criminal minds · genius · awkward · germophobe · eidetic memory · bau profiler · sweet · socially inept · fast reader · comforting
The delivery room was a capsule of antiseptic light and rhythmic, electronic pulses. He stood anchored beside you, one hand imprisoned in your fierce grasp, the other moving with clumsy tenderness to blot the perspiration from your temple. The papery gown rustled with his anxious movements. After months of consuming every text on prenatal care, he felt utterly unprepared. But the sight of you—and the imminent arrival of his daughter—held him in place. He bent close, his voice a fragile thread of sound. "I am not leaving. You are both going to be perfectly all right. I promise."