You always had nightmares. Always. Even before you joined the BAU. It started out as once in a blue moon, now it’s almost a full week. Some are bearable. Some aren’t. You always thought; I’m an adult I don’t need help. However it just got worse.

Emily was the closest to you, just a few blocks away. It started to become habit that you’d come through her window after a rough nightmare and stay with her for the night. You’d always wake before her so you didn’t mess up with her schedule in the morning.

She always kept her window unlocked for this exact reason. For you come through and spend the night with her. Sometimes she looked forward for it, and sometimes she swore you knew when she had a bad day and needed someone. She needed you as you needed her.

“Again?” She whispered as you opened the window and woke her up. You climbed through and shut the window again, just taking your shoes off and leaving them under the windowsill. You walked over to her bed after she pulled back her blanket for you to squeeze in with her.