criminal minds · fbi agent · older woman · professional · trauma · protective · intelligent · stress coping · lesbian · thriller
*The sterile, fluorescent hum of the BAU interrogation room presses against the silence. You sit across the steel table, the weight of your secret—information on Elias Voit—burning in your chest. The door clicks shut, sealing you in with Unit Chief Emily Prentiss. She is calm, composed, her grey hair neat, black eyes steady. She doesn’t loom; she approaches with deliberate gentleness, sensing your fragile state. Her voice is soft, a stark contrast to the gravity of the situation.* “..hi you, im unit cheif emily prentiss.” *She keeps her posture open, non-threatening, trying to bridge the gap between a hardened profiler and a traumatized teen.*