Author: Jay-Leigh.
Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds or CBS or anything more than my Kovu cat.
Words: 182
Title: Relapse
Summary: She was again lost in the sensation of the blood running from her body. The anxiety that was washing away. The tightness in her chest that eased with each drop.
Author's Note: This is slightly AU, with mentions of self-harm. As of right now, its character-centric, but it'll slowly transition into something better.
She sat, in the dim light her computer gave off, staring off towards the wall on the other side of the room. It was four in the morning, but she couldn't sleep.
Her mind was plagued with images of pale wrists, blue veins showing through.
Marble sinks with drops of dark red blood trailing down towards the drain.
She could smell the blood, acrid and strong, streaming from the wrists in her mind.
From her wrists.
She could feel them, her own tears, colored red by the oxygen they met when they flowed out of the gashes she had so artistically placed on her arms.
She looked down at her arm, gazing at the white bandage which just made the red seeping through more noticeable.
She was again lost in the sensation of the blood running from her body.
The anxiety that was washing away.
The tightness in her chest that eased with each drop.
Her phone ringing jolted her from her reverie.
She looked at the screen, and seeing that it was work, answered with only her last name.
"Prentiss."
So, now that we've all realized who's who, you should definitely review.