#criminal minds 2x20

[frankiebirds]

man i love how quickly you get a sense for what emily's relationship with her mother is like. when she sees her she literally calls out "mother" rather than a more informal title and then the three expressions she goes through:

she goes from shock (what is my mother doing here?) to pleasant surprise (my mother is here!) to (at least to me, the last one is a little harder to read) disappointment (oh...she's probably here because she needs something) here's a still image of that last one since it's a little hard to catch in my shitty gif:

(also: shoutout to paget brewster for cycling through three expressions in a single second and communicating so much so quickly. love that)

[thir10th]

2x20- Honor among thieves

Summary: Emily is scared to tell her mother about her relationship. This is a one-shot inspired by 2x20 because I love this kind of dynamic. It's a whole episode insert. TW: some suggestive content, fluff, coming out, I really can't think of anything else but let me know if I'm missing something A/N: I love making these, and I've realized there's almost no episode inserts for Emily in a one-shot format and why is that??? i love these sm please people write more like this. English it's not my first language and it's 4am so sorry for any mistakes. Enjoy, any feedback is appreciated, please like and reblog if you like it.

“Excuse me, agent. I need to speak to agent Prentiss and one of her superiors” a commanding voice can be heard from outside the room. You don’t recognize it, so you look at Emily, sitting next to you, her almost horrified face tells you she does know who the woman speaking is. She shoots up from her seat, and looking down you can hear her asking “Mother?” You had never meet Emily’s mom, but you had heard some conversations with her daughter over the phone. You could always tell she wasn’t in a good mood because her mom had called. In a way it reminded you of your own relationship with your mom. Emily and you were open about your relationship, everyone on the team knew and they supported you. Once you had promised to limit the PDA, even Hotch had let you share hotel rooms during cases, and change desks with Spencer so you could be next to each other. However, families were always a different area. You knew how strict Emily’s mom had been with her, and still was. She hadn’t told her about you yet, so to her mother’s eyes, Emily was still single, and hadn’t been in a relationship for a long time now. You didn’t mind it, Emily wasn’t close to her family, or any other relatives. The BAU was like your family, it was her choice after all.

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Whatever happened inside Hotch’s office convinced him to take the case. You kept an eye on Emily the whole time you were discussing the case. She stays by the poor woman’s side who can’t stop crying over her husband’s chopped off finger, Emily keeps trying to calm her talking to her in Russian. Hotch divides the team, sends Reid, Morgan and Gideon were sent to Baltimore, and you stayed there along with Emily and Hotch.

You knew your girlfriend and her mom weren’t exactly close, what you weren’t expecting was how her presence would affect Emily. You want to comfort her but you can’t do it in front of her mom, so you just keep sneaking to rest your hand on her thigh behind the table, maybe to caress her shoulder when no one is looking, she leans on your touch accepting it. Emily and you both walk up to Hotch when he gets out of his office “Your mother’s got feelers out. She’s confident she can get results” he tells Emily “Well, if anybody can, it’s Ambassador Prentiss” she answers “How is she doing?” Hotch asks referring to the victim’s wife, who is still crying in the chair Emily just left her “How would you be?” She answers JJ finally arrives accompanied by the translator, who she has already briefed, and takes her to talk with the family. “Thank god. I’m really not very good at Russian” Emily tells us, and even Hotch smiles “If it would be all right, I would like to go help my mother” Hotch accepts, but she just stands there, looking at you, almost as if trying to say something she doesn’t dare to say. You know she wants you to come with her, but doesn’t know if you’re ok with it, and won’t ask the question. “Hotch, may I-“ “Yes, go” you don’t even have to finish asking, he accepts and you see Emily’s expression change and relax “Thank you, sir” you say, but he has already turned around and you follow Emily

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“Hey you” you say with a soft voice, entering the rest room, you were dying for some alone time with your girlfriend and it seemed like that was the only place you would find it “how are you coping?” You ask, as you stepped closer to her. She was standing in the mirror, looking at her reflection grabbing her hair with her hands “I’m great!” She says sarcastically, and made you chuckle, you wrap your arm around her waits, pulling her close to you, leaving a soft kiss on her cheek, she smiles weakly in approval.

"I know this is being hard for you Em" you tell her, running your hand through her back soothingly.

"It´s just... when I'm with my mom... It doesn't matter if it's at work, or at home, I could be anywhere and still feel like I'm 16 again" she lets out, resting her head on your shoulder and pulling you closer. "I can't be who i really am... i mean, we have to hide in the bathroom to even touch" she says referring to the current situation

"Wait, -be who you really are?- Em, you haven't come out?" you ask, feeling a mix of surprise and sadness, telling her mother about her relationship is one thing, but not telling her she was gay at all, it's a completely different business.

