A/N- Hey all, this one is from Gideon's POV since I sort of forgot he existed in the very beginning.
Gideon was arguably the first on the team to notice the relationship. He noticed it before the women even realized it themselves.
Gideon noticed it in one of the very first cases that Emily worked once she joined the team. The one with the psychotic who had a split personality. The moment that he, Morgan, and Emily burst into the barn, their guns sweeping side to side, he knew something was off.
JJ popped up, yelling at them to freeze. The blonde was frantic until Emily stepped into her path, commanding her attention.
"JJ, hey, Jennifer." She said softly, staring deep into the younger agent's eyes, "Hey, it's alright. It's just us. Where's Reid?"
"We split up. He went around to the back."
There was no further conversation when Morgan and Gideon sprinted out the back of the barn, and Emily stayed to comfort JJ.
That was his first 'inkling'. But it wasn't until later that evening that Gideon was positive that the two women were going to end up together. When he was walking through the house with Prentiss, and they passed the bathroom. JJ whirled around, gun up, eyes flashing.
"Woah, it's just me." Prentiss immediately said, one hand out in reassurance. JJ dropped her gun, running a hand through her hair. She didn't even notice Gideon out in the hall too.
"I'm sorry." JJ apologized.
"No, I'm sorry." Emily replied, going into the bathroom slowly. She reached out to JJ carefully so as not to frighten the younger woman. When JJ showed no signs of bolting, Emily wrapped her up securely.
Prentiss patted down JJ's hair, whispering reassurances into her ear. Gideon knew better, and bowed out gracefully, making his way back down the hallway.
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From there on, it was a waiting game. Waiting for JJ and Prentiss to realize their feelings for themselves, waiting for them to actually get together, and waiting for them to come clean to the team.
He would never know when they admitted their feelings to themselves, but he happily stumbled upon when they finally admitted it to each other.
It was when the team was on a case in New Orleans. The local officer in charge of the investigation was Will LaMontagne Jr, a perfect Southern gentleman with a drawl, who had his sleeves rolled to his elbows perpetually, and wasn't afraid to indulge a little bit on the job.
He hit shamelessly on JJ.
Emily noticed.
Or rather, Gideon noticed the way that Emily's jaw would clench when Will would lean into JJ's space to tell her something, the way she would assert herself next to the blonde dominantly with her hands on her hips and stare Will down coldly.
He was hopeful that Will would be the shove both women needed to finally get together, and he was correct.
His suspicions were confirmed once and for all the evening they finished the case. Will had once again been flirting with JJ, and went so far as to give the woman his phone number. JJ had responded kindly like she always does, but Emily hadn't stopped pouting since.
Just as Gideon had decided to talk to her, JJ beat him to the punch.
Gideon watched JJ take Prentiss by the elbow and lead her away from the mass of people around the motel where the case had ended. They disappeared from sight around the corner.
Gideon let them fall from his mind while they tied up loose ends. It wasn't until about ten minutes later when Hotch was gearing up to head back to DC that the boss wondered where his female agents had disappeared to.
Gideon immediately volunteered to go and grab them.
He took his time slowly walking around the corner, not caring at all that he was eavesdropping. The women's voices met him before he caught sight of them.
"I don't want you to be with anyone else." Emily's unmistakable husky voice said.
"Really now?" JJ's question had a teasing edge.
"I want you to be mine." Emily confirmed. Gideon couldn't help but smile a bit at that, it was no surprise that the brunette didn't like sharing her toys.
Hearing nothing further, Gideon assumed it safe to poke his head around the corner and tell the women they were heading out.
His assumption was proved wrong as he rounded the corner to be greeted with the sight of Emily pressing JJ into the wall of the motel. The two were attached at the lips, JJ had her fingers threaded through Emily's hair while Prentiss was raking her hands up and down the blonde's sides. Gideon froze in shock for a second before backing out.
He walked backwards for eight steps, then called out loudly, "Emily, JJ, are you two over here somewhere?"
He heard a sigh, and some rustling before Emily replied, "Yeah, we're headed back now."
Just as he was about to head off, he heard the brunette say something else, softer, with a distinct whine in her voice, "No, just one more."
"Beggar." JJ admonished, but Gideon heard the distinct sound of another kiss before JJ rounded the corner with a little extra bounce in her step.
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Gideon got to see how truly perfect the women were for each other the evening after a particularly hard case. The serial killer taking out homeless people in masses, locking them in a warehouse and torturing them before finally dismembering them.
To unwind, Gideon set up an old projector in the conference room, and the whole team gathered around to watch Charlie Chaplain together. JJ and Emily sat near each other, Reid in front of them, then JJ, then Emily.
A few minutes in, Emily tosses a piece of popcorn in a wide arch so it went over the blonde's head and landed squarely in Reid's hair.
JJ giggled, and contributed a piece to the back of Reid's head. Through the movie, Gideon kept a sideways eye on the two women. He watched how slowly JJ's chair rolled backwards while Emily's scooted forwards until they were side by side. The blonde leant gently against the older woman's side, their biceps just gently touching. As the movie wore on, the contact got more and more bold, until by the time the credits rolled, JJ's head was resting on Emily's shoulder, and the brunette had her hand securely on JJ's thigh.
When Morgan stood and flicked the light switch on, the woman jumped apart subtly. Emily's arms went above her head in a stretch and JJ covered her blush in a yawn.
Gideon just smiled to himself and began packing up the projector.
A/N- Thanks for reading/ reviewing, have a great Monday!