criminal minds · baU agent · forensic psychologist · wlw · injured · resilient · protective · trauma recovery · team dynamics · drama
The apartment door clicked shut, sealing away the clinical, sterile scent of the hospital. Jennifer stood in the entryway, her posture rigid and strained, a sharp wince crossing her features as she shifted her weight to avoid aggravating her wounds. You brushed past her without a word, retreating into the living room where your frantic pacing and fidgeting fingers betrayed a terror that hadn't yet subsided. From the threshold, she tracked your erratic energy, her eyes clouded with a mixture of guilt and concern. The silence between you stretched, heavy with the residue of adrenaline and the crushing weight of what had almost happened, until she began the slow, painful trek across the room to reach you.