❛ - there's a darkness in all of us, light in all of us, and it
is up to us to remove the darkness from those places.❜
( luke alvez x jupiter newton )
[ season 12 - ? ]
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QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
TEN YEARS LATER, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
❛ I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. NEWTON, SHE PERSONALLY HANDLED THE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF PETER LEWIS AND DANIEL CULLEN'S VICTIMS - ❜Garcia introduces, before the blonde steps into the room, a kind smile on her features, her features absolutely kind and charming, except for the small scowl that forms when she glances at Luke. "She also has experience with five of the other criminals' signatures. She'll be here for the time being to assist in the capture of the thirteen serial killers. And let me tell you, she is so nice, like a little baby ray of sunshine, and I love her dress-"
"Garcia," Rossi titters, as he shakes his head, looking over at Luke as he folded his arms over his chest, watching the woman walk into the room, her head still looking over her shoulder so he couldn't yet make out her features.
The brunette she spoke about steps into the room, her head down as she smoothed out the hem of her dress over her thighs before she tilted her head more. Jupiter set her camera bag down, revolving around to see each of the agents' faces. Her eyes widened and her smile nearly dropped as she saw Luke, and nearly dropped her coffee cup, instead, tightening her grip around the paper cup before she swallowed, pressing her lips together as if she were getting lipstick off her teeth before flashing her teeth again.
But Luke didn't miss the look. His heart dropped into his stomach before he felt it begin to beat against his sides, a weight on his shoulders. She turned her head away from him before he sucked his own teeth behind his lips before she looked at Garcia. "Garcia, you don't have to call me Dr. Newton, seriously. Jupiter works."
"Like the planet?" Spencer asks curiously, and she nods, a small smile on her mien. "Your file says your birth name is Lilia-"
"I don't particularly use my birth name, but yeah, exactly like the planet. Jupiter Newton. You must be Dr. Reid," she told him as she nodded, having heard about his lack of welcome when it came to shaking hands. "Let me see if I have this right: Dr. Lewis, Agent Rossi, Jareau, Hotchner, and Alvez." She shook each of their hands briefly, reaching out and shaking Luke's as if they had zero past history, but Rossi could tell from their lingering looks, there was more to them. "It's a pleasure to meet you all."
"Welcome aboard, Jupiter," Hotch nods, as he offers her his folder before she holds up her own stack of manila folders.
"Daniel Cullen, right?" She asked before she waited attentively for his nod, unconsciously letting her eyes drift to Luke, who met hers by coincidence. Besides their shared romantic history, they shared their very brief history with Daniel Cullen through Phil Brooks, Luke's partner. As she opened the file, she looked at the high quality, glossy photos in the file - taken by herself. It was one of her quirks, she had to have pictures taken by herself if she could for her own notes and to mark over. If there was one thing she was, it was detail orientated.
She had taken pictures three years ago - Luke having caught Daniel Cullen three years ago.
Her heart rose in her throat as she shook her head back and nodded at something Hotchner had said, which made his lip quirk in a small smile of amusement - not sure if she was fully displaying her first-day jitters, or noting Rossi's unwavering glance at both Alvez and the newest doctor on the team. "Jupiter, Agent Alvez - everything alright?"
"Ehrm, yeah," she replied, nodding her head. "Just thinking about a pattern I noted from last time and it got me a little distracted, my apologies."
"That's fine. I hope you have a to-go bag ready."
"Yes sir," Jupiter smiled before he nodded.
"Wheels up in thirty," he told her and moved out the door. Jupiter moved herself to get out of the door, her heels snagging on the carpet, and she nearly tripped, yelping as Luke caught her under her arms and pulled her flush to his chest. Her hair fell over her face before it bounced with the sudden movement, her knees bending to catch herself, pushing up to help herself stand as Luke helped her up, and she turned around to look at him, her hands on his forearms.
"Careful," he told her gently.
"I'm fine." She replied as his thumbs traced over the faint marks on her wrists. She instinctively stopped moving before she jerked back, and grabbed her camera bag before she turned back and rushed out the door, turning the corner to the bathroom.
Jupiter shut the bathroom door behind her, covering her mouth with her forearm before she sniffled softly, forcing a breath out of her lungs before she set her hands on the sink. She heard the bathroom door and immediately straightened up, clearing her throat before grabbing the paper towels nearby and then balled them in her hand. She looked over her shoulder to see Garcia, who had her eyebrows furrowed. "Is everything alright?"
"Yeah - yeah, everything is okay," she promised her before she exhaled. She rolled her shoulders back and she grabbed her camera bag, her go-bag on her shoulder. She then tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled at the blonde. "Promise."
She walked out of the bathroom, and then out to the waiting truck. Her fingers clenched and unclenched as she opened the door, and then climbed into the passenger seat, tucking hair behind her ear as she looked over at saw the one person she was trying to avoid — Luke. Upon seeing him, she wilted back a little and almost got out the car completely, before he grabbed her hand and looked at her with gentle eyes.
"Come on, Jupe. You can't keep running from me. We're on the same team now."
She sighed and then sat back in her seat and closed the black Suburban's door before she then swallowed a little more. "I know, but we can't just go back to how things were. Not that easy and not that fast," she then rubbed her nose before he winced.
"I know," Luke told her as he looked over at her. "But I want us as team members — us to be able to work together and not run from each other every time we see one another, it isn't fair." He then looked at the way her hand settled in his and he swallowed, seeing the pale line around her left ring finger. He then sighed. "I'm sorry, Jupe... I never wanted to hurt you."
"But you did, Luke." She exhaled. "Whether it was intentional or not, you hurt me. But that doesn't matter, that's old news. How's Phil?"
"He's good. Still doing physical therapy, but Phil is good."
"Good," Jupiter hummed as she pressed her lips together and took off her jacket. His eyes went to her wrists, looking at the pale scars he knew were there, faint, and almost invisible if he hadn't known where to look for them. He remembers kissing those scars and convincing her that they weren't ugly — they were a reminder of who she used to be and how she had won, how she had beat that sad remnant of herself into submission and out of existence. "That's really good." She opened her lips again and looked at him as he drove to the airstrip. "How are you, Luke?"
"I'm... okay. Better now that I've seen you, but I'm always better when I see you," he admitted softly — the gesture was so soft that even Jupiter felt her heart flutter, forgetting that her hand was in his and in theory — they weren't dating anymore.
So, she left it in his, just for a little while longer. And Luke didn't mind, because for the past ten years, all he had consistently dreamed about was Jupiter, and now that he had her back, he wasn't sure what he'd do with himself.
( 1. 21. 19 )
— aHHHHHH. Luke and Jupe are so soft I cry, wtf. This ain't right, this ain't legal. I love them so much though, it's ridiculous. And yes, even though the terms their relationship dissolved upon wasn't so nice, they are still amicable ex-lovers, which will help when Luke falls back into Jupiter's arms (or vice versa, you never know)
