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bratty-metalhead · 10 months

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Headcanons for Special Ghoul Phil?

I fucking love Phil. I miss him.

I don't have the time to put these into picture format, but I'll answer them in text!

[I don't have any kind of fact in the lore to back up any of this shit lol roll with me here. A lot of this is driven by... personal feelings]

Nothing NSFW here, it's just long because I'm an author and don't know how to shut up.

He was a little insecure about his position as the "spokesperson" for the Ghost project and the Clergy.

He didn't think he deserved to be the person who spoke for the entire project. In fact, when they were first coming up with the idea of appointing a "spokesperson" outside of Sister Imperator, Special's suggestion was that the position to go to whoever was the current sitting Papa... He quickly figured out that the reason she didn't like this idea was because she thought she couldn't control the Papa's the same way she could control the Ghoul's. (Another part of it is how much of a fuck up Nihil was when he was in charge of speaking for the Clergy).

He ISN'T the one who killed the other Papa's, and didn't have a hand in it AT ALL.

He gets very upset when this is even mentioned. Special was very close to all of the Papa's and worked with them all closely, but he was especially close with Terzo. At the time that the murders happened, he wasn't at the Ministry. In fact, many of the Ghouls weren't "on campus" that day... And now, of course, we know why. No one is completely sure who did it, though the rumor is that either a Ghoul was summoned specifically for the sake of doing Sister's bidding, one of the "old Ghouls" (since a few of them left of their own accord shortly after; we're looking at you, Alpha, Air, Water, and Earth), or someone in a Ghoul mask that wasn't actually a Ghoul. No one knows, and not for a lack of trying.

For a while, he was isolated from the other Ghoul's and Ghoulette's because of his position as the "mouthpiece".

There was a lot of jealousy back in those days (again, LOOKING AT YOU Alpha, Air, Water, and Earth, ya fuckers), and for a while, he wasn't welcomed in the Ghoul's wing of the Ministry. There was also a lot of jealousy related to how close Special was with the Papa's. Rumor swirled about why he was allowed to talk to the public while the others were sworn to secrecy and silence, or that he would be spying on the Ghouls and reporting things he said back to Sister. In reality, he hates Sister and spent a good portion of his time mocking her with the Papa's.

He's actually a very talented musician, and felt a little hurt that he wasn't selected to be in the touring band.

He can sing, and he can play guitar. He was selected for his position based on his knowledge of the Clergy, and the devotion he had to them previously. But what he really wanted was to be in the band, because he thought that was a better way to spread the message.

He's an avid vinyl collector.

It's his favorite thing to do. He says music sounds more authentic that way, with the clicks and pops and scratches. He especially likes records that are harder to find or more rare. Special has been found multiple times lying on his floor, staring up at the ceiling, listening to one of his records and drowning out the world around him.

He's still at the Ministry, though he very much works behind the scenes now.

And usually, he's helping Copia. Special and Copia first met shortly after the other Papa's deaths, an accidental meeting in the Ministry's library, both in shock and mourning over what happened. Copia would then be pushed into the spotlight as the "next in line" to be Papa, and Special fell back into the shadows, refusing to be associated with being the public face of the Clergy any longer. However, in the background, he was assisting Copia and showing him the ropes now that his brothers were no longer around to do so. Remember, he worked closely enough with the Papa's that he had intimate knowledge about their jobs... And the things that the boys did to sneak around Sister's influence.

He is very devout in his worship of Satan, but no longer holds true allegiances to the Clergy.

Because... Fuck them. Previously, he thought they were doing good through their message and that his views aligned with theirs. However, it didn't take long after the transference of power from Primo to Secondo for Special to figure out just how fucked up things were behind the scenes. He saw first-hand how little power the Papa's truly had, how much they put up with from Sister. And the more he figured out that she was the driving force manipulating everyone and everything in the Ministry, and more he worked on the side of the people who don't agree with her methods.

The "New Ghouls" are much more accepting of him than the "Old Ghouls"... With the exception of Omega.

