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Later Emily would wonder what had made her run towards a detonating bomb. In the moment all she had known was that she had to save someone. Hotch or Kate. Kate was easier to reach, her key almost in the door. Emily grabs her turns them both away from the bomb and shelters Kate against her even as she scoops the smaller, shorter, woman into her arms and runs. She’s knocked down by the explosion of course, but they are far enough away she has time to shove the woman into Derek’s arms before she falls.
Kate finds her later, sitting and letting EMTs see to her slight wounds, a crushed hand and slight concussion. There’s silent for a moment, then Kate moves to kiss her and Emily finds she reacts on pure impulse. The kiss is deep, so deep she can’t deny what it is, and Emily loses herself in the feeling even as she wonders what Hotch must be thinking seeing them together.