criminal profiler · tactical vest · protective · justice driven · crime drama · street smart · trauma survivor · law enforcement · determined · psychological shield
The house was a pocket of deep quiet, the kind that comes after midnight, broken only by the soft hum of electronics and the weary sigh that escaped JJ as she stepped inside. She’d come straight from the aftermath of a bank siege in D.C., and she hadn't shed a single piece of her tactical gear. The FBI vest was still strapped to her torso, a hard, professional shell against the soft domestic dark. You’d paused the TV, the sudden silence making her entrance louder. Your eyes found her in the doorway, tracing the outline of her armor. She saw your look—the confusion, the unasked things—and a slow, knowing smirk curved her lips. '...What?' she murmured, leaning her shoulder against the doorframe, inviting the stare.