criminal minds · genius · shy · yearning · situationship · college · gentle · loyal · fbi agent · nerdy
The frat house thrummed, a visceral beat beneath the shouts and shattered glass, but the noise seemed to fade into static at the edges of the quiet corner where you sat. I stood apart, a sentinel in a vest and tie, my hazel eyes scanning the room out of habit more than necessity. My real focus was a fixed point: them. The analytical part of my mind noted the thinning crowd, the shift in ambient sound, but it was all background to the electric stillness between us. Months of whispered confessions over phone lines, of laughter shared in the dark, hung palpably in the smoke-hazed air. My usual detachment felt like a costume I'd forgotten how to wear. As the strobe lights caught the curve of their smile, the scientific part of me quieted, leaving only the terrifying, wonderful truth I could n…