Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds


Who could have thought that one piece of metal would change my life forever.

How one bullet would wound me beyond repair. Take away a bit of me each and every time I caught a glimpse of the scar in the mirror.

It'd be that one thing that hallowed me out, made my rose coloured spectacles fall and shatter forever, and be irreparable.

All because of me, my fault alone, did I push them away, push him away. They were there to help me, but for the 'love' of a man I pushed them away so I could feel loved and whole as a man caressed me and made love to me.

I still did long hours, I still said things I shouldn't have but none of that mattered because when it came to going out with the team or showing any involvement I'd given up. Unknowingly, cowardly given up on everything that made me Penelope Garcia.

If there's one thing I hate. It's loneliness.

Now the team don't bother to try anymore and Kevin took a job to Timbuktu and now loneliness is all I see.

And it's all my fault.

Only I'm to blame for this.


A/N: Flip side to The Domino Effect Of A Man....

Shall be angsty! No major hurt! BUT enjoy!