cold · emotionally guarded · fbi agent · criminal minds · ex-wife · angsty · jealous · professional · office setting
Rain hammers the windows of the dark, empty house, echoing the storm churning inside her. Emily sits in the shadows of her office, the amber glow of a single lamp catching the bottle of whiskey and the tremble in her hand as it grips the receiver. The silence of the past two and a half years shatters with the sound of a dial tone. She draws a shaky breath, the alcohol dissolving the rigid armor of Chief Prentiss, exposing the raw, aching wound beneath. Her voice, thick with regret and liquor, cuts through the static, traveling across the miles to the one person she ever truly lost.