Disclaimer – I own nothing related to Criminal Minds
So I like to post stories or drabbles that I've had saved on my laptop a little while and usually haven't finished (there are a lot because I write when I'm stuck with my assignments or revision). Honestly, these fics aren't my greatest work ever, there usually just storylines that I've had in my head and wanted to write but never really got back around to it. Most of the fics were written during or before season 7 so the plot lines differ.
So this fic is about JJ and Will at the beginning of season 7. I'm not a huge JJ/Will fan, I love me some JJ/Hotch, so here's a little fic about the comment JJ made to Prentiss in the season 7 opening about what's going on with Will.
Anyway, let me know what you think!
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It's a long story.
That's what she told her returning best friend about her current relationship status with the father of her child.
She might have well signed up to Facebook and announced to the world that her five year relationship, with the kind Will LaMontagne was 'complicated'.
It's a long story.
Hmmph.
Understatement.
JJ sighed as she switched off the engine and looked over to her house on the opposite side of the road. It was only seven thirty in the evening, a relatively early finish for the BAU agents the blonde mused as she watched the light in her living room being switched on.
Collecting her belongings from the back seat, the newly qualified profiler took an encouragingly deep breath before exiting the calmness of her car and locking the vehicle.
JJ crossed the empty road and jogged up the few steps to her front door. Through paranoia, the door was always locked and so the blonde struggled with her bags and coat while placing the key into the lock.
Pushing the door open with her foot, JJ dumped all of her things next to the coat pegs on the wall and closed the door behind her. "Hello."
Not getting a response, JJ wandered into the living room where Will was sitting on the floor with Henry on his lap. He looked towards the doorway where JJ was hovering. "We weren't expecting you back yet."
"I brought the paperwork back with me." JJ replied softy before making her way over to the pair and crouching down to kiss Henry's forehead.
Will smiled thinly at the tired Pennsylvanian and stood, passing the three year old over to his mom as he did so. "The case went okay?"
"Yeah we caught the bad guys and got the victims back to their families." JJ replied softly while keeping her full attention on her little boy in her arms.
"Good." Will nodded as he bent down to pick up some scattered toys.
JJ met the Louisianan's eyes in wonder. "Everything go okay here while I was gone?"
"Of course, Henry and I hung out and I got the interview for that position in DCPD." Will beamed brightly in pride.
JJ's eyes widened happily. "That's great Will, they're going to love you, I know it."
"Thanks." He blushed slightly under the blonde's congratulatory gaze.
JJ kissed the top of Henry's head and hummed. "Has he had his bath?"
"Yes!" Henry clapped his chubby hands together urgently.
Will chuckled at his son's actions. "No he hasn't yet, but it's drawn if you want to take him up."
"Are you fibbing to your Momma?" JJ nuzzled her nose into Henry's neck as she took them both to the foot of the stairs.
Will followed the pair in haste. "JJ?"
"Is everything alright?" JJ asked as she hovered on the bottom stair.
"Yeah it's just..." Will ran his hand over his stubble on his chin. "I erm, I found an apartment across town. I signed the papers yesterday."
"Oh." JJ blinked a few times, unsure how she should react to her partner of the last five years moving out of their family home.
Will sighed heftily. "I know we're trying to make things work but being under the same roof isn't exactly helping us."
"No, I guess not." JJ replied in agreement, well aware that if anyone should be moving out it should probably be her, seeing as she had spent less and less time there since she returned to the BAU. Will, however, was far too much a gentleman to let her be the one to move.
Will looked to the ground sheepishly before continuing. "I want to make this work JJ. I love you."
"I love you too, Will." JJ smiled solemnly.
Will nodded once. "I just think some time a part might be better for us."
JJ met his dark caramel eyes briefly before returning to the task at hand, giving Henry his bath. After her toddler was clean and dried, JJ placed him down in his bed and watched his eyes flicker closed.
Satisfied that he was out for the count, JJ moved into the master bedroom to get changed after Henry decided to splash around in the shallow bath, soaking his mom in the process.
As she placed her pyjama t-shirt over her head, JJ froze hearing a soft noise at the doorway. "Don't stop on my account Jayje."
JJ smirked at Will's wandering gaze. "What's up?"
