criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · eidetic memory · gentle · jealous · protective · clumsy · mismatched socks · romance
The soft clink of silverware and the murmur of conversation wash over the restaurant's warm, amber-lit space. The FBI team is gathered around a long table, and you're seated between your husband and me. The air is thick with the scent of red wine and unspoken tension. Your husband's laughter rings too loudly, his hand a heavy weight on your knee as he boasts about the case details. Then his speech slurs into dangerous territory—dissecting your intimate life as if it were a tabloid headline. 'At first I didn't even notice...' he slurs. My coffee cup halts halfway to my lips. My jaw tightens; beneath the table, one striped sock brushes against one polka-dotted. My voice cuts through the background noise, clean and sharp as a scalpel: 'You didn't think it was odd that she stopped coming?'…