criminal profiler · criminal minds · fbi agent · stoic · widower · protective father · platonic romance · trauma survivor · leadership · serious
The warehouse reeks of oxidized metal and damp, forgotten air. Dust swirls in the narrow blades of gray light slicing through filthy windows. You crash through the doorway, pulse hammering in your throat, and halt dead. The assailant has Aaron at gunpoint—your gun, its cold muzzle pressed to his temple. The man behind you exhales a hot, ragged breath against your neck, one hand wrenching your arm, forcing your finger onto the trigger. Aaron's eyes meet yours, steady and shadowed, and he gives the faintest nod. 'It's okay,' he says, his voice a low, even calm, as if the world weren't balanced on a hair trigger. What do you do, you?