Emily Prentiss x Reader
Summary: Emily knew it was wrong. She knew you were the most dangerous woman the BAU had ever seen. Yet, she couldn't seem to stay away from you.
Warnings: Mentions of death/Typical Criminal Minds stuff
Words: 2.2k
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EMILY TAPPED her foot as she waited in line for her coffee. She was already running late for work and the rainstorm that was passing through D.C. did nothing but dampen her mood.
"Black coffee with Splenda!" The barista called out and Emily let out a breath of relief as she walked over to the counter. She went to reach for her coffee when her hand collided with someone else. She instinctively pulled her hand back and so did the other person.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I thought that was mine." A woman's voice said causing Emily to look up. She wanted to be annoyed at the inconvenience but found it very hard as she stared at the woman next to her. "It's alright." Emily smiled as she shamelessly looked the woman up and down. She was in an all-black suit with her hair pulled back, highlighting the features of her face that Emily couldn't help but admire.
"Well, you look like you're in a hurry. I can wait for the next one." The woman said, pulling Emily out of her head, "Oh, I'm not in a hurry." Emily lied, suddenly more interested in talking to the woman next to her than getting to work on time.
"The previous scowl on your face would say otherwise." The woman chuckled and Emily grinned, "You were watching me?"
"With a face like yours, it's hard not to, darling." The woman said in a sultry tone and Emily couldn't help the small blush that formed on her cheeks.
"I'm Y/n," The woman said as she held out her hand. "Emily." The brunette smiled as she took her hand, reveling in the feeling of the Y/n's soft but strong hand.
"Another black coffee with Splenda!" The Barista yelled, causing both women to drop their hands. "Well, I guess our dilemma is solved," Y/n said, flashing Emily a smile as she grabbed both coffees and handed one to the brunette.
"Lucky us," Emily said as she brushed her finger across Y/n's hand, delighted in the way it sent a shiver through the other woman's body. "Lucky us," The woman repeated as she looked the brunette up and down one last time, "It was nice to meet you, Emily," Y/n said, smiling at Emily before she turned on her heels and started towards the door.
"Wait!" Emily said, her legs moving faster than her brain as she followed Y/n.
"You forgot something," Emily said as she caught up to Y/n, who had almost made it out the door. "I did?" Y/n asked, frowning slightly.
"You forgot to ask for my number," Emily smirked, a dimple popping out and Y/n couldn't help but laugh, "That was an awful pickup line."
"Is it working though?" Emily raised an eyebrow as she waved her phone in front of Y/n. "Just this once," Y/n said as she plucked the phone out of Emily's hand and typed her phone number in, "Although, I wouldn't count on it working on any other women," Y/n said as she handed the phone back to the brunette.
"Noted," Emily said cheekily and Y/n shook her head amused, "I'll see you around, Emily," Y/n smiled as she walked out the door with a nod goodbye.
"You too!" Emily called out and watched as the other woman chuckled to herself.
As Emily opened up her umbrella and walked towards Quantico, she realized she didn't hate the rain as much anymore.
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"What's got you in such a good mood?" Morgan asked as he saw a rare smile on Emily's face as she walked into the bullpen.
"Nothing," Emily shrugged as she sat at her desk and pulled out all the paperwork she needed to complete for the day.
"Fun night?" Derek inquired and Emily rolled her eyes, "Like I would tell you if it was."
"Oh come on Prentiss, it's a slow day. I want the details." Derek pushed, wanting to do anything but his paperwork.
"I for one, would not like the details." Spencer chimed in causing Emily to roll her eyes.
"Details for what?" JJ asked as she walked next to Emily's desk, carrying another stack of files causing everyone to groan internally.
"Prentiss' hot date last night." Derek said at the same time Emily said, "Nothing."
"You went on a date last night?" JJ asked raising her eyebrows as she unloaded around 10 case files onto everyone's desk.
"No, I didn't. And why don't the two of you mind your own business." Emily glared before pulling out her phone, ignoring the groans from her two friends.
