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JJ couldn't sleep. It had been three weeks since that day. That day that her husband had been shot. That she almost lost him and her son. Then they got married and they went on their honeymoon. Tonight is the first night that she has slept in her room since that day. She looks to her bedside clock. 4:48 a.m. She knows she won't be able to fall asleep tonight. She doesn't start work for another week. Rolling out of bed she walks down the hallway. A flashback appears for her.
I grab ahold of this unsub's wrist. My hands moving on their own accord. I empty the clip and open the chamber and a bullet comes flying out. That move could easily kill me, but I have to protect my son. Henry. Oh God. Where is he? Is he hiding in the closet like I told him too? He already came out. God, where did he go? The unsub lets go of the gun. She kicks me back. That move surprised me. I shake off the surprise and look to where she is. She's going to where Henry should be. I run into the room and charge straight for her. Pulling her back I throw her into the wall…
Sliding down to the ground she pulled her knees up. Leaning back onto the wall JJ thought about that day. She can hear Will moving about in their room. Trying to stifle her sobs, even more than she was now. The tears, hot and streaming down her cheeks and into her lap. She's not making any noise now at all. JJ thinks, 'I'm an FBI agent. I protect the community. I protect so many people. But I couldn't even protect my child. My own child. My own flesh and blood reminder that I'm alive. The human I made.' JJ crawls into her child's room not bothering to get up. Looking over to his bed, seeing that he is still there. That's all she needs right now. That comfort of knowing he's safe. She sits there in his doorframe watching him. Until, eventually she falls asleep.
~~~{ The Criminally Minded }~~~
Will rolled around placing his arm on the other side of the bed. Not feeling his wife there surprised him, and soon he became panicked. She was always there. She wasn't an early bird and she loved to sleep in. Especially on days she didn't need to get up. Looking to the clock he saw it was 6:57 a.m. Getting out of bed he hurriedly walked around the house checking the bathrooms, the kitchen, the laundry room, then finally coming upon his wife slumped in the door frame of his son's room. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying and she had tearstains from what he assumed was crying. He knelt down, picking her up bridal style, led them back to their room. Setting her down on the bed under the covers he could only guess what she was crying about. Hearing his son asking for his parents from the other room he left. Off to go take care of his son for now and the start of a busy day. He was worried for JJ, but he couldn't think about that now.
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