Hey guys! Here's the first chapter of Falling Slowly, I promise that the others will be longer! Reviews are as always greatly appreciated, I love to hear what you think or any questions you may have :)
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Emily reached out her hand and rested it against the thick plastic window. Beneath her was blue. Blue sky, blue water, blue. She adjusted herself in the small blue seat and and continued to stare out into the blue. She could barely comprehend what was happening, it had all gone so fast. She didn't leave a two weeks notice and only left her boss a letter. The next thing she knew she was on a plane.
She wasn't just going anywhere, although she felt like she was flying into the great unknown. But maybe it was the unknown now. After months in London things had changed. She changed, no doubt others changed too. Could what once felt like a home still be one now? Or had her leaving taken away that right?
Emily was willing to take that risk. Because right now, London wasn't home. Nowhere was home. The only place she could think to go was the one where she had, at one point in her life, felt accepted. Because she needed that now. She needed people, and she needed something to keep her going.
Even when she was in London all she had thought of was her team. Garcia and Morgan had come to visit, and she spoke to the others on the phone, but it wasn't the same. And she missed them more than she was willing to admit. She couldn't help but think she was making the wrong choice. Was she being selfish? Should she have stayed where she was?
But it was too late, the plane landed on the pavement and she was officially there. She took in a deep breath, grabbed her bag from the overhead compartment and left the plane.
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Hotch sat on the plane and stared at the case file in front of him. He rested his hand on it and let out a deep breath. The case was over, and they were heading home, but it was still fresh in his mind. The pain he saw in the families and the smirks he caught as the men were dragged through the police department.
It made him wonder about human nature. Sure there were good people, like his son, and Haley, and his team, but there was so much evil. How long was it until the good was overpowered by the darkness? Until the light became just another chance for a shadow?
He found himself almost laughing at his thoughts. This was something he would have talked to Emily about. Everyone had their doubts on this job, but Emily understood him in ways the others couldn't. She was the one that could always help him push past his doubts.
He didn't let himself think about Emily too much. It hurt him to do so, to think of her gone, in another part of the world. But when he did think of her he remembered all the times she made him laugh, her advice, and the way it uplifted him everyday to see her. But even that hurt. Remembering the good times reminded him that there wouldn't be any more.
He shook away those thoughts as the plane landed on the dark pavement. He said his goodbyes to the team and got off the plane to go home.