She waited for JJ to go back to her office and Derek to pester someone else before pulling out her phone and finding the number Y/n left her.
Emily (9:03 am): Hi. It's Emily, from the coffee shop.
The brunette agent immediately put her phone down, trying to suppress the smile that threatened to form on her face. It had been an embarrassingly long time since Emily had properly talked to a woman that she hadn't met at a bar with the only intention of hooking up. So the last thing she needed was Derek and JJ's relentless teasing.
She was just about to open her computer when she felt her phone buzz. She picked up her phone, delighted at how fast Y/n answered her back.
Y/N (9:04 am): I was beginning to wonder when you were going to text me, Emily from the coffee shop.
Emily (9:05 am): Were you waiting for me? How cute.
Y/N (9:05 am): Oh don't flatter yourself, darling. It's a slow day at work.
Emily( 9:06 am): Oddly enough, same. That's why I went to the coffee shop this morning. Speaking of which, how come I've never seen you there before?
Y/N (9:07 am): I just moved here. My job has had me overseas for the last couple of years.
Emily (9:07 am): I could show you around. Give you a tour of the city. Out of the goodness of my heart, of course.
Emily smiled at the message, hoping Y/n would agree when she heard the bullpen doors fly open.
"I found her! She's back! She's back!" Penelope yelled as she ran past everyone, ignoring the concerned looks, and made a beeline straight to Hotch's office.
"What's that about?" Emily frowned as she turned her phone off and turned to Spencer.
"I'm not sure." He said as he stood up and walked over to Emily's desk. "It's Penelope, it could be anything," Derek added as he also found his way to the brunette's desk since she had the best view into the unit chief's office.
They watched through the window as Hotch's signature frown got bigger and more words were exchanged between the unit chief and technical analyst.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't look good," Emily murmured and the two men nodded their heads in agreement. The agents watched as Hotch turned his head to the window and they scattered, trying to make it look like they weren't spying on the conversation.
"Conference room. Now." Hotch called out as he stormed out of office followed by a very nervous Penelope. "Well, this should be fun," Derek muttered as the agents stood up and headed to the round table.
As soon as they entered the room, Emily could feel the tension radiating off Hotch. She turned to look at JJ who had sat next to her and the blonde just shrugged, equally confused as everyone else.
"Four years ago the D.C. Police Department notified us of several mysterious deaths in Virginia. The only thing connecting them was a single gunshot wound to the head and a small brand left behind every victim's ear." Hotch said as he pulled up pictures onto the TV. Emily squinted her eyes as she studied the screen, "Are those.... angel wings?" Emily asked as she looked at the brand and Hotch nodded in confirmation.
"Wait I remember this case. It went cold after a couple of weeks. The unsub moved on when she realized we were after her." Derek said, earning a nod of acknowledgment from both Spencer and JJ. The only two people completely new to the case were Emily and Rossi. Emily joined the team two years ago and Rossi one.
"How do you know the unsub is a woman?" Rossi asked as he studied the pictures.
"The kills were organized but personal. And the use of the angel wing had more feminine connotation than masculine." Spencer answered.
"Yeah, the media named her the Angel of Death, before she disappeared," JJ recalled.
"Except she didn't disappear," Hotch said, "Gideon knew that an unsub this skilled wouldn't just stop killing. So, he had Garcia track the signature for the last couple of years," Hotch said, and Penelope quickly walked next to the TV.
"Yes! And for the first year, I thought that maybe Gideon was wrong. Until I hacked Interpol's system." Penelope said as she pulled up dozens of pictures. "In the first year, I found over 34 matches in the signature in about 20 different places in Europe."
"Thirty-four?! Why weren't we notified?" Derek said incredulously.
"It wasn't in our jurisdiction. It's been Interpol's case for years" Hotch said and Emily shook her head, "So wait, 34 kills in her first year? That's unheard of. How many is she up to now?"
Penelope blew out a breath as she hit the remote and so many pictures filled the screen, you could barely make out each face. "If the system is right, her victim count is in the 300s," Hotch said and everyone went quiet in shock.
