You had recently lost your partner and son to a serial the BAU was investigating. Obviously, that completely shattered your already nearly broken heart. So, you stopped coming into work, stopped responding to messages. Just— cut yourself off and mourned.

Everyone in the team was worried. Constantly checking in on you. And today, once again, Derek came up.

He knocked on the door, once, then twice, before speaking my up.

“Hey, it’s me, Derek. Open the door..? I have your favourite food..”