Hey! This is a 'case' chapter, it's not very 'Sera-involved', apologies but I don't see Sera being much of field agent. I hope you enjoy anyway :)

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Honey Blonde Curls

Chapter fourteen – I love you, Tommy Brown

Sera yawned into her third cup of strong coffee that morning, she was sitting in the conference room with Penelope, Emily and JJ; waiting for the rest of the team. She had begrudgingly accepted to go on another case though last time she wasn't much help, all she did was answer phones and search for a few addresses. Still, if it was going to help save people she wanted to do what she could. Penelope hadn't told her anything about the case yet though, she said she would wait and deliver it when everyone was present so Sera had been refilling her mug as soon as she finished.

'Did you sleep at all last night?' Penelope asked, shuffling some paper. Sera yawned again and shook her head. 'Are you sure you're up for this?'

'I'll be fine,' she said, offering a tired smile. 'It was my own fault, I got in really late and then Mike called so I was on the phone to him for ages, then Captain threw up and…'she trailed off, throwing one of her arms up in defeat. 'It got to 5am and I didn't see the point in even trying to get some sleep.'

'I'm sure they'll let you nap on the jet,' Penelope said sympathetically.

'I won't need to,' she said holding up her coffee cup. 'I'm drinking my weight in caffeine.' Sera finished off her mug and stood to go get another but turned around and took her seat when she saw Aaron and David coming towards the door. Penelope and Emily watched in confusion as Sera tried her best to look nonchalant, taking out her phone and going into her emails.

'Good morning,' David said to the room.

'Morning, Rossi' Emily replied. JJ looked up and smiled as they took their seats; David next to Sera and Aaron next to Penelope. Sera glanced at the chair next to her and wondered if Spencer would sit next to her when he arrived.

'You look exhausted,' Rossi said quietly, leaning in to talk quietly to her. She scoffed to herself at how unsubtle it was and in amusement, she leaned in close to him to respond.

'I am.'

'Perhaps you should sleep more often,' David whispered back.

'I'll try harder.'

'What are you two doing?' Penelope asked, Emily, JJ and Aaron watching too.

'Offering a piece of friendly advice,' David said, shrugging. 'I don't see how it is anyone else's business.'

'Okay…' Emily said.

Penelope smiled as Sera made eye contact with her, and stood up, walking over to the window where she could look out at the bullpen through the blinds, Sera watched her move as if she were watching someone and as soon as Derek walked through the door Penelope was in front of him.

'Um, hi yeah, what was that about?' Penelope asked, Sera was too tired to pay attention and found herself yawning rather loudly. Emily smirked at her before looking back at the paper in front of her, she met Aaron's eye contact and they exchanged a small gentle smile before her looked down at the file before him and Sera looked towards Penelope and Derek talking.

'Penelope, I'd like to get started,' Aaron said. Spencer snuck in quickly and took the seat next to Sera, smiling widely at her small grin.

'Yes, sorry, uh…' she said, going to put her coffee cup down. 'Two couples were found shot, uh…uh, to Death in the uh, Delridge neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.' Pictures came up on the screen and Sera grimaced, definitely not used to the sight of dead bodies. 'The first was Mark Daniels and Ben Preasely. They were found dead in their living room, the second was John and Heather Miller; they live four miles away and they were found last night dead in their hallway.'

'Their daughter found them?' JJ asked.

'Yeah,' Penelope replied. 'She had snuck out to see her boyfriend, when she got back they were dead,' Penelope said. Sera frowned, sympathetic for the poor girl that would have seen such a horrible sight.

'Two double homicides must be rare in that area,' David said, Sera guessed it was a small town not that she'd ever heard of it.

'What makes it weirder is that there was no sign of robbery or sexual assault,' Penelope added, looking down at her tablet. Sera glanced over at David's as Spencer did have one and they didn't have a spare to give her while she was interning.

'The shooter used a 22,' Derek said, looking at Aaron. Sera looked at him too with a blank face, wondering if might say something to clarify what Derek was pointing out.

