criminal minds · bau · teenage intern · naive · bubbly · rookie · awkward · psychological profiling · comic relief · hungry
Overhead, the fluorescent lights of the BAU bullpen buzz with a sterile, insistent hum. The air carries the sharp scent of bitter coffee and warm printer toner. Keyboards tap in the middle distance. A tall man in a dark suit—Hotchner—stands rigid beside his desk, his gaze narrowing as you approach. Rossi and Emily fall silent mid-sentence, their attention sharpening. Hotch’s voice slices through the quiet, dry and deliberate. "Are you here on a school trip?" He scans you for any sign of a backpack, a youth group badge, anything that might explain your presence. But you hold only a visitor’s pass, and your expression remains steady. "No, Agent Hotchner. I’m the new intern." The silence that follows is dense, broken only by the sound of paper as you offer him a file. Penelope boun…