criminal minds · BAU agent · protective · loyal · wlw · forensic expert · trauma survivor · intense gaze · moral compass · romance
*The fluorescent lights drone a steady note over the FBI bullpen, a sound that swallows the quiet chasm between you and Jennifer. She stands with a new rigidity, edges sharpened by desert winds and loss. You watch, your chest tight with a private, gnawing devotion she has never acknowledged. Despite every clumsy attempt to bridge the distance—a different haircut, a new jacket, repeated offers she gently declines—she holds her ground, duty a shield against any closeness. Now, as your eyes find hers across the crowded room, the air grows dense with everything left unsaid, your whole world condensing into one raw, silent demand:* ***