Omega is chill and, with an exception of a few others, was one of the only Ghoul's from the "old group" who gave Special a chance. Let's be real here--it's because he was so close to the other Papa's himself, and because of his relationship with Terzo, giving him the same unique perspective that Special had about the way that the Clergy was really being ran. And on top of that, he understood how important it was to not expose the other Ghoul's to certain truths that they just didn't respect. However, with the "new" Ghoul's and Ghoulette's, because Copia wasn't raised within the direct line to the Papacy, he got to know many of the newly-conjured Ghouls on a deeper level than his brothers were ever given the chance to. (They knew their Ghouls, yes, but they were watched much closer than Copia was... With the exception of Terzo, who did everything in his power to piss off Sister). Because of this, the new Ghouls didn't have the same bias against Special, and were much more accepting of him.

He's very passionate about various social issues, especially when it comes to sexual freedom and freedom of religion.

And man, did he piss of Sister with some of his opinions. Rarely did he stay "on script", starting when Secondo was Papa and he was allowed to really speak, but especially ramping up when Terzo took on the Papacy. He made a point of going around to people in the Clergy, asking them if they had anything he wanted to say. One of his favorite things to do was ask the Papa's about their opinions related to Ministry affairs, and put his own spin on them when he was allowed to talk to the public. He would also through in his own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. And it pissed Sister off to no end that (1) she'd hired him for the roll and (2) if she did anything about it, the Papa's would flip their shit, so for a long time, her hands were tied. (That is, of course, until she decided that the only choice she had was to murder them).

These days, he can mostly be found teaching in the Clergy's private school.

You better believe this was a calculated move, egged on by Copia. Copia himself had been very dedicated to the Clergy's education when he was still a Cardinal, given that he'd experienced the world of the children in the Clergy first-hand, not part of the "royal treatment" his brothers had, due to him being this "hidden secret" for the first half of his life. After the Papa's were murdered, Special conspired with Copia to come up with an alternative curriculum that would start to plant the seeds of the truth about the Clergy with these kids, and show them the way things should be, not the way that Sister wants them to be. He likes to teach the religious courses, and he has a heavy hand in music education, as well.

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royalswille · 2 years

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I wanna start writing about Hearbreak High, but I do not know where to start since its a pretty new fandom! Any suggestions? 🌼

Oooh, yes of course I’d be more than happy to suggest a few things! I’m in the same situation actually so this is going to be a helpful little brainstorming post haha

Firstly, I’d say that since we don’t have confirmation for a second season yet, speculation fics might be a good way to go. No one knows what’s going to happen next, we all want more, there’s tons of theories and ideas you could totally run away with, and I think people would really love to be introduced to any new possibilities while we wait for future seasons. Basically just write about the things you would like to see happen! It’s almost guaranteed that someone else will want it too.

If you want your work noticed then I’d go for the most popular ships, even if they’re not your cup of tea (if your writing is focused on ships anyway). Off the top of my head I would guess this is most likely to be Darren/Cash and possibly Amerie/Malakai as a runner up. I think that’s what most people are going to be looking to read, especially after the position Cash is left in at the end of season 1. Or - and honestly this is probably better advice - just write about the ships that make you happy! I think HH is a really good example of a show where you can ship anyone with pretty much anyone else and most people will be okay with it, so have fun exploring new dynamics or rewriting ones that could’ve gone differently.

Write about really common tropes. Fanfics always get slow starts with new fandoms because there’s not always a massive audience for them, but the more common tropes we write about (whether that’s coffee shop AUs, enemies to lovers, historical/magical/supernatural AUs, didn’t-know-they-were-dating, etc) the more fics there’ll be, the more inspiration other people will get, the bigger the audience for these fics will grow, and it becomes a win-win situation for everyone. Don’t be afraid to write about typical tropes because it might be cliche or someone’s already done a version of it - every fandom has to start somewhere and tropes are an excellent way to get the ball rolling.

