fluent at last in the languages of the sea

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 )