A/N: I know it's a bit early series-wise, but in my universe Will and Henry exist and Garcia's with Kevin. He may be a bumbling idiot... but in my opinion they're cute together.

The case in Phoenix for all intensive purposes was a pretty easy one. They closed it quickly – some creep with daddy issues abducting small boys from their homes – and were heading home after just a few days. The case was simple, yes. But the hardest pill to swallow was the aftermath. Cases involving kids were always the hardest; there was no two ways about it. And losing that innocent boy when if they'd been just minutes sooner they could've saved him was certainly going to take its toll on the seasoned profilers.

JJ would go home to Will and Henry and heal through the love of her two boys. Derek would do get his groove thing on with a few beers and pick up some girl, or take hammers to dry wall. Anything simple and animalistic. Something that made sense. Reid would go and devour more books, saving all the information in that head of his for future reference. Hotch would find solace in his son, Rossi in some good food and alcohol. Garcia would cuddle up with Kevin and comfort food, and Emily? Well, she had Taylor.

She knew where Taylor would be as soon as she unlocked her apartment door. The music emanating from the master bathroom was a clue that it didn't take a profiler to interpret. Dropping her go-bag in the living room; she retreated into her bedroom to undress. Tay must've heard her enter as her voice echoed into the room as Emily removed her shirt.

'That you Em?'

'Yeah! You in the bath?'

'Yep! You joining me?'

'I'll be in in a sec!'

Emily walked into the bathroom, stark naked – something she had never been comfortable enough to do in previous relationships – only instead of getting into the bath with Taylor, or even acknowledging her, she jumped straight into the shower.

'Tease' she heard Taylor chuckle.

Emily let out a huge sigh of appreciation as the water soothed her aching muscles.

'Tough case huh?' concern ran through her voice.

It was at this point that Emily opened her deep brown eyes to take in all of her girlfriend. God she is beautiful she thought as brown eyes met hazel.

'I'm just glad to be home'

'Kids?' Taylor enquired; and Emily's silence spoke a thousand words.

'…I'm just glad to be home' she re-iterated; indicating that she wouldn't say anymore on the matter. 'How was work?' she turned the attention to her girlfriend again as she poured shampoo into her palm.

'Good. That new scanner I told you about came Monday, and it works as well as I thought it would. Oh and Lauren had a breakthrough'

'Yeah?' Emily smiled at the news.

'Yep. Her cell counts up, which is great because now we ca-'

Emily always seemed to unintentionally zone out when Taylor slipped into medical jargon, the same way she saw Taylor's eyes glaze over when she got too far into why the profile of the killer in her last case was so interesting, or the repercussions of breaking protocol, or… well basically anything in FBI speak. Its not that what she was saying wasn't interesting, it's just that it was in those moments that Emily got lost in how amazing Taylor really was, and how proud she was of her.

It was also when Emily got maddest at herself for not telling her team about this amazing woman she had in her life. This woman she'd known since she was eighteen. Her first real love. She'd love to turn to JJ or Garcia when they were talking about how she should find a boyfriend and say that actually she was gay. And she had a girlfriend. And said girlfriend was a paediatrician. Who specialised in oncology, no less. And yes, she may be a resident at Georgetown University Hospital, but she was so acclaimed in her field that she was frequently called in to DC Children's Hospital to help the research teams try to cure cancer and minimize the side effects of the various treatments on the kids unlucky enough to have it. She'd love to tell Derek all about her sexy doctor girlfriend, and see the way his eyes would pop out of his head when she introduced her to him. She'd love to introduce her to Reid even, and watch them talk in doctor speak in amusement. She'd love to tell the team, period. Because the truth was, she was completely in love and they didn't even know. But she was terrified that a good reaction wasn't what she would receive.

'Emilyyyyy' Taylor's sing-song I-know-you-weren't-listening-to-me voice broke her from her thoughts once again. 'Am I boring you?' she winked.

'No baby you know I just zone out when I get thinking' Emily replied, blushing slightly, fully willing to blame the hot water if Taylor called her out on her red face.

'Yeah yeah, you just ignore me. Anyways work was good. My mom called by the way, she wants us to come round for dinner Sunday if you're in town?'

'Actually I have the weekend off' Emily grinned as she stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel off the rack to wrap around herself.

'Is that so?' Taylor replied, pulling the plug and standing up, mimicking Emily's actions.

'Yep' Emily stepped over to give her a hand out of the bath, before placing a much needed kiss on the other brunette's lips.

'Well then Miss Prentiss, I believe we have to start our weekend together in style' a devilish smile spread across Taylor's face, just inches from Emily's.

'And what style would that be?' Emily played dumb as Taylor let the towel fall from her body.

'The style of you, me, and our bed' Taylor replied walking out of the room the way Emily entered, and looking damn sexy even if Emily did say so herself.

A/N: No UnSub in this chapter, but he'll be back in the next one, which will be longer, and I'm hoping to have up tomorrow. I thought some fluff would lead us nicely to where I want to go with this story, plus you need to know what Taylor does for it to work… dun dun dunnn

For those of you wondering; the hospitals mentioned are real, and the girl mentioned, Lauren (get it? wink wink) has Rhabdomyosarcoma (a rare cancer) and you'll be seeing more of her. Also for the sake of you guys picturing Emily and Taylor, here's a little back story: They met at college, (age 18) got together, (age 22) broke up, (age 25) and got back together again (age 31). In this story they are 35. This is all to coincide with the time needed for someone to train as a paediatric oncologist. All will be explained soon…

Til next time!

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