Hello everybody, I meant to post this last night but ran out of time before having to work the night shift, sorry it's a bit late but hope you enjoy. Just wanted to say a quick thank you to USCutie15 and 102000QP for your requests and ideas, I will work those into the one shot series for you as soon as possible, when it is your requested idea I will leave a dedication in the opening information for you

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Name: Occupational Hazards.

Synopsis: JJ see's Emily get hurt in the field the first time and finds herself more affected by it than she thought.


Five: Occupational Hazards

"Are you sure you're okay?" JJ asked for the umptinth time in the last hour.

To say she was worried was an understatement.

Emily was always so confident, so self-assured and strong. Seeing her accepting help let alone needing help leaving the unsubs house earlier had been completely terrifying.

Even more so when JJ had seen the blood dripping from her friends brow from where the unsub had hit her with a baseball bat.

"I'm fine Jayje, the hospital wouldn't have cleared me to fly if I wasn't." Emily reassured her friend, again, laying back on the sofa at the front of the jet, her head resting on a cushion next to the blonde's leg.

From her place laying on the sofa Emily looked up to see that JJ looked far from convinced, her face showed worry, her shoulders were drawn together tensely.

"Just need a good night's sleep and some strong painkillers, I'll be fine after that." Emily said with a small smile.

"What if Morgan hadn't had been in there with us, do you think he would have kept going?" JJ asked staring at the bandage on Emily's head, she felt guilty, the unsub had gone for her with the bat.

The only reason it was Emily with a battered head and concussion and not her was due to the fact Emily pushed her out of the way and took the hit for her.

"Best not to go there. Morgan stopped him, now he's in gaol. He can't hurt anybody anymore." Emily said, she knew what was going through JJ's mind, she had the same thoughts going through her own mind.

The knock to the head she got from the bat had left her dazed, if the unsub had gone after JJ as well Emily would have not been able to do anything about it, the smack had sent her gun flying into another room and JJ was unarmed.

Emily was more accustomed to things like that happening from time to time, it came with the job.

All of them had at times been caught up in an unsubs attempt of an escape or breakdown, they had all at times been hurt.

For JJ though, this was the first time she had witnessed any of the team hurt like this, she had been told it can happen, she knew it could, but it was the first time for her to personally witness it.

"Yeah, but he could have killed you." JJ whispered.

There it was.

The reason for all her worry.

All her fussing.

She cared for Emily deeply.

The two had become close friends very quickly.

Emily had been the one to help JJ get settled in at the BAU and helped her settle in with the team.

Emily had been the one who made the most effort to help JJ with her fears on the plane, even though she didn't know what those fears were.

Emily had been the first real friend JJ had had since her sister.

Emily was the one who just took a bat to the head for her, without thinking twice.

JJ was terrified of losing her, and today had been far too close for comfort.

"Hey." Emily said sitting up again with a wince, turning to face the blonde trying to draw her attention from the spot of the floor JJ had decided to stare at.

"I'm okay. It's gonna take more than some crazy wackjob with a baseball bat to get rid of Emily Prentiss." She continued bumping her shoulder with JJ's gently causing the blonde to smile.

"You are pretty tough." JJ agreed shaking her head as she smiled.

It was amazing that just like that, a few words and a playful shoulder bump, could almost completely evaporate her worries.

Noticing that JJ now seemed more at ease, less worried, Emily lay herself back down on the sofa her head resting on the cushion near JJ's leg again.

"Got to admit, I'm flattered." Emily began with a teasing tone.

"You must really care about me if you're willing to wait on me hand and foot, might have to get concussed more often." Emily said with a small chuckle watching as JJ narrowed her eyes at her.

"Don't you dare!" JJ insisted, the idea horrifying her.

"I'm just saying these things happen. Guess you could call it an occupational hazard." Emily replied holding her hands up in defence while looking up at the blonde with a smirk.

"Smartass." JJ muttered, unimpressed.

"You'd miss me if I wasn't here." Emily said with a wink.

"You can walk home, I'm not driving you." JJ said as she crossed her arms, a pout on her face.

"Sure." Emily said knowingly, they both knew JJ would be driving her home.

"You're not my friend anymore." JJ sulked.

"Whatever you say Jayje, whatever you say." Emily said with a smile relaxing further into the couch.


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