I sort of touched on this already but I want to go into more detail with it - explore dynamics and relationships that we haven’t seen very much of yet. Personally I love thinking about Spider’s interactions with the other characters and how they could develop. I think other interesting dynamics to explore are ones like Harper and Quinni, Malakai and Ant, the history between Sasha and Missy, Malakai and Jai, Dusty and Spider, Cash and literally anyone. With just one season it means there’s so much more to be developed on and until we get a second season we can use fics for that exact purpose.

I guess my main take away is just to do what you want and have fun with it. Write what you would want to see on the show. Write silly little fics about missing scenes that could’ve fit into s1, write longer fics about characters and their various problems (Dusty and his anxiety could be an EXCELLENT thing to stick you teeth into). Yeah that’s it basically, just enjoy yourself, think about what you love about the show, let it form ideas in your mind and spill it all out across the page.

Oh, and I’ll include this because it so often ends up being a problem for me: don’t expect too much from yourself. It’s a new show and a new fandom so it’s totally normal if you don’t have many ideas, or you don’t immediately find yourself able to write heaps and heaps about it in one sitting. Let yourself write shitty fics first if you need to - they’ll be great practice to get into the swing of things and start writing even better!!

Have fun! I really hope this was helpful!!

If it’s not the sort of answer you were looking for then feel free to message me again if you’d like, I’ll keep anons on and my DMs are open! ❤️❤️❤️

EDIT: holy shit minutes after I posted this they announced the renewal lmao

#I’m very tired so sorry if this is messy or not enough!!!#but feel free to message me again if you want/need to I’d be more than happy to help <3 #anon #asks #emily answers #fanfiction #fanfic help #heartbreak high

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caedi · 2 years

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ahhh thank you so much for the happy mark gifset, those gifs made my day! 🥺🤍 btw i was wondering what your favorite episode is so far 👀 i feel like every episode is so charming in its own way but ep 7 definitely holds a special place in my heart 🥺 all i want to do these days is just scream about love mechanics tbh 😭 i'm in love with their chemistry and icb we have to say bye to them this weekend (well i'm sure some have already watched the finale though) but i'm gonna miss them so much :(

ahh anon don't make me choose 🥺🥺🥺 i've literally been thinking about this ask for days trying to figure out my favourite episode because I love each one for different reasons?

like i adore the first three episodes because god the tension between them is so good.... but then I love all the little moments in episodes four to six, where we see them figuring out how they'll fit into each others lives as a couple? and then seven. yeah. the honeymoon. the angst.

anyway i've narrowed it down to three haha:

episode four: all i can say is the study montage was only thirty seconds long but showed us exactly how much fun they have together and why they work as a couple and i love it with my whole heart 🥺💖 I mean, I loved the series before episode four but after it I was all in.

episode seven: the honeymoon followed by just the best angst 😭💔 I was pretty anxious going into this episode but they delivered. it was so messy, but somehow they made all the characters sympathetic? I felt for vee and understood how he got into that mess, but I also understood why mark decided enough was enough, and needed to protect himself. it was perfect.

episode ten: for reasons i cannot say yet 💞🌈

#ok now everyone tell me your favourite episodes #love mechanics #veemark #i can't believe it's ending either anon i don't want to say goodbye to them 😭😭😭#i'm pretending we still have two weeks left #since the free episode airs on the 21st #i'm in denail #like i've seen the entire series already but i'm in denail #emily answers

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foxy-knowledgeseeker · 2 years

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You can change one single thing in The Hunger Games trilogy novels and/or movies—what is it?

Why?

Thank you 😊,

@curiousnonny

Oooo such a good question!

Overall, I really love the books as they are and am generally satisfied with the movies, all things considered (at least they're no PJO 😩)

I guess for the books, I'd maybe keep Finnick alive. I understand what Suzanne was trying to do there, but I just think it would be nice if he got to meet his son. 😭

And for the movies, as much as I actually enjoy Jennifer Lawrence and think she's a great actress, I'd probably recast Katniss and the other Seam characters with indigenous actors.

#a good question!#thg #the hunger games #emily answers

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moonlarking · 2 years

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are there any hero/villain duo’s/trio’s/really i’m just asking if any of these powerful egos work together with others?

and because this is me—any enemies to lovers???

