Story: Emily Unveiled
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Author: hippolover1326
Chapter: 1 (Suspicious)
I do not own Criminal Minds.
Hi guys! So normally I write fanfiction for SVU, but this idea came to me a few days ago and I just had to write it down.
Hotch is disturbed by a realization of what career Emily would be good at if she was not working at the BAU.
Aaron Hotchner flips the blinds in his office and watches his team in the bullpen. Reid is drinking coffee, and Morgan is flirting with Garcia (some things never change). Dave is walking over and tapping Reid on the shoulder. They appear to engage in an intellectual discussion of some sort, likely about whatever book Reid had read over the weekend. JJ is standing at the coffee maker when Emily walks over to her and says hello. After that, Hotch can't tell what they're saying, but Emily touches JJ's arm gently, encouragingly. Emily pulls back. If Hotch wasn't a profiler, he'd miss it, but he doesn't and neither does JJ. Hotch wonders what's up with them. He'll have to keep an eye on Prentiss today.
"Local case came up," Garcia says to their group at the next briefing. "Serial killers are attacking brunette women in their 30's" - her eyes flit for just a split second to Emily, as do everyone else's - "and dumping the bodies in trash dumpsters. They're up to four victims so far."
"If the UnSub is specifically attacking brunettes, the victims are obviously stand-ins for someone he cares about, and since his strength in dragging the bodies indicates he's probably also in his 30's, the stand-ins are probably for a previous girlfriend," Spencer announces.
Everyone tries to pretend they're not looking at Emily, including Emily herself, except Garcia, who pointedly looks in her direction. Emily remains calm, though, eyes pointed ahead.
"Okay." Hotch stands up. "Rossi and Morgan, go to the crime scenes, Reid and JJ, talk to the families, and Emily, come with me to the crime lab for forensics and DNA results."
Everyone follows suit and stands up. They gather their folders and walk to the car. In Hotch's car, Emily stares straight ahead. Hotch looks at her from the side. Her features are raven-like and sharp. He's not sure why this crosses his mind, but he wonders what sort of job Emily would be good at if he had not agreed to put her on the team. "Prentiss?"
"Hmm?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, why?"
"What were you talking about with JJ this morning?"
Emily shrugs. "Henry and Will," she states simply.
Hotch knows this doesn't fit. However simple JJ's gesture was, the conversation most definitely had revolved around Emily in some way. Most likely, JJ doing the very same thing Hotch was doing now – attempting to see if Emily was okay. "All right," he agrees anyway.
To be continued...I will post the next chapter very very soon!