Invisible String | Emily Prentiss x Reader

twenty three

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I SMILED at my phone as I walked into the bullpen on Monday morning. Emily and I had been texting all weekend and I'm pretty sure the smile on my face has become permanent. I was balancing two coffees in my arm because I had just gone to a coffee shop to surprise Emily.

However, when I got to my desk I realized we must have had the same idea because there was an iced coffee on my desk with a small note.

-Good morning! Lunch in my office later? :)

I bit the inside of my cheek to hide the pure happiness exuding from my body. Thankfully I was the first one in the bullpen so no one saw me staring at the coffee like an idiot. I quickly put my stuff down and made my way to her office. I saw that her door was cracked open.

I opened the door slowly and saw her reading over a file intensely as she chewed on the end of a pen in concentration. I couldn't help but stare at her for a second. I wanted nothing more than to feel her lips on mine but I knew we couldn't risk getting caught.

"Good morning!" I said as I walked further into her office not even trying to hide the excitement in my voice. She looked up and smiled, abandoning all of her paperwork. "I see we had the same idea." She laughed softly as she motioned to the coffee in my hand.

"Seems so," I beamed back as I put her coffee with Splenda on her desk. "For the record, I did not take pleasure in ordering you that drink," I said and she rolled her eyes.

"You're one to talk. I think I went into a sugar overdose just by looking at your drink."

I couldn't help but let out a laugh as I took a seat across from her. "So, lunch in your office. You don't think people will get suspicious." I asked changing the topic.

"Just say I'm making you fix some paperwork. I make you guys work during a lunch break all the time." She said with a shrug.

"You're kind of evil sometimes, you know that right?" I said with a small smile.

"Eh, I've heard worse." She teased and now it was my turn to roll my eyes.

"The rest of the team will be here soon. Go get some work done, we'll talk later," Emily said with a laugh as she reached across the desk and grabbed my hand. I groaned and squeezed her hand before standing up, "I will see you at lunch then, Unit Chief Prentiss." I said with a wink and I saw Emily bite the inside of her cheek trying to hide a blushed smile.

I walked out of her office and closed her door before returning to my desk. I pulled out some cases I needed to consult on and the rest of the team slowly started to trickle in.

Surprisingly, Monday mornings had become one of my favorite times of the week. The team usually spent most of the morning recapping our weekends and poking fun at each other before getting to work. Monday mornings were also when Emily has budget meetings so she wasn't there to tell us to be quiet.

Matt, Luke, and JJ were arguing over a basketball game while Tara, Reid, and I were in a heated discussion about Deontological ethics. "Happy Monday morning my nerds." I heard Dave mutter as he walked by us.

"Morning Dave!" The three of us said at the same time which earned us a half-hearted wave from the older man.

Spencer eventually headed to grab some coffee which unfortunately left me all alone with Tara.

"So, how were your plans on Friday?" She said with a smirk.

"Uh, they were good," I said praying that Spencer would hurry up and come back. However, I knew that as much as Tara loved to tease me she would never tell anyone or do anything to jeopardize my job or Emily's.