OhHOHO YESSSSSSSSS

Okokokokok. So there’s a character I’ve been working on, his name is Wesley (Wes for short), and, since I try to base my characters’ backstories on fairy tales, he’s a bit of a Rumplestiltskin fellow. I have another character in the early stages of development that he manipulates like Rumplestiltskin does the miller’s daughter in the fairy tale, but she’s smarter than he realizes and eventually bests him. Unfortunately for her, that only intrigues him more… that definitely checks off enemies to lovers. They’re very new to the EmCU but I already love them and can tell they’ll be QUITE a team. There are a couple more enemies to lovers pairings but I haven’t quite figured them out yet. I think Nere and Patrick (the Hail Mary and the Grim) will probably be one.

Powerful egos are definitely at play here, and Polaris has to balance them all and get them to work as a team.

Also, a lot of these guys start out as antiheros and sometimes even outright antagonists, so there are definitely hero/villain teamups.

#emcu #emily answers #superhero oc

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pink-crystal-virus · 9 hours

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Can the pink crystal virus be prevented with science or with magic?

“Dont know just yet. I haven’t seen this before so I wouldn’t know”

(This was just a very fast sketch)

#pink crystal virus #Emily answers

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darlingicarus · 3 months

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Were you watching my little pony 🐴

i was actually watching a show called Death in Paradise!!! a very funny detective show!!! highly recommend!!!

#emily answers #ask

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emilyisgiraffe · 8 months

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list five things that make you happy, then put this in the inbox of the last ten people who reblogged something from you, get to know your mutuals and your followers

This is so fun!

Reading a really good book

Going to the beach

laughing with my besties

listening to my favorite music really loud

watching one of my many comfort movies

Thanks for the ask Anon!! It was really nice to think of some things that actually make me happy. I have to make sure they are all a priority in my life.

#emily answers #ask #happy things

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north-noire · 3 months

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perhaps catching up a bit wouldn't hurt?

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spacediddly · 2 years

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hey!! just wanted to drop by and say i really enjoyed your fic! i love how you explored more of dr harrow and that whole environment, and the scene where dr harrow is talking down to steven about how he’s a burden and a doormat was so so good! (and sad, of course) but yeah! just wanted to say thanks for writing it! and i can’t wait for more 🥰

I am so sorry that I am responding to this so late but I literally remember the day I got this ask because I was having an incredibly awful day at work and then I saw this and it made my day 🥺🥺🥺

I’m so glad that you enjoyed it!! I worked so hard on You Stay Soft, Get Beaten, trying to get everything just right so it really fills my heart to see that people enjoy it!!! <3<3<3

Also, I’m finally getting around to answering this the day I posted the sequel to the fic 😉

#you guys are literally too sweet to me #i can’t handle it #emily answers

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sluttywoozi · 2 years

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i am a crying mess because of your seungkwan fic and i will never be the same again :((((((( i don't have coherent words right now but my heart is swelling with love and fondness for him and the way your words come to life and im so 💕💓💞💖

now i'm crying too!! i'm so glad you love him!! and saying my words come to life is such a wonderful comment, thank you for saying so

#emily answers

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bratty-metalhead · 5 months

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Ghost Mutuals Tag Game 🦇 Send this to the last ten Ghesties in your notifications, then reply here with ten facts about yourself! Let's get to know each other!

Yay, a message that isn’t porn.

(1) Outside of Ghost, my favorite bands are The Funeral Portrait, Ice Nine Kills, My Chemical Romance, and Motley Crue

(2) I am writing a book. It’s a dark romance/thriller. It had a character in it who is a musician, and that persons music is my own original lyrics!

(3) My favorite hobbies are writing, singing, cooking, and baking

(4) I am married. My husband and I have been together for 10 years, and married for 2.

(5) I am a proud Satanist

(6) I love foxes, beluga whales, axolotls, and manatees

(7) I am a psychiatric resident. Current I work in a day program for kiddos with cognitive disabilities and complex trauma. My specialty is pediatric cognitive developmental/developmental psychology and pediatric neuropsychology

(8) I have a *slight* whiskey obsession. I love collecting and tasting.