"Three hundred? That's- that's about the same number Pedro Lopez had. One of the world's most prolific serial killers." Spencer rambled.
"And now she's back in the States?" JJ asked worriedly, causing everyone to turn to Hotch.
"Yes, she's actually in DC as of right now," Hotch said, "Early this morning, Ethan Young was shot point blank in the head at his apartment with an angel wing brand behind his ear," Hotch continued, pulling the picture up.
"Since she's in our jurisdiction she's now our responsibility. Here's the preliminary profile that Interpol just faxed over." Hotch said as he had Garcia pass out the file to everyone.
"You can't be serious man." Derek scoffed as he looked through the file.
"Excuse me?" Hotch asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Three hundred kills, no name, and not a shred of evidence. We're looking for a needle in a haystack." Derek said, putting his case file on the table.
"Actually, it's more accurate to say we're looking for a needle in a stack of needles." Spencer chimed in and Emily had to stifle a laugh at the look on Derek's face.
"We have a partial, identification," Penelope said, trying to diffuse the tension in the room. "Two years ago CCTV footage captured this. One of the victim's wives was able to confirm that was her." The technical analyst said as she pulled up an image that was not only blurry but also showed about 1/4 of her face.
"That's... all we have?" Emily asked slowly and Penelope shook her head fastly, "Of course not! When I got the alert this morning I cross-referenced that image with all the CCTV footage from every airport in Virginia and neighboring states. And I got this." The blonde said as she pulled up a new image, slightly obscured but over half a face was shown.
As Emily stared at the screen she felt her breath get caught in her throat. "Can you zoom in?" Emily said, hating how her shaky voice betrayed her.
As the image got larger Emily just froze. She recognized the woman in the picture. How could she not? She had seen the woman less than an hour ago. Shook her hand. Flirted with her. Got her number. Was texting with her!
"Is something wrong, Prentiss?" Hotch asked, concerned at how pale the brunette had become.
"I-I think I met our unsub this morning." She said wide-eyed as she stared at the unit chief and multiple 'What's?!' were heard throughout the room.
"Yeah, I ran into her at a cafe this morning. I- um got her number." Emily said, still trying to wrap her head around everything. "She said her name was Y/n." Emily continued.
"Is that who had you all smiley this morning?" Dererk asked raising an eyebrow and Emily kicked him under the table.
"Knock it off," Hotch said sternly before turning back to the brunette, "Did she know who you were?"
"No, I don't think so. And why would she risk talking to an FBI agent?" Emily ran her fingers through her hair, so many emotions flowing through her mind at once, "It had to have been just a coincidence."
"You got a statistic on that Reid?" Derek scoffed and Spencer tapped his fingers on the table, "The chances of accidentally meeting an unsub and then getting her number? No." Spencer shook his head, not meaning to joke but JJ and Derek still had to stifle a laugh.
"Well, this is good, right? We're already closer than we were 10 minutes ago." Rossi offered and Hotch shook his head, "Finding her was the easy part. Catching her is the harder part."
"Well, this is just great," Emily said, massaging her temples when she felt her phone buzz. She picked it up, pushing the rest of the team's conversation to the back of her head.
Y/N (9:21 am): That sounds nice. I may have to take you up on that :)
Emily stared at the message. What brought her butterflies twenty minutes ago now filled her with unease.
"Hey guys, I may have a plan," Emily said, cutting into the conversation.
"What is it?" Hotch asked and she shook her head, not even believing the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
"I'm going to take the Angel of Death out on a date."
Emily: The stars are beautiful tonight.
Spencer: Yeah.
Emily: You wanna know who else is beautiful?
Spencer: Who?
Emily: JJ.
Emily: Meeting new people is a pain. I never know what to say.
JJ: Just be yourself. Say something nice!
Emily: Which one? I can’t do both.
Penelope: If you took a shot for every time you made a bad decision, how drunk would you be?
JJ: Maybe a bit tipsy?
Spencer: Drunk.
Derek: Wasted.
Emily: Dead.
