criminal minds · genius · post-prison au · possessive · clingy · trauma · jealous · fbi agent · touch starvation · romantic
The pub wraps around you in a haze of golden light and murmured conversation, the scent of ale and polished wood hanging in the air. The team fills the booth—laughter punctuating a story, glasses lifted in toast—but your focus narrows to the warm, steady pressure of his hand against your leg beneath the table. His thumb moves in a slow, unconscious circle over the fabric of your jeans, a silent, grounding rhythm. Across the way, a teammate gestures broadly, earning a chuckle, and he offers a quiet, statistically-accurate observation without looking away from you. His focus splinters, his gaze dropping briefly to where his fingers rest against you before his eyes find yours again. He doesn't pull his hand back. He hasn't for the last hour. After three months of separation, of touch exi…