i’m still alive and breathing (you won’t take the rest of me)
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funny how it disappears the second you give in by leavemurph
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
28 Oct 2024
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"Look," he mutters, five steps past exhausted and spiraling straight into regret. "You're the last person I want to see tonight."
"And here I thought a friendly word wouldn't brighten my day,” her voice is a whisper, soft enough to almost get lost beneath the faint chirp of that cricket he's been meaning to deal with for a month now. She's half-draped in the doorway, clinging to the edge like she might slip through the gap if he even thinks about letting her. Her eyes—big, dark, and doing that whole wounded-animal thing—framed by those lovely little bags that somehow make her look even more pitiful.
It's got that weird, disarming glow, the kind that makes it really hard not to feel like an ass for being cold to this delicate, tragic creature. What a con artist. Seriously—what a little liar, this woman is.
The look is peak Emily—infuriatingly complex. Somehow asking for forgiveness while also making it clear he should be the one apologizing. Jesus Christ, he really should've checked the damn peephole.
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hotch has to mourn emily like everyone else, and he finds it difficult to cope with her suddenly coming back from the dead.
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when the world comes to terms with the way that it spins by leavemurph
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
01 Nov 2024
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Her fingers glide across the fabric with the same precision she'd use to check the chamber of a firearm—quick, intuitive. Her brow quirking just enough to suggest she's already clocked at least three ways this outfit is a tactical disaster. "This cut's doing nothing for his shoulders, and that navy is way too aggressive." She glances at the sales assistant. "He needs something softer—beige, maybe. And make it a three-piece."
Awkward doesn't even scratch the surface. Watching Emily slide into some high-society version of herself—probably one her mother spent years engineering—feels like witnessing a slow-motion identity theft, with Emily peeling off her real self, layer by layer, ever since she touched down in New York.
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while juggling the challenges of being a mom and getting back on the job horse, emily receives a wedding invitation from her mother—who is getting married again. showing up to this shindig as a single mom ranks slightly worse than faking her own death. naturally, she devises a plan: hotch will play the role of her doting, fake husband. because if she has to survive the onslaught of aunts and cousins, she might as well bring in the big guns.
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