Criminal Minds Imagines (Discontinued)

Emily Prentiss x Reader

A/n: Slight JJ bashing and mentions of mental health struggles.

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Watching Isla run around the park I sigh to myself as I take note of how happy she looks only for my phone to ring. Pulling it out my pocket I sigh upon seeing Aaron's name and ignore the call as I slip the device back in my bag. Standing up I walk over to Isla who looks at me happily before jumping at me and I catch her with an exagerated gasp as I spin her around slowly.

"Got you mummy!" She shouts with a laugh and I smile at her as I nod in agreement. "Can we get ice cream?" She asks and I grin at her with a nod.

"I think that we can my little angel." I tell her and she grins at me before resting her head on my shoulder. Hearing my phone ring again I pull it out and this time it's JJ calling making me roll my eyes, decline the call and put the phone on silent mode. "Right, do you want to go to the little shop for ice cream or get a tub in for the house?"

"Big tub for home!" She says happily and I chuckle at that before she gasps, trying to escape my grasp. "Mama!" She shouts and I frown as I follow her line of sigh only to gasp when I see my wife standing off to the side with a wide smile on her face. Letting Isla down she bolts over to her mama while I follow behind her at a more subdued pace so that Isla could have a moment with her mama before I got mine. 'Guess that answers what Aaron and JJ were trying to call me about.' I think to myself with an amused smile, satisfied that Emily had managed to keep our knowledge of it all from them.

"Well, well, well, as I live and breath. You look more and more gorgeous each time I see you Emily Prentiss." I tell her as she reaches out to take my hand without letting go of Isla who was holding onto her with a deathgrip. "By god I've missed you Emily."

"I've missed both of you so much love. I promise never to put distance like that between us again." She says and I smile at her as I search her eyes for some sort of reassurance which makes her smile. "He's gone, him and his goons are gone for good y/n." She says with a small smile but there's a look in her eyes that tells me theres more to it than that.

"What aren't you saying Emily?" I ask her and she looks at me me shocked before pulling me closer to her and resting her head on my shoulder. "I know you my love, I know when you aren't telling me something so please talk to me, what's going on in that head of yours?"

"I don't know if I belong in the team anymore, I don't know if I belong here anymore." She says quietly and I hold her close to me with an understanding nod. We knew that this might happen and had come up with a few plans of action with the help of Clyde. "All I know is that for the first time in months I feel somewhat grounded after everything that's happened. I have my family and friends in my life again but feel like something's missing."

"Well, whatever it is just know that me and Isla will follow you wherever you choose to go, no matter what love." I tell her and she places a light kiss on my neck before standing up straighter when the team starts approaching us looking worried. "How many missed calls do you think I have to cause them to look that worried?" I ask her quietly and smile when she throws her head back with a watery laugh.

"Oh, I'd say you'll have quite a few love." She says when she looks at me and I wipe away the few tears that had fallen with a small smile. "They hate me y/n, Derek can barely look at me and Spencer won't even talk to me. Penelope seems happy to have me back but I know she's hurt and Aaron and JJ are acting like I wasn't away for months."

"They don't hate you darling, they could never hate you. Derek has done nothing but apologise to me and Isla for not getting there sooner, he thought Isla had lost her mum and the guilt he's been feeling is ridiculous because even if he had gotten there before he did we both know that he would have been hurt as well. Spencer doesn't hate you and will be unbelievably relieved that your alive and healthy because he loves you, he spent the first week after you 'died' sleeping in the spare room. Isla now has a brother by the way, he's kind of been adopted by her and I'll admit I kind of took him under my wing as well." I tell her and she offers me a weak smile. "Penelope will just be glad that your back because you're her best friend and Rossi, well that man's not stupid Emily. Not by a long shot."

"Spencer won't talk to me y/n, I know that it hurt him but he won't even let me apologise to him." She whispers and I pull her into me knowing that she thought if Spencer as a son. Looking at the team as they finally reach us I shake my head at them signalling for them to keep quiet.

"Mama no be sad." Isla says as she cuddles further into Emily making my wife relax against me as she turns her head to look ato ur little girl.

"Okay baby, I won't be sad. Now what were you and mummy going to do?" She asks and Isla lights up.

"Ice cream!" She exclaims and I chuckle at her excitment. "Can we still get it mummy? Please?"

"Of course we can, you can also choose what movie we watch when we get home." I tell her and she grins at me before wiggling in Emily's arms to be let down which she does reluctantly only to grin when Isla takes her hand and starts dragging her over to the shop. Handing Emily my purse I watch them walk ahead of us before turning to the team, all of them looking confused. "Did you really think she would leave her wife and daughter in the dark?" I ask Aaron with a quirked eyebrow.

"How? How could you have kept in contact with her without endangering her life?" He asks while Spencer moves to hug me and I kiss the top of his head before running my fingers through his curls.

"I worked with Interpol for fifteen years and made a lot of contacts. One of them, Clyde, helped us work something out so that Emily wouldn't miss out on Isla's life." I tell them with a sigh. "We wanted to let you all know but Clyde couldn't promise that you're calls weren't being monitored and we couldn't risk anyone's life. We didn't do it to hurt you, it was risky enough that Aaron and JJ knew which I need to have words with you two about because you didn't have authority to do that without her family's permission, especially when I'm her proxy and next of kin." I say aiming the first part at Spencer who relaxes into me with a nod.

"We were doing what was best for her!" JJ snaps and I let go of Spencer, stepping closer to her angrily I lower my voice.

"You almost made our daughter think that her mother was dead. You were willing to let a little girl mourn the loss of her mama and you were willing to let my wife live a secret life away from the little girl that she would do anything for. Do you have any idea how depressed Emily was? How hard it was for me to bring her out of herself?" I ask her angrily and shrug the hand on my arm off. "It took me nearly a month to convince her that we understood, that I had explained to Isla that mama had to go away for work but that she would be back! If you think that was the best for her then your fucking deluded. Not to mention you made an executive decision about my wife without so much as consulting me which in itself is a serious offence." I growl at her only to be stopped by my little girls voice.

"Mummy! Come on! I want ice cream!" Isla shouts as she stops walking with Emily and turns to me. Giving JJ one last look I start to make my way over to my family with Spencer following me. "Spencey watch movie with us?" She asks and Spencer swoops her up with a chuckle.

"Only if your mummy and mama don't mind me joining." He tells her and Emily grins at him with a nod. "I'm sorry for my reaction before Emily."

"Don't be, it's understandable that you're angry with me." She says as she touches his arm and he smiles at her before taking her hand as they walk. "Are you coming darling?"

"I'm right behind you Em." I tell her and she looks back at me with a smile and mouths thank you making me smile with a nod as I speed up to walk beside my little family. Feeling Emily take my hand I squeeze her hand lightly as we walk and she leans into my side as we make our way to the corner shop for ice cream before jumping in the car and heading home to watch movies and make up for lost time.