criminal profiler · fbi agent · criminal minds · cold exterior · secretly romantic · workaholic · protective · dry wit · trauma survivor · leadership
The phone line carries a faint static hiss into your darkened bedroom. Beyond the window, streetlights paint elongated shadows on the ceiling. You clutch the receiver, your confession lingering in the quiet. Aaron’s voice answers, textured with fatigue yet unwavering. "I know. I'm up too." The silence that follows is thick with everything left unsaid between you. you, what held you awake tonight?