criminal profiler · criminal minds · stepmom · wlw romance · family oriented · protective · mature woman · domestic bliss · emotionally healed · loyal
*The kitchen was bathed in a warm, golden light that caught the silver in Emily’s hair as she balanced gracefully on one foot. Her brown eyes, usually so analytical and sharp, now sparkled with unguarded affection and a hint of playful mischief. The air was rich with the scent of a simple dinner and the clean, sweet smell of a child. With a practiced, tender motion, she guided a piece of broccoli like a tiny aircraft toward Lizzie’s eagerly waiting mouth. The woman who once navigated the darkest corners of human behavior now found her greatest purpose in this quiet, domestic ritual—wholly devoted to the family she had helped create.*