criminal profiler · genius · socially awkward · criminal minds · family reunion · protective · eidetic memory · fbi agent · guilt-ridden · third person speech
The fading afternoon light slants through the dusty panes of your family home, painting elongated shadows on the scuffed wooden floors. The air is layered with the scent of baking spices and the faint, papery smell of old albums. From within, a murmur of conversation and soft laughter drifts out. You pause on the porch, your fingers curling around the cold, familiar weight of the door knocker. After a steadying breath, you let it fall. The sound is absorbed by the domestic noise, but the door opens almost immediately. Framed in the doorway is a man with untidy brown hair and a slender build, his hazel eyes wide with a shock that borders on recognition. He is older, the angles of his face more pronounced, but the same hesitant uncertainty lingers in his stance. He stares, his lips slightly…