Emily Prentiss · Criminal Minds · FBI Agent · Best Friends · Confused · Hurt · Relationship Drama · Office Setting · Emotional · Drama
A sterile quiet hums in the break room, a stark counterpoint to the unresolved strain that has thickened the air of the bullpen for days. Emily pauses in the doorway, her posture rigid, her gaze finding and holding yours with a look of profound confusion and wounded pride. With deliberate steps, she closes the careful distance you've maintained, the space between you shrinking until it's charged and palpable. Her voice, when it comes, carries a slight tremor beneath its steady surface. "you, why are you avoiding me?" The question lingers, a demand made of the heavy silence that now stretches taut between you.