"No, I'm sorry.... it never felt like the right time to do it, and you saw her, I mean how am I even supposed to do it? Does this...change anything?" You would obviously never pressure Emily into comin out, you knew very well yourself how hard it could be, and everyone's case is different, even tho this only confirmed your previous worry on not being able to have a relationship of any kind with Emily's mother, you could also feel how frustrating everything was for her, how much she needed this.

"Hey, no, of course it doesn't, how could it? mph?" you tighten your grip around her waist to avoid her letting go, resting your other hand on her cheek, caressing her face with your thumb, she closes her eyes relying on the touch, moving her lips to kiss the palm of your hand, you bring her face close to kiss her. Her lips grazing yours softly, you caress her face with your hand, she touches your face with her hand, pulling you closer, deeper.

The sudden noise of the door opening surprises you, you quickly pull away from each other, you turn around to see her mom just entered the restroom. She mutters a soft "hello" mostly for Emily, more than for you. You try to play it cool as well as you can, finish washing your hands as fast as you can and leave, praying that she hasn't seen anything.

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You try to keep quiet as you overhear a conversation between Emily and her mom on the other room. Emily seems upset at how her mom is -turning the conversation into an interrogation- as she just said, and you casually walk in which shuts them up suddenly. A call comes in for Ambassador Prentiss and she picks up right after the first tone.

"Gregor! My daughter Em's in the room with me" she greets the man on the other line "Ah! little Emily" he says. you can't contain the smile that forms on your lips, looking at Emily and mouthing the nickname to mess with her, she smiles back, mouthing you to keep it down, but she can't contain the smile that forms on her lips as well. Unfortunately, the man can't give us any new information, so he says goodbye to Emily, and she hangs up the phone in defeat.

"We should head back to the office and let them know" Emily says, and you rush to go with her, her mom makes you stay, she insists she needs to ask you a few questions about the list of names you had called Garcia to run earlier, and you tell Emily you'll meet her outside.

Your whole body tenses as you see the d¡way Emily's mom is looking at you, you can tell she's trying to decipher you, maybe she saw something when she entered the restroom earlier, maybe she'll tell you she wants wyou away from her daughter.

"Agent y/l/n, are you by any chance close to my daughter?" she asks, you can tell she's genuinely curious, it's not a rethorical question, so you try to answer with as much sincerity as you can.

"well, yes, almost since the first time we met, I mean, you could tell we are pretty close" it's the most honest you can be without saying -actually, we spend a lot of time together, mostly in bed-

"and would you say she's happy?" this one takes you by surprise, you can hear the concern in her voice, she's just a worried mother.

"from what i know Emily, and i believe i can say it's a lot, i would say she is very happy, but with all due respect, if you really wanna know maybe you should ask her yourself, just like that" she takes a couple of seconds to look at you, analysing what your answer and yourself, then, dismissing you with a "Thank you" you leave.

"what did she want from you?" she asked, you could read the worry in her eyes

"she wanted to know if we were close, and if you were happy" you tell her straight away. "and what did you tell her?" she asks, confused. "i said we were quite close, and from what i could tell, you were pretty content" she nods, accepting your answer. "She seemed pretty defeated, maybe she isn't infallible after all"

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It didn't take much longer to solve this case. The victim's daughter being involved in the kidnapping came as a surprise to all of you, but as always, you let it go, and finished for the day.

You and Emily went back to her apartment, there were very few nights you spent apart, and this was no other. You were specially happy tonight to have some alone time to spend with one another.

Emily was quick to flop on the couch as soon as you entered the apartment, it made you happy to see her as her usual self in the confort of her apartment.

"I'm so glad this one's over" she breathes out as she struggles to take her shoes off. You headed towards the kitchen to grab something to drink for the both of you, looking at Emily and chuckling at her efforts. "Need a hand with that?" you said suggestively as you grab two wine glasses of the counter.

She gets up the couch and heads your direction "Here you go" you say offering her a glass of red wine. She takes a sip and smiles, turning her head to look at you.

"I'm sorry if i was a bit frisky today" she says "It's ok, you had a rough one, we all do, you were also under a lot of pressure" you added, trying to take it off her mind, and taking another sip of your glass. "Well, I think i know how to make it up for you" she smirks and rises her eyebrows, taking your glass and leaving it along with hers on the counter again, she grabs you by the waist, pulling you closer and kissing you deeply.