"You can start a family who will always show you love"
Summary: In which Emily Prentiss comes home to her wife and daughter after a week-long case.
Warnings: None
EMILY LET out a sigh of relief as she walked into her house and dropped her to-go bag. After a week-long case, all she wanted to do was curl up in bed with her wife. She made quick work of putting away her gun and credentials, trying to be quiet so she didn't wake anyone up.
She was in the kitchen filling up a glass of water when she heard soft footsteps walk into the kitchen.
"Mama!" Charlotte said as she ran over and wrapped her arms around Emily's leg. Emily smiled as she put the glass down and bent over to pick up the three-year-old.
"Hi sweet girl," Emily said as she kissed her daughter on the head, the smell of her shampoo already calming her senses. She smiled as she saw Charlotte's pink onesie, ever since the two of you bought it for her, she refused to wear anything else to bed.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Emily asked as she tickled the little girl's stomach. Charlotte giggled as she threw her small hands around her mother's neck.
"I'm thirsty." She said as she looked up at the raven-haired woman.
"Well, let's get you some water, and then you can go back to bed." Emily smiled as she opened another cabinet to grab a small plastic cup.
"I want apple juice." Charlotte pouted as she looked up at her mother.
She knows she shouldn't, but she could never say no to the perfected pout of her daughter. Emily knows it's because that pout is one hundred percent inherited from you.
"Don't tell Mommy, okay? It'll be our secret." Emily says as she holds out her pinky.
"Our secret!" Charlotte giggles as she wraps her pinky around Emily's. Emily adjusts the little girl to sit on her hip as she grabs the apple juice from the fridge and pours it into the light pink cup.
After Charlotte was done Emily left the cup on the sink to clean tomorrow.
She carried Charlotte upstairs and wasn't surprised when the toddler was starting to fall asleep in her arms. She smiled as she tucked her daughter into bed and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before heading to her bedroom.
As soon as she walked in she saw your sleeping frame curled up against her pillow. She smiled as she immediately walked over to you and gently brushed some hair out of your face, not wanting to wake you but needing to feel the warmth of your skin. You unconsciously nuzzled your face into her hand. "I love you," She whispered, knowing that you were still asleep, but if she had learned anything from you, it was that she could never say those three words too many times.
She quickly changed out of her work clothes and into shorts and a sweatshirt before heading to the bathroom. When she came out a couple of minutes later she saw Charlotte curled up next to you with her small arm protectively on top of your five-month pregnant belly.
Emily's heart melted at the sight.
She never thought that this would be her life.
She never thought that love like this could come so easily.
That being loved was so easy.
"You're back." You murmured as you slowly sat up, carefully placing Charlotte's head onto the pillows without waking her up.
"I am." Emily smiled as she quickly got into bed and pulled you in for a soft kiss. Your lips tasted like home and Emily never wanted to leave.
"I missed you." You mumbled sleepily against her lips.
"I miss you too," Emily said as she rested her forehead against yours. "How's the little one?" She asked as she placed her hand softly onto your stomach.
"Good. She was hungry for a new combination this week though." You yawned and Emily raised her eyebrows. "Oh, she was?"
"Mhm. She insisted I eat tuna and peanut butter every day."
Emily wrinkled her nose at the thought, "Gross."
You just shrugged as you leaned your head against Emily's shoulder, "How was the case?" You asked quietly, knowing that Charlotte could sleep through anything but not wanting to take any chances.
"Let's just say I'm very happy to be back with my girls," Emily murmured as she rested her cheek on the top of your head. You knew this meant she didn't want to talk about it yet, so you didn't push. You remembered what it was like returning from a case, the heaviness in your heart making you want to do nothing but curl up with the people you love.
You still worked at the BAU, but after having Charlotte you decided you didn't want to be in the field anymore so you mostly worked on cold cases and consults over the phone.
"I love you." You said as you fought to keep your eyes open. You wanted to spend time with your wife after not seeing her for a week but your exhaustion was getting the better of you.
