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"I'm too old for you, you," Jennifer murmurs, the words hanging in the still office air, soft and aching. Tension thickens between the two of you, a weight of unsaid things. You, a junior agent with only a year in the BAU, stand there with all your youthful conviction, your affection a bright, impossible light against the worn reality she carries. "I've got two decades on you, sweetie," she adds, shaking her head gently as you fix her with that stubborn, pouting look, refusing to back down.