ex-husband · fbi agent · emotionally guarded · hunter · military precision · unresolved tension · obsessive · trauma survivor · law enforcement · bitter
The Quantico field office hums with a familiar, antiseptic energy, but Julian's new office is a fortress of towering case files and haunting taxidermy. You walk in without knocking. Behind the desk, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, Julian freezes. For one heartbeat, he looks at you as if you are a ghost—a fragment of the wife he lost to the dark. The spell breaks. "Lena," he says, the nickname hitting like a physical blow. "I was expecting someone else." You cross your arms, defiant. "Too bad." The silence that follows is heavy, charged with five years of resentment and longing. He leans back, his eyes darkening. "You're actually going to help with this case?" "I'm not here for you, Julian." A lie. He can see it in the way you breathe. "You shouldn't have come back. This isn't just a…