A/N: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of the characters in this chapter. I hope you enjoy!

The cabin of the jet was completely silent as the members of the BAU flew home from Tennessee. This had been a particularly rough case for all of them and many lives had been lost. The unsub had been a sociopath who was triggered when his wife left him after finding out he was sterile. He took out his aggression toward his ex-wife on seven young women, all pregnant, brutally raping and murdering them.

Emily Prentiss still felt sick thinking about it as she stared blankly out the window. David Rossi was writing something and Aaron Hotchner was leafing through a file, but both were obviously distracted. Derek Morgan, unable to sleep, put his earphones on and tried to block his mind. Spencer Reid appeared to be reading, as the pages of his book turned at normal speed, but he wasn't actually comprehending the words. Jennifer Jareau glanced down at her phone as a text message came in from Penelope Garcia.

"You guys almost home?" it read.

JJ replied with a simple 'yes'.

"Everyone ok? Know it was a bad one," Penelope wrote back.

"Idk Garcia."

JJ sighed and looked around the jet at her team, the other members of the BAU, her family. The typical plane rides home were celebratory, everyone still high on putting a stop to another serial killer. There was coffee and chess, card games and joking around, but today there was just silence. It would take a little while to bounce back from this one, JJ knew. Garcia had been on the case, she knew the severity, but she hadn't been there to see it. She hadn't spoken to the unsub and seen the joy on his face when confronted with the murders of innocent women and unborn children, murders he had committed. She hadn't been present at crime scenes where beautiful young women lay dead, covered in slash marks from head to toe, the underdeveloped bodies of their babies wrapped up in their arms. The scenes replayed in JJ's head, causing her to shiver violently.

Reid, who sat next to her, felt her shake and looked over at her, eyes full of concern and understanding.

"JJ…" he began softly, but not knowing the right thing to say, he stopped trying and just grabbed for her hand.

JJ interlaced her fingers with Spencer's and held on tightly. The plane was landing soon and reality would come back to claim them as they headed home separately, alone. Across from JJ and Spencer, Emily also thought of her big empty house and the cold silence it would soon offer her. As the plane hit the runway, Hotch was saying something about everyone getting rest and seeing them all in a couple days. No one was really listening, but the others knew Hotch wanted some time with Jack this weekend and that they most likely would have it off.

The team silently got off of the jet. Derek glanced down at JJ and Reid, their hands still clasped together, but he lacked energy to even suggest romance. He was surprised to see their technical analyst standing near their vehicles as he headed for his.

"Hey, baby girl, what brings you out here?" Derek tried to sound happy to see her, but his voice stayed flat.

"I thought you all could use some fun," she replied brightly. "Party at my place. I got games and funny movies and music…" she trailed off as she noticed no one was reacting to her suggestion of fun.

"Garcia, it's really nice of you, but don't really think any of us are in the mood to party," Emily finally said.

"I also got a LOT of alcohol," Garcia said knowingly.

"Count me in," Derek changed his mind quickly, and Emily nodded in agreeance.

Reid looked at JJ and she nodded.

"JJ and I are in as well," Spencer said.

"I've got to go see Jack, but you guys make sure you have fun," Hotch told them.

"And I've got to meet someone, too," Rossi said. "I'll see you all on Monday."

The four younger agents piled into Garcia's Cadillac and she drove them to her apartment.

A/N: Please read & review! I always appreciate constructive criticism and will continue writing as long as people keep reading :)