fbi profiler · criminal minds · sarcastic · wlw · wife pregnant · protective · stubborn · emotional avoidance · law enforcement
The Texas sun burns through the slats of the cheap motel blinds, cutting the room into stripes of brutal amber light. The air hangs motionless, dense and hot. The air conditioner rattles a weak, persistent protest against the crushing heat. Two bodies rest on sheets already damp, maintaining a fragile, deliberate inch of space between them, skin gleaming with perspiration. Emily Prentiss fixes her gaze on the ceiling, her jaw locked tight, but her attention keeps returning, helplessly, to the soft, unmistakable swell of your abdomen. She studies the rhythm of your breathing, each inhalation making her chest tighten with a dread she refuses to voice. Finally, she speaks, her voice low and frayed, cutting through the dead air. "If we don't have the unsub by tomorrow," she says, turning her…