Jemily One Shots

Wordless ways to say I love you (part 1)

Hi everyone! I'm gonna start doing short little drabbles based on a Tumblr post called "50 wordless ways to say I love you." Not fully sure how many ill be doing of these, just going with the flow :) and once again these really don't correlate with each other but they are all Jemily! Any requests are welcome!

also, this specific one is pre-relationship! So our girls haven't started dating yet  

1. Holding their hands when they are shaking 

(Angst + Comfort) 

It had been almost a full week of being in Alabama for their current case. It was an exhausting one for all of them. But none of them were hit as much as Jennifer was. 

Being the media liaison had its ups and downs but this case proved all of the downs the job had. From the day they arrived, the agents noticed the hostility of the police officers. They barely respected any of them, to begin with, too proud to admit that they let this killer get out of control and it would have been smart to call in the BAU after the second murder. Now 7 prostitutes in rural Alabama were dead and nobody gave a shit, except for well, the rest of the country and its media outlets. 

Jennifer had an immense amount of pressure, in this case, trying to control the rumours and underground talks from different news outlets. They started calling the bastard "The back alley butcher" before she could even get a word in about not naming the killer. Everything was slipping out of her control and it was frustrating and to make matters worse, The hostility towards her seemed to be worse than to the men. At least they listened to Hotch and Morgan. The police officers were, to say the least absolutely disgusting, and JJ and Emily were having NONE of it. They were sick of the side glances, laughs, discrediting and catcalling towards them. But Jennifer was the face of the BAU to the media, she really needed to control her anger on this one.

Even Hotch thought she was about to explode at one point when an officer asked her why such a pretty face was doing such an ugly job. 

She was about to deliver the profile to the media, doing a press conference and asking every news outlet to come. She needed to get the word out there and this was, unfortunately, the only way. She was behind the curtain, already hearing the chatting of ignorant reporters waiting for her when she felt more than heard a presence behind her. She looked back and saw Emily, standing there and knowing she wasn't about to let JJ go out there and face those reporters alone.

The two walked out, JJ standing behind the podium and Emily standing slightly off to the side, just for company and protection, weirdly, she definitely looked like JJ's bodyguard during that moment. JJ began the press conference, presenting the profile "White male, 30-40 years old. Not very confident in his usual day to day life, probably works a menial job at an office building. Descriptions have him at around 5'9, wearing a dark hood and sunglasses to conceal his face and a small scar on his right hand." 

It really didn't take long at all for the reporters to start interrupting her, completely ignoring her statement and began questioning the integrity of the BAU. Why they didn't show up earlier, what are they going to do to stop his reign of horror, How are they going to explain this to the victims' families? One reporter even went as far as calling the profile useless which really was a stab in the back to the profilers. 

Emily couldn't physically see JJ's face but she knew she was barely keeping it together. Considering she wasn't either. Scoffing silently at every comment made towards the blonde. She then looked down at the liaison's hands, which were hidden behind the podium, physically shaking with anger, small fingernails digging so far into her skin, bloody marks were left behind.  When the time felt right, Emily stepped up to the podium, slowly grasping Jennifer's right hand with her own, squeezing, letting her know she was there. She leaned forward to the microphone to issue a statement.

"That will be it for today's press conference, thank you all for coming, any more questions please direct them to these officers," she pointed to two officers munching on sandwiches who were only there to laugh at the agent's attempts at the press conference. She pulled Jennifer back behind the curtain and into the empty parking lot knowing she needed some fresh air. She sat them both down on the bench and squeezed her hand once more to get JJ to look up at her.

"You did good, they were going feral on you out there, I'm proud of you," She said smiling at JJ. 

"GOD! Emily! This is just fucking insane! Did you see them laughing to each other out there! Like this is some kind of joke! UGHH! I can't! god, they are all such pigs" JJ screamed, as she stood up suddenly from the bench and began pacing around. 

Emily decided maybe this wasn't the time to intervene, just let her get it out and it will all be okay. Soon enough the screaming died down and she just kept pacing, mumbling some not very nice words under her breath about the officers and reporters. Suddenly she stopped and looked at the brunette on the bench still looking up at her, slightly scared JJ was about to go inside and commit first-degree murder. 

"Em," She took a deep breath, "thanks, really." She said as she offered a hand to Emily for her to stand up. Emily took it offering a sympathetic smile.

"and when you told those reporters to direct their questions to those asshats? that Emily Prentiss was very badass, whenever I need to get revenge I'm coming straight to you" JJ said as they walked inside. This time it was JJ's turn to give Emily's hand a squeeze before making a beeline to the empty conference room, making sure to ignore every officer on sight, so she could grab Morgan since they had been paired up to go interview some witnesses. 

Emily came to a stop, letting the blonde's hand go as Spencer approached her. 

"You think she's okay?" Spencer asked shyly 

"I think as long as nobody of the male species talks to her for the rest of the day, everyone will remain uninjured and alive" She joked to the young boy, leaving him a little wide-eyed, and silently praying for Morgan's safe return from his day with JJ