#Demily friendship

[adainesfroggieboggy]

i can find a moment between any two characters and decide they’re in love. eye contact is marriage and no one can convince me otherwise. if they smile at each other i see them cuddled up on the porch of their house, growing old together. i don’t care if the characters are in other relationships. they’re spending the rest of their lives together.

[theydemily]

thinking about how demily love to parallel each other.

thinking about how their exit quotes were the same, simply because morgan pulled from conversations he’d had with prentiss.

thinking about how their relationship was often grounded by the two consoling and supporting each other through difficult moments.

thinking about their constant bau jet talks, and how morgan consistently offered himself as a vessel for prentiss to empty her job/case anxieties into.

thinking about how, in later seasons, emily has learned to safely outlet her own worries enough to be able to offer to absorb someone else’s— the same way morgan did for her.

thinking about prentiss’ quote in 13x13 “I know there are parts of this job that you really can’t take home. So if you ever want someone to talk to, know that I am always here for you.”

thinking about the likelihood of prentiss having recycled that quote from morgan, her former partner.

thinking about how those two were partners for 6 years and how they influenced each other’s lives in ways both small and big.

thinking about demily’s ebb & flow, and how they constantly seemed to be giving and taking from one another in ways that benefited them both.

[tombstoneleigh]

Thoughts on Demily?

Love them real bad, their dynamic and chemistry is everything to me. Everytime I rewatch their friendships downfall and buildup(x2) i cry😭. It's so beautifully written and raw and full of emotion. I think they would've been a really awesome couple but also I love their friendship storyline so much that I'm happy with just reading fanfics. I could genuinely write like 14 paragraphs about them and really break everything down but I ramble too much as is 🤚😔. I also can't listen to Alicia keys without thinking of them and crying some more. Also they're both fine as fuck.

[gothprentiss]

#moment but i do think it's soooooo annoying how many people reblog my demily posts like "oh well emily prentiss is a lesbian so i only like them platonically as friends engaging in friendship in a friendstyle way" like..... okay. thanks! i appreciate it. that's what i made the gifset for. so you could write that little manifesto

[unitchiefs-blackbirdphoenix]

Demily & Jotch

Demily

I go back and forth on shipping them, but the short answer is, I love it so much. I think evidently, there’s more canon moments between them than any other ship, and the OG showrunner (Ed Bernero) was all on board with either making Emily a lesbian or just pairing her with Derek, since they couldn’t make her so queer. Also, just love the idea of Emily having a thing for her more athletic coworkers (Derek, JJ) lol.

Jotch

Personally, I don’t ship it, generally bc I’m not huge on any Hotch/team member ships. I will say though, I love their dynamic and how much their friendship has grown over the years. I think Hotch has respected JJ from the beginning, but as time went on, he appreciated so much of her efforts to the team. And I like how their sons hang out together, too! It’s super sweet.

[velvetblackness]

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This drawing was inspired by one of @cloudlessly-light's amazing fanfic "All the things we will be"

It's actually a Hotchniss fic but I loved this scene so much I just had to draw it, I mean who can say no to some Demily friendship?

Here's a little sneak peek:

“Just rest Prentiss.” Derek who sat beside her told her, his own eyes closed and headphones over his ears.

“I’m not done with the report.” She argued, the pen almost falling from her grasp and Derek wordlessly took it from her. He pulled her down until her head was on his shoulder and she didn’t fight him.

“Finish when we get back.” His voice was soft but the words firm as he held her against him until he felt her relax and then saw her close her eyes. When she finally did Derek closed his own eyes again but made sure to turn his music off until he could hear her steady breathing, indicated that she was asleep

Check this wonderful fic out!!

[roxy206]

hi kimmy!! i hope you're having a fantastic day <3 ready for some questions? how many different fan communities/fandoms have you been in? how active are you in them? what was/is your favorite one to be a part of? do you say you spend a lot of time in fandom spaces, or is it something that you do occasionally as an escape?

Hi Gi!!

Omg. So I’ve been in online fandoms for like two decades at this point. I definitely have some ebb & flow with whether I’m actively in a fandom / fandoms, the amount of time I’m able to dedicate to being online, etc. But fandom always has been & always will have a very special place in my life. I love being able to connect with people over things we’re so passionate about!

