We're Family
Disclaimer: CBS owns Criminal Minds, while Fox owns Bones.
Summary: Emily gets a surprise visit from her brother...
A/N: This crossover was a prompt so you'll have to forgive my lack of knowledge on Bones. I've never watched the show, so I really don't know much about David Boreanaz's character. I did drool over him on Buffy and Angel.
Some things that I did learn needed to be edited to fit this story forgive me Booth fans.
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Clara Ortega said, "The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble."
Looking through the peephole, Emily sighed as she unlatched the locks opening the front door to the guest.
Well, surprised guest. An unexpected one to be exact.
"Well hello to you too," the man replied, "Are you going to stand there all day or can I be invited in?"
"I'm not sure" Emily said, looking around behind the man, "Did you bring that train wreck you call a brother?"
The man chuckled, "No, Jared's not with me, Em. Now am I invited in?"
"I don't know" she sighed before stepping aside, "All right."
The man stepped inside, taking in the upscale apartment before turning around, "I see your mother's taste hasn't affected your own."
Emily rolled her eyes, "Thanks, Seeley Joseph Booth."
"Emily Prentiss" Booth said, smirking at her, "I'm actually glad that you started using your stepfather's name. Believe me if I could've, I would've."
Emily felt herself chuckle as she was pulled into a hug by the man, "Jeez, you act like you haven't seen me in forever."
Pulling back he raised an eyebrow at her "Well what do you expect when one only gets a phone call that you weren't in fact dead and that even though I of all people am an FBI agent too, I wasn't told about your staged death?"
"Need to know?" she offered, "Hey don't look so offended, even my team didn't know. Do you have any idea how hard it was to get them to forgive me?"
Booth pulled her into another hug, "You know you suck, right?"
"Well I said I was sorry" Emily said, taking a seat on the couch.
"Want to be forgiven, baby sis?" Booth asked, "Then don't do that again."
"So, not that I'm not grateful for the visit but what brings you by, without my beautiful nephew? How is Parker?" Emily asked changing the subject.
Booth grinned at that as he took a seat beside her, "Parker's great, turning out more like me everyday."
"Oh dear Lord" Emily playfully murmured, "The women of D.C. need to be warned that Seeley Booth 2.0 will be on the loose."
"Ha ha" Booth said, "All right Emily, I need to tell you a little something."
"What?" Emily asked, taking in her brother's appearance, "Hey, I'm your sister and whatever you tell me, you better tell me now."
Booth took a deep breath and picked at the nail bed of his hand, until Emily placed her hand on his, "I've got a daughter."
"What?" she asked, raising an eyebrow, "You've got a daughter?"
"Bones and I..." he started, "We've got a daughter."
"You've slept with..." Emily frowned at that, "Wait, did you say you have a daughter with Bones? Bones as in Temperance Brennan?"
"Well you don't have to say it like that" he told her running his hand over the back of his head, "Haven't you ever wanted to be with someone so badly you couldn't imagine them being with someone else? Someone that you knew was meant for you?"
"All right, I get it" she said with a nod, "I'm not trying to give you a hard time Seel... It's just, isn't there some sort of fraternization with that liaison position at Jeffersonian?"
Rubbing his hands over his face, "Em, I can't live my life fully without wanting something more, and after the shit we've been through because of Edwin..."
Emily froze at the mention of their abusive father, which made him put a protective hand on her, "Don't talk about him."
Wrapping a hand around her, "I'm sorry."
"Thank God for Hank" she told him, "Otherwise I know I would've probably never seen you alive again."
He turned her to look at him, "Em, I want you to stop running from your past and start to embrace your future."
"Seels?" she asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Grandpa's been talking with your Mother" he told her watching her roll her eyes, "Now, I know that with what we went through as a kid with him."
Emily stilled while he told her, "You never told that shrink about him, when you had your session about your time undercover, did you?"
She turned her head to him, "I've gotten past those points, big brother. That's something I don't need to rehash again, besides my Mother and I are the ones that escaped from Edwin."
"I know" he told her, "And I'm glad that you did."
"But you were left behind" she told him, "And that's something I'll blame myself for..."
"Emily" he said, pulling her to him, "You need to stop feeling guilty for things that are beyond your control."
She felt him run his hand over her back in a soothing and caring tone, "I didn't come here to make you relive your worst moments..."
"Really?" she sniffled, "Because that's all I seem to be hearing from you and your smart ass mouth."
He pulled back and raised an eyebrow at her, "Damn it, there goes that sassy mouth again."
"Call it a Hank Booth trait" Emily said watching him relax, "Ok, enough of this gooey shit. Show me pictures of Parker and my niece. What's her name?"
