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Scraps - a Jemily fic
The team’s banter filled the small cabin, combining with the plane’s hum to create an almost lulling quality after a long case. Their teasing was both familiar and biting. Emily leaned back in her seat, letting the conversation wash over her despite her tight smile.
“Prentiss, you? Relationship material? Please,” Morgan joked, grinning as he leaned across the aisle.
“Oh, come on, you know I’m a heartbreaker,” Emily shot back with a smirk, trying to play along, even as the quip didn’t quite reach her eyes.
Rossi chuckled, shaking his head. “You’re too much of a mystery, Emily. People want stability, not secrets.”
“Yeah, statistically, no one wants to date someone who’s always got one foot out the door,” Reid added, though his tone was more conversational than teasing. Emily knew he meant well, but the words still cut.
JJ’s laugh joined the chorus, and that hurt the most. Emily forced herself to maintain the facade, but she could feel her composure fraying with each jab. The fact JJ was laughing along with them stung deeper than she’d expected. Was that how JJ saw her? Was that why JJ continued to insist their relationship was kept a secret?
“Guess I’m just too mysterious for my own good,’’ Emily said lightly, her voice just a touch strained.
But JJ noticed. She noticed Emily’s eyes flicker with something more than just amusement. Guild twisted in JJ’s stomach, the realization creeping in like a slow, dawning horror. Emily wasn’t flighty, or secretive, or unwilling to open up. Emily had done nothing but give—sacrificing pieces of herself for the tiny, pathetic scraps of attention JJ offered in return. The secret glances, the stolen touches, the whispered moments—all of it a far cry from what Emily deserved.
JJ’s mind flashed back to all the little things Emily had done, the moments she’d taken for granted.
There were the playlists Emily had made for her, filled with all of JJ’’s favorite songs – songs that somehow always seemed to match her mood or be the right mix to get her through a tough day. Emily never asked for anything in return, just sent them along with a casual text: Though you might like this.
Then there were the mornings when Emily would show up with a coffee in hand, exactly how JJ liked it. She’d drop it off without fanfare, just a quick smile before moving on with her day. She always made the blonde agent feel seen, like Emily understood her in ways no one else did.
And on those rare occasions when they shared a room during cases, Emily would always leave a nondescript sweatshirt behind—nothing flashy, just something comfortable that JJ could wear. It smelled faintly of Emily, a scent that JJ found oddly comforting in the sterile, impersonal rooms they stayed in. Emily never mentioned it, but JJ knew she did it on purpose, leaving a piece of herself behind as if to say, I’m here, even when I’m not.
The memories piled up, each one a reminder of how much Emily gave and how little JJ had returned.
The rest of the flight passed in a blur, and JJ’s mind was far from the teasing and laughter that filled the cabin. She couldn’t shake the image of Emily’s forced smile, the way her eyes had dimmed just a little more with each word.
When the plane touched down and the team disbanded, JJ found herself standing outside Emily’s door before she even realized what she was doing. She knocked, her heart pounding in her chest.
Emily answered, surprised to see JJ there. “JJ? What are you—”
JJ didn’t let her finish. “I’m sorry.”
“For what?” Emily asked, confusion knitting her bow.
“For… everything,” JJ admitted, her voice trembling slightly. “For not being brave enough. For hiding us. For making you feel like you’re not enough when you’re everything.”
Emily looked away, her throat tight with unshed tears. “I get it, JJ. You have a life, a family—”
“That’s not an excuse,” JJ interrupted, stepping closer. “You deserve more than this. More than me.” Emily shook her head. “But I want you. I just… sometimes I wonder if maybe the team’s right. Maybe I’m not—”
“Don’t,” JJ whispered, reaching out to take Emily’s hand. “Don’t do that. Don’t let them make you question yourself. They don’t know how incredible you are, how strong and compassionate, how you make everything better just by being there.”
Tears welled up in Emily’s eyes, and she blinked them back furiously. “Then why won’t you—”
JJ closed the distance between them, pulling Emily forward, and kissed her, soft and desperate, as if trying to make up for all the ways she’d failed Emily. For a moment, Emily melted into the kiss, clinging to JJ as if she could keep her there forever.