(9) My husband and I are working on having a baby, and it’s… not going well. It’s a huge source of stress in our lives.

(10) I have a serious chronic illness. The first is neurological, which causes seizures, partial blindness, and a brain tumor. The theory my doctors have is that the hormonal imbalances from this disease are leading to my infertility.

#whoops accidental trauma dump #Satanism #ghost #ghost band #brattymetalheadtiktok #ghost bc #tobias forge #ghostbc #the band ghost #ice nine kills #my chemical romance #motley crue #the funeral portrait #metal head #Emily answers #writer #author

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royalswille · 2 years

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If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let's get to know the person behind the blog! (literally no pressure, only if you want to! <3)

I completely forgot this was in my inbox!!!! But thank you for sending it, these are always fun <33 now I just have to think really hard about whether I know myself well enough to come up with three random facts

At 11am on August 25th it will have been exactly ten years since I took my first ever piano lesson (it’s the only thing I’ve ever stuck at in life lmao)

I only have eight days left at college - not counting weekends and days off - before the year ends and I go on summer break before my second year, it’s gone way too quickly and I don’t want to think about it

I’m getting my hair dyed for the first time ever next month and I am very very very very excited about it

I know it says to pass it on to however many people but unfortunately I am very lazy so if anyone else just feels like sharing three random facts about themselves here then go ahead, open tag <3

#i realise this is just me talking about things currently on my mind #but they technically are still facts about me #anyways yeah thank you <3 #ziezie13 #asks #emily answers #ask games

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caedi · 2 years

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wait is there gonna be a new project for yinwar or it's just a wish?

not just a wish! here is the information i could find out:

confirmed: club sapan fine 2 on AISPLAY (tumblr post here) airing in september. I understand it can be difficult to find AISPLAY shows translated into english, but I'm definitely going to watch it if I can.

rumour: in july yinwar stated they have another series in progress, though Yin said it's more like a short film than series (twitter translation). Not sure if they are referring to club sapan fine here or something else.

rumour or early production: we also have two love mechanics spin off series posters, call my name (yoo/kampahn) and future (fuse/ana). If they go ahead, we can keep our fingers crossed for veemark cameos as kampahn & fuse are mark's engineering friends and yoo is literally vee's brother!

there may also be some solo projects in the works 🥰🌈

#no matter what comes next let's all support them for a long time 🥺💖🌈#if i've missed anything please add it to this post!!#yinwar #love mechanics #apparently might be difficult to go ahead with call my name and future as the posters are by rookie thailand #and i think wetv currently has the rights as they aired love mechanics #not sure #either way contracts will have to be renegotiated #but they definitely set up both those couples in episode 10 #with cute little scenes between them at the bar #and ending with screenshots of them instead of veemark #fingers crossed #emily answers

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yourmomxx · 6 months

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Emily Prentiss(chief or not cheif) X Fem!Reader have been secretly married for several years, (if emily is cheif they’ve been dating since she was an agent and then married when she was a cheif and if not obviously the opposite). No ike knows or expects emily to be in a relationship because she doesn’t say anything until one day she forgets her badge and lunch at home so her wife brings her stuff and the whole place is shocked ? bonus if tara or someone flirts with her

a/n: ooh, I love me some secret relationship trope! Unfortunately, I'm still only on season 5/6 of Criminal Minds, so I just kept Emily as an Agent and not as Chief, if that's alright (Tara is in it, though ;)). I hope you like this, anon!

— ❝ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴇᴀᴍ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ’s ɴᴏ ᴘʀɪᴠᴀᴄʏ. Mʏ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ ʟɪfᴇ ɪs ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟᴇss ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏfɪʟᴇ.❞ —

-Jennifer Jareau

Emily Prentiss was a private person. She prided herself in it.

I mean try it, hiding something from an entire office of educated professionals in degrees on how to read the most subtle shifts in a persons behavior and building a view based on that information.

Of course, let’s not forget, there’s the general rule, or rather, interdict, of profiling the other members of your team. But sometimes, you can’t help yourself.