"Your phone buzzed." Will passed over the small silver object to the standing blonde. JJ read over her text and frowned. "Is everything okay?"
She nodded slowly. "Hotch just wants to push back briefing tomorrow to eleven fifteen."
"For any particular reason?" Will asked in attempt to make small talk.
"Jack issues." JJ replied knowingly.
Will nodded understandingly and sat on the edge of the king size bed. "JJ, what are we doing?"
"Hmm?" JJ hummed placed her phone on charge.
"When did we become the couple that can't talk to one another or can't even be alone in the same room for longer than ten minutes?" He asked sadly.
JJ turned to meet his searching eyes. "We're doing okay at the moment aren't we?"
"We haven't been with each other in five months." Will informed the still profiler as though she had no recollection of their nonexistent sex life.
"I wasn't the one who moved into the spare room." JJ thought sourly as she closed her eyes momentarily while she searched her brain for the right words. "I know. I'm sorry."
"I'm moving out, Jayje." Will's forehead creased in emotion. "You're really not going to stop me?"
JJ bit her lower lip and leaned against her dresser. "I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do, Will."
"I want you to do what's going to make you happy. I just hoped that it was me that makes you happy." Will replied honestly.
JJ lowered her gaze to the carpeted floor. "You do Will, but I don't make you happy, not right now anyway."
"That's not fair." He rebuked.
JJ raised her shoulders in a slight shrug. "Will, you hate that I'm back in the BAU..."
"It's dangerous and both the hours and travelling suck. Every case rips a part of your soul away and you feel like you have to protect me from it. But that's not why I hated you going back there." Will countered.
JJ stared back unsurely. "So why do you?"
"You didn't talk about it with me. You just went running back at the first chance you got and you didn't talk to me about it. You had a great position at the Pentagon but instead you lied to me about Emily and you took profiling classes without my knowledge. It's not that I have to know everything JJ, I just wish you talked to me, especially about the important stuff." Will stressed in disappointment.
JJ cringed at his hurt expression. "I know. I really do try sometimes it's just easier... I'm sorry."
"The BAU just creates this tension between us. It has done for a while now." The southern detective shrugged.
JJ sighed softly. "Our issues started way before I went back to the BAU, Will."
"I gave up on asking you to marry me so don't tell me that was the problem." Will raised his eyes while trying to read his girlfriend's expression. The blonde moved to sit beside the silent Louisianan. "It wasn't Will and you know how bad I feel about saying no... again."
"So when did our problems start?" Will asked with a quiver in his voice.
JJ cleared her throat quietly. "I'm not entirely sure. I know that once I left the BAU I pulled away from you."
"I don't think you realised how much you changed once you left the Bureau." Will stated softly.
JJ turned so she was facing the sulking man. "DOD was incredibly demanding Will, and I'm sorry if I..."
"This isn't just your fault, JJ. You need to stop apologising for everything. I could be more understanding." Will informed the blonde quickly. "I'm just not sure I want to be."
JJ nodded. "I understand."
Will moaned throatily. "I hate that things are like this between us."
"Me too." JJ responded quietly as Will closed the gap between them and pressed a gentle kiss against her lips.
His hand cupped the back of her neck while deepening the kiss as they repositioned themselves so they were lying down on the bed and continued to kiss until Will pulled away suddenly.
He looked down at the confused blonde apologetically. "I'm sorry."
"I know." JJ nodded guessing that she was mirroring the look on his face.
Half sitting up, JJ cringed as Will backed out of the room clumsily. The blonde felt numb, and figured Will felt the same way.
There was no spark, no electricity that there had once been.
Whatever they had before the awkwardness had begun had somehow been lost and as JJ stared at her closed bedroom door, she decided she should probably get used to being left alone.
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So I don't hate Will and I don't want to make him the bad guy (even though I kind of always do) but I don't necessarily like that he and JJ are married in the show, I liked how they were parents who loved each other and didn't need marriage to solidify their relationship, and I felt like the wedding was almost pushed in to give the season 7 finale a happy ending (because who doesn't like a wedding?) even though marriage between the couple hadn't been discussed in seasons... anyways my opinions, don't want to start an argument :P
Next chapter is coming up...