But then JJ pulled back, breathless. “Emily,” she began, distracted and torn, “you know we can’t-- I’m not ready to…”
Emily’s gaze softened, her smile soft and sad. “I know. I just—” she faltered, then met JJ’s eyes with a mix of courage and fear. “I just get scared sometimes.”
JJ’s heart clenched, a wave of guilt crashing over her. “Scared of what?”
Emily’s lips trembled, and she tried to smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes. “That this is all it’ll ever be,” she whispered. “That you’ll never really let me in. That I’ll always just be a secret, something you have to hide.”
JJ swallowed hard, the truth of Emily’s words hitting her like a punch to the gut. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, her voice cracking. “I never wanted to hurt you. I just… I don’t know how to do this, how to make it right.”
Emily’s eyes filled with unshed tears, and she nodded, understanding in her gaze but also a deep, aching sadness. “I know, JJ. Do you think you can just humor me for a while?”
JJ flinched at the words, the raw honesty behind them. She didn’t want to do this, didn’t want to keep hurting Emily, but she also couldn’t bring herself to let go. She didn’t know how.
“I’m sorry,” JJ repeated, but the apology felt hollow even as she said it.
Emily forced a small smile, one more tragic than reassuring. “Don’t be. I know what this is,” she murmured as she pulled JJ into her arms and began to sway in her silent living room.
JJ wanted to argue, to tell her it wasn’t just that, but the words wouldn’t come. Instead, she wrapped her arms around Emily’s neck and let the older agent lead her in a dance as if trying to drown out the guilt that was threatening to consume her.
Deep down, JJ knew this wasn’t enough—not for Emily, and not for her. This moment, like everything else between them, was just another scrap of attention, another stolen moment that would only deepen the hurt when this exploded between them.
When they finally pulled away, JJ rested her forehead against Emily’s their breaths mingling in the silence. Neither of them spoke, both knowing there were no words that could fix what was broken between them.
#i love angst#i guess will exists?#jemily#jennifer jj jareau#jj jareau#jennifer jareau#emily prentiss#soft emily#angst with an ambiguous ending#criminal minds#criminal minds fanfic#little drabble for my day off#sorry
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the thing about the mummy movies is that you really spend most of the time thinking "wow brendan fraser's character is so cool" or "man oded fehr is so mysterious and heroic" when the fact of the matter is that these two
are the absolute most batshit insane heroes in the entire franchise
these two are intellectual loner siblings with archeology backgrounds who read and speak ancient egyptian, hire a dude directly out of prison to take them to a lost city of gold, and fight mummies literally with their bare hands. twice.
no one in these movies stands a chance against the carnahans. frankly they're lethal in how willing they are to make the absolute and most undeniably deranged decisions. jonathan pickpockets a dude on fire. evy's resurrected from the dead and immediately remembers how to use sai. they're racking shotguns from a cliff in this scene and then proceed to blow away half the antagonists.
rick and ardeth should be so lucky
#the mummy#literally they're the best and i'll hear nothing against jonathan being as cool as evy tbh#the third movie doesn't exist. also.#i haven't seen it since it came out and i have no plans to#1k#baffling amount of notes but i’ll take it i guess
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i love comparing pokédex entries for the same mon between different games bc almost all of them will be very brief, matter-of-fact, purely scientific without any first person pronouns or personal information about the author. and then you get to the legends arceus entries and laventon’s writing stuff like ‘ngl i still don’t understand this species’ ‘i tried petting this pokémon once and it bit me’ ‘i live in fear of this thing’ ‘man i miss galar. who said that’
#pokémon#legends arceus#pla#pokémon legends arceus#pokemon legends arceus#out of all the professors he’s one of the most human#like you can tell it’s him scribbling down notes#he really is studying this stuff#as opposed to simply like giving you an app that’s already connected to an existing worldwide database or w/e#like this is a man experiencing this for the first time#hall of fame i guess#pokeposting
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is this anything
#gravity falls#fiddauthor#billford#stanford pines#bill cipher#fiddleford mcgucket#fordsquared#fordford#dottypost#dotty draws#i guess#it's a trace of an existing comic but i had to draw a bit ig
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hey does anyone remember that weird photoshoot those guys who run the institute of oddology did back in the 80's?
