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Warnings: canon general violence and gore, a little sad (why doesn’t he trust her 😭??) but also ✨fluffy✨
Prompt/idea: Prentiss is irritated by the very obvious fact that her boss doesn’t trust her…
Black boots clicked against the tile floor of the bullpen as a raven haired lady paced back and forth with some mix of anger and anxiousness in her eyes.
“I just don’t get it!”
Her sudden outburst made all eyes in the room turn on her but she was too preoccupied with her thoughts to notice.
“I mean I tried everything! I did exactly as he asked! I put more trust in the team! Haven’t I JJ?!”
JJ gave one of her famous ‘eh…I don’t what to tell you looks’
“Well…”
“Really JJ, really?”
She pressed her lips together and looked up at Prentiss, giving some thought as how to calm her friend. Finally she spoke
“I know but that’s sort of how Hotch is but you don’t have to worry I’m sure he’ll come around eventually.”
JJ spoke kindly as she walked toward her office. Her kind voice made Prentiss take it down a notch but she was still irritated.
“That’s how he is? Demands trust but doesn’t give it himself? Man, come on!”
Morgan and Garcia give each other a look and then laugh, finding the situation amusing.
“Oh you think this is funny?” Prentiss sighed at her co-workers not taking her concerns seriously.
“Very.” Both replied in unison.
Then all of a sudden JJ walked out in a matter of fact sort of way that showed everyone she meant business.
“We have a case. Let’s meet in 5.”
Prentiss dragged her heels into the conference room, desperately wishing for a day off. She was right behind Morgan, Garcia, and Rossi. As she entered she saw Hotch, JJ, and Reid were already seated around the table. She stopped and gave a look to Hotch who didn’t say anything. ‘Like I’d sit next to him’ Prentiss thought to herself and she placed herself between JJ and Reid. Something that everyone in the room noticed.
JJ got up and pressed a button on the remote to show a power point presentation of some gruesome and violent pictures. It was a little difficult to get use to but you eventually become desensitized to all the blood and gore. It didn’t disgust them but the heavy emotions that came with were always in the back of everyone’s head.
-Insert JJ brief explanation of the case-
“That’s strange. There’s no connection between the victims at all and they’re all different ages and races. And on top of that the bodies were found no where near each other. How are we sure this is even related?” Morgan raised an eyebrow and viewed his file.
“All the bodies that they found had the branding on them.” JJ spoke pressing a another button and an image flashed across the screen.
“The justice scales?” Reid questioned.
“Yes each body was found with the scales on their chests.”
“So this unsub is acting out some sort of twisted justice?” Rossi was next to speak and stated the same thing Prentiss was thinking.
“A vigilante in New York?” Morgan spoke, remembering another case they worked on previously.
-insert continued discussion cause I’m too insecure in my writing to write a believe-able case-
-At the police station in New York-
Prentiss was little too distracted by her boss. ‘He would normally reply to all my snarky and sarcastic comments but he’s just ignoring me now?’ She angrily stared at him from across the room. ‘Wait a minute is this some form of silent treatment? Oh my God is he serious?’
She had to calm her annoyance and focus on this case. She didn’t want the team to notice. She didn’t even know why it bothered her so much. It’s not like she wanted his attention. But she did work with a group of excellent profilers and they had come to a conclusion as to why they were acting this way before either Prentiss or Hotch could figure it out.
“…”
The BAU team sat in silence and gave each other knowing glances (apart from Reid who didn’t seem to get it)
“Hey, Prentiss maybe you should just go talk to Hotch directly and see if something’s bothering him…or maybe he’s just trying to get under your skin.” Morgan instigated while trying not to smile.
This made Prentiss slam her hand on the table.
“No way Jose! If he’s not talking to me then I’ll ignore him too.” She determinedly walked over to the coffee table making the team sigh.
“When will they get it?” Garcia sighed over the phone.
“Seems like Hotch has figured it out, isn’t that why he’s ignoring her? Putting some distance between each other?” JJ replied to Garcia.
“Ahh I just can’t with them!”
“Yea neither can we.”
The team laughed with each other.
A/N: Heyy hope you enjoyed part one! This is my first hotchniss fic so go easy on me! Let me know if you want more!
Hello to everyone in the criminal minds fandom I’m new here lol! But I’ve seen lack of cute fanfic (or maybe I just read them all and need more) so at this point I decided to just start writing them… Yea maybe I’m a little addicted but come on. I have some vague ideas of what I’ll write and if you have any prompts, scenarios, or even full on story ideas then send them to me!