willow, criminal minds [ 1 ]

012. assistance is futile

Luke leads Olivia into the bullpen, carrying her backpack for her.

"Hey, Olivia." Molly smiles. "What brings you by?"

"I get a week off of school." Olivia grins.

"Ooh. Nice." Molly high fives her.

"And her babysitter's sick, so... bring your daughter to work week-ish." Luke says.

"Oh, that, uh... fun." Molly says.

"What's that look?" Luke asks.

"What look?" Molly asks.

"The hesitant look you get when you don't wanna tell somebody something." Luke says.

"You haven't been here long enough to know any of my looks." Molly frowns.

"It's kind of our job." Luke retorts. "So...?"

"Uh..." Molly nervously laughs. "We just got a case. Pen was supposed to text you." As if on cue, Luke's phone dings.

"Dang it." Luke whispers, seeing the text from Penelope.

"Oh, wow. You move fast." Penelope comments before seeing Olivia. "Oh, you brought your precious!"

"Yeah. Uh... Livvy, you hang out at my desk for a bit, I'll be back in a little bit." Luke tells her.

"Okay." She says, sitting in his chair and immediately starting to spin around.

"Well, hey, that might entertain her the whole time we're gone." Molly jokes.

"Yeah, unless she throws up from it first." Luke mutters.

~ ~ ~

After being informed about the case, the team all go to get their go bags before going to the jet.

"Okay, uh..." Luke mutters as he walks over to his desk.

"Where's Reid?" Olivia asks, not seeing any sign of him.

"Um... he, uh... he's on a little vacation." Luke lies.

"Where?" Olivia asks.

"I don't remember." Luke shrugs.

"For how long?" Olivia asks.

"I-- I don't know, baby." Luke heavily sighs. "But, hey, you know what? You are going to stay here while I go out of town to work on a case."

"Stay with who?" Olivia asks.

"Well, you get to hang out with Miss Penelope for a few days." Luke states, motioning to the blonde. Penelope smiles and waves at the girl. "She, uh... she's got all sorts of cute trinkets in her office, she'll feed you, you guys can set up a pallet in her office or something. Little sleepover sort of thing."

"I get to sleep here?" Olivia asks.

"Yeah. Yeah, well, she-- unless she gets to go home for the night, but yeah." Luke nods.

"How long are you gonna be gone?" Olivia asks.

"Um... hopefully just a day or two." Luke tells her. "But when we get home, we'll get pizza, huh?"

"Okay." Olivia says, though seems slightly disappointed.

"Hey." Luke gently grabs her chin, making her look at him. "I'll be home before you know it, princess. Promise. And I don't like it anymore than you."

"Yeah, I know." Olivia sighs. "Go be a superhero and everything."

Luke winces but gets his go bag. He kisses her on the cheek.