*Emily felt her mind regressing, she was sat at her desk in the BAU, attempting to finish up some paperwork after a particularly long and gruelling day. She chewed down on her lower lip anxiously, it was a nervous habit that was frowned upon by her partner. She didn’t know how long she had been sat there, head in her hands, mind to blurry to focus on her work. She only rose her head when a familiar metal tang hit her tongue, she had chewed on her lip so long that she had drawn blood. This prompted her to glance at the clock, it was late, most people had gone home a while ago, her team mates however had been there longer as they hadn’t got back from a case until late and they all decided they might as well get started on the paperwork as there was a lot to go through after that case in particular. *

But even some of them seemed to have left, Morgan, Garcia and Rossi were no where to be seen and Reid was putting his things into his bag seemingly to go home. Her suspicions were right when Reid stood up and gave her a tired wave goodbye, she gave a half-hearted attempt to return the wave. Emily threw a few things into her bag and made her way towards a familiar office, she knocked lightly on the door, waiting for the response before letting herself in and closing the door quietly behind her, “Hey baby, are you alright?” You asked her girlfriend. She was also still at the BAU, it was normal for her to be one of the last ones there, the only one staying longer being Hotch.

“Hmm, just tired. I was wondering if you were close to finishing up.” Prentiss said, dropping into an empty seat in front of her girlfriend’s desk and rubbing tiredly at her face. You took a moment to observe your girlfriend, it was clear to her that the brunette was showing obvious signs of regressing, even if she wouldn’t admit it. It was something the two of them were trying to work on, even though you were good at spotting when Emily was feeling smaller, you would still like it if your girlfriend was able to communicate that with you.