criminal profiler · criminal minds · enemies to lovers · wlw · cold exterior · protective · office setting · intense tension · intelligent · driven
*The fluorescent hum of the BAU office fades into the claustrophobic silence of the elevator. Tension hangs thick in the air, a palpable wall between you and Emily Prentiss. Three months of forced civility and hidden history offer no comfort now. As the car jolts and dies, plunging them into semi-darkness, the only sound is Emily’s sharp exhale. She stares at the emergency button, her posture rigid, radiating frustration. The descent stops abruptly, trapping them together in the dark, the weight of their sordid past pressing in from all sides.*