I’m someone who loves to really dive in. There are some things that I simply cannot casually like & I want to talk about them in depth all the time. And very very occasionally one of my irl friends will share that level of enthusiasm for the same thing, but more often than not even if one of my irl friends loves the same thing as me there’s a cap on how much they want to talk about it & how much they delve into the background etc etc (an example is that it was one of my irl friends who literally sat me down & made me watch UNHhhh & now here we are 😂 )

As far as what fandoms I’ve been in …

It all started with American Idol / Saula. Shout out to everyone who was on SH back in the day because in every fandom I’ve been in since there’s been at least one other person who was also on that board!

I dabbled a little bit in Grey’s Anatomy fandom. Not much though, I think because that was like the one case where everyone was watching it those first few seasons & talking about it so it was very easy to scratch that itch to talk about it

Bones — if I recall correctly, I don’t think I was part of a specific fan forum for Bones, but there was this TV recap board I was on that had a section for Bones fans

SVU

Literally my longest relationship with a fandom. I think I’m out & then I get pulled back in. But also my longest fandom friendships — I’ve met so many people from the fandom irl & still catch up with some of them after, like, 15 years. And then I’ve made new fandom friends in waves after that lol

Oh & actually my longest fandom friendship goes all the way back to Saula & has extended into a lot of these other shows. 20+ years!

Nashville & X Files brought me back into the online fandom space after a bit of time away from it. I was so happy to be back in it. And then Good Girls again after a bit of a longer period of time

And of course T & K, Drag Race, CDR, etc!

I also have written fanfic for a lot of these fandoms:

Saula; Booth / Brennan; Demily; EO; Chriska; Bristen; Gillian / David; Brio; Trixya; Vandergerd

(I actually can’t remember if I wrote Deyna fic — I definitely read it & I think maybe I did write some too?)

[blackbird-brewster]

Hi! For the ships ask, what are your thoughts on Demily and Temily?

Thanks for the ask! Time for [brutally honest] opinions:

Temily (Tara/Emily)

A SUPERIOR SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A+!!! GOLD STAR!! PERFECTION!!!! I love Jemily, but if I'm looking outside of my OT3 (Je T'Emily) and only comparing Jemily to Temily -- Temily wins. I love Temily for completely different reasons than Jemily. Tara and Emily have a matched complexity. They've both survived so much, fought to get to where they are, and I see Emily as being demisexual, while I see Tara as demiromantic, so they both want to get to know each other before sleeping together. (Although, they absolutely hooked up in 'Tribute', and I think that was a surprise to both of them for the above reasons!) They are such a soft ship. Like, these women have been to hell and back, they deserve a wholesome love, they deserve a simple romance without complications, they deserve to love and be loved in return. For that reason, Temily just makes sense.

They're both single, Tara is canonically pansexual (and demiromatnic, literally she talks about it in CME!!!!) and Emily is a fucking lesbian (fight me!). They're absolutely perfect together. I adore them.

Fun Fact: Way before we even knew Emily was coming back for an episode (Tribute), I looked at Tara Lewis in S10 and said 'She's gay and she should date Emily!' I was the first to use the tag #Temily on tumblr! I think this 2015 post is one of the first ones, and I think I also wrote the first Temily fanfic too. I have shipped them from before they even shared screentime and I will ship them forever and ever.

Demily (Derek/Emily)

My brOTP! I adored their friendship and dedication to each other. I def think if Emily slept with a dude, it'd be Derek. I could see them having a friends with benefits arrangement from time to time. But I don't necessarily ship them romantically. For me, Emily Prentiss is a lesbian, so to ship her with any man is sacrilegious.

I just spent fifteen minutes combing my archives to add these images from [this shit post]

[jareaulamontagnes]

I have to say I do love the fact that none of the BAU have entered romantic relationships with anyone from the unit. I mean apart from Emily and Derek because as much as I love Savannah, I will be forever bitter that Demily wasn’t a thing. Like forever bitter, season 7 should’ve been the damn season - I am STILL BITTER. But anyway, I just love the friendship and the undeniable care they all have for each other, and when they’re in crisis, you feel it. That’s something Criminal Minds highlights really well, the family aspect between the BAU members.

