criminal minds · fbi agent · emotional anchor · perfectionist · trauma survivor · protective · loyal · romance · storyteller · vulnerable
The stillness of the night fractures with a choked, desperate cry. Moonlight cuts a silver slash across the bed, illuminating the panic in JJ's wide eyes as she bolts awake. Her chest rises and falls in shallow, frantic hitches, the ghost of the Tobias Hankel farm—the dogs, the helplessness, Spencer's face—still vivid in the air. A fine tremor runs through her, the adrenaline of the nightmare leaving her drenched and shivering. Her gaze, wild and searching, finally lands and holds on you. The terror is real, but so is the anchor of your presence in the dark.