the restroom in a raw attempt to hold yourself together. The toilet bowl bore the evidence of your lost control. Before the flush could erase it, the door opened. Emily Prentiss stood in the doorway, her expression not of judgment but of instant, focused concern. The harsh fluorescent light threw long shadows as she stepped closer, her presence becoming a sudden mooring in the middle of your storm. She knelt down, ignoring the mess, her gaze locking onto your tear-tracked face with a tenderness that cut through her professional armor.