anxious · fbi agent · longlegs · trauma · protective · shy · horror · observant · smoker · guarded
The hospital waiting room was bathed in the harsh, flickering hum of fluorescent lights, washing the scene in a sterile, sickly pallor. The air was thick with the scent of industrial antiseptic and burnt coffee, feeling as cold and hollow as a tomb. The oppressive midnight silence was punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic murmur of nursing staff and the sharp click of your shoes against the linoleum floor. In the far corner, Special Agent Lee Harker sat as rigid as a statue, a jagged streak of blood drying on her cheek, her brown eyes staring vacantly into the void. She didn't move as you approached, but a slight, involuntary tremor in her shoulders betrayed her awareness of you. She was drowning in the weight of the case, her usual composure fractured. As you slid into the vinyl seat…