"I love you more." She smiled as she kissed the top of your head. "Why don't we go to sleep? We can talk more in the morning." Emily murmured and then immediately heard your soft snores from her shoulder.
Emily held back a laugh as she gently laid the both of you down on the bed. Your ability to fall asleep anywhere and anytime had surely been passed to Charlotte.
Emily buried her face into your neck as she lazily put her arms over your stomach. She never slept well without you, so as soon as she inhaled the scent of your body wash her eyes drifted closed.
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Emily's eyes fluttered open to the feeling of small hands on her face.
"Mama." Charlotte's soft voice whispered.
"Mhm," Emily said sleepily as she rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up. The little girl immediately crawled into the brunette's lap and looked up at her excitedly. "Pancakes!"
Emily chuckled as she brushed wild hair off her daughter's forehead. "You want pancakes?"
"Yeah!"
Emily happily agreed, knowing that the two of them could surprise you with breakfast in bed since you were still fast asleep.
By the time they got downstairs, Charlotte was already chasing Sergio around the kitchen. The black cat had taken a long time to warm up to the little girl, but now he was at least tolerant of her antics.
Emily put on soft music as she got out all of the ingredients. She easily whipped together the batter in minutes and then went to find Charlotte so she could put in the chocolate chips.
"Char! It's chocolate chip time!" Emily called out as she walked into the living room.
As soon as she saw the two of them she couldn't help but laugh. "Very pretty, Serg," Emily said as she looked at the pink crown Charlotte had put on his head.
"He needs a dress!" Charlotte said excitedly as she bolted from the living to the playroom and came back with a pink, doll dress less than thirty seconds later.
"Why don't we play dress up after breakfast, okay?" Emily said as she scooped the little girl up, giving Sergio time to knock the tiara off with his paw and scamper upstairs.
"Okay," The toddler sighed dramatically, another thing that Emily claims is all you.
By the time they get into the kitchen, Charlotte has already forgotten about the dress and is squirming in Emily's arm to reach the chocolate chips.
"Remember, not too much," Emily says as she hands the bag to the little girl.
"Not too much," Charlotte repeats before dumping almost half the bag in.
"Well, it's a good thing you and your mommy love chocolate chips." Emily chuckled as she took the bag from her. Before she could put it away Charlotte stopped her, "Do the trick mama!" Charlotte says excitedly as she claps her hands.
The trick was just Emily seeing how many chocolate chips she could throw into her mouth but Charlotte was insistent that she do it every time they make pancakes.
"Okay, let's see if we can break the record, Char!" Emily smiled as she placed the toddler in her high chair next to the counter.
"Yeah!" She cheered. Emily's current record was 27 consecutive chocolate chips thrown into her mouth. It would have been more if they hadn't run out of them last time.
"Alright," Emily said as she grabbed one out of the bag and then tossed the chip high and easily caught it in her mouth.
"One!" The mother and daughter counted at the same time. The game went on for another three minutes, Charlotte had stopped counting at 20 but right when Emily threw the 27th one into the air, Sergio scurried passed Emily's leg causing her to fall backward and land right on her ass, missing the chocolate chip.
"Ow," Emily grumbled as shot a glare at the cat who looked smug as he ran away. The brunette could have sworn that was the cat's payback for letting her daughter dress him up.
"Mama hurt?" Charlotte asked as she looked down at Emily with sad eyes.
"I'm okay, sweet girl." Emily smiled as she ignored the crack in her knees as she stood up. "We'll beat our record next time, yeah?" She said as she gave her daughter a high five. "Yeah!" Charlotte giggled.
Thirty minutes later, all the pancakes were done and Emily had cut up some fruit and made you tea. She put everything on a tray as she and Charlotte walked up the stairs to surprise you.
"You want to wake up Mommy?" Emily asked and Charlotte nodded excitedly.
"Surprise!" Charlotte said as she ran through the room and jumped onto the bed, shaking your shoulders with her small hands.
"Mmm, good morning Char," You mumbled as you rubbed your eyes.