[tobias-hankel]

Fic Rec Friday! 🎉

These are some of my fic recs from May 7th, 2022 to May 14th, 2022! I forgot to post on Friday but shhhh. 

🖤 Everyday Angel by @fortheloveofwonderland - E, 4.7k, Spencer Reid/Luke Alvez, minors DNI, heavy drug use, mentions of drug fueled anonymous sex with multiple partners, brief mention of prison, swearing, Spencer is just a slutty mess, Luke is his unwitting guardian angel.

In the midst of his drug addiction Spencer bumps into a handsome jogger who helps Spencer in more ways than he’ll ever know. Ten years later when he’s introduced to new agent Luke Alvez, there is something so hauntingly familiar about him…

❤️ Welcome to the Jungle by @imaginationtherapy, @lizzielovegood-blog - E, 70k, Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid, Most tags are triggering – go to the fic for a full list, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Deadest of doves, Non-con, Knives, Beating, Canon-Typical Violence, Waterboarding, Alcohol, Hurt Spencer Reid, Hurt Aaron Hotchner, Burning, Violence, Violence to minors, Self-harm

It's terrifying how life can go from blissfully normal to terrifying in the blink of an eye. One moment, Spencer and Jack are cooking in the kitchen of Aaron's home, and the next minute, Spencer is on the floor, begging for Jack's life.

What follows are several hours of unimaginable horror, for all of them -- Aaron, Spencer and Jack. When the gun finally goes off, whose body will hit the floor?

🖤 burnt out, torn down (from the inside out) by @dr-charlie-eppes - T, 8.2k, Aaron Hotchner/Derek Morgan/Spencer Reid, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, But Mostly Hurt, Spencer Reid Whump, Manipulation, Abuse of Authority, Workplace Abuse, Overworked, Exhaustion, Pre-Canon, Not Canon Compliant, Hotch Derek and Spencer are an established relationship, Caffeine Addiction, Disordered Eating, Sleep Deprivation, Miscommunication

One of the unfortunate realities of Spencer Reid’s life is the fact that he has to prove himself wherever he goes.

That’s probably how he ended up in this mess.

❤️ Sizing by LoadsOfRandomness - G, 1k, Emily Prentiss & Derek Morgan, Humor, Friendship, Shopping, Silly

Emily tries to explain women's clothing sizes to a bewildered Morgan. Just a bit of silliness.

🖤 World of Flesh and Pleasure by house_of_lantis - E, WIP, Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid, Hellraiser (Movies 1987-2018), Pinhead (Hellraiser), Cenobites (Hellraiser), Supernatural - Freeform, Thriller, Graphic Violence, Gore, Torture, Trauma, Sex

Aaron Hotchner is the heir of the infamous LeMarchand fortune and dark legacy, which also includes a connection to the Leviathan of Hell. So when a LeMarchand puzzle box – the Lament Configuration – is found at the latest crime scene of a number of gruesome deaths, Hotch is forced to reveal a family secret that he has desperately kept hidden and track down the UnSub who opened the portal, as the BAU races against time to save a team member from becoming the next victim.

❤️ Baby boy genius by Werewolf_Origins - T, 3k, The BAU Team & Spencer Reid, Age Regression/De-Aging, Non-Sexual Age Play, The BAU Team as Family, Protective BAU Team, Soft Spencer Reid, Autistic Spencer Reid, Autistic Penelope Garcia, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff

Spencer regresses on the jet ride home after the Nathan Harris case.

Chaos ensues.

Tags below cut. Click this link to send a fic rec or to be added to Fic Rec Friday Taglist.

Taglist: @ssa-sarahsunshine, @justiceforralvez, @brillianthijinx, @morelikehoetchner, @lizzielovegood-blog, @merpancake, @sparklinspence, @spencersfunkysocks, @spencer-reids-adventures @castielryan

[sequinsmile-x]

hiiii! 24 or 38 for fluff 🥰

Prompt 24: "This reminded me of you."

Prompt from this list - I am still taking them if anyone wants me to write more about these two idiots in love.

This is dedicated to any of you who love Girl Dad Aaron.

Words: 1.7k (it got away from me a little)

Warnings: So fluffy it might rot your teeth

It starts the moment Eliza is born. Emily was laying there, her legs still up in stirrups, her chest bared to a room full of strangers and her husband, as her baby was handed to her for the first time. She held their daughter, Eliza, to her skin with shaking hands and wouldn’t have been able to stop the tears that streamed down her face even if she wanted to.

