heart like yours (jennifer jareau)

4. seventeen

AN: hi guys! happy monday!!

i hope you guys are all having a lovely week! we've got a big one today i'm sorry it's like 16K words

but it's megan kane
so
don't blame me :)

just a quick one too! i won't be updating next week i'm afraid! i'll be back the monday after for both lilah and liv, and there's no liv update this week or next week either

TWs:
hotch
dead bodies
elliot is discussed
mentions of murder
mentions of child abuse
the daddy issues are rampant
delilah bonding with unsubs yet again

it's a christmas tree!!

i hope you guys enjoy! <333

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"i can be feminine in all my rage. i can be girl and woman, and claws with teeth. watch me burn." - venetta octavia

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It was extremely rare that Delilah ever interacted with the director of the FBI. When she said extremely rare, it meant she'd met the man once in her life, and it had not been since she was an official FBI agent.

She had been fourteen years old and was attending one of Dave's friend's parties with a lot of the FBI agents, and she'd been sat with Erin Strauss and Hotch when this middle aged man came to sit with them.

He asked if this was the girl he'd heard so much about, and Strauss had confirmed it. He asked a few questions about her; what grade she was in at the time (tenth), her favourite agent other than Dave at the party (Hotch), and about how her healing was going, to which she just stayed silent because what was she supposed to say?

He'd told her that he hoped she'd work for him one day because he knew she had a bright future ahead of her, and then he'd left. She didn't even get his name until he'd already left and she asked Strauss.

So, getting an email from the man when she was already done with work and had just put both Henry and Mason to bed for the night was nothing except absolutely terrifying.

"Baby?" JJ said, looking over from where she was folding up some clean laundry. "What's wrong? Your breathing pattern changed in an audibly noticeable way."

"Stalker," Delilah muttered, clicking on the email. "I have to go into work? What?"

"What?" JJ repeated, walking over to her. "Is that from the director?"

"Apparently," Delilah said. "And it's real. He said I'm heading straight to the jet and I'm going on a case? Evie hasn't said anything."

"It must not be related to CAC," JJ said.

"Then why am I going?" Delilah said. "I'm not in the BAU anymore."

"I guess you'll find out when you get there," JJ mumbled. "I don't like this."

"Me, neither," Delilah said. "I better go, though."

"Let me know what it is?" JJ said.

"I will," Delilah promised.

She kissed JJ goodbye, grabbing her jacket from the closet and heading to Henry's room. She kissed his forehead before heading to Mason's room, creeping in silently and over to his bed.

"Bambino," Delilah whispered, shaking him awake gently.

"Hm?"

"Can you wake up for a moment?"