'Shot them execution style,' JJ said, oh.

'He's experienced, used a pillow as a silencer,' Aaron said.

'He didn't want to wake the neighbours,' Emily added. Sera pursed her lips, finding it slightly amusing that it sounded almost considerate though she knew it was so they went unnoticed.

'You know these crimes seem to lack the emotionality that we'd typically see in personal cause homicides,' Spencer said, glancing at the monitor and turning to look at his team as he spoke. Sera had no idea what the emotionality in personal cause homicides usually looked like so she couldn't agree nor disagree though the team didn't seem to think much on that aspect, just took it in and kept making puzzle pieces.

'Most executions are criminal enterprise related,' JJ stated.

'The probability of these couples being involved in the exact same illegal activities kind of blow,' Spencer replied, Sera almost smiled at his less intelligent conclusion to his sentence.

'There's no way these are random victims of opportunity,' Derek stated, Sera agreed with that though she had little proper reasoning to go on; she just figured.

'Garcia, was there sign of forced entry?' Aaron asked.

She shook her head, 'None that the authorities have found, no.'

'So it's a home invasion,' he suggested.

'Or our unsub is using some kind of rouge,' Emily replied.

'Either way they're calculating a dispassionate,' David summed up.

'No appreciation for Shale throw pillows,' Penelope muttered distastefully, which actually made Sera smirk. Penelope was definitely a quirk in the serious team of the BAU.

'Well the violent and targeted nature of these crimes suggests that there could be more,' Derek frowned. Sera wasn't thrilled at the prospect of that, or the idea of having to see more pictures of dead bodies.

'Wheels up in thirty,' Aaron said, they all moved immediately and Sera glanced about with confusion and awe. She didn't know how they did it, it was like some sort of super power and it was all so quick. David chucked as he looked down at her.

'You get used to it,' he told her, she smiled up at him and stood. Collecting her empty mug.

'It's incredible seeing how you guys work, I literally can't comprehend how it's done,' she said, walking with him down to the bullpen.

'It's a science that gets imprinted on your brain,' David said, 'and once it's there, it never goes.' Sera washed her mug and put it back on the shelf in the kitchenette. David waited patiently for her while she collected her go-bag and they walked down together seeing as the other's had all disappeared to do a few things before going to the jet. Sera was wondering if she should wait for Aaron but decided against it, he was nice outside of work but she knew he was very much a professional when he was on a case and she'd rather keep her distance when he was Agent Hotchner; she didn't know what she could and couldn't say so it was best to say nothing at all. 'Did you enjoy yourself last night?' David asked as they boarded the jet.

'I did,' Sera said, a smile forming on her lips.

'What did you do last night?' Derek asked as she took a seat next to Spencer at the table. Her eyes darted to Aaron as he emerged and then back to Derek.

'Hip hop classes,' she replied, he grinned.

'I figured you to be more of a book and early night kind of a person,' Derek told her, David scoffed at that and Sera scowled playfully at him.

'I read,' she said, to clarify it though David didn't look like he believed her, after all he had heard all about the antics she gets up to or used to get up to. 'It's just for fitness reasons in all honesty but I do like the idea of shaking it right while cooking, I can just do a few Kennis Pulls while making toast.' JJ and Emily laughed at that, Derek didn't know what a Kennis Pull was so glanced at them with curiosity. 'I'm like a female Michael Jackson,' she added as an after comment, followed by his iconic noise impression which made them all chuckle, especially Aaron.

HBC

Sera was waiting for Penelope to call back with a follow up on leads so Sera could pass it along, her body was aching all over and despite still being awake, most people watched her like she wasn't. It was incredibly irritating to her and she found it extremely rude, she may have looked tired but they could have least pretended that she didn't.

Spencer appeared in front of the computer desk she was sitting at. 'More coffee?' He asked, putting a cup down next to her empty one.

'Thanks,' she said, smiling gently.

