"Prentiss, for the last time, I don't care if you got clearance or not. You're not joining us on this case." Hotch grimly stated, his tone chilled. "Now hang up this phone and go relax for once in your life."
Emily's eyes peered over her shoulder, landing on JJ who was lounging on their leather sofa. She contemplated whether it would be worth arguing and decided against prolonging their quarrel. "Yes, sir."
Hotch paused, disconnecting his phone from speaker. "And Emily?" He mumbled uneasily.
The brunette's auburn eyes narrowed. "Hotch?"
Agent Hotchner looked to Rossi guidance, who in turn nodded encouragingly. "I uh, I just wanted to tell you that I know. About you know, your relationship with Jennifer."
Emily froze, the pigment in her skin becoming bleached. She spun around to face JJ, mouthing "They know."
JJ immediately jumped to her feet and placed an ear beside Emily's, listening intently to Hotchner's incoherent ramblings.
"There won't be any trouble, Prentiss. I mean, from the team anyway. Word doesn't have to go any further than us…"
Shit. Strauess. Reading her mind, JJ reached for Emily hand before taking the phone.
"Sorry, Hotch. I think you stunned Emily into a stupor." She paused, brushing the stray hairs away from her girlfriend's eye. "Who knows, exactly?"
Hotch shifted his weight from foot to foot, uncomfortable. "Just Dave and myself. Well, and anyone else you might have told. God knows Morgan and Reid would never tell me."
JJ nodded, processing the information. "No, they didn't know either. Just Garcia."
Hotch sighed, relieved to not have been the only person oblivious to the womens' relationship. "Rossi was the one that told me. He picked up on it over the last few months.
Emily found her voice again, jumping into the strained conversation. "I promise, Hotch. This won't interfere with our work. We'll still be professional…"
He interrupted, "I have full faith in you both. If I didn't, we'd be having an entirely different conversation." Hotch cleared his voice before asking, "JJ?"
"Sir?" The blonde retorted.
"I uh, at the beginning of this… I was telling Emily to enjoy her time off while it lasts. See to it that she does, alright? That you both relax so you can heal?"
JJ grinned, her color returning. She hadn't heard the gist of their beginning conversation. "I think I can manage that."
Jj' bruises had finally begun to fade, the blue splotches on her face no neck less obvious and more easily hidden with makeup. Beneath the blonde's shirt, though, was a different story. While her ribs hadn't been broken during the attack, they were severely bruised; a gothic rainbow of colors exploded on her abdomen, the hues managing to darken every day. Breathing had become easier, however, which made mobility less of an issue. The marks were ugly to look at, but thankfully they were beginning to be more cosmetic than painful.
Emily watched intensely as JJ lifted the tattered t-shirt from her body, the blonde's hips swaying gracefully as she stepped out of her sweatpants. Jennifer knew she had an audience and was sure to put on a show, swinging her butt unnecessarily (but incredibly satisfyingly) as she pranced back and forth from bathroom, the hot water already steaming the mirror as it crashed to the grey tiled floor.
The brunette looked down at her own body, which was splayed out in the bed in jogging shorts and a sweatshirt. As soon as Emily heard JJ step into the shower, a noise marked by the shifting of water as the fountain broke over JJ's bare skin, she stood and dropped her own clothes to the floor.
JJ softened as Emily's arms found themselves around her waist, Prentiss's tender kisses trailing down the curve of her collar bone. JJ sighed, inhaling Emily's scent and savoring the sensation of her hands coaxing her hips. Emboldened, JJ spun around, pressing herself to Emily, their naked bodies gliding together like the two was only one force. Her tongue plunged into Emily's parted lips, swirling frantically; JJ explored Emily with urgent hands, her fingers desperate to connect with all of the brunette's ivory skin.
Emily weakened, moaning into JJ's kiss. Her hands found themselves under JJ, lifting her into the shower wall. JJ eagerly complied, wrapping her legs around the brunette, breaking their kiss to nibble at her neck.
Adrenaline coursed through Emily's veins, empowered by the sounds escaping Jennifer's lips. Using one arm and the wall to support JJ, Emily slipped her hand between the blonde's thighs. Zealously, her efforts were met with an intense cry, JJ's hips vigorously plunging into Emily. It was easy for the brunette to glide two fingers into JJ, the blonde's muscles contracting eagerly around them. The feel of Jennifer tightening her sent Emily into a frenzy, her pelvis bucking against JJ's slick bare thigh.
"Emily, oh my God." Jennifer tilted her head back against the wall, overwhelmed by the desire radiating through her body. It was so strong that her toes tingled, her scalp tickled with goosebumps. "Right there, just like that." She pleaded.
Emily's arousal climaxed at the sound of her name; she erupted around JJ's thigh, her own legs squeezing Jennifer's with every buck of her hips. JJ felt it, felt Emily losing herself in desire. It made her muscles clench and relax more urgently, contracting around Emily's skilled fingers. Her hands wrapped themselves in the brunette's hair, pulling desperately as she screamed in pleasure.
The world faded away as JJ leaned into Emily, both women exhausted and thoroughly satisfied. Emily's forehead rested against JJ's, her lungs struggling to find air. "I love you," she whispered, her chest heaving. "God, I love you so much, Jen."
JJ grinned as the water crashed over their bodies, relishing in the scent of their sex mixed with the bubbles of body wash coating the shower floor. "I love you too, Emily Prentiss. Even if you made me wait forever for that."
Emily smiled, landing one last kiss on JJ's lips. "I told you it would be worth the wait."
A/N: Hey guys, I'm sorry for the two day hiatus! It was finals week, and somehow I managed to forget that I had a 20 page paper due (which I should have been working on all semester. Oops.). But classes are officially over for break and so the writing shall resume. As always, please review! ;)