(consider this a companion piece to that other fake magazine post)
also bonus uncropped interview blurb under the cut
#gravity falls#stanford pines#fiddleford mcgucket#fiddauthor#suggestive#coughs. I guess.#also I forgot about parallel ford's missing eye u_u watever... this image doesn't exist for real anyway#lab creations
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self care is writing a fic that you’re literally the sole target audience for
#nobody was asking for a spn pmmm crossover fic focusing on claire at 14#who by this point has already been manipulated into agreeing to something without knowing all the terms and conditions first#and it was awful and the worst day of her life#so when kyubey approaches her she doesn't go for it#but the people around her do and so claire gets to watch people she loves die horribly AGAIN#like there is nothing in spn canon that contradicts any of this#but literally nobody is wanting a fic like this to exist#nobody except for me#so i guess i have to do everything myself around here#el talks
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Bangs down and bangs up 🔄
#sometimes I just think: I wonder what that would look like#but I don’t wanna spend that much time on it lol#hence this silly comic existing#anyway#radioapple#I guess?#iz a shitpost lol#hazbin hotel#my doods
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me when i get the opportunity to think about speculative biology and non-existent game mechanics in media i like
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#the candle creatures are revamps#i had created the idea for them years ago but i wanted to redo them slightly with new eyes#the “dark variants” of the mantas and birds are variants of them that have adapted for life in wasteland and the forests#and also#i like the idea of candle creatures that live in villages or within communities#that are sort of akin to strays that the whole community takes care of#means alot to me#this isnt everything ive been thinking about#ill make a couple diagrams about the large birds#yknow the ones from rhythm that we see once and never again. yeah.#they exist in my heart#anyway#skycotl#sky cotl#sky children of the light#sky#sky:cotl#sky: cotl#thatskygame#speculative biology#<- i guess?#im having fun ok#im happy to answer questions about my thoughts btw!#might be answered on my main if i cant muster a doodle or something#but i love answering asks#so if ur interested id love to hear thoughts :)
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competitive aquarium date
bonus: the night before
#p5r#akeshu#shuake too i guess??#art tag#persona#casual dating implies the existence of competitive dating#they are RIVALS#although one of them seems to care a bit more about that than the other LOL#also random backstory i just made up#renren was so excited reading up facts#he only realised in the morning that his shirt had a curry stain on it#and so he had to buy a new one on the way and forgot to take off the tag#ofc mr detective prince has noticed but ofc he wont say anything#bc he secretly thinks it's endearing#but ofc he's say it's dumb and stupid#guys idk how you headcanon them but this is mine#they are slowly becoming my ocs#im adopting the two little guys from the game i played
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the madness frustration loneliness of the dissonance of a mismatch of the rotten heart to the rest
allosexual aromantic swag happy pride *peaces out*
#my art#alloaro#aromantism#happy pride#my animation#if this isnt fucking obvious is a personal post about MY EXPERIENCES#i love being aro more than any other part of my identity tbh but bro#this shit is crazy wack when you dont got the asexuality to match it made me into a fucking specimen#and i love picking apart my own brain#also bi aro ppl are so crazy rare and for what. i dont get why allo aro ppl are so rare. WHY ARE WE SO RARE? WHY.#like the opposite many more alloro ace ppl exist than split attraction ppl of my flavor and thats Wack. its wack. i dont get it.#its not like its complicated (okay maybe it is but also it isnt its simple to Me) so whats the populations problem.#gif#anyways. i wanted to animate this personal piece bc im a fucking weirdo i guess
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this is from two? three? months ago fksjhf i spent like weeks and weeks working on it and then got rly scared of posting it so it's been sitting in my drafts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
shinyduo au where gem n pearl are characters in a legend forced to play out the same story over n over again and to always forget the times before. until the cycle breaks & they have to work together to escape <3 (loosely inspired by wolfwalkers and set to the vibes of aeseaes's megalomaniac)
edit: you guys?? thank you so much for the support on this :’0 i’ve been hopefully trying to continue the story as a fic so stay tuned for updates on that,,
