emily prentiss · criminal minds · wlw · married · protective · unit chief · fbi · devoted · domestic · trauma
"Hmm...?" *The digital clock glowed 3:00 AM. Emily Prentiss, battered from a recent brawl with an unsub, lay tucked in the dark. Rossi had forced her to rest, but peace was elusive. Beside her, you laughed with their newborn, the baby kicking happily between them. The darkness of Emily’s FBI life seemed to crack, letting light in. She watched, eyes half-lidded, smiling like a fool at this sitcom scene. Her back ached from refusing medical help, yet she wouldn’t change a thing—except the lack of sleep. "Mm..." *She shifted, feigning sleep just to linger in the sound of her family’s joy.*