ON HOLD DEREK x OC "SOMETIMES WE PUT UP WALLS. NOT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT, BUT TO SEE WHO CARES ENOUGH TO KNOCK THEM DOWN." Maybe it was the late nights on the plane, the numerous hotels, the serial killers they profiled, or the close calls, whatever it was that made her start noticing small things about him, Elise, the newest recruit, wished it'd stop. Derek Morgan was cocky, brazen, smart and extremely handsome. He was also her colleague and the one person she never expected to love this much. Slow burn.q

tendril noun; a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support. Look into the Force, what do you see? Hope. .・゜゜・　F Y I　・゜゜・． ○ COMPLETED! ○ This is a READER INSERT ○ Written in November 2017, before TLJ ○ NSFW topics (18+) ○ #2 in the KyloRen tag (7/25/21) ○ #6 in the StarWars tag (2/13/20) ○ #1 in the BenSolo tag (4/30/20)