Emily stares at her, unable to take her eyes off of her daughter. She was bright red and squawking, protesting at the shock of being born. But she was beautiful. She had a shock of dark hair on her head and her fathers frown.

“Hey, baby.” Emily says, cupping the back of her daughter’s head. “Hi.” She tears her eyes away from the baby to look at Aaron, the tears still falling when she takes in the look of pure adoration on his face. “Aaron, look at her.”

That’s when he says it for the first time.

“She’s just like you.”

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Aaron semi-retires not long after the birth of their daughter. An attempt to learn from his past with Jack, and recognition that both parents in the home couldn’t be away for days at a time. It’s an argument that lasts almost the first 2 months of Eliza’s life. Which one of them should leave the BAU. Ultimately he wins, and he stays home with the kids whilst Emily continues to work to bring down the worst criminals the FBI dealt with.

Aaron guest lectures at the academy, running a couple of classes a semester. His stories of the BAU fascinating the students. So many case studies he would never run out of material.

He wakes on a Saturday alone in his bed, Emily away on a case that had dragged on a few days longer than she had hoped.

He sighs as he walks downstairs, stroking Sergio’s head as he walks by, briefly popping his head into Jack’s and then Eliza’s bedroom to see they are empty. He follows the sound of Jack playing video games and finds him in the den, his eyes fixed on the TV screen.

“Morning, Jack.”

“Morning, Dad.”

Aaron smiles when his son doesn’t even look at him. “Pancakes for breakfast?”

“Sounds good”

“Where’s your sister?”

Jack shrugs, still not looking up from his game. “I don’t know, she was playing with her toys last time I saw her.”

Aaron shakes his head at his son.

He hears giggling before he sees her. He enters the kitchen to see his three year old sitting on the kitchen counter, her hand literally in the cookie jar, as she smiles at him with chocolate all over her face. She was still in her pyjamas. The hair he had neatly braided the night before in disarray.

She was so much like Emily.

“Eliza.” He says, unable to stop himself from smiling at her. Aaron was wrapped around her finger and the whole family knew it. Emily often made fun of him for it, playfully teasing him as she correctly said their daughter could get away with anything. “How did you get up there?”

“Daddy’s silly.” Eliza says as if it answers his question, as she laughs at him in a way that is so Emily it makes his chest bloom with love.

He spots the stool from the kitchen island dragged over to the counter near where she is sitting, and realises she had pulled it over to climb up there. He digs his phone out of his sweatpants and opens the camera.

“Come on, smile for Mommy.” He says, pointing the phone at her.

“Mommy!” Eliza says, delighted, hands, covered in chocolate, reaching out for the camera.

He quickly snaps a photo and sends it to Emily, captioned “This reminded me of you.”

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Emily’s phone vibrates in her pocket and she pulls it out, smiling when she sees the photo from Aaron. Her heart aches when she sees Eliza, her wide smile as she reaches towards the camera, half a chocolate cookie smashed in her tiny hand.

“You ok, princess?” Derek asks, bringing her attention back to the room. Emily rolls her eyes at him before she puts her phone back in her pocket.

“I’m fine.”

“Are you sure? If you need a break-”

“Derek.” She says, voice firm. “I’m fine. You’re worse than Aaron.”

He raises an eyebrow at her. “Just because he’s not my boss anymore doesn’t mean I want to explain to him why his wife got sick at work.”

Her glare shuts him up, and he goes back to the point he was trying to make before Aaron’s text had distracted her.

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Aaron continues to send her pictures throughout the day. Eliza on top form, mischief flowing off of her at every turn.

She insists on trying to push Jack on the swings when they get to the park, and Jack swings himself gently back and forth, letting his younger sister believe she was doing it.

She gets ice cream all over herself, and ends up running the game she plays with the other toddlers when Jack goes to play soccer with his friends.

Aaron takes photos of all of it, sending Emily all of them.

She calls him that evening, her voice laced with amusement and exhaustion in equal measure.

“Which was your favourite?” He asks as he climbs into bed.

