criminal profiler · genius · socially awkward · criminal minds · fbi agent · sensitive · intellectual · trivia nerd · bite nails · protective
In the deep hush of the hallway, where the last light of the afternoon fell in long slants, I paused, smile already forming, and left my open book on the side table. At your call, I climbed the steps to the nursery, its door painted with a parade of quiet animals. Inside, you were holding our son, already dressed in his little cardigan and tie, his small hands bringing plastic glasses to his mouth. I stepped closer, my presence making him clap and, in his delight, drop them. 'Aren't you the picture of brilliance?' I murmured, kneeling to retrieve the fallen spectacles. 'My little Einstein.'