Title: Bluejay
Rating: R
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters/Pairing: JJ/Hotch
Genre: Supernatural/Drama
Summary: It’s been two years since Jennifer Jareau has seen her team. She’s been a little busy fighting demons.
Author’s Note: Written for floatingamoeba, who bid on my auction post for  thepurpledove. Thanks to the kick-ass yellowsmurf6 and windycitydream for their assistance on this one, and overall. An ( Read more... )

Title: The Woods
Rating:  PG-13
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters/Pairing: JJ/Hotch; Morgan/Prentiss
Genre: Drama/Horror
Summary: If you go out in the woods today, you'd better not go alone. A series of deaths in the forests of New Hampshire lead JJ to question the origin of her fears. Finding the answers may be far more deadly than any of them ( Read more... )

Title: The Woods
Rating:  PG-13
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters/Pairing: JJ/Hotch; Morgan/Prentiss
Genre: Drama/Horror
Summary: If you go out in the woods today, you'd better not go alone. A series of deaths in the forests of New Hampshire lead JJ to question the origin of her fears. Finding the answers may be far more deadly than any of them ( Read more... )

‘A bath,’ said Emily suddenly, shaking Morgan from his reverie.

‘What?’ He felt dumb saying it; he didn’t want to make it seem as though he wasn’t paying attention to what we said.

‘When we get back,’ she shrugged. ‘I could really go for a bath. ‘

He realized then that she was extrapolating upon their previous discussion, and tentative plans for ( Read more... )

JJ paced the police station impatiently. It was almost dark, and Reid and Rossi had not returned from their reconnaissance of the crime scene. There were now four agents lost in the woods, and if JJ’s suspicions were correct, then the woods were the last place any of them wanted to be right now. Hotch was on the phone with Garcia, as the technical ( Read more... )

JJ’s hair was still wet when Hotch drew up outside the motel. His call had interrupted her drying off period, and she was pretty sure that clothing stuck to wet skin in places. Hotch didn’t seem to mind. In fact, he looked almost relieved to see her.

‘Rossi called. Empty SUV at the crime scene. No signs of a struggle. They’re going into the woods ( Read more... )

Jennifer Jareau first explicitly tells another human being about her fear of the woods when she is twenty-eight years old. At their bemused expressions, she makes up a story to explain this fear, knowing that the real one is far more terrifying. Then, of course, she tells them that it was all a joke, and in light of her humiliation of them, they ( Read more... )

Jennifer Jareau is seventeen years old.

She is considered strong by many of her peers, both emotionally and physically. She is considered highly intelligent by her teachers. Her mother is proud of her.

A friend suggest going on a camping trip, to commemorate their victory in the soccer final, but she declines, citing academic reasons. The real ( Read more... )

Jennifer Jareau is ten years old.

Her mother takes her and her brother to the park to play soccer. At the edge of the park, there is a small forested area. Jennifer does not go near it.

Her brother kicks the ball into the woods. Instead of going to collect it, she adamantly sits on the swing and refuses to move. She will not go into the woods. ( Read more... )

She’s covered in her father’s blood when they find her.

‘Jennifer!’ It’s her mother’s voice, but it cannot quite break through the daze that this confused little girl is in.

Her mother looks for her husband, but cannot find him in any form. It has been nine hours since Jennifer had gone into the woods, eight and a half since her father went in ( Read more... )