emily prentiss headcanons
note: emily is probably my favorite character in criminal minds so i had a lot of fun with this one. she is such a multi-sided person that headcanons are really the only way you can analyze her completely. anyways, i hope you enjoy this!
summary: general headcanons about emily prentiss & her and spencer's friendship
warnings: the only thing I really considered angsty was her checking up on victims so i classified this as a/f so i guess typical cm content in a way. none apart from that!
she is under no circumstances allowed to be in the kitchen. she can't cook, she's clumsy, and she loves to distract everyone
she is very interested in art and whenever she wants to talk about art or talks about it around the team, her and spencer always get into the deepest conversation
speaking of her and spencer, they 100% share hyperfixations. like, emily will come into work with a very specific hyperfixation and she will try to hide it but then will mention it and then spencer starts freaking out because it's also one of his hyperfixations and then they spend an extended amount of time talking about it
emily has a very flirtatious personality but she does not like relationships and if she ever ends up getting in a relationship, it's still her personality and her partner will learn to adapt to it because it's who she is
emily and spencer do each others paperwork and read over files for each other when they see that the other is too stressed to do it anymore
spencer comes over to her house whenever they have a rough case and they do little science experiments together
she writes him little notes of encouragement and sticks them where she knows he will see them and then convinces everyone it was penelope but spencer knows it was her
emily and spencer watch foreign films together once a week and every now and then another team member will ask to come along but they always make up an excuse because that is their thing and their time to bond
she needs glasses to read but she refuses to wear them and constantly gives herself a headache
she is a very blunt person overall and the team has adapted to her seemingly random comments and input but she constantly gets herself in trouble when they are on a case because she talks back to every single officer about practically anything
emily is notoriously bad with children because she was never really around them throughout any part of her life but when JJ got pregnant she was determined to be the best aunt possible and bought over 20 how-to books on parenting
emily is an adrenaline junkie. she will chase any adrenaline rush that life could possibly present and sometimes creates her own
she is definitely the type to randomly yell "THE FLOOR IS LAVA" during a paperwork day to spice things up
she also takes the floor is lava very seriously and will criticize you severely for not participating and will refuse to talk to you for the rest of the day to "teach you a lesson"
she always steals at least 2 bottles of wine from Rossi's storage before she leaves his mansion and he never forgets to remind her to wait to start on them until she gets home
she is a severe pen clicker which is why everyone was very excited when they got tablets for briefings because she would incessantly click her pen
she made derek learn morse code with her so that they could cuss each other out without getting lectured by hotch
she doesn't know how to work the coffee machine but she won't accept help so she constantly breaks it and blames it on derek every single time
she is very protective of spencer and is the first to defend him when derek's teasing goes a little bit too far
she insists that spencer help her learn at least one language every six months so that she can communicate with a wider span of victims and criminals
she constantly checks up on victims she saved to make sure they are ok after whatever they went through
she is a huge advocate for anything and everything you can advocate for
she loves to write. she writes little short stories pretty often and always has rossi proofread them
she has a stuffed turtle named tucker that she brings with her on every case and she just holds him whenever she needs a minute and she feels calmer. penelope got him for her for her birthday and they have been inseparable ever since
she refuses to use scrunchies to tie up her hair because it makes her feel, in her words, "too girly, pinky, sparkly, and princessy"
she refuses to drink water unless it is her own personal filter water from the water filter she bought for $80 because "it tastes earthy"
she always has little questions about how certain things work or what a certain word means or something else along those lines that she randomly asks spencer throughout the day
she is one of the few people who listens to spencer's explanations and stories and she likes to show him she's listening by looking at him and tugging her ear so he feels heard
if he doesn't get to finish a specific story or explanation, she writes down what it was about and asks him about it later
she often references things spencer has told her in order to show him that someone is listening and someone cares
she also is usually interested in the random facts and knowledge so she welcomes it with open arms
she explains as many things relating to politics and current events to spencer that she can remember so that he feels informed and, in turn, he gives her more random facts and bits of knowledge
she absolutely loves monopoly and no one has ever beaten her at the game. not even spencer.
she loves hockey and none of the other team members really watch it but, as soon as spencer discovered her love for it, he read up on it and then watched a good amount of games to catch up and became her hockey watching buddy
after she became unit chief, she began to stay later at the office and she hated being alone in there and spencer caught on pretty quickly and made it a habit to do all of his paperwork in her office and he took a bunch of files from the other team members to keep him busy until she finished
penelope bought her a crystal for her birthday one year and ever since then she has began to grow a collection
every year during halloween, she insists that the team should do group costumes and go trick or treating with the kids but is shot down every time
she always has a can of silly string with her and she will pull it out at random times and spray it all over whoever she feels like spraying it on
she did it to hotch once and she immediately regretted it as soon as he banned silly string
the ban didn't stop her of course
she loves pottery. she learned the basics of it when she was travelling around the world and then began to pick it up as a hobby and she makes random pots and cups and mugs and other things for birthdays and christmases and everything in between
she loves swimming and she is a really good swimmer
she always starts the pillow fights during girls night sleepovers