Emily had noticed it in herself more times than she would like to admit.

Sometimes, it happened as easy as breathing, a natural trail of thought that let loose when she caught on about something or the people around her. She tried to undermine it as quickly as possible whenever she realized she was doing it, though.

It’s not the fact that she didn’t trust them.

No, that was never the thing, those people were like her second family. Or her first even, maybe.

But after spending almost every waking hour of the past years of her life around them, there were some things that she would rather keep for herself.

Leave them be in their own bubble that was just ‘Emily Prentiss’.

And when she talked about ‘things’, then she was actually talking about you.

The team could find out about her pregnancy, about her resentment towards the church. They could know that she had a phase at fourteen where she liked licorice and hasn’t been able to eat it since those dreadful seven months, or that she still hated her father for being emotionally unavailable and leaving her to deal with her mother on her own; they could know that.

But they couldn’t know about you. Never you.

This is wasn’t an issue of trust, again.

Trust was never in the mix when she made the decision, every morning before work, to lay off her wedding ring and keep it safe on a small chain in her back pocket.

But you were her safe place. A rock, a tow, something for her to hold on to, the only thing that was in no way connected to her work place.

Emily loved you, she did so much, and she’d known it after the first time she saw you smile, and accepted it during the first time she kissed you.

And hiding you, keeping you safe from all of this, was her way of shedding off the horrors and traumas of her job when she came home at night, completely tune out whatever she had experienced mere hours before, and dive back into you.

Your shared house, shared bed, shared sheets, shared kitchen, shared table.

Not talking about you, or even admitting you existed, while she worked and saw the worst sides of what humanity had to offer, drew a distinct line between her life with you and the life she led at work.

Call it a personal protective shield.

So, no, she would never, ever tell them.

“No. For God’s - No.”

Which is why, when Emily Prentiss walked into the bureau that morning, and realized her credentials weren’t in their designated pocket, and also her bag was empty of her lunch box, she knew that she was doomed.

Emily knew about your caring side. The loving, mothering, always everyone's shoulder to cry on-side.

Hell, if she was being honest, it was one of the reasons she started falling so hard for you so easily.

In that moment, though? God, how she wished she would have chosen a narcissist.

(Not literally, though. She'd profiled guys like that before. They really weren't wife- or husband material.)

You had just been on your way out of the house when you had seen your wife's dark lunch box still residing on the counter top where you had prepared it for her an hour ago.

After a quick look at the time on your phone screen, you had short-handedly decided to slightly delay your trip to the pharmacy for some mundane refills, and drop by Emily's office to bring her her lunch.

After all, you knew how busy she could get, and how her focused state had the power to drown out every other basic need her body had.

If you wouldn't make lunch for her, she wouldn't have the time, or the head, to think of buying something for herself, you knew that.

One would think that was clear after almost an entire year of marriage.

The thought alone brought a smile to your face.

You grabbed your car key off the counter and hurried your way out the door, closed it behind you, halted for a moment - and slowly backed up inside again.

You eyed the black case next to the key bowl suspiciously.

"That wasn't there yesterday," You muttered to yourself.

Cautiously, because when your wife worked in the FBI, anything was possible, you reached for the leather-bound case and drew it closer to you.

When you opened it, the tension immediately left your shoulders. You shook your head sighing at the sight of your wife's passport picture and the huge, dark blue letters FBI showing themselves to you.

"Oh, Emily, what am I gonna do with you?"

When you left the house then, it was final.

Hopefully.

"What's up with you, you seem stressed out?"

Emily did her best not to flinch in her already tense state when JJ came up next to her.

She managed her best, reassuring smile and pressed her sweating palms into the side of her jeans.

"Oh, it's nothing," She lied. "Just thought I lost something."

JJ raised an eyebrow. "Alright," She muttered. "If you say so."

Then, she crashed a light brown paper file into Emily's chest.

"This just came in from El Paso, three homicides so far. I'll inform the rest of the team and we'll meet in the briefing room in ten."

Emily couldn't do more than nod, and just managed to grab the file before it slipped to the floor when JJ left.

