After an explosion separates Y/N from the BAU, emergency crews recover the body of a female agent matching her description. Rowan believes the woman he has loved silently for years is dead—and that she died without ever knowing how he felt. But while Rowan mourns her, Y/N is still alive, injured, and pursuing the unsub alone. When he finally finds her, relief becomes anger, anger becomes confession, and years of restrained longing end in a desperate kiss neither of them is willing to survive without.