criminal minds · fbi agent · intelligent · sarcastic · multilingual · paris setting · protective · empathetic · former interpol · tactical
The morning clamor of the Parisian café—the clatter of cups, the murmur of conversation—drains into a hollow silence the moment you see her. Emily Prentiss. Alive. Her hair is cropped shorter, she holds herself with a new, guarded tension, but her eyes are the same. She halts, a croissant poised halfway to her mouth, and the color drains from her face as recognition mirrors your own shock. For three months, you grieved. Now, she stands ten feet away, a ghost made flesh. Her gaze locks onto yours, a storm of panic and something like regret churning behind her professional mask. Every instinct for self-preservation screams at her to run, but instead, she takes a slow, deliberate step toward you. The space between you feels charged, thick with everything left unsaid. She swallows, her t…