You breath out in release, thankful to finally be this close after the stressful day. She grabs you with both her hands, leaving you on the countertop, moving to your neck, leaving wet, soft kisses all over the sensitive skin there, you wrap your arms around her neck and hers find their way underneath your shirt.

You pull your head back, allowing your girlfriend a better access to your neck, which she uses to cover all your neck in kisses, nipping at your skin there which would for sure leave purple marks by tomorrow. You moan when she finds your pulse-point, and run your hands through her body, getting rid of her shirt as fast as you can, going back to kissing her lips.

She starts unbuttoning your shirt, not wanting to waste any second. She pushes you further onto the countertop where she has a better access to your body, you wrap your legs around her waist, running your hands over her back, trying to reach every square inch of skin you can get to.

She's right about to start unbuttoning your pants when a knock on the door surprises the both of you

"Did you order dinner?" You ask her, she shooks her head. She grabs her shirt and rushes to get it on, when you hear the knock again, you start buttoning yours too.

"I'll go check it out" You say, as you get to the door and open it in a hurry. You were ready to make go away whoever was trying to interrupt your night, but instead your mouth just flew open as you saw who was knocking on your girlfriend's door. "Ambasador Prentiss?"

"Hello? Agent y/l/n I thought this was my daughter's adress" she says in confusion, you can't even respond, you've siemply freezed.

"Mom?!" Emily chokes out behind you "What are you even doing here?" she rushes towalk next to you, when you look at her you notice how she hasn't placed her shirt right yet.

"Well, i thought now that I'm here, i could pay my daughter a visit, but I didn't think you had guests, what is she doing here?" she asks, almost ignoring the fact that you're also there, and asking her daughter directly. However, and considering Emily's shocked face, you take it upon yourself to answer.

"I came in because i needed to return a blender i borrowed form Emily last week, i was almost in my way out tho, so don't worry" you say trying to save the situation.

"No, y/n, wait" Emily started, as she took a step closer to you

"Wait, Em, you don't have to" you say, trying to stop her from making a mistake

"I actually do" she says looking at you, her eyes full of fear and excitment reflecting on yours

"Mom, Y/n is, well, she is my grilfriend, we've been daiting over a year now, I'm gay" she grabs your hand, and you hold her tight, trying to clam her down, and showing her your support.

"And I am telling you because I don't want to hide, not anymore" she adds, and you can feel how her hand tights around yours.

"well... i don't know what to say" you both wait for an answer, but it takes a long time for it to come. "I mean, I can't say I'm surprised" she finally says, and Emily can't contain her impatience "how- i mean- what do you mean?"

"Well you really thought you could wonder around all these years without your mother knowing a thing?" nether of you could hide your surprise. "I don't care that your gay, Emily, could i please come in now? I could really use a glass of wine, I hope I'm interrupting something now, of course".

Your girlfriend and you look at each other in awe "No, not at all" you both say at unison, and you can feel yourself blushing when you realize your shirt was still open this whole time.

You let the woman in, and Emily and her move to sit on the couch as you go to the kitchen to serve her another glass of wine, and grab yours.

"Here, Ambassador" you say, offering her a glass

"Oh please, call me Elisabeth" she says to your surprise, accepting the wine. You and Emily smile at each other as you move to sit next to her.

You knew you were in for a long night, just not the kind you had expected.

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[hotch-girl]

EMILY PRENTISS | 2.20 “HONOR AMONG THIEVES” 

[only-one-brain-cell]

For most of this episode Spencer has just stood there like 🧍 with his shades on. Meanwhile his brain is probably like drrrrruuuggggsss take them you know you wanna, inject that shit and he’s just like I’m fine. Man is the opposite of fine, man is Ross when he finds out about Joey and Rachel fine.

[temilyrights]

Matilda x Emily Prentiss

[iovetaylana]

EMILY PRENTISS in ‘HONOR AMONG THIEVES’ 2x20 | Criminal Minds (2005)

[stephsycamore]

I'm on s2ep20 honor among thieves. The way emily calls her mom mother so you just know the mommy issues are deep

Does ambassador prentiss ever show up again? I don't recall but maybe she does

[sincerelybubbles]

imagine walking into the fbi to ask for help and NOT leading with the fact that his kidnappers left you his finger …. liiiike i know where *i* would start the conversation but maybe that’s just me????

