Emily Prentiss One-Shots

Emily/Strauss

Title: Saint of the Broken Hearted - pandorabox82 (Ao3)

Summary: Emily has been set up on a blind date by a coworker, and she is shocked to find out that it is none other than Erin Strauss. Has her coworker made a mistake, or is there something there that she had never seen before?

Rating: Teens and Up Audience

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Emily tapped her foot impatiently. She was supposed to be meeting her blind date here, under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, at precisely noon, and here it was, ten past and no one wearing a grey riding hat had appeared. And Emily knew that she would spot them a mile off, as there wasn't a Renaissance Faire going on anywhere close.

About to give up on the whole damn thing, Emily turned and started to make her way towards the door when she caught a flash of feathers. "Finally," she muttered under her breath and began to make her way over there.

"Emily?"

"Erin? What are you doing here? And wearing that hat of all things?"

The older woman shrugged and looked down at her feet, the hat making a shadow against her face. "I moved here six months ago. David and I were not working out, and I needed a change of scenery. I made a new friend as I learned to ring the bells, and she said that she would set me up with the perfect person."

"Let me guess, her name is Robin," Emily interrupted, her lips pursing together as she awaited Erin's reply. At the woman's nod, she sighed. "Great. This has to be the universe's idea of a joke, you realize. Setting us up for a blind date? I mean, we didn't part on good terms before your brush with death, and you're not into women."

A light blush stained her cheeks, and Emily wondered if she did fancy women. "Being bisexual was never something that I talked about a lot. I had a roommate, at the Academy, and I told her that if anything were to ever happen to me, that she should destroy any evidence about that side of my life. My parents would never have understood that I liked both men and women. And even though we had a pretty major falling out? She still kept my secret."

There was a real sadness in her voice, and Emily reached out to rest her hand on Erin's shoulder. "It's wonderful when we can find someone that we can trust with secrets like that. And now, since we've been deemed compatible, would you like to go out to lunch with me?"

Erin glanced up, looking into her eyes, and nodded. "I suppose. May I take off this ridiculous hat? Robin gave me it to wear, so that you would be able to find me, and it is so heavy. Plus, I feel like everyone is staring at me!"

"They're staring at how beautiful you look." The compliment rolled off her tongue so easily that she wondered where it was coming from. Erin cocked up one eyebrow as she frowned a little. "It's true. You are beautiful. I saw it for the first time at JJ's wedding, when you were in Rossi's arms, smiling so widely. The joy and love that radiated off your features lent you this mystic beauty, and I was in awe of it."

"You have a glib tongue, Emily." Even now, she loved to hear the way that Erin said her name, and she smiled as she shook her head, reaching out for Erin's hand to clasp as they exited the Cathedral. "And I suppose that I have to wear this hat now."

"Yes, since it's yours. Robin won't take it back after I tell her what a good first date we had."

"First date?" she asked archly as they made their way down the sidewalk. "You're that certain of yourself."

"I am. Robin's played matchmaker for about twenty people in the office now, and only one couple has broken up. That's a track record I'm not going to argue with."