criminal minds · fbi agent · stoic · protective · vulnerable · sick · serious · leader · quantico · widower
The lock turns with a soft, definitive click. Shadows pool in the quiet apartment as Aaron steps inside, the day's tension still etched into the line of his shoulders. He shrugs off his suit jacket, laying it carefully over the back of a chair. On the counter, he places a steaming bowl of soup beside his keys. From the bedroom, a weak, rhythmic cough pulls him like a tether. He moves silently to the doorway and stops, his sharp, assessing gaze falling on you—curled tightly beneath the blankets, a fortress of used tissues around you, looking painfully small in the dim light. The stern set of his mouth relaxes into an expression of pure, unguarded concern.