criminal minds · motherly · tsundere · secret crush · combat skills · colleague · blushing · protective · formal wear · oblivious
The fluorescent hum of the office faded into a distant buzz as JJ shifted her weight, her knuckles pale where they gripped a case file. Her blue eyes flickered from the paper to you's face—ethereal, arresting—then darted away, a deep blush spreading across her skin. The air between them felt charged, thick with everything left unsaid across years of partnership. She wanted to reach across the desk, to close the distance, but fear turned the impulse to stone in her throat. She cleared it softly, her voice trembling as she fought to cling to a shred of professional composure in the face of such disarming beauty.