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1. crawl home to her by bleghhhh

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

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

   02 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Canon Divergence
   • Emily Prentiss is a loser lesbian
   • Slow Burn while Fucking
   • But also
   • Canon Compliant
   • JJ is Younger and More Confident
   • JJ doesn’t choose Will
   • In Heat (3x17)
   • Smut
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   “I just need to know why you told me to go for him. Because if it’s for some bullshit chivalrous reason, I don’t want it, but if it’s– if it’s because you genuinely meant it and I’ve just imagined everything between us, then– Emily, just please let me know. Cause I’m going crazy here and I don’t kn–”

   “I didn’t mean it,” falls out of Emily’s mouth before she can catch it. “I hated it – seeing you with him. But you looked so… I just wanted you to be happy.”

   The second it all comes out, Emily regrets it. She can’t take the words back now. They’re all out there, and JJ’s the one to hear them. 

   —

   or Emily pushes her away, but JJ pulls her in.

   a multi-chapter canon-divergence through Emily’s eyes from In Heat (3x17) onwards. roughly follows the canon CM plot, but JJ doesn’t choose Will.

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   English

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