You move into the same apartment complex as one Emily Prentiss. Lucky you.

Y/n begins a transformative journey as a newcomer to the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit. While solving chilling cases with the team, she wrestles with personal demons, including her missing brother's troubled past. As Y/n navigates the world of criminal profiling, she forms deep bonds with her colleagues, particularly the intriguing Emily Prentiss. Together, they unravel complicated mysteries while confronting their own vulnerabilities - Slow Burn and Smut (Marked with *)

When a string of assassinations revives an old Interpol case, you're called back into the field, and back into Emily Prentiss's life. The two of you once went undercover together, partners in every sense that mattered until the mission tore you apart. Now, someone's using your old alias to kill, and trusting each other again may be the only way to survive.

You've worked as a member of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Team for 4 years now - a career you dreamt of growing up. But 6 months ago, the love of your life was ripped from you suddenly in the worst case of your career. To this day you still can't wrap your head around it - how little you knew about the woman you'd planned to marry someday, why she chose to disappear without her team, why she'd put herself in a position where you could lose her. So many questions had been occupying your mind ever since her funeral, but one thing was for sure: Every bit of joy you had left in you died with Emily Prentiss that day. ----- Dreaming of Emily being alive again had been the only thing keeping you going so far. But the reality of that might be quite different to how you'd expect.

A series of interconnected Emily Prentiss/Witch!Reader one-shots and snippets. This is fully inspired by the interactions I got on Higher Than Expected, so thank you. Think angst, fluff, comfort, smut, ritual candles burning at 3AM, stolen glances in the BAU, and Emily losing her mind a little bit every time you so much as breathe near her. There's no long-term plotline, but everything will be posted in chronological order: You've always kept parts of yourself separate from the job-the crystals, the herbs, the altar in your bedroom that none of your coworkers know about. The FBI isn't exactly the place you talk about energy work and moon phases. Then Emily Prentiss shows up at your door, and suddenly those walls start coming down. What begins with sharing a joint becomes something more: her wanting to understand your practice, your spirituality, the parts of you that don't fit the profile of a federal agent. Getting high together is easy. Letting someone see you completely? That's the harder trip. Cannabis-fueled slow burn between two FBI agents, one of whom makes protection tinctures for the team and the other who's just trying to understand why that's so attractive.

Years ago, two agents crossed paths unknowingly while deep undercover, their worlds colliding in a high-stakes mission that forged a fragile bond between them. When fate pulls them back together months later, buried memories and hidden truths threaten to unravel the trust they once built. As they navigate the shadows of their pasts and the dangers of the present, the line between ally and stranger blurs - and nothing is quite as it seems.

THIS IS ALSO POSTED ON AO3 Y/N started at the BAU almost 2 years ago and her and Emily's bickering started on her first day. The pair constantly throw insults at each other along with glares and eye rolls, the team are used to their petty arguments - it doesn't stop them from solving cases together. What will happen when the pair have to go on an undercover mission as a couple, will living together change the dynamic of their relationship? Will new feelings be recognised?

Y/n is a confident and experienced FBI Agent with years of experience under their belt. But behind their impressive career is a crumbling home life, and when it all gets too much to juggle, will their team be able to navigate their new dynamic at work in time to help? A story of love gone wrong, friendships worth saving and comfort in the most unlikely of places.

background info: the bau, and the team, had always been understanding of your mental health, letting you take days or weeks off when you weren't feeling too great. this time things got really bad and you tried to end your life. you had been off work for a month and hadn't seen anyone since. the team come by to check if you're ok and are satisfied with you telling them through the door. but that isn't enough for emily anymore. trigger warning: this will include talk of mental illness, self harm (nothing too graphic), mention of a suicide attempt (in the past) and other themes related to this. please do not read if you think this will trigger you, keep yourself safe<3

Y/n is about to join the FBI Behavioural Analysis Training Programme led by Section Chief Emily Prentiss. The night before, Y/n decides to blow off some steam at their local bar when they meet a welcome distraction. Little do they know, that one night is about to affect the entire beginning of their new career.