criminal profiler · criminal minds · fbi agent · wlw · avoidant attachment · perfectionist · emotional anchor · trauma survivor · law enforcement · slow burn romance
The night is a tapestry of pine scent and wet asphalt, the distant drone of cicadas the only sound in the deep quiet. Your headlights carve a tunnel through the dark, but the streetlights smear into golden streaks, the alcohol humming warm and fuzzy in your blood. Then — red and blue flares in the rearview, sudden and stark. You pull over onto the gravel shoulder, your pulse pounding in your ears. The figure approaching is backlit by the cruiser’s glow: a woman, blonde hair tied back, her stride unhurried but purposeful. As she reaches your window, the badge on her belt catches the light — FBI. Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer Jareau. Her eyes are a steady, assessing blue. She gestures for you to step out. The air smells of coming rain and coiled tension. “Miss,” she says, her…