Exsanguinator
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Emily is in Paris, trying to forget the life she's left behind - and especially the woman she isn't supposed to love. Then she learns that Ian Doyle is dead. It's safe to come home.
She doesn't.
(What if Doyle was killed only a few months after Emily went into hiding, the events of "It takes a village" never happened, and Emily chose not to return to the BAU? Narrative flips between past - seasons 2 to mid-6 - and Emily's life in Paris and beyond. Also, every chapter is named after a song.)
TITLE CHANGED on 2/5/2026. Kate Bush fans, assemble.
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Emily has been with the team for eight months when a casual text message from JJ tilts the world on its axis. Emily's cousin Mack, his partner Robbie (and their dog Midas) are there to try and restore order.
Content warning for a homophobic slur in this chapter.
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A distinctive coin keeps turning up in Emily's life across the years, then disappearing. Before re-appearing... And disappearing all over again. There must be an obvious explanation since magic isn't real...right?
(Please mind the tags, especially for chapter 1.)
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A love that falls as fast as a body from a balcony by Exsanguinator
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
16 Jan 2026
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It's a Friday night in summer and JJ is hanging out with her buddies for the last time before her final year of school kicks off on Monday. A friend's guest from out of town joins them for shit-talking, beer-drinking and river-swimming. There is chemistry (not the AP subject).
This one is for you, Gabz.
UPDATE (4 February 2026): I thought this might turn into a multi-chapter fic but I prefer it as a one-shot.
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"But, here’s a secret about Emily Prentiss: she’s superstitious. Not about the usual things (she shares her life with a black cat, after all, and she has no qualms about walking under ladders or spilling salt). Maybe it’s a hangover from her days as a semi-devout Catholic; maybe she’s just more human than she’d like to admit. She looks for signs. Hints. Symbols. In books, at art exhibitions, graffitied across the city’s walls. In song lyrics."
A song gets Emily out of the house on a Friday night.
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“I thought I’d washed everything of his,” JJ says as Emily places another shirt in the Will pile. “But I keep finding them—“ Her words choke off.
Emily hears, and places a gentle hand on her knee. It’s only there for a moment, but JJ feels it, strong and warm, like she hasn't really felt anything else in the last few weeks. Emily says nothing, because she knows there isn’t anything that will make it better, but she squeezes before letting go. It rips JJ’s throat, the quiet understanding and acceptance, but she holds in the tears; she needs to be together while her boys aren’t, to show everyone that she’s okay.
Emily doesn’t leave until the clothes are put away, the dishwasher is running, and she’s wiped down every surface in the shared bathroom upstairs. She pauses by the door, reaching out to grip JJ’s wrist for a moment. “Back soon,” she says, eyes sympathetic, mouth faintly curved. “See you then.”
After Emily’s gone, and she’s alone again, JJ weeps.
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JJ, on leave from the BAU after Will's death, just wants to be alone, and Emily... well, Emily doesn't know how to do anything but show up.
Set after Season 18, ep 3 "Time to Say Goodbye".
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02 May 2026
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are those the crown jewels (or are you just happy to see me) by Promsie
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
31 May 2026
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"Hotch said he called in reinforcements from overseas," Reid supplies.
JJ lets out a thin laugh unaware of where her thoughts immediately drifted to until the words tumble out of her mouth. “What, like Interpol or something?”
“Exactly like Interpol.”
At first, JJ thinks she’s having some kind of stroke. Or that, in fact, her alarm never went off, and she is still in bed, having a bittersweet dream about one of Penelope’s many plans and schemes. It’s more likely than the person behind her really being who JJ desperately wants, needs, her to be.
"Holy wow," Penelope whispers, grabbing JJ's wrist so tight she must suppress a wince.
Only then does she turn around, feels her heart leaping into her throat because Emily Prentiss is standing in the entry of the bullpen. She’s really here. In America. At the BAU. Less than twenty feet away from where JJ is struggling to not leap into her arms.
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Here's to the second part of "luck of the irish"
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16 Apr 2026
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Going through a divorce while stuck in the middle of the relentless Sicarius case, JJ finds herself struggling to balance the pressures of work, parenting, and the growing void in her personal life. Despite JJ's insistence that she doesn't need help, Emily becomes her quiet, steady support, seamlessly stepping into her her and her boys' lives.
As their connection deepens and shifts into something stronger than it's ever been, JJ learns to redefine family, realizing that even in the face of loss and uncertainty, what remains is the unwavering love and support of her team, her boys, and Emily.
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29 Mar 2026
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If you were easy to kill, I would've done it already by AmazonWorrier
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
09 Jun 2026
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"He walks into JJ’s life quietly. While Emily and the others are focusing on stopping the existing infrastructure from collapsing, he sets up new scaffolding. By the time any of them notice, he has become a permanent fixture. A parasite, steadily gnawing away at the foundation. "
CM Evolution era. Following Will's death, JJ gets into a new relationship with a man who seems too good to be true. By the time Emily, Penelope and the rest of the team piece together the warning signs, JJ has fallen far out of reach. Emily will go to hell and back if it means saving her.
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19 Feb 2026
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Somewhere between whispered nothings and a mirror glance she couldn’t look away from, the truth became harder to deny: there is an ache only Emily ever quieted.
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04 Feb 2026