This is a post-200 fanfic. It's just something I've had in my head for a while.

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds

It was as if a heavy weight had lifted from your shoulders. The burden of lies no longer weighed upon you. Now that everything was in the open, you no longer had to be suffocated by the black cloud of deceit.

Now you are free, just like the blackbird that roam the skies at night.

It was a peace you had never truly understood until today.

Having to keep things from the people you love the most is a pain that may as well have been inflicted by your own hand. The emotional pain hurt worse than the physical torture you endured.

But for now, that pain has dissipated, like a heavy fog that has just lifted after a storm. And you will enjoy every second of this freedom, now that you know how valuable it is.

You know you have to cherish the time you have with this feeling. Because no matter how hard you try, it will return someday. And just like all the other times, you will have no choice. You will once again hurt the people you love the most.

But for now, Jennifer Jareau is at peace. The lies that you had to hide from your team and family are no longer barriers that kept them apart. So you relish this feeling.

Because lies are always just around the corner.