"Christine" he said, "After Bones' mother."
Emily smiled at that, "Well come on, I know that you being a new proud, papa have pictures, so show me."
"Here's a few that we're willing to let you keep" Booth said, "Bones wanted us to go get family photos."
Emily looked down at the studio portrait, and smiled, "She's beautiful. Thank god she looks nothing like you."
"Hey" he said with a chuckle, "She's got my dimples."
"Yeah, one of your better qualities" Emily said, looking at the photo of the newest member of her family, "Parker's grown God I missed out on so much."
"Well, we've done some thinking" he said wrapping an arm around her, "Since we're both in the same state, that maybe we can start getting together more?"
Emily looked at the photo, "I'd like that big brother."
"Plus it looks like I'm going to have to set you up, because you are way too pretty to still be single" Booth said, "Aren't their single men in your Unit?"
Rolling her eyes, "Fraternization rules, remember? You of all people know as a fellow agent that, that includes ones not only in the same Unit but the same floor."
"Since when were you ever one to follow the rules, Ems?" Booth asked with a grin, "Wasn't it you that took your Mother's silver serving tray and use it as snow sled?"
"Oh come off it, Seels" Emily said chuckling, "You were the one that dared me to do it."
He snickered, "But I didn't tell you to go slinging it through the neighbor's car window, did I?"
"Oh lets not even go down that path, Seeley" Emily said, "Or I might have to call Jared up and tell him what really happened to his motor bike."
His jaw dropped, "You wouldn't..."
"Oh wouldn't I?" she said, watching Booth narrow his eyes.
She knew that look, it was the same look that he shot her when she told one of her friends that Booth had a crush on her only for the girl to laugh in his face.
Emily couldn't contain the shriek that escaped her as she fell backwards on to the couch and started screaming.
Then the next thing the two heard was the front door being kicked in and saw Hotch with his gun drawn on the two.
"Get off her, asshole" Hotch growled out keeping his gun trained on Booth, "I won't even repeat myself again, before I put a bullet through the back of your skull."
Booth sat up, slowly raising his hands looking over at Emily, "Who the hell is this guy?"
"Hotch" Emily said.
"Emily, move away from him" Hotch said, "You on the couch, are you armed?"
"Hotch" Emily repeated, unable to get through to him.
"Emily get off the couch and walk to me" Hotch said, his eyes not leaving Booth, "Mister, you move, you die."
"Is this guy for real?" Booth asked his sister.
"I'm Supervisory Special Agent Hotchner, and I am very real" Hotch said, "Stand up, turn around and place your hands on your head."
Booth looked over at Emily who was too in shocked to speak, and slowly stood up with his hands raised.
"Look Agent Hotchner" Booth said, "I'm..."
"I don't want to hear you speak" Hotch said, "Emily get away from him now."
Emily stood up and walked over to Hotch, safely wrenching the gun from his grip.
"PRENTISS!" Hotch barked out, "We have to alert the team about this... this person."
"About what?" Emily said, "My big brother tickling me?"
"Your what?" Hotch asked surprised, "You don't have a brother."
"Yeah she does" Booth said turning around, "Special Agent Seeley Booth, FBI."
Hotch frowned, "I know you. You're that liaison that works at..."
"The Jeffersonian" Booth replied, "May I lower my hands, sir?"
"What?" Hotch said, completely stunned by the fact that this man was Emily's brother, "Oh sure."
Booth lowered his hands, "I guess it wouldn't be out of line now to ask what the hell you're doing barging into my baby sister's apartment?"
"Excuse me?" Hotch asked, holstering his weapon.
It was clear, even to Emily that both men were dominate Alpha personalities and it made her want to bang her head into the wall that both were being overprotective of her.
"You guys..." Emily started.
"Not now Emily" Hotch said, keeping his eyes on the younger man.
"Don't talk to my sister like that" Booth gritted out, "Just because you're her boss at work doesn't mean you can dictate her life during her off time."
Emily rolled her eyes, this was going to be awkward, "Seeley."
"Not now Em" Booth said, focusing on Hotch "Looks like you're going to have to transfer to another Unit."
"Why?" both Hotch and Emily asked.
"Because I'm pretty sure me kicking his ass is going to constitute in your firing" Booth said, shucking off his leather jacket.
"Oh my God" she muttered rubbing her forehead.
The brunette placed two fingers in her mouth, letting out an ear-piercing whistle making the two men flinched as they covered their ears in pain.
"Ah" Hotch groaned rubbing his ears.
