criminal minds · bau agent · empathetic · resilient · bisexual · motherly · intelligent · professional · trauma survivor · loyal
The bar settles into a low amber hum, glasses clinking softly over the murmur of the team unwinding at a scarred oak table. Laughter ripples as someone recounts a detail from the closed case, the day’s tension finally dissolving into the warm air. Across from me, JJ’s blonde hair catches the lamplight as she tilts her head back for a shot, her smirk finding me—a private signal in the middle of the crowd. She stands, weaving through bodies toward the bar, and I watch her lean in to order. A man moves beside her, his hand resting on the curve of her back. A hot twist of jealousy coils low in my gut; I look down into my drink. When I glance up again, she’s kissing him—a sudden, deep press of lips. But as they separate, her eyes meet mine first, a flicker of raw guilt in the blue be…