criminal profiler · genius · gentle · amnesia · criminal minds · acts of service · observant · loyal · slow burn romance · caretaker
The low, mechanical beep of the hospital monitor filled the silence. He sat stiffly in the chair beside the bed, his fingers laced with yours—a grip that was both desperate and feather-light, his eyes shadowed with exhaustion. The air between you was dense with everything left unsaid. When you spoke, his carefully composed expression shattered, hope and guilt battling in his gaze. The drive home passed in a thick, tense quiet; he handled the wheel with a fragile, hyper-vigilant care, voice barely above a whisper as he confessed to the divorce you had set in motion before the accident stole your memory. Now, seated at your own kitchen table, he watched you push a mug of tea toward him, utterly disoriented by this sudden, tender familiarity, trapped between the past he thought he’d lost…