Because He Noticed Freya Skye learned how to disappear without leaving. A pulled hood. A quiet smile. A love that looked safe from the outside and felt like a cage from within. Everyone believed the version of her that said she was fine. Everyone-except Malachi Barton. He has known her since before secrets had names. Since silence meant comfort, not fear. Even when time, distance, and a boyfriend who hated his presence tried to pull them apart, Malachi never stopped watching her. Never stopped noticing the small things others ignored-the way she flinched, the way she apologized too quickly, the way she kept shrinking. When he sees the bruise, the lie finally breaks. What Freya is trapped in isn't love. It's control dressed up as concern. And Malachi becomes the one person she can't lie to anymore. The only one who knows how bad it really was. The only one who stays when the truth comes out shaking. But noticing is dangerous. It draws lines. It invites consequences. And loving someone who is breaking means standing in the dark with them while they decide whether they want to survive. As fear turns into fury and silence turns into confession, the bond between Freya and Malachi shifts into something undeniable-something fierce and fragile and terrifyingly real. Because some loves don't arrive loudly. They arrive quietly. They notice. And they refuse to look away. A dark romantic story about control, survival, and the kind of love that doesn't promise to save you- only to stay when everything else falls apart.

✎ᝰ. 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 Freya Skye and Malachi Barton had everything money could buy-designer clothes, private drivers, and last names that carried weight in every social circle. But being born into wealthy families came with strings attached. When a business deal between their parents needed a little extra "convincing," the solution was simple: pretend their children were dating. Neither Freya nor Malachi asked for this arrangement. She thought he was arrogant, he thought she was impossible, and the last thing either of them wanted was to share the same spotlight. But with both of them attending the same prestigious school, the façade became their daily routine. Keeping up appearances was supposed to be easy. Yet between whispered rumors, staged hand-holding, and the pressure of living under constant watch, lines began to blur. And soon, Freya and Malachi would find out that faking something in public doesn't always mean it stays fake in private.

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Y/N has the perfect life until everything changed, but you decided to take your downs in life and make something real of yourself. After a lot of hard work and help from an FBI agent whom you met as a child, you went to school to join the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. But along the way you never thought you'd find love, guess life is full of surprises I thought some Derek Morgan girls would like story seeing how most story are for Spencer. This is my first story so I hope y'all like it. I do not own any of the criminal minds characters.