Emily Prentiss --> Profiler --> Paget BrewsterÂ
Bio:Â Growing up with an Ambassador for a mother, Emily moved around a lot. While the traveling allowed her to become fluent in six languages (Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Greek) it also meant she never had stable relationships with the few friends she made. Elizabeth's work often kept her occupied, leaving Emily alone. As a young child, Emily strived to get her mother's attention and approval. She went to the balls, practiced her manners, absorbed as much as information as she could but her attempts failed. Still craving her mother's attention, Emily began to rebel against her. At age fifteen she got pregnant and had an abortion. It was then that Emily realized her mother despised her as Elizabeth called Emily a disgrace upon hearing she was pregnant. Since then, their relationship has gone down hill. Nothing Emily did was good enough for Elizabeth; Graduating from Yale, working for the FBI in Chicago, working with Interpol, transferring to the BAU, heading London's Interpol office-Elizabeth didn't care. She didn't even attend Emily's "funeral" when Doyle "killed" her. Nor has Elizabeth discussed Ian or Declan with Emily. After hearing about the birth of the twins, Elizabeth assumed she was right along in thinking Emily slept her way into the BAU. Though Elizabeth loves Aaron and her grandkids she's still disproving of Emily.Â
While Emily was the head of London's Interpol offices, Hotch contacted her requesting her return and assistance in helping to locate JJ. After JJ's successful reunion with the team, Emily decided to remain in Virginia for a little bit longer to ensure JJ was okay. During this time, she had sexual relations with Aaron. After returning to Interpol, Emily discovered she was pregnant with twins. Not wanting to return or burden Hotch, Emily remained in London where she gave birth to and raised Cooper and Ella. However, she wasn't entirely alone in raising them thanks to JJ. It was also JJ who convinced Emily to return home. Shortly afterwards, realizing they loved each other, Aaron and Emily's relationship blossomed. Not only did they trust and understand each other on an intimate level, they also had three more children together.Â
A grand total of six children, Emily had, and still does have, her hands full. She loves all of her children dearly and connects with them in different ways. Jack she always considered as her own but worries he still carries resentment towards her. Often she wonders if she should've talked with him about Haley when he was younger but she never did because she thought that was something special Aaron and he shared. As her oldest child and only son, Emily's always considered Cooper her "little boy." Now that he's grown she hears less from him and his recent news isn't the greatest; he's gotten Olivia Strauss pregnant and he's gay. Emily fully supports his relationship with Elijah Reid but she wants him to take responsibility for getting Olivia pregnant. Emily's always been close to her oldest daughter, Ella. When the kids were younger, Ella was often her little helper both around the house and with the kids. Emily never intended for that much responsibility to fall on her shoulders but Ella accepted it without complaint. Now as a grown woman and pregnant with her long-term boyfriend, Colton Rossi, Emily's so happy for her. She's worried though because she knows Ella's a perfectionist and works herself into the ground. Emily fears she's going to put too much on her plate and cause complications in her pregnancy. Another part of Emily wants to tell Ella about her "missing" (aborted) sibling but can't bring herself to open up. That and she's a little distracted by Olivia's pregnancy. Emily's second daughter, Veronica, on the other hand is very much like Emily; smart and rebellious. Emily understands Veronica's desire to "experience life" but worries the girl will find herself in situations Emily once did, which, perhaps, is why she seems so much harder on Veronica. She also fears Veronica is so much like her because, like her mother, she's failing at giving her daughter enough attention. Perrie is Emily's third daughter and second youngest. Emily loves Perrie just as much as the others but she's keenly aware their relationship was never came as easily to either of them partly because, like Emily, Perrie finds it difficult to open up and connect to people. Nevertheless, Emily makes a point to attend Perrie's concerts and support her in all her musical endeavors. When Perrie came out to Emily, Emily had no problem with her daughter's sexuality. She wishes Perrie would tell her father but knows she has to do it when she's ready. Emily knows Perrie is her mother's favorite grandchild and for that she's grateful for since Perrie then gets spoiled. However, their close relationship has landed Emily in hot water  with her mother when Perrie informed her that her parents were fighting. Emily knows Perrie hates it when they fight and that it's only a matter of time before the intuitive Hotchner confronts her about it.  Then there's her baby, Avery. While Emily wasn't often present throughout all of children's childhoods, Avery is still young. While the others almost don't need her anymore, Avery is her baby girl. Having promised to be around for her kids, Emily hopes to savage that promise with Avery. While she makes a point to attend Avery's dance recitals she wants to be around more especially since she's discovered Avery's cutting. Finding out left Emily distraught-she never wanted her child in such pain. While Emily promises to help, she fears she won't be enough for her daughter.Â
Clearly, not all is well in Emily's life and the problems don't stop there. Per Emily style, Emily's been putting everyone ahead of herself and compartmentalizing everything she's feeling. Lately, her house as been a place of refuge for the BAU kids-namely the Reids whom she's been trying to help since "losing" their mother. Her problems are becoming noticeable though and not just to her husband who's been awakened because her nightmares and witnessed the wounds inflicted because of them. Heath knows she has panic attacks to some degree. At work, Emily's had a few passing out spells, minor panic attacks, and even a few hallucinations. Still, Emily refuses to visit Abigail for professional help or even admit her own problems because once she does, in her mind, she's admitting to failure. Therefore, Emily's trying to fix everything and keep the peace-except she can't keep the peace when she ruins it.Â
Though she loves Aaron more than anything, she's been pushing him away. No longer do either one of them confide in each other, causing problems and tension between them. Once Emily even threatened divorce. Their fights happen fairly frequently and are typically about her mother, his work, and her threat of divorce. While Emily tells Aaron to come home more, so they can work on their relationship, she also avoids confrontation. She's even gone as far as staying at JJ's house.Â
Secret:Â Emily has a few secrets. One she's kept since she was fifteen-that she had an abortion. The only ones who know of this are David, Aaron, and Sophia. Emily also suffers from panic attacks, hallucinations, nightmares/night terrors, and depression which makes her borderline suicidal. Most of these secrets revolve around Ian Doyle even though he's been dead for years. Her last secret does involve the living Doyle though; Emily's kept contact with now thirty-four year old Declan, who Emily recently discovered killed a man upon re-discovering who his father was. Unable to confess this secret to Aaron, Emily told David once he coaxed it out of her.Â
Aaron Hotchner -->Husband
Cooper Hotchner -->Eldest son
Ella Hotchner -->Eldest Daughter
Veronica Hotchner -->Daughter
Perrie Hotchner --> Daughter
Avery Hotchner --> Youngest Daughter/child
Jennifer Jareau --> Best Friend
David Rossi --> Close friend/confidantÂ
Derek Morgan --> Close friend/partnerÂ
Penelope Garcia Morgan --> Best Friend
Abigail Blair --> Close Friend
Spencer Reid --> Close friend
Ashley Seaver Reid --> "Student" / Friend
Elijah Reid --> "Other Son"
Sophia Reid --> Goddaughter
Elizabeth Prentiss --> Mother
