Criminal Minds Fic-A Hinge in the Air, Chapter 1

[mingsmommy]

Title: A Hinge in the Air, Chapter 1
Author: mingsmommy
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/David Rossi
Spoilers: Everything through Season 5
Rating: FRT/PG13 (Subject to change in later chapters)
Author's Notes: During the bidding for help_haiti, wojelah was kind enough to bid on and won my fic offering. When I couldn't make the February 15 deadline, she graciously agreed to extend.

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[wojelah]

Woj: SO much
and the whole convo that follows
especially because she walks RIGHT INTO her mother's question about Rossi
AND THEN GETS THIS FOR AN ANSWER:
"That's a shame," Elizabeth sighs.
Smitty: and hten is all FLAIL OMG
Woj: YES
Smitty: Emily would like to crawl under a table now, thnx
Woj: Also, omg love: There's a perfunctory knock and the door knob rattles and Emily is on her feet, standing in front of her mother before the door is completely opened. She nearly wilts at the sight of Rossi standing there. "Dave," she breathes.
AND THIS
He gives her a reassuring smile. "They had him on the ground before he could say 'please remove your knee from my kidney.'
And THEN
They TALK ABOUT HER WHEN SHE IS RIGHT THERE.
Smitty: make sure you quote the kidney line at her for me
Woj: I LOVE THIS.
Smitty: YES THEY DO
Woj: THIS IS HUGE WIN
Smitty: it is ALL WIN
Woj: HUGE HUGE WIN
ALSO THIS:
Staring at the image in front of her, Emily is again contemplating the possibility that she has somehow shifted to an alternate universe. Her mother is not this demonstrative and Rossi is not this warm. She shakes her head to clear it and decides she needs more wine.
Smitty: good call, Emily, good call
Woj: ALSO THIS
"Emily Amanda Prentiss." The voice is the same one Emily remembers from the unfortunate discovery of a half empty pint of vodka and a mostly full pack of cigarettes in Emily's underwear drawer when she was sixteen, only tinged with amusement. "Security is hyper-vigilant now, plus I'm willing to bet they've called in reinforcements. We've already ruined Agent Rossi's evening, let's not compound the sin."
Smitty: srsly there is no way to parse the amount of win in that section
Woj: And then THIS
He gives her a look that is a mixture of impressed and amused. "I think we've been dismissed." Blinking, she nods. "I think you got the 'dissed' part right." Bumping his arm against hers he says, "So, wanna go watch the interrogation?" Turning, she quirks an eyebrow at him as a slow smile takes over her face. "You have the best ideas."
And they go to a greasy spoon omg.
Smitty: the greasy spoon decision reminds me so much of the end of that one Castle episode where they go on dates to that fancy place and then abandon their dates for the case
Smitty: which is to say OMG SO MUCH LOVE
Woj: YES
and this part? "Don't you..." She drops the now ketchup-logged potato and pushes her plate away. "I don't know, don't you ever want normal? Don't you ever just get tired of how twisted and bizarre and just downright wrong people can be?" is so right
Smitty: yes
Woj: because they're at the part of the evening where adrenaline is crashing out
Smitty: and she's all, "OMG, I don't even get a night out - that I didn't want to begin with - without guns and potential violence going on. WTF?"
I am sure that Emily thinks in netspeak.
as she is a self-proclaimed nerd
Woj: YES
He looks haunted for a moment and she has to suppress the urge to reach out and touch his hand.
TOUCH HIS HAND, EMILY.
Smitty: I KNOW
AND SHE DOESN'T
Woj: AUGH
Smitty: THEIR LOVE IS SO VICTORIAN
Woj: YES
EXACTLY
ALSO OH MY GOD
She will, by the way, be on the phone with me tomorrow asking me what she can do to express her gratitude." The grin he gives her could only be classified as evil. "She could ask her daughter if she'll go to my niece's wedding with me." She feels her mouth drop open and snaps it closed. “You set me up.” He holds two hands up in supplication. “Just the going to the ball part. The crazy guy with the gun was a bonus.”
00:55 Smitty: Rossi takes advantage of his openings
Woj: hell yes
also
I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET THE FAMILY: I not only have a mother, I also have five sisters. That’s six times as many people trying to fix me up if I show up somewhere alone.
Smitty: omg. the family is worth the wait

[wojelah]

Woj: his bow tie is untied and his collar is open. He’s casual and elegant at the same time and Emily thinks about her mother saying he is “quite attractive.” It’s true, she realizes; she’s always been aware he’s a nice looking man, but she acknowledges the truth of those words looking at him now. David Rossi is a very attractive man.
YES YES YES HE IS PRENTISS
Smitty: that was the part I was all, "We need to see this in canon."
and now ming is all, "PLEASE LEAVE THIS COMMENT WHENEVER THEY MAKE OUT"
Woj: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
OH MY GOD I AM OUT OF FIC

Ming. I love it. SO MUCH.

[mingsmommy]

Best.

Comment.

Ever.

In the history of the world, ever.

I am so glad you like it. YAY! As I've said before, writing for you is a little like giving Picasso a finger painting, but it thrills me that you like it.

also, what the very modest smittywing is not telling you is she made many of those lines better than they were...especially the one about the security guy failing miserably.

Thank you so much. You are wonderful.