#i was rly rly hyped about telling this story for a while and then started worrying that i'd mischaracterized them & psyched myself out :[#so whatever this exists without context now i guess. haha#geminitay#pearlescentmoon#hermitcraft#trafficblr#shiny duo#cw blood#ourgh i can draw sm better now 😔 learned a lot from this#aurie's art#shapeshifter shinyduo au
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Dies Irae
#most metal name in existence#felt like doing a little animation it's been a while#i guess I got gregorian chants on my spotify wrapped now...#malevolent#arthur lester#john doe#malevolent fanart#malevolent podcast#malevolent s5#no i don't have a proper animation system i accept no judgment
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they actually change colour with her emotions
#dovewing#warrior cats#warrior cats design#upcoming sticker... with another cat if you can guess who!#gif#animated#i swear the blue/green debate existed before avos but appaz she only became green during avos ???#harriertail
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oops ponied more lifers (Jimmy and Joel are redesigned lol, design notes and original under cut)
With Tango I wanted to play with half body/split coloring and make him look scorched, including his horn which will just smoke while he's not using magic. I'd like to think he's absolutely fine and all that's changed is that he can only conjure fire magic but he doesn't care that much. His tail and mane can burst into flame whenever
BigB is a big guy with a thousand yard stare and prey animal behavior with his ears constantly tucked back. I really like the idea of him having a huge tail dragging behind him, adds to the unnerve a tiny bit. When people look away he turns into a hyperrealistic creaking horse
Why did I make Jimmy all yellow. His color is blue!!! Blue!!!! Even if I usually highlight him with yellow because it just looks nicer but!! Blue..!! Seeing Lizzie build a blue parrot for him inspired me to finally redesign him, his coloration is based on the blue quaker parrot! The canary theme can still work with this, I'd like to imagine his flight feathers started going yellow and he wasn't just born with canary feathers. Also tried to get across that he's a lanky ass pony but makes himself look smaller
Joel I think works so much better when he's relatively monotone and the green highlights are implemented sparingly (you know, as highlights). I think it makes him look more special even with normal horse colors than if he was mostly green, kinda loses that bit of the design that really identifies Joel AS Joel. Yeah my first Joel design was garbo. Also he's very angry that god made him an earth pony and tiny. sorry little guy
Also also I made this little video where Joel eats Scott and runs away with Jimmy you're welcome
#jimmy solidarity#tangotek#joel smallishbeans#bigb#bigbstatz#omg whaaat a blue pony bigb....? no way#My first set of designs were kinda. bland. a lot of them. so I went a little wild with the different patterns and details in this one#trafficblr#ponyfication#? I guess thats a tag that exists I might as well use it#tubby art#I accidentally deleted BigB's name on the 1st image and added it back on mobile lol please ignore that
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worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)
Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...
#psa#art theft#pin theft#aliexpress#shein#wish#temu#deltarune#the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it.#they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what.#some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad#so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing....#my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin#because spinning pins are the bane of my existence#im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks#i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that#my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen#if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess#i'm sad#bootleggers kys
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I love the way you draw Etho he's so squishy
thank you! Whwh honestly I don’t think I ever have or could draw him threatening I never saw him that way
Even in the Apocalypse au he isn’t
#ask stufff#stufffsart#last life apocalypse au#Etho#ethoslab#bdubs#(Is there once#(technically twice but we deleted that panel))#he’s ‘chill’ at least early on I guess#forgive inconsistent hairstyles decided he doesn’t have the highlights when my hc of how he got those doesn’t exist here#found the lore doc and we back to building on it :]#left out a important detail in what his whole thing is in this au— another day#last life smp#last life#trafficblr#mcytblr
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