'Did you have another nightmare?' He asked, she shook her head though it would be a simple enough excuse to give him.

'I haven't slept,' she replied. 'I got in late from my dancing lessons and so much seemed to happen into the early hours of the morning. I thought I could handle it,' she said.

'You are, Hotch is happy with the work you're doing and Rossi is very praising,' he told her.

'I'm sure they're basing it all purely off my attributes of today,' she said dryly.

'Your oh so pleasant personality does work in your favour slightly,' he said, she smiled at that. 'I should get back to work,' he said.

'Sure,' she replied, 'thanks Spence.'

'No, problem. If you need anything, I'm just through here.' She nodded and watched him head back into the office, Aaron glanced at her through the glass and she watched as he got on with the case. He was very…manly in his boss man role, so dominant and fast paced. When he glanced up again, she looked away and felt her cheeks burn. At least he was too busy to notice, so she thought. Aaron couldn't help glancing at her throughout the rest of the hour he was in the police station, she seemed to smile to herself a lot or already be watching him. As much as he scolded himself for being easily distracted by her presence, he found he liked her watching him work, especially when for once it was her doing the staring.

HBC

'I will never understand this whole teacher lover thing, I can barely handle with a grown man,' JJ mused, walking ahead of her. Sera followed after Spencer, exhaustion weighing her down. It had been an intense case and even when she had time to sleep, she couldn't because she was trying to do Penelope's job to the same standard and her mind was on overdrive with worry she would let them down. She felt incredibly techy.

'What's interesting is if were to be a male teacher and a female student he'd have gotten 20 years and none of this would have happened,' David said.

'Well she could get life plus 20 for all the murders she committed,' JJ said, the group stopped just outside of the glass doors.

'You knows what's funny? If she wasn't so pretty she probably would have never been released in the first place,' Spencer said, Sera wasn't sure that was funny at all, and though she wanted to give him a look of interest; she couldn't force herself to.

'What?' Penelope asked.

'It's true,' he said, 'unattractive female predators serve a longer prison sentence than the attractive counterparts,' Spencer told her.

'Wow,' Penelope said, sounding disturbed. 'That's ridiculous.'

'It's primal,' Spencer replied. 'There's a higher sentence for many such as sex offenders.'

'Okay, well who's ready to get breakfast?' JJ asked. Spencer and David raised their hands.

'I can't… there's something I've got to take care of,' Penelope said, indicating to somewhere down the hall and walking off while the others slowly made their way down a different corridor.

'Sera?' Spencer asked, turning back to her. Sera considered it, thought about just getting some more coffee and seeing how well she could handle paperwork but decided she'd rather be somewhere else instead.

'I've got things…' she said, indicating to the bullpen. 'I'll see you later,' she added, turning away before he could ask what she was doing instead. She carried her go-bag with her up the steps and let herself into Aaron's office, he looked up from behind his desk, the phone to his ear. She closed the door quietly, dumped her go-bag on the floor and lay down on the sofa; turning her back to him and bending her legs. She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of his voice.

'Sera?' He asked after he put the phone down.

'Mm.'

'Would you like me to drive you home?'

'Mm, not yet,' she said, relaxing. Aaron stared at her, sitting back in his chair. He knew if she fell asleep, he'd not enjoy waking her up or there was the possibility someone would come in, not that there was anything inappropriate about her sleeping on the sofa but the rest of the team bar David didn't know of their friendlier than before relationship.

'Come on, I'll get you home,' he said, standing up.

'You have things to do, just work, I'll sleep,' Sera replied, curling into a tight ball.

'As much as I love work,' he said dryly, 'I'd much rather ensure you're home safely and sleeping in your own bed. That way I don't have to wake you up in ten minutes,' he told her, she fake sobbed but let him pull her from the sofa onto her feet. He picked up her go-bag and his jacket and motioned for her to go ahead. She yawned but did as instructed, looking forward to snuggling with Captain and sleeping for the rest of the day.