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   Late Bloomer by angestreet

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds: Evolution (TV), Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   03 Nov 2023

   Tags

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   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss
   • Emily Prentiss/Original Female Character(s)
   • Tara Lewis & Emily Prentiss
   • Minor Tara Lewis/Rebecca Wilson
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Tara Lewis
   • The BAU Team (Criminal Minds)
   • Rebecca Wilson (Criminal Minds)
   • Sandy Jareau
   • Henry LaMontagne
   • Angst
   • Romance
   • Sexual Content
   • Lesbian Sex
   • Slow Burn
   • Coming Out
   • Self-Discovery
   • Divorce
   • Homophobia
   • occasional smut
   • occasional implied/referenced suicide
   • occasional referenced fertility issues
   • Trauma
   • Mother-Daughter Relationship
   • references most major canon events involving Emily and JJ
   • Spoilers for S16/Evolution

   Summary

   When Tara Lewis invites Emily Prentiss out to a gay bar on a hunch, she just wants the FBI section chief to have a little fun, and, yes, maybe pick up a phone number or two. But the ordinary evening sends Emily spiralling, forcing her to confront a truth she has pushed down for decades — and face how she really feels about Jennifer Jareau.

   An Evolution-era fic about coming out and finding love in middle age.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   153,306

   Chapters:

   34/34

   Comments:

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   Bookmarked by legay

   17 Nov 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   the best jemily fic ever to be written <3