"We made breakfast!" She said excitedly as she pulled on your arm for you to sit up.
"Oh, you did?" You said as you looked over and saw your wife holding a tray with a big smile.
"Mama let me put in the chocolate chips!" Charlotte said as Emily gently placed the food onto the bed and then crawled next to you.
"Wow, they look good, Char! You and your mama are the best!" You said as you gave her a quick kiss on the head before turning to your wife.
"Thank you." You smiled, giving her a quick kiss on the lips before carefully pulling the tray onto your lap.
"Always," Emily said as she placed her chin on your shoulder. She watched lovingly as Charlotte burrowed into your side, stealing fruit from the tray as you cut the pancakes.
The three of you spent the rest of the morning in bed rewatching Charlotte's favorite movie for probably the fifteenth time. But neither you nor Emily would have had it any other way.
Emily: Well, well, well, if it isn't the feelings I've been trying to avoid.
Hotch: We need to talk about-
Emily: The house was already on fire when I got there.
Emily: What?
Hotch: What?
Emily, pointing: Can I sit there?
JJ: That’s my lap…
Emily: That doesn’t answer my question.
Emily: I accidentally showed some weakness earlier today. It was disgusting, I would not recommend it.
Emily Prentiss x Reader
Summary: Emily knew it was wrong. She knew you were the most dangerous woman the BAU had ever seen. Yet, she couldn't seem to stay away from you.
Warnings: Typical Criminal Minds stuff
Words: 2k
"How's that big head of yours?" Emily asked as she leaned against the door frame of Derek's hospital room. She had come straight from the crime scene, where Hotch had received a call that Derek was being released but needed someone to pick him up. Emily immediately volunteered, the lingering guilt still at the back of her mind.
"Always the flatterer, princess." Derek chuckled as he packed his bag, "Doctors think she drugged me transdermally."
"Jesus. She really was two steps ahead of us," Emily sighed, and Derek nodded in confirmation, "Hotch said she struck again?"
"Yeah, she's taunting us," Emily said.
"This is my fault. I should have done more to stop her-" Derek started before Emily cut him off.
"She drugged you, Derek. No one could have seen that coming."
"I know, but-"
"Ah! No buts! Except for yours, which is about to get pushed around by me in a wheelchair." Emily smiled as she gestured to the wheelchair outside of his room.
"Like hell I am," Derek scoffed as he tried to walk out of the room but was stopped by Emily.
"It's hospital protocol. And I'll call Dad if you don't cooperate!" Emily threatened.
Derek rolled his eyes but eventually sat in the wheelchair. Emily could be very scary when she wanted to be.
Out of everyone, he was glad that it was Emily to get him. They shared an easy camaraderie, which was exactly what he needed.
"I don't think Hotch will approve of you calling him Dad." Derek quipped back as Emily pushed him through the halls of the hospital.
"Yeah, you're right. Mom suits him better." Emily smiled, causing Derek to laugh, "Ten bucks to say that to his face."
"Oh, you're on," Emily said, flicking the back of his head, and their bickering continued all the way to the car.
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"Alright, my beautiful crime fighters," Penelope started as she walked into the conference room where the rest of the team was. As soon as Emily and Derek had walked into the bullpen, Hotch had called everyone to debrief and review new information.
"I found a whole lot of nothing with the information Derek gave us, but I did possibly find something!" Penelope said as she connected her computer to the TV.
"I ran the name Y/n Y/l/n, and unsurprisingly, I found nada. However, I ran the name Alex Painter, Y/n's first victim, through VICAP and got this.."
The technical analyst pulled the picture up, and the team sat in confusion.
"Alex Painter was a woman?" Emily asked, extremely skeptical if this was the right person.
"And she was killed in 1991? Assuming Y/n is in her mid-20s, that would put her at about 6-10 years old when she killed Alex Painter." Spencer chimed in.
"COD was blunt force trauma to the head; I mean, even though it sounds unlikely, it isn't entirely impossible," Derek said.
"I've seen it before," Rossi added.
