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• save a horse, ride a cowgirl by emilysblackbird

  Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  19 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss
  • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau & Emily Prentiss
  • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau & Henry LaMontagne
  • Henry LaMontagne & Emily Prentiss
  • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
  • Emily Prentiss
  • Henry LaMontagne
  • William LaMontagne Jr.
  • Sergio the Cat (Criminal Minds)
  • Penelope Garcia
  • Spencer Reid
  • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
  • Aaron Hotchner
  • David Rossi
  • Alternate Universe - Western
  • Cowboys & Cowgirls
  • Alternate Universe - Farm/Ranch
  • Alternate Universe
  • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau Needs a Hug
  • Jennifer Jareau is a bisexual for sure but she just hasn't realised it
  • Lesbian Emily Prentiss
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • English Is Not the Author's First Language
  • Slow Burn
  • Eventual Smut
  • Lesbian Sex
  • Slight homophobia from JJ's mother in one chapter
  • Smut
  • Angst and Fluff and Smut

  Summary

  After losing her job, Jennifer Jareau takes the only offer she has left: a room, a paycheck, and a chance to start over at a ranch forty minutes from everything she's ever known.

  Moving to Prentiss Ranch means new routines, hard work, and a six-year-old who has a lot of questions about horses. It also means Emily Prentiss, who seems about as thrilled by the arrangement as JJ is.

  Starting over was never going to be easy.

  Or: Jemily cowgirl AU probably no one wanted but I wrote anyway.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  101,989

  Chapters:

  30/?

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