❝you're in danger here, spencer.❞
❝we'll worry about that later. right now all that matters is you and me.❞
hazel finley is afraid. afraid of being alone. afraid of losing the people she loves. afraid of making mistakes. afraid of falling back into...
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❝Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me and I will defend it.❞
MARY SHELLEY
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1.7 : early morning meetings
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season 6, episode 24 : supply and demand
IT'S NOT QUITE FIVE-THIRTY IN THE MORNING, AND FIN IS ANXIOUS FOR BOTH THE SUNRISE AND THE CUP OF COFFEE SHE KNOWS IS WAITING FOR HER AT THE BAU. Hotch called both their phones this morning, despite the fact that Romero's definitely reported back to him that Spencer spends the night quite often, and said that they needed to be at the BAU before six a.m. for a "quick meeting".
Fin wasn't too worried about it, but Spencer was immediately nervous, and when she asked him why, he said that Hotch hardly ever calls early morning meetings, especially on a Friday, and when he does, it's something serious.
So now Fin is nervous, too, and for more reasons than one. Lars emailed her late last night, and it had no subject, no introduction, nothing. It just said: Next week is Nick's birthday. He would've been 29 this year. I really miss him. He always said you and I were the only family he had left in the world. I don't want to spend his birthday in a city I don't know with men in suits that won't talk to me and shitty German reality shows. I want to come home.
Fin knows the only reason Lars was in Munich in the first place was to split them up, keep Esther from taking either one of them hostage, forcing the other's hand. She thought about responding quickly, telling her to stay put, to wait until Esther's back behind bars, but Lars is the type of person who needs to touch the stove before she believes it's hot. If you tell her not to do something, she wants to do it even more.
So Fin plans to talk to Hotch, to see if there's any safe way for Lars to come back to America. She'll probably still have to be in a safe house, with limited contact with the outside world, but at least she'll be closer. At least Fin can see her face.
When Spencer and Fin walk into the conference room, Rossi and Morgan are already sitting at the table, drinking their coffee, but there's no sign of Penelope or Hotch. That's strange, because usually they're the first two in and the last two out.
"Where's Hotch?" asks Spencer, at the same time that Fin asks, "Where's Penelope?"
Morgan glances up at them, eyebrows raised, a tiny grin on his face. "In answer to both of you, they'll both be here soon."
Spencer drops into a chair, an old book magically appearing in his hands. It looks well-loved and cared for, the binding falling open easily in his hands. Fin wonders if maybe it was his mother's.