"You can't be serious," JJ said defensively, causing the whole team to look at her, surprised by her uncharacteristic tone, "She was just a kid. There's no way she could have done that by herself."
"I'm with JJ," Emily said, although much calmer than her blonde counterpart, "Something's off. This is either the wrong Alex Painter, or we're getting into something a lot bigger than we thought."
The rest of the team nodded; not everyone was on the same page, but everyone knew something wasn't adding up.
"Well, that's my cue to do more sleuthing. I will update you guys when I'm done. PG out." Penelope declared as she grabbed her stuff and made her way to her lair for the foreseeable future.
"While Garcia's doing that, I want a new profile on Y/n, especially after last night," Hotch said as he motioned to the numerous boxes on the table. "Go over all the case files again; maybe there's something Interpol missed." He said before going to his office to no doubt do his own work.
"Well, this should be fun," Derek grumbled, earning a sigh from everyone else.
"Coffee, anyone?" Emily asked, knowing this was about to be a long day. Everyone gave a pleasant nod. Before she left the room, she turned to JJ when no one was looking and mouthed "tea," to which JJ gave a grateful smile.
As Emily was brewing the coffee, she felt her phone buzz. Not thinking anything of it, she pulled it out of her pocket. But when she saw the sender of the text, her heart dropped.
Y/n (10:23 am): Did you like the flowers?
Emily scoffed, about to turn her phone off, when another message popped up.
Y/n (10:24 am): It was hard to find them on such short notice. But only the best for you, darling.
Emily (10:24 am): I don't want anything from you.
Emily quickly typed out. She didn't know if this was against protocol, but she couldn't just not respond.
Y/n (10:25 am): We'll see about that.
Emily pocketed her phone, leaving the conversation at that before turning to the coffee pot and filling up everyone's mug.
"Thanks for the tea," Emily heard from behind her and turned to find JJ.
"Of course. You feeling okay?" She asked as she handed JJ her mug, "No morning sickness, thankfully. But I give the smell of coffee two hours before it makes me puke."
"I'm sorry," Emily said apologetically, but JJ waved her off.
"So, have you put any more thought into you and Will?" Emily asked, trying not to pry, but she also wanted to get her mind off of Y/n.
"I don't know," JJ sighed, "He was blowing up my phone last night."
"After you told him you were at my place?" Emily asked.
"Yeah, he was just worried," JJ said quietly.
Emily tried not to let her emotions play on her face, but god, she couldn't stand Will.
"Well, you're welcome to come over whenever. And if you need me to talk to Will-" Emily started before JJ cut her off.
"It's fine, Em. But thank you." JJ said appreciatively, squeezing Emily's arm.
"Yo! Where's that coffee, princess?" Derek called from the conference room.
"Well, duty calls." JJ chuckled as she helped Emily grab the mugs.
When they returned to the conference room, there were files everywhere. It was going to be a very long day.
By 6 pm, it seemed as if they had made no progress. Emily's eyes were strained, and she honestly didn't think she was retaining anything she was reading.
"This is insane," Derek muttered as he picked another file out of the box.
"What is?" Spencer asked, adding another file to his stack that was probably double the size of everyone else's.
"Her victim count. It's insane." Derek said as it was the most obvious thing.
"Why? Cause she's a woman?" JJ asked.
"Yeah," Derek said sarcastically, causing Emily to throw her pen at him, hitting him right in the forehead, "Hey! I was kidding!"
"I know," Emily smiled, and Derek rolled his eyes.
"What I meant was that she's in her twenties and already has a kill count in the hundreds. What happened to her that made her into the killer she is?" Derek questioned.
"I don't know. And until we figure that out, we stand no chance of catching her," Rossi added.
Emily bit at her bottom lip. She didn't want to think about how many more people were going to die before they caught Y/n.
"Maybe I can try and lure her out again." Emily offered and was immediately met with a resounding no from everyone.
"We already did that, and it didn't work," JJ said. Not even wanting to think about sending her friend to meet Y/n again.
"And besides, you know that's not how we work, Prentiss," Derek said.
