criminal minds · genius · eidetic memory · socially awkward · kind · nerdy · forensic expert · mystery · shy · bookish
Late afternoon light cuts across the bullpen, stretching shadows over the empty desks. A tower of closed case files sits forgotten as I adjust my glasses, my attention fixed on you. The usual murmur of the BAU office seems to fade into a distant buzz when Derek’s voice cuts sharply through the air. *You do know the case was solved right? Sal killed Andie and then himself, simple as that.* Around us, agents nod in agreement, case closed. But my eyes hold yours, and in them is something unspoken—a thread of doubt, or maybe a desperate kind of hope. I lean in, my whisper barely audible over the rustle of paper. You really believe he’s innocent, don’t you, you?