sunshineandguns
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She squeezes her eyes closed, tries to concentrate on her own breathing and not the ache that beats its way through her. Not the scent of JJ’s shampoo, or the way her skin feels, or the movement of her chest against Emily’s back. Anything but that.
It works. For a while, at least. She almost succeeds in falling asleep…
But then JJ moans.
or, girls’ night takes a… turn
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“You didn’t return your rental yet, right? Think I could borrow it?” JJ asks with a renewed kind of determination, a fierceness bright in her eyes.
“We’ll have to ask Hotch,” Emily warns. But she already knows that even if he says no, JJ’s going. That she’d go to the ends of the Earth for Henry, so 650 miles or so is nothing.
And Emily’s going with her.
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everything was beautiful + nothing hurt by sunshineandguns
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
15 Feb 2026
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Soft + fluffy snippets of Jemily that don’t fit anywhere else. Unconnected. This is what CM would be if it were written by Penelope Garcia… probably.
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hold a perfect thing (and demolish it) by sunshineandguns
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
12 Feb 2026
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It’s a relief after so long to be able to feel like she can breathe again. To have Penelope running around fixing people drinks and fussing over decorations, Luke and Tyler bickering on one side of the table, and Tara and Rebecca snuggled up on the other. Even Rossi, for the first time in months—if she’s honest, years—looking fairly jovial.
And then there’s JJ.
Or, Emily arrives late to Penelope’s party.
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As one last promise to her husband before he died, JJ had agreed to leave the BAU, to take Henry somewhere safe, away from the violence and secrecy of Quantico. They find themselves in the one place she said she’d never go back to: her parents’ ranch.
She’s just beginning to rebuild her life when she meets Emily, a city girl looking for her own fresh start. Seeing something she can’t explain in Emily, JJ decides to give her a chance, and offers her a job, not realising it will change everything for the both of them.
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it gives me you by sunshineandguns
Fandom Criminal Minds (US TV), Criminal Minds: Evolution (TV)
28 Jul 2024
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There are hundreds of metaphors for grief. She's heard it all. For Henry and Michael, JJ ponders, it might feel more like a rip dragging them back out to sea. Lately JJ would say she's been floating close to shore, buoyed by the renewed support system that is her BAU family, but with Christmas fast approaching there's a slow dread creeping up on her.
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26 Dec 2025
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"But, here’s a secret about Emily Prentiss: she’s superstitious. Not about the usual things (she shares her life with a black cat, after all, and she has no qualms about walking under ladders or spilling salt). Maybe it’s a hangover from her days as a semi-devout Catholic; maybe she’s just more human than she’d like to admit. She looks for signs. Hints. Symbols. In books, at art exhibitions, graffitied across the city’s walls. In song lyrics."
A song gets Emily out of the house on a Friday night.
Bookmarked by sunshineandguns
21 Dec 2025
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When one of JJ's college friends dies, unexpected revelations follow. Star metaphors abound.
A story about love, loss and stargazing.
(Content warning for alcohol consumption and references to alcoholism.)
Bookmarked by sunshineandguns
15 Nov 2025
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“You have to sit still, Mama,” Iris complains. Emily feels the warm huff of breath against her closed eyelids and the muscles in her face twitch unbidden, prompting a tighter grip of small fingers on her face. “Mama.”
“Yeah, Emily, you have to sit still,” Morgan echoes, the laughter evident in his voice.
Emily blindly flips him the bird.
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- Part 5 of to find our way home
Bookmarked by sunshineandguns
10 Nov 2025
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Next to her, the baby coos. She looks up to find him reaching out a tiny hand in greeting, big blue eyes unblinking.
Emily grins. “Hi,” she says quietly, waving.