She wasn't usually like this. She was good at keeping her head in the game.

But right now, the fact that her credentials were missing wasn't exactly stressing her out, because she knew that you would bring them to her as soon as you realized that she had forgotten them at home.

Emily was stressed out because she knew you would bring them to her.

What she didn't know, was, however she should act and how the team would possibly take it.

The elevator you entered took a tremendous amount of time to realize which floor you wanted to go to, and even longer to slide the doors closed and jerking to a start.

You would think that in an official federal office building, the mechanics could be more advanced.

Then again, counting the many times Emily complained about the budget allocation of the bureau when she tought you weren't listening, maybe you shouldn't be all that surprised.

The doors slid closed when the thought suddenly hit you.

You were about to enter your wife's office. Which you had never been to, not once in your life and only knew the address of because goddamn, was it hard to miss.

The building that was probably the only thing that Emily had wanted to keep you out of for as long as she could.

And you came here for a lunch box.

Emily knew you knew. You had talked to her about it, she had answered your questions on why she always got fussy when you asked her how you could finally meet her team, and you had understood, every time, but this?

She couldn't just ask you to actively lie about your relationship in front of most of - all of - her friends, could she?

The last time she had checked your location, it had already shown you in close vacinity to the BAU building. She could figure what was ahead.

Was she about to deny a relationship?

“Can I help you?”

This office had way too many doors, in your opinion, and way too few signs telling you where to find what.

The greeting voice made you look up, and you automatically shifted into your politeness to strangers-mode, upon seeing a woman come up to you, wearing a two-piece and her hair in loose curls.

A very pretty woman, you had to admit.

"My name's Tara Lewis," She introduced herself, "Who are you looking for, sweetheart?"

You quickly waved her off. “Oh, I don’t work here.”

Tara tipped her head, eyes not so subtly shifting up and down your appearance.

“I figured as much, I would have remembered a face like yours.”

You managed an awkward laugh.

Emily had once, in good fun, told you you were easily caught off guard by people showing genuine interest in you all of a sudden.

You hated when she was right.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Just over Tara Lewis' shoulder, you were suddenly able to spot the dark hair that indicated Emily Prentiss approaching from behind her.

You nodded in her direction in recognition, as she came to a halt next to Tara Lewis.

"I'm a friend of Emily's," You lied, and by God, you did it so neatly, Emily was questioning if she had maybe already dragged you down without realizing.

"She texted me that she forgot her lunch and her badge, and since we're close to each other, she asked me to get it for her."

That polite smile was still present on your face, and your voice pitched slightly higher than usual.

You threw Emily small looks in-between, unspotted by the usual eye, but she noticed them.

You were telling her to go along, to play the game, string it all a bit further until it turned into a web that could either wrap around and suffocate her, or catch her when she stumbled.

And she probably should.

Because you made it easy. You had made it so easy for her, laid it out like a red carpet for her to walk on, the lie, that could keep her sanctuary safe-

"I'm married."

In the midst of talking to Tara, your words died in your throat and your mouth stopped, hanging open.

Tara herself whipped her head around so fast, it was a question if she was breaking her neck, eyes ripped wide open in complete and utter schock.

It was quiet. In-between the three of you, a needle dropping would have echoed like the loudest drum.

"Say what now?" Tara didn’t take her eyes off Emily for a moment.

Slowly, movement seemed to re-enter your muscles and your eyes widened at the absolute extent of what had just happened.

"What are you doing?" You hushed at Emily.

Your wife's gaze - who you loved dearly, but in situations like these, could just hold by the shoulders and shake, shake, shake - tumbled between you and her co-worker, and you could almost decipher the exact moment she graciously invited the 'fuck it'-attitude.

Emily's shoulders dropped.

"I'm married," She repeated. Calm, collected, and slow.

All of the things you were totally not feeling right now.

"This is Y/N." Emily stepped next to you and held you gently by your wrist. "My wife."

And if the English Dictionary had demonstrating pictures next to each word, Tara Lewis' face right now would be pinned under 'bafflement'.

