okay i wanna start by saying this is very much different from CM the only similarities being the characters and their personalities and friendships.
TW:domestic violence, abuse
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JJ walked into the BAU with a long sleeved turtle neck on, on an 87 degree day, she sat at her desk without saying a word.
Emily came in about an hour after JJ and noticed her ill appearance, "JJ are you alright" Emily said as she placed her hand on JJ's shoulder, no answer, "JJ" Emily said and JJ jumped, "you scared me" she replied as she wiped the sweat from her forehead "what's up" Emily replied with a concerned look on her face, "it's nothing" JJ stood up and walked over to the bathroom.
JJ walked into the bathroom and locked the door, she stared in the mirror and pulled down the neck of her shirt to see the hand printed bruises around her throat, she sighed and covered it back up, she wet her face and left the bathroom.
after she saw that everyone was here she passed out files for the new case, she explained the murders and then sat down across from Emily, no one seemed to notice her heavy breathing and sweaty forehead except for Emily, she didn't make it to obvious but she kept an eye on her until the plane.
before JJ got on the plane she had to call jack, her boyfriend, they had planned a weekend away but she would have to cancel, "i'm so sorry i would if i could" Emily overheard from around the corner, "i promise i'll make it up to you", "i'm sorry" JJ repeated over and over, she almost sounded scared, JJ hung up the call just before Emily turned the corner.
on the plane JJ sat alone, Spencer walked past and asked JJ how she wasn't hot, she just shrugged and looked out the window, "someone's not happy to be working this weekend" Spencer mumbled under his breath as he assumed JJ was mad because the case interrupted her weekend getaway, but that wasn't the case, in fact JJ wasn't mad at all, she was scared for when she came back.
it was the middle of the night, everyone was asleep except JJ and Emily, JJ didn't notice though, she had been staring out the window for the past hour and Emily was concerned, she got up and sat in front of JJ, "okay what's going on" Emily asked as she tilted her head, "nothing why" JJ replied trying to hide what was bothering her, "you have been distant and jumpy all week, and you look terrible, no offence", JJ looked back out the window, "at least take off that sweater, it's boiling on this plane and i can see the sweat dripping from your forehead" JJ ignored, Emily sighed and stood up, she 'accidentally' spilled wine on JJ's white sweater, JJ opened her mouth and giggled a little, in that moment she forgot why she was wearing the sweater and took it off.
it took Emily a minute to notice the marks on JJ's neck due to the dark plane but when she did she asked JJ about it, "Jennifer what the hell happened" JJ's heart sunk as she remembered her neck, she felt sick to her stomach, "what this, it's nothing", "it's not nothing someone strangled you" Emily said as she turned the light above them on, JJ looked away and covered her throat with her hand, Emily grabbed JJ's arm and tried to grip it away from her neck, as Emily grabbed JJ's arm a look of fear crossed her face and she turned to look Emily in the eyes, Emily could tell JJ was scared and released her grip.
JJ immediately got up and went to the bathroom, Emily tried to stop her but she didn't want to make anything worse.
in the bathroom JJ sat on the floor trying to calm herself down, she tried to think of an excuse when she heard the rest of the team waking up, she quickly left the bathroom and ran to get her go bag, quick enough that no one would see her, she put another sweater on and sat back down in front of Emily, JJ was scared that Emily had told the rest of the team, she looked at Emily and then the team, Emily looked JJ in the eyes and shook her head, JJ felt a wave of relief and sat back.
