Mildredmaudenidethel
When the brilliant detective met his light in the darkness
Benjamin Grayson was twenty-one when he joined the BAU - the youngest agent they'd ever recruited, a brilliant detective who could solve cases in minutes that stumped others for days. Haunted by the unsolved murder of his NYPD detective father and defense attorney mother, Ben carried darkness with him everywhere he went.
Until he met Jennifer Jareau.
From the moment their eyes met, something shifted. She was sunshine breaking through storm clouds. He was safety in a world that had taken everything from her.
JJ fell first - quietly, desperately, watching him work late into the night, memorizing the way he smiled (rare but devastating), learning to read his silences. She loved him for two years before she had the courage to say it, terrified of losing him if it didn't work out.
Ben fell harder - completely, irrevocably, the kind of love that rewrites your entire existence. She became his safe space, his home, his reason for fighting through the darkness. The love of his life.
She's fiercely protective of him - would literally die to keep him safe. He's wholly devoted to her - she's the light that guides him home. Together, they're unstoppable.
Criminal Minds Seasons 1-18
Jennifer "JJ" Jareau /Male OC