[damnhotmsimmons]

The BAU and their parents: A summary

A list of the cm characters and their parents and the status of said parents based on what we know from the show

Hotch: His father was mentioned and is implied to be abusive, based on a scene in 1x08. His mother was mentioned to have come from Manassas, Virginia

Emily: Mother is named Elizabeth and is a diplomat. The relationship was strained but the two somewhat reconciled at the end of 2x20, though her mother was never again and was last mentioned in 4x17. There has never been any mentioned of Emily's father, not to mention the uncertainty of whether he's deceased or is alive and divorced

Morgan: Born to an African American father and white mother. His father, Hank, was a police officer and was killed. His mother, Fran, only appeared in 2x12, but was mentioned a couple of times. Hank appeared once in 4x10 and again in 11x16, whom he has a significant role in

Reid: Mother is Diana Reid, who suffers from severe schizophrenia. His father, William Reid, left both Diana and Spencer. William only appeared in s4, him and Reid having a strained relationship, unlike Reid and Diana. Despite Diana's condition, she and Reid still care for each other

Garcia: Lost her parents in a car accident when she was 18. Her stepfather and step brothers are latino, hence her surname "Garcia". Iirc, 3x09 showed her birth parents, whom are also deceased and she mentioned to Luke in 12x01 that she was adopted by the Garcias after losing her original parents

JJ: Has a mother named Sandy, and the two had a somewhat distant relationship, based on 10x06 and 14x12 due to the fallout and unresolved trauma over Roslyn's death. As of 14x12, the two are on more amicable terms. As for JJ's father, he was only mentioned once in 14x12 where it's revealed that he left Sandy and married another woman

Matt: His parents aren't mentioned in cm but are mentioned in 2x04 of criminal minds: beyond borders where it's revealed his mother is named "Mi-Young" and was recently deceased prior to the events in the episode, somewhere in late 2016/early 2017. His father is not mentioned, aside from the fact that he's white and his relatives being racists due to Matt and Mi-Young being Korean. It is unclear if Matt's father is still alive or deceased and if the two have a close or strained relationship

Luke: Based on his and Tara's interactions and the "your mom" jokes in 13x22, it's implied that his mother is still alive. His father was mentioned in Evolution and is revealed to also be in the military and is deceased. His mother has yet to appear at all in the show

Tara: Her father is named Albert, who is ex-military and is still alive as of 12x07, in his first and so far, only appearance. Her mother was mentioned in the same episode and is revealed to have died from breast cancer when Tara was young

Elle: Her father was a police officer named Robert, who was killed in the line of duty. Her last words to him were "I hate you." as she was young and was upset at him for missing her first bicycle ride. He appears in a dream sequence in 2x01, giving Elle a heart-to-heart talk while Elle was fighting for her life in the real world. She would visit his grave in 2x06. Her mother was hardly mentioned at all, unlike Tara and Blake

Blake: Her father is Damon Miller and he used to be the captain of the Kansas City Police Department. Made his only appearance in 9x11. Her mother was mentioned in 9x06 during Garcia's day of the dead themed party, where it's revealed that her mother is deceased

Seaver: Her father is a serial killer named Charles Beauchamp also known as "The Redmond Ripper". Her father is currently in prison and she has yet to see him or even read the letters she wrote to him but it's clear she wants nothing to do with him despite being related due to the fact that he is a serial killer. Not much is mentioned about Ashley's mother aside from the fact that her maiden name is "Seaver", which Ashley used in favor of "Beauchamp" and distancing herself from her father. They were mentioned once in 6x10 and briefly appeared in a vision

Rossi: His father was mentioned only once in 13x18 and is implied to go by "Mr. Rossi"

That's all I can recall. Let me know if I missed anything or anyone

@unitchiefs-blackbirdphoenix, @missmitchieg

[aceofwhump]

Hello! I've been watching Kin because Charlie Cox plays a man with epilepsy, and the whole thing is amazing. Do you have any other recs for seizure whump? Thanks!

Hi there! Here are a few things you can take a look at (these are mostly due to being drugged/poisoned):

General Hospital April to May 2021

Stargate Atlantis 5x02

The Mentalist 5x02

Human Target 1x03

Hawaii Five-0 1x23

Minority Report 1x10

Emerald City 1x02

Merlin 5x08

The Flash 2x20

Criminal Minds 2x15

Sleepy Hollow 3x03

Fringe 3x10

Shadowhunters 2x02

Kyle XY 1x09

Eureka 2x04

[drreidsphds]

I love her ❤️

[katrina-cornwell]

One Gif Set Per Episode:

Criminal Minds Season 2 Episode 20: “Honor Among Thieves”

[hotch-girl]

EMILY PRENTISS | 2.20 “HONOR AMONG THIEVES”

[ropoto]

MOREID || SEASON 2

[temilyrights]

somebody sinks and is gone in the blink of an eye.

[spencer-reids-adventures]

2x20 honor among thieves // 13x1 wheels up