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penelope garcia creeped out by serial killers in 19x01 - now and then

LUKE ALVEZ & PENELOPE GARCIA Season 19, Episode 1, "Now and Then"

tyler green in 19x02 - cluster

it's not a character dig against jj that she didn't notice, it's just that she's literally not been around him while he's been going through this. and once jj got back it seems like luke just sequestered himself about it. the fact that tyler was with luke so much during that case and kind of only sort of noticed that maybe something was off about him shows how well luke has been hiding it. so jj having been back for what - a couple of days? and probably only having a couple short convos with luke, like hey how's it going here's my move update, and luke probably acted completely normally to her (as we see luke shake off his elevator breakdown to be laughing and happy with his old friend 30 seconds later), seems reasonable to me that jj would not have picked up on it

Luke is incredibly good at compartmentalizing, especially around people he thinks have enough on their plate already. His instinct is usually to carry things himself rather than risk adding to someone else's burden.

this little moment when luke is waiting at the vet to hear news about roxy and someone walks by and he looks up hopefully, eager to get an update, but they're not there for luke and they just walk past him, and he's left back with his own dark thoughts tumbling over and over in his brain once more KILLS MEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Luke and Penelope in 19x01: Now and Then

Taken from On The Lot tiktok

Because somewhere between one day and the next, Penelope Garcia had quietly moved into all the empty spaces of his life.