"Yeah, yeah. You're right." Emily said with a small nod. But she couldn't help but think they could catch Y/n quicker if they did, except for the fact that Derek was right. The BAU didn't go undercover and lure people; they profiled and caught unsubs from an outside perspective. And that's how Emily wanted to do things from here on out. Right?
It was almost 8 pm by the time she walked into her apartment. The last two days were catching up to her, and Emily wanted nothing more than to sleep for the next 12 hours. She quickly popped a frozen pizza into the oven before going to change.
As she waited for the pizza, she browsed through her bookshelf when she suddenly remembered that Y/n told her she was a writer. Was it possible that Emily had read one of her books? She had quite a hefty collection in her apartment, but it wasn't even a fraction of all the books she'd read in her life.
What kind of books did Y/n write? Emily wondered. Mystery? Romance? Fiction? Fantasy?
And what got her into writing? How did she even have time to write and murder hundreds of men?
The oven rang, pulling Emily out of her thoughts. She shook her head as she walked back to the kitchen. Reading was supposed to help her get out of her head, and all she could think about was Y/n.
She took her pizza on the couch, putting on some reality show that she didn't pay any attention to.
After about twenty minutes, Emily pulled her phone out and went to her text messages with Y/n. She knew she should tell Hotch she was in contact with Y/n. But what if Hotch disapproved and made her end it? She couldn't get rid of the only lead they had, so maybe she should wait until she got enough out of Y/n.
So, without thinking too hard about it, she texted Y/n.
Emily (9:02 PM): Alex Painter.
The name was all Emily typed before turning off her phone. She knew Y/n wouldn't be able to resist talking to her. And even if the younger woman didn't give her anything, what harm could it do? It wasn't like the team was making much leeway anyway.
Y/n (9:03 PM): I thought you wanted nothing to do with me? Change of heart?
Emily (9:03 PM): No. I just want to know about Alex Painter.
Y/n (9:04 PM): What about her?
Y/n (9:04 PM): Also, this is not the kind of late-night text I prefer, Emily.
Emily scoffed, ignoring the last message.
Emily (9:05 PM): Did you really kill her in 1991?
Y/n (9:05 PM): I don't know, did I? I thought your team was supposed to be good at stuff like this.
Y/n (9:06 PM): Also, what are you wearing?
Once again, Emily ignored the last message.
Emily (9:06 PM): You were just a kid in 1991. How were you able to overpower a grown woman?
Y/n (9:07 PM): Answer my question, and I'll answer yours.
Emily groaned as she looked down at her outfit. She knew what Y/n was doing, and she didn't want to play into her game. But if she could get an answer, it would be worth it. And it wasn't like she was doing anything illegal.
Emily (9:09 PM): An old Yale T-shirt and flannel pajama shorts.
Y/n (9:09 PM): Surprising, but nonetheless hot. Want to know what I'm wearing?
Emily (9:09 PM): No. I answered your question, now answer mine.
Y/n (9:10 PM): Bummer. If you wanted to know, I would have told you that I am taking a very relaxing bath right now and am wearing absolutely nothing.
Emily gripped her phone, cursing her brain for visualizing that for even a second. God, this was a bad idea.
Y/n (9:10 PM): And if you had said please, I definitely would have sent you a picture.
Emily (9:10 PM): Back to Alex Painter
Emily typed, not wanting to entertain Y/n any longer.
Y/n (9:11 PM): Yes ma'am.
Y/n (9:11 PM): 1991 is correct. More specifically, I was 7. And to answer your question, I took the last hit.
Emily (9:11 PM): What does that mean?
Y/n (9:12 PM): You tell me. But I have to say I'm quite bored of this conversation now. We'll talk later, darling.
Emily shut off her phone, knowing the conversation was done. But what did Y/n mean by her taking the last hit?
Emily quickly went to clean her kitchen before getting into bed.
She tried to sleep, but all she could think about was Y/n.
I fear I've watched one too many episodes of emily interacting with kids... so prepare for lots of fluffy momily fics