fluent at last in the languages of the sea

Deja vu.

Er, what could be considered Casting Spoilers for Criminal Minds in the link?

I feel like we did this however many years ago when CBS dropped George Eads and Jorja Fox from CSI, except this time around it's two (or one point five) of the three women in a cast of seven. Seriously, CBS? You still think things like this are a good idea?

Kirsten Vangsness, Joe Mantegna and Thomas Gibson have all spoken up on Twitter... the internet is a wonderful thing.

TITLE: no place left to hide
FANDOM: Criminal Minds
PAIRING: JJ/Morgan/Prentiss
RATING: PG-13. ish.
SPOILERS: Through 'Birthright', mentions Will.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Title comes from Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run'. Tag to 'Birthright', sequel to 'in the land of the living'
WARNING: Possible consent issues (within PG-13 rating).

( Being a small town girl was like living in a damn fish tank: she'd learnt to keep her chin up and put on a brave face for the world to see. It had served her well, that face; served her well until everything got so heavy the facade cracked and broke. )

TITLE: Light the Bitter Dark
FANDOM: Criminal Minds
PAIRING: JJ/Emily
RATING: PG-13
NOTES: Title and cut tag text from "When I See You Smile" by Bic Runga. Companion piece to Real Time and Colour, but you don't really need to read that one first. I feel I should mention I'm in New Zealand and we are way behind ("Elephant's Memory" is airing here tonight), so that while I am beyond spoiled for later developments I'm doing the internet equivalent of sticking my fingers in my ears and going "la la la I can't hear you". All this to say that maybe there should be an AU label on this, but I'm in denial.
Oh, and no particular spoilers.
WARNING: References rape in the context of a case.

( it's not for anybody else to know/the way your face could light the bitter dark/of every street in every town i'll ever go )

Oh, Criminal Minds. I spend all week waiting for my girls... and you give me Frankie freaking Muniz having hallucinations and double vision for the best part of the episode?

What?