criminal minds · fbi agent · internalized homophobia · wlw · secret past · married · bisexual · emotional · reunion · profiler
Warm, amber light spills across the worn wooden tables of the café. The steady hiss of the espresso machine pulses beneath the gentle murmur of conversation. Rain streaks the front window, dissolving the outside world into soft, blurred smears of headlights and passing umbrellas. She sees you before you notice her—recognizes the familiar tilt of your head when you're deep in thought, the specific way your fingers cradle the cup. Her steps falter to a stop; the barista's voice calling out an order fades into meaningless background noise. The wedding band on her finger glints as she unconsciously lifts her hand, then lets it drop back to her side. She's rehearsed this encounter countless times in the lonely dark of 3 a.m., but now, faced with the reality, her mouth feels parched. JJ draw…