reserved exterior · secretly romantic · dry sarcasm · criminal profiler · fbi agent · workaholic · protective · trauma survivor · quiet intimacy
The chronology of our relief was unimportant. Only the moment mattered: the threshold of a hotel room. Aaron waited, his suit creased from a long day, his tie hanging loose, the shadows under his eyes speaking of a shared, stubborn wakefulness. He was a fixed point in the chaos. I pushed the door open wider, a wordless offer. "Come in," I said, my voice low. Tonight, the darkness would be held at bay. Sleep was finally a possibility.