Agent Severide

Chapter 7

BAU JET

A week later the case was closed and the team was on the flight back to Virginia; which was quiet since half the team was asleep. The team of course found the unsubs both of them. 2 Brothers abandoned to their uncles at a young age and were raised by a serial killer who taught them how to hunt people from a young age. The family did this for years, abducting people who ended up stranded along the highway, taking them into the middle of the wood to run for their life while they would hunt them down for sport. 

How could people be so fucked up? Zoey thought to herself as she stared out the window of the jet thinking. "I don't think I've ever seen you so quiet in the 2 years we've worked together Severide. What's up" Morgan asks sitting across the table from the blonde. "I'm just tired but can't sleep." the blonde replies. "Well what's on your mind, I can see something's been eating away at you since you came back from Chicago." Morgan replies clearly not buying that she was just tired. "Honestly Morgan, It's nothing" the blonde said sending a fake smile towards her partner. "Alright, when your ready to talk Severide. You know where to find me," Morgan said with a sigh before standing up to do talk to Reid who was the only other person awake on the jet. 

Quantico Virginia

After what felt like forever the Jet finally landed and the team made their way back through the double glass doors and into the BAU office. "Alright everyone head home, get some rest we'll finish up the paperwork tomorrow," Hotch said as the entire team left the building together. "Hey Severide wanna come get drinks with us?" JJ asks as they walk into the elevator together. "I think I'm gonna head back to my hotel and get some sleep," Severide replies earning a strange look from the team. "Why don't you have an apartment? You've been working here for almost 3 years now" Morgan asked her. "Because I still have a townhouse in Chicago, that I happen to like and we're never at the office most of the time" Severide replied as the elevator doors opened and the team walked out heading their separate ways saying goodnight first. Zoey walked over to her car climbing inside before starting the engine and taking off towards her hotel. 

The Hilton, Virginia

Zoey lay on her bed after taking a long shower her mind wandering about the case they finished but mostly she couldn't stop thinking about what she was gonna do about Jack blackmailing her. After a few moments her phone rang 'Kelly' the screen read. 

The blonde pressed answer putting her brother on speaker, "Hey, Kelly" she said through the line. "Hey, how are things going? I haven't heard from you since you left" her brother says concern in his voice. "I'm alright, just one hell of a case is all" she told him letting out a long sigh. "Wanna talk about it?" he asks, "Not really, I'm probably gonna try to get some sleep. I have a day full of paperwork tomorrow," she says through the line. "Oh, Alright. I love you Zo" Kelly said. "Love you too Kells" she replied before hanging up the line. 

Zoey lay in bed tossing and turning before she finally gave up climbing out of bed and getting dressed in blue skinny jeans, a red blouse, black boots with a small heal along with a black scarf draped around her neck to cover the bruises that had gotten darker over the last week and also harder to hide. Zoey grabbed her keys, phone and work bag before leaving her hotel room and heading outside to her car. 

The blonde climbed into her Camero backing out of her space before heading back to the office to get started on the paperwork for the case they just finished. 

Quantico Virginia

Zoey parked her mustang in its usual spot noticing the garage is basically empty. she wasn't surprised it was almost 3 am. The blonde took the elevator upstairs walking into the office and took a seat at her desk as she began going through all the paperwork from their case. 

"Severide, Severide" a voice called causing the blonde to jump startled noticing her partner now standing next to her. "Huh?" she asks looking around realizing she's at the office, Zoey looked down at the time that now read 8:05. "I could have sworn I watched you leave last night," Morgan said before setting a can of her favourite energy drink in front of her. "You looked like you could use this," he says with a smile as Zoey smiled at him stretching before opening the can of go-go juice. 

Morgan's eyes furrowed looking at Severide's neck which had clear bruises on it. "Whoa, what happened there?" he asks his face turning from his happy self to worry in a second. Zoey was confused for a moment until she saw her scarf on the floor. Shit, she thought as Morgan tried to get a closer look. "Nothing, just things got a little out of hand at the bar last week and I had to throw someone out. It didn't go so well, I'm fine" Zoey said sending her partner a fake smile as she put the scarf back around her neck covering the dark marks. 

Morgan went to say something when JJ appeared in front of them, "Hotch needs us in the round table room" she says as Severide immediately stood up heading towards the meeting room thankful to dodge that conversation with Morgan.