“Oh, definitely the one of her half way through Sergio’s cat flap.” She laughs. “It’s already my new wallpaper on my phone.”

“She’s so much like you, sweetheart.”

“You can’t just send me photos of her misbehaving and say that all the time, honey.”

He has the audacity to laugh down the phone at her, and he knows she will have bitten her lip to prevent her smile even though they can’t see each other.

“But baby, that’s when she is most like you.”

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When she gets home it is late, so late it’s almost early, and she sighs as she locks the front door behind her, double checking it is secure before she walks further into the house.

Emily walks upstairs, checking in on Jack as she walks past his room. She pulls his covers up around him a little tighter, presses a kiss to his forehead that he would shy away from if he was awake, just old enough now to find his parents uncool.

She briefly frowns when she pops her head into Eliza’s room and finds her bed empty, momentary panic flooding through her until logic kicks in. A smile on her face when she realises where she will find her little girl.

She gently opens the master bedroom door and her smile widens when she sees Aaron and Eliza in the bed, snuggled together facing where she would usually sleep.

He was such a good dad. She’d always known that, had known it before they were even a couple, but something about watching him with their daughter, the love him and Eliza had for each other, made her ache.

Aaron always told her how much Eliza reminded him of her, but all she saw was him. His stoicism and kindness their daughter embodied. His frown that Eliza had whenever she didn’t get her way.

Eliza was the good bits of both of them, and Emily hoped that the world wouldn’t harden her like it had them.

Emily quickly changes into her pyjamas and climbs into bed next to them, the movement of the bed waking Eliza. The little girl turns over and blearily opens her eyes, looking at her as confusion spreads over her face.

“Mama.”

She shushes Eliza, pulling her into her arms. “Mommy’s here.” She presses a kiss to her hair, tucking her daughter tightly to her side. “Go back to sleep, sweet girl.”

Aaron wakes up to find his wife laying next to him, Eliza asleep on her. Emily is awake, her hand stroking up and down their daughter’s back like she used to do when she was a newborn, only able to fall asleep with her mother’s seemingly magic touch.

“Hi sweetheart.”

Emily opens her eyes and turns to look at him, a sleepy smile on her face. “Hey you.”

He moves towards her, knowing she can’t move without waking the toddler in their bed. Aaron kisses his wife and tucks some of her hair behind her ear. He keeps his hand on her face, stroking her jawline gently.

“I missed you.” He whispers before pressing his forehead against hers briefly.

“I missed you too.”

Aaron smiles at her admission, the lack of a humorous response indicating how tired she must really be. His hand drifts down to her abdomen, his palm pressed to the barely there bump.

“Are you ok? Both of you.”

She rolls her eyes at him, but it’s full of adoration. “We’re both fine, honey.” She smirks at him. “Even if Derek almost did annoy me to death, I’m assuming because you threatened him with some awful fate if he didn’t keep an eye on me.”

Aaron smiles at her, caught out just like he knew he would be. “I may have told him I’d recommend him to the academy for firearm training with all the new recruits.”

Emily laughs at that, and it jostles Eliza, who briefly grumbles before falling back asleep.

Emily looks back up at Aaron, a wistful look on her face. It makes him frown, concern for her spreading through him like it burnt.

“Are you sure you’re ok?”

“Yeah.” She says, nodding. “It’s just, I miss her and Jack so much when I’m gone. How am I going to feel with another kid I’m leaving behind?”

“You aren’t leaving them behind, love.” He says, kissing her forehead. “You’re doing an important job.” He feels her shudder, and he knows her emotions are getting the better of her. He cups the back of her head, his lips still pressed to her skin. “And we have about 6 months left before the baby comes to figure things out if you want a change.”

She nods against him, her agreement silent.

“You could do with some sleep.”

He runs his fingers through her hair until she drifts off, her breath evening out against his skin. He pulls back just enough to look at his girls, his beautiful daughter and his pregnant wife.

He hopes their next baby is a girl too, and that she’s just like her mother.

[ropoto]

Derek’s and Emily’s friendship.

requested by anon (thank you for request

[thekbex]

[thebatmqn]

anyways, derek and emily are best friends who love and respect each other greatly, and as shown in this scene, they make sure to often reassure each other of that fact

[literateish]

i’m rewatching 5x11 because i need the derek x emily content