It took a moment, actually it took a few, for the Doctor to collect herself again.

She straightened her shoulders, cleared her throat, and shook herself out, as if to remove any unnecessary consideration that kept her from thinking clearly.

"Who knows about this?" It was her first question.

Where your shoulders were ever so slightly touching, you could feel Emily's body stay tense.

"Not really anyone," She admitted.

"Why didn't you tell us?"

Emily shook her head. "Y/N is my personal life," She cleared. "I spend almost every awake minute with you people. I wanted something to myself."

As subtly as you could, you leaned your body the slightest bit closer to her. It wasn't visible to the lazy eye, but Emily could feel it.

She squeezed your wrist.

You were comfort to her.

Tara's eyes flew between the two of you, contemplating, observing.

Then, from one moment to another, her lips broke into a blinding grin.

"A wife," She repeated. Emily ripped her eyes open to interpret her friend that she should keep her voice down.

"Good for you," Tara smiled.

Emily visibly relaxed. A breath she had been holding escaped her lungs soundly.

"Let's just be clear," She told Tara, "This is still my thing." She gestured to you. "My marriage is still my thing. I don't need the entire team on me like vultures, profiling my love life like they do everything else."

Tara nodded earnestly. Her small curls were bumping up and down. She pulled her fingers across her lips and pretented to turn a key in the corner of her mouth.

"My lips are sealed." She threw the imaginary key far, far behind the office desks. "Lovergirl."

Emily ignored her and turned to you.

Your fingers lingered around hers in the movement.

"Thank you," She breathed out quietly. A soft smile played around your lips as you looked into her eyes, recognizing that specific gentleness that you knew she only gifted you with.

"Anytime."

You placed her lunch box in her hands. "It's rice with some peas and corn." Emily smiled. "You're the best."

"And, before I forget-" You pulled out the badge from your bag, but instead of giving it to Emily directly, you opened her suit jacket and found the inner pocket, safely storing the credentials where you knew she kept them every day.

You smoothed out the jacket when you were done.

"There you go."

Emily didn't even know what to say. That warm feeling, that she felt in her entire body every time she looked at you, realized who you were and who you were to her, it made itself known in this moment right now.

Right here, in the middle of her workspace.

And with all the horrors she'd see, it was probably the most content she had felt in this place in a while.

"You are so amazing." The words didn't come close to what she was feeling.

But the way your eyebrows loosened, and your lips slightly parted, she knew you understood.

"This is so sweet, and I hate to be that person, but Prentiss, we have a case to get to."

Emily cleared her throat, being ripped from whatever that moment had been, and reminded on what ground she was standing right now.

"Right," She said. She opened her arms and leaned in to pull you into a hug.

A hug, not a kiss on the cheek.

She wasn't that far yet.

"It's okay." The feeling of your breathed words tickled near her ear. "I understand."

Emily squeezed you a bit tighter.

"Get home safe."

You slowly broke away from the embrace.

"I will," You promised.

Tara mouthed a quick 'I'm so sorry' in your direction. You laughed and waved her a goodbye, before you headed for the elavator again, and she got on her way to follow after Emily, who had already made her way to where JJ had ordered them a few minutes ago.

Tara endured until the top step.

"Oh.my.God. I can't believe it!" She almost squealed as they made their way next to each other to the briefing room.

"Look at us, sharing secrets now. Ah." She shook out her shoulders. "I feel like this is a pyjama party in junior year all over again. Amazing."

Emily couldn't do anything else than grin at Tara's antics.

Suddenly, her pocket vibrated with a short tune, and Emily pulled out her phone to check her display.

It was a message from you. Emily smiled softly as she read it.

Have a good day, my sun. Will hopefully see you tonight<3

"A message from boo?" Tara mocked, and tried to peak over Emily's shoulder.

Emily quickly shut off the display, stuffed her phone back into her backpocket and continued walking.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

But the lovesick smile didn't leave Emily's face for the rest of the way to the briefing room, partly because she was so caught up in her thoughts about the specific feeling of your skin, that she didn't even notice she was wearing it.

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