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“What if I cut bangs?” JJ’s voice echoed through the small bathroom, reaching Emily’s ear in a tone of confusion.
“What, baby?” Emily answered, raising her head up from the book she was reading. Emily was laying in the double bed that she and JJ had arranged by putting the two single beds together. The motel that the FBI paid for them to stay over during the case didn’t have rooms with one bed left for the weekend – Emily didn’t care, she would sleep in a single bed with JJ if it was the case.
“Do you think I would be cute in bangs?” JJ appeared in the bathroom door, looking in doubt at the other woman, the warm and flickering light of the small place illuminating her face. Emily furrowed her brows, closing the book and placing her hands on top of it.
“You want to cut bangs?” Emily asked, a small chuckle mixed in her confusion. “In the middle of Nevada?”
JJ placed a finger on top of her lips, tapping it slowly. The question lingered in the small room for a few seconds, before JJ fixed her posture – now, more confident. “I do.” She placed her hands on her own hips, a smile growing on her lips. “You didn’t answer my question.”
Emily laughed, clearly in shock with the new information in the middle of the night. She placed her closed book on the bedside table while she moved her feet from the top of the bed to the cold wood floor. Emily made her way to JJ, still standing on the bathroom door. “I would still think you’re the most beautiful woman who had ever breathed this shitty air pollution if you were bald, baby.” Emily said, smiling to JJ, as she placed her hands on each side of JJ’s waist. JJ rolled her eyes, a small smile creeping on her lips. “But… You can wait to do that once we are back home…”
JJ huffed by the thought of waiting a few more days to do it. “But, you said you cut your bangs by yourself!” JJ said, her body softening by Emily’s touch. Her voice sounded like a spoiled kid, like she was told she wasn’t going to get McDonald’s for dinner. “I trust you! You can cut my bangs right now. Look…”
JJ shifted her body towards the bathroom, where she picked up the small scissors that were on top of the counter. She showed it back to Emily, who was watching JJ uncertainly.
“Jayje… I don’t know…” Emily said, stepping into the bathroom and taking the scissors from JJ’s hand. “It doesn’t even look sharp enough to cut hair…” She looked up to JJ, who was practically begging with big blue puppy eyes.
“Em, pleeeeeaaaaseeee…” JJ said, pleading softly. She put her hands together, her eyes shining by the warm light of the bathroom, making Emily soften her features even more. JJ pouted her lower lip and that was enough for Emily to finally give up.
“Okay, okay…” Emily said as she watched JJ’s feature glow up. Emily laughed, as she ran her hand through her raven hair. “I’m not an expert, okay? I know I've been the one responsible for my bangs since high school, but that doesn’t mean anything…” She sighed as she grabbed the scissors. Gently, she placed her free hand on JJ’s waist, shifting her body so the faint flickering light could illuminate the blonde hair more clearly.
JJ’s big blue eyes watched Emily excitedly as her girlfriend moved around the bathroom, grabbing her comb and gently diving her hair.
“Stop.” Emily said under her breath as she tried to focus her combing on not taking much more hair than necessary. A small smile crept in JJ’s lips, as she placed her hands on each side of Emily’s waist.
“What? I’m quiet.” JJ’s voice was filled with a feigned innocence. She loved watching Emily by close, even though she wished she could do more of that during work. The team didn’t know that they were together – well, Garcia knew, but JJ had to bribe her into keeping it from the rest of the team until they both felt safe enough. She always waited patiently for the end of the day, when she could finally look at Emily without the profilers' eyes watching them.
Emily moved her eyes from the section of the blonde hair she combed to give a look of warning directly for JJ, who raised her eyebrows and finally fixed her posture, her hands still on Emily’s waist. “Good girl.” Emily whispered as she moved her attention back to the hair. She gave a small smile as she saw the younger agent blushing by the compliment.
“Okay. Are you sure?” Emily said, putting the comb away and placing her index and middle finger between the lock of hair. JJ nodded beneath her, her eyes still sparkling in pure excitement. “Is this size alright?” JJ looked up to see how much of the hair Emily divided. “Yeah, I think so.” JJ said, fixing her posture once more. She watched closely as Emily moved the scissors to the hair, gently cutting the strands of blonde hair that soon were on their feet.
Emily stepped away once she was done fixing a strand that was too long, keeping it straight. “Okay…” She took a deep breath, a smile growing up on her lips. “You look beautiful.”
JJ moved to the mirror and finally took a look at her new hairstyle. Her hand moved directly to the tip of the hair that touched now beneath her eyebrows, quietly adjusting her mind to her new look. Emily stopped behind her, anxiously watching the image of the other woman in the mirror.
“Did you like it? Do you want me to fix anything? I didn’t cut it too short, did I? I… I can fix th-” Emily anxious rambling stopped as JJ turned around to face her. Slowly, a big smile took place on JJ’s lips, as she placed her hands on Emily’s face.
“Baby… I love it.” JJ said, placing a kiss on Emily’s lips. Emily breathed in pure relief, softening in the touch. She smiled as she slid her fingers through the blonde shining hair.
“Thank god…” Emily said, laughing, as JJ turned around once more to look at herself in the mirror. “You make it easy, though. Like I said, you would still be the most beautiful and hottest woman on earth even if you were bald.” Emily placed her chin on JJ’s shoulder, her arms wrapped around JJ’s waist.
“And I would still be like, ‘hey, babygirl, are you a magician? Because every time I look at you, everyone else disappears.” JJ forced her voice to sound like Morgan, making Emily burst into loud laughter. JJ laughed together, watching Emily through the mirror.
“Yeah, well…” Emily said once she recovered from the laughter. She lifted her head off JJ’s shoulder. “I would fall for you in every scenario, possible or impossible, even if you were bald and had some shitty pickup lines like Derek.” She gently planted a kiss on the blonde hair and left the bathroom. “But I can be a magician and make my clothes disappear in the blink of an eye!” Emily’s voice faded away as she moved toward the bed.
JJ laughed as she admired Emily’s back. She took one last look at herself in the mirror, gently biting her lower lip. “Wait for me, I know that magic trick!” She said, smiling and turning off the bathroom lights.