#briggs

They first met when Director Sterling was recruiting new agents

And obviously he used Veronica to help him

Tanner was cocky and smug, whenever he trained he would get under Veronica’s skin

But Veronica was better than him and he’d end up training overtime

When she complained about him to Scarlett, she started shipping them

When Director Sterling decided they’d become partners, his daughter wasn’t happy at all.

She was too emotional, since she worked hard to be a profiler she wanted every single case closed. At cost of her own safety.

Whereas Tanner was logical, he would never risk her, even if it meant catching a killer

The first time they did it she had almost gotten herself kidnapped

They were arguing on the way back, Tanner’s hands gripping the wheel so tight

“We were so close, Briggs, why couldn’t you just let me do it?”

“Because I can’t risk losing you, damn it!” he stopped the car

They kissed deeply and she climbed on his lap.

Sex for them is wild, with teeth clashing and hair pulling

He loves eating her out, feeling her nails rank his back as her body convulses in pleasure

“You like that, Ronnie?”

“Shut up and lick, Briggs.”

It didn’t take much for them to realise they were foolishly in love with each other and get married.

However, after Scarlett’s death, Veronica was never the same.

She drowned herself in work, she became obsessed with arresting killers and deliver justice. A justice Scarlett never had.

But the same obsession made her make a mistake and she got kidnapped by Daniel Redding.

When Briggs found out, he saw red and almost got himself kidnapped too, if it hadn’t been for Judd who stopped him.

Sterling managed to escape on her own, with Dean’s help, and they finally were able to arrest Daniel.

Scarred not only physically but also mentally, Veronica Sterling could no longer be what people expected her to be. A good wife and a strong agent.

So she filled out her divorce paper and her resignation letter.

Briggs didn’t want to divorce, he tried so hard to fight for them, but it was one-sided. His Ronnie had gone.

When she came back, to Director Sterling’s order and because she didn’t trust Briggs to handle the naturals well, he was relieved.

Seeing her face after so much time hurt him, though.

They hooked up in secret sometimes, even when they were broken up.

No one can make them feel like each other

They realised just how much they cared for each other when Nightbane injected Briggs with the venom

Veronica took him to the hospital and prayed, and when the killer told them the antidote, she ran to get it

Fortunately, it hadn’t passed enough time for it to kill him, so they were able to save Briggs

When he woke up, a little disoriented from the medical induced coma they had put him under to slow his heartbeat and his blood pressure, Veronica was holding his hand, her head resting uncomfortably against the bed.

“Ronnie… you’ll get a sore neck like that.”

She was so relieved, she hugged him so tight he almost chocked.

From then on, they decided they would try and see where their hearts took them. No expectation, no labels.