"Damn it, Sis" Booth said, "I'd like to keep my hearing for the sake of my children."
"Seeley" Emily said, "Hotch is my boyfriend."
"Your what?" he asked his gaze going straight from his sister to the older man, "You're dating your boss? Em there are rules against that."
"Like you're one to talk" Emily countered, "Aren't you dating your co-worker? Hell didn't the two of you just have a baby?"
"That's different, Em" Booth said, rubbing the back of his dark hair, "This isn't about me or Bones, Em. This is about you and him."
Hotch saw the look the younger man was giving him, one that said he did not meet the approval of her brother.
"Emily" Hotch said, "I'm..."
"No" Emily said, "You both sit down. Now!"
Hotch looked over at Booth who immediately sat down, and he followed suit, sitting further away from the other man.
"Now" Emily said pacing in front of the coffee table, "It's my turn to talk."
"Ems..." Booth started, "Please."
"Seeley" Emily grumbled, "You better keep quiet or I'm going to get the clown."
"What?" Hotch asked, raising an eyebrow at that, only for the younger man to clam up.
"Now I don't know why the hell you two are getting in a pissing match over me" Emily said looking at the two men, "But it ends now. Do you hear me? It ends now."
Hotch wanted to talk but the look in her eye told him that, that wasn't such a good idea.
"Now Seeley" Emily said, "My relationship with Aaron doesn't concern you, if you can't be happy for me then keep your opinion to yourself. But know this, its my choice, just like its your choice to engage in a relationship with Temperance. You wouldn't like it if someone told you that you couldn't be with her, right?"
Hotch looked over and saw Emily's brother nod at that.
"Then be happy for me" Emily told him, "After the hell hole we grew up in, with the father that we did, don't we deserve some happiness?"
"Yeah" Booth said, "Em, you know I have only your best interest at heart, right?"
"I know that" Emily said sitting on the coffee table in front of them "But trust me when I say that there is no one that has ever made me as happy as Aaron did."
"Really?" Hotch asked.
Booth looked over at Hotch, "If she says it, then it's the truth."
Emily looked over at Hotch taking his hand, "Aaron, I love you."
He leaned forward pulling the brunette into an embrace, while Booth watched the pure joy on both profiler's face.
"You really do love him, don't you?" Booth asked, a smile gracing his stoic face.
"Yes, big brother" Emily said, taking his hand, "Seeley, just be happy for me, ok?"
"I am happy for you, sis" Booth said, pulling Emily to him, "Just as long as you really are happy. Please, be careful."
Emily rubbed her hand over his back, "I'm always careful, brother bear."
Hotch smiled at that, "Emily, why don't you call Jessica and see if she can drop Jack off sooner?"
"All right" she said, pulling out of the hug, "Now can you boys behave?"
"I always behave, Em-kins" Booth protested.
"We'll be fine, Emily" Hotch said, dropping a kiss to her forehead.
Emily got up smiling, "Look at that, my two favorite guys getting along."
The two watched as the brunette walked out of the room then turned glaring at each other.
"You hurt my sister, I'll kill you and make it look like an accident" Booth said, "And believe me I can make that happen."
"There has to be a reason she never told me about you" Hotch snorted, "And judging by what I just heard, I'm going to give you a fair warning Agent Booth, you cause Emily one ounce of pain and I'll make it my life's mission to hunt you down."
Booth looked at the other man, and could tell he was being serious. The threat, the anguish and the devotion to Emily.
"Good to know" Booth said, "It seems we've come to an understanding."
"Right" Hotch said.
The dark-haired man thought over the previous conversation and what he did know of Emily and Booth's father, that the man was a lot like his own father.
And for that, he did feel sympathy for Emily's brother. His own father was less than a warm or compassionate man.
"Still don't like you" Booth told him, "But if Emily's willing to put up with you, I guess I'll have to, too."
"Good, same goes for me." Hotch told him.
"How's it going out there?" Emily called out, "You boys getting along?"
"Yes" both Hotch and Booth replied, looking at each other than smirked.
"Good" Emily told them, "Seeley, since you're here how about joining us for dinner? You've got to meet Jack, he's just the sweetest little boy."
"Sure" Booth said, smirking at the annoyance on Hotch's face.
"Great" Emily said, "Isn't that great Aaron?"
"Fantastic" Hotch said, sighing.
Both men had to put on their best behavior, because as similar as they were, they knew they were never going to be best friends.
But if they wanted to be in Emily's life they'd have to get along with each other. For Emily.
"After a girl is grown, her little brothers - now her protectors - seem like big brothers." Terri Gulliemets
To Be Continued...
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