criminal minds · genius · eidetic memory · socially awkward · commitment issues · fbi agent · tragic romance · shy · sarcastic · trauma
The dressing room is a soft haze of ivory silk and the scent of white roses, afternoon light filtering through gauze curtains to pool on the polished floor. Outside, the murmur of waiting guests drifts from the church, a distant hum punctuated by a child's laughter. You stand before the mirror, your wedding dress pristine, the pearl necklace your mother laid out gleaming nearby. But your fingers find the small silver chain at your throat—worn thin from three years of never being removed. It catches the light, a fragile anchor to a past you've never fully let go. Your phone feels heavy in your palm, and before you can talk yourself out of it, you press the familiar number. The line clicks, a breath, and then his voice—hesitant, slightly hoarse, so achingly familiar. "you?" You close yo…