A/N: JJ is a profiler and Alex is on the team along with Emily. Will/Henry never happened.
Agent Jennifer Jareau sat with the rest of her team in the roundtable room reading the case notes of their next case. 3 women murdered, stabbed multiple times, no signs of sexual assault.
"This is overkill, this guy has a lot of rage." JJ spoke up as everyone nodded in agreement.
"He gets off on the power he has over them rather than sexual assault." Emily added.
"Perhaps seeking revenge on someone he knows, could be replacing them with these women." Rossi said.
"Wheels up in an hour, we're going to Miami." announced Hotch.
Detective Calleigh Duquesne was in the shooting range at the Miami PD working off some of the frustration of their latest murders. She'd even had to call in the FBI's BAU to help. She released a sigh as she took off the ear muffs and put the gun away. She made her way through the corridors of the station in her black trousers, white shirt, blazer and boots. Her thoughts were racing of all the things she could have missed in this case. She was startled out of her chaotic thoughts by a group of 7 people coming out of the elevator.
"Hey, are y'all the FBI?" Calleigh asked, her southern accent prominent as she spoke.
Hotch stepped forward and introduced them all. "Are you Detective Duquesne?" he asked for confirmation.
"That's me, nice to meet you all. Just call me Calleigh." Calleigh looked around and smiled brightly at them before her eyes locked with the blond agents and she felt her heart jump. She was shook out of her thoughts by Hotch. "Is there anywhere we can set up?" he asked.
"Yeah, come with me. I've set a few things up in the conference room already." She said as she led them through to the room. "Here we are." Calleigh said as she pointed to the board set up.
"What do we know about the victims?" Morgan asked.
"Blonde, pretty, slim. All had busy jobs and they didn't have any boyfriends, husbands or children." Calleigh stated to the agents.
Some of the agents looked around somewhat awkwardly before Rossi went to speak but was interrupted by JJ.
She scoffed. "Oh come on!" They all looked at her confused. "I know what you are all thinking, I can't speak for Detective Duquesne, but just because I fit this guys victim type doesn't mean I will be taking a back seat in this case." JJ's eyes blazed furiously daring someone to challenge her.
"I agree with Agent Jareau. We have to get justice for these victims." Calleigh said firmly.
Hotch relented. "Ok then, let's get to work. Morgan and Prentiss work on the profile, Reid and Blake go to the coroner's office, JJ and Detective Duquesne you take the first crime scene, Rossi and I will take the second and third." Everyone nodded in agreement and headed off to their locations.
As Calleigh and JJ approached the SUV, JJ was slightly behind Calleigh and couldn't help but check her out and she smirked a little as she let her eyes sweep up the length of her body. They entered SUV in silence and then started to talk some more about the case.
After a while Calleigh noticed how JJs hands gripped the steering wheel as she drove and the way the muscles in her arms flexed. 'Wow! Stop Calleigh, what the hell are you doing?!' she thought and a welcome distraction came once the car came to a stop and they made their way to the crime scene. They entered the house surrounded by yellow tape and looked around the lounge area.
"What was the time of death?" JJ asked as she examined the damage done to the room. There was a pool of blood on the carpet and several items smashed and scattered over the floor.
"We couldn't get an accurate time, all we know was that it was between 5pm and 5am." Calleigh said disappointedly.
"I think we can narrow it down saying it was between 7pm and 11pm."JJ said confidently.
"Why do you say that Agent Jareau?" intrigued about how JJ could come up with that time.
"Well they had busy jobs so they wouldn't arrive home until around 7pm and they would be tired from their work and would go to sleep no later than 11pm if they had an early start. They were killed in the lounge not the bedroom which means they were still awake as the light and TV were still on." JJ said.
Calleigh was impressed. It seemed a simple thing to work out but she could tell the blonde was smart. "Ok great that's one more thing we didn't have before you arrived." Calleigh said trying to sound upbeat but JJ could see the pain, tiredness and frustration in her eyes.
"Hey" JJ said gently as she moved to stand in front of the Detective. "You've don't a great job and we will gets this guy, I promise." JJ said as she placed her hand on Calleigh's shoulder trying not to sound patronising. Calleigh was finding the situation strange, being comforted by a woman she had only known for an hour but that didn't matter because JJ was making her feel better.
"Have you eaten lately Detective?" JJ asked suddenly. Calleigh was confused at the sudden change of topic and looked at JJ questionably but shook her head. "Well come on, we're going to get a bite to eat and then you're going to go for a nap for an hour." JJ said. "I bet your eyes are even more beautiful when they're not tired." JJ added before walking away leaving Calleigh standing in a somewhat frozen state.
"You coming?" JJ shouted over her shoulder snapping Calleigh out of her daze.
Please let me know what you think about the story and about the JJ/Calleigh pairing.