I have to thank hot4booth for this as I found the prompts in the 'Suggest Prompts Section' of the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts forum. The prompts, posted by hot4booth, are: Bikini , Suntan lotion / sunscreen , jealous person
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The BAU team had a much deserved day off and were spending it together at the beach – at Garcia's forceful request. Yes even Hotch was there, though if one were to ask him he'd probably say that his son Jack had been used as a weapon against him in getting him to attend. The beach wasn't somewhere Aaron really ever liked to go but Jack, having been told by a certain Italian devil earlier that morning about the BAU's plans, had all but begged to go so here they were. The whole family together – Jack and Henry included. Given how they'd manipulated Hotch to attend nobody had wanted to ask how Reid had been 'convinced' to attend. That could stay between him and whoever the 'convincer's' were.
For the last twenty minutes they'd been setting up, setting up the umbrella's, laying out towels and deck chairs, undressing down into their swimwear and ensuring the two children were well protected with enough sunscreen to last the afternoon before letting them loose.
"See, aren't you glad you came?" Penelope asked Hotch from where she perched on her deckchair.
"Delighted." Her boss replied dryly. He'd not taken off his t-shirt and so was seemingly the most covered person on the beach – even Reid had braved going topless, and it had shocked everyone to see that he was a little more filled out than they'd ever given him credit for. Admittedly, after the younger man had seen the team staring he'd explained that the physio he'd been forced to have due to being shot and him having to walk on crutches was a good way to build muscle. Seeing how uncomfortable he was with the attention they'd taken pity on him and diverted the conversation.
"Now there's no need for sarcasm." Emily chided, amusement heavy in her voice and a smirk adorning her face. He was sure, if it wasn't for the sunglasses hiding half of her face, there would be a mischievous glint in her eyes too.
"Didn't you ladies have a reason for being here?" He said instead of rising to her challenge. He knew the three BAU women had been plotting something for the past week and he knew this something would happen today or they wouldn't have tried so hard to get everybody here. All week there'd been closed door meetings in JJ's office or Garcia's office – he'd even caught them in his office once! The excuse was flimsy and unbelievable and it was then that they all knew he knew something was going on. He just didn't know what and he wasn't so curious as to want to find out. As long as they didn't intend to commit a crime or get anybody into trouble – which they were adamant that they weren't, though he wasn't sure if this was on one or both accounts – then they could do what they wanted.
"Oh, yes we did." Garcia jumped in.
"Guys." JJ sighed. "I want to tan a little bit, I need some sunscreen and then we can gossip and rate the BAU guys' hotness. Where's Henry?" The blonde began to search for the little boy from her spot on the towel as Emily passed her the suntan lotion.
"He's over there with Reid." Morgan pointed out helpfully, pointing in their direction.
"Okay, that's adorable." Prentiss chimed in.
"I need a picture." Penelope mumbled, rooting through her bag for a camera as Jennifer agreed and grabbed her own camera before snapping a picture. She'd always known Reid would be good with her son but she'd never quite anticipated the bond that they did have. Henry loved the genius and often asked for him, wanting to spend time with him doing this and that. Now he was delighted building a very messy sandcastle while Spencer gathered some sand in another pot for him looking like the proudest man in the world. She'd never have thought Spencer could be content like that when he knew exactly how to make one and if were anything else, anyone else he would have corrected it and made the most sophisticated sandcastle anybody had ever see. It warmed her heart to know that he was letting Henry learn on his own, gently guiding him and having fun whilst doing it. She loved seeing them together and hated that Henry could have missed out on that if JJ had listened to Will. At first he hadn't liked the idea of Spencer being Henry's godfather, it took a lot of convincing and a lot of wearing down before he reluctantly agreed. Thank goodness he did.
"Women." Derek sighed as he turned away to talk to Hotch about the latest case they'd solved. It had been a bad one but then again they all were so it came as no surprise really that this one was playing on his mind. Sometimes there was a case that weighed more on one team member than another and this had been one of those cases.
"Hey Morgan!?" JJ shouted to get his attention. "Can you please rub this on my back?" She gestured back and forth to him and the suntan lotion with a raised eyebrow when he just sat there in silence.
"Seriously?" He heard Prentiss and Garcia snort in the background but his mind was still misfiring at his co-workers request. His gut was telling him something was off with the whole situation and he should proceed with caution but another, currently more dominant side, was telling him to just stop overthinking it and do it.
"I may aswell do it, looks like you've stunned Morgan." Emily mocked as she moved forward to grab the bottle from the blonde.
"Nope, I've got it." Derek hastily grabbed the bottle before Prentiss could take it, not missing the cat-got-the-canary look from the three women but choosing to ignore it for the sake of his mental state. "Move your hair out of the way for me?" As the blonde did as directed, the man sat behind her, squirted some of the cream from the bottle onto his hands and proceeded to massage it into her shoulders first before starting in on her back. He couldn't help his reaction or swearing under his breath when she moaned and told him how good at it he was. Yep it was definitely a bad idea.
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"Yeah that's it Henry." Spencer praised enthusiastically with a grin on his face and the boy's face lit up. The sandcastle couldn't really be called a sandcastle, more like a clump of sand with some shells in it but if his godson was proud of it then so was he. And there was always time to practice – and they would practice. It was testament to how much Reid loved his godson that he hadn't unintentionally hurt the boy's feelings by making the clump into an actual sandcastle. Luckily, these duties were something he took very seriously and had researched extensively, he'd had to given that he'd felt too unprepared when he'd been given the title of 'Godfather'. As he held baby Henry in his arms for the first time he silently promised him that he'd be the best damn godfather he could ever have and that he'd never leave him – granted the wounds from Spencer's own father were still a little raw and that promise may have stemmed from his father's abandonment. Still, it was a promise he would keep and would like to think he would have made and kept even if he'd grown up in a normal two parent household.
"Can we make 'nover one Uncle Spence?" Henry asked a grin etched on his face as he looked up at the genius.
"We can do whatever you like." The genius replied ruffling the boy's hair. He handed the bucket and spade back to the young blonde who promptly began filling it back up again and patting it down, making it as full as possible. The young man had to smile at his godson's concentration; it reminded him so much of JJ.
"What are you smiling about?" Rossi questioned, giving his colleague a strange look. He'd been next to Henry and Spencer with Jack building sandcastle's as per the children's request.
"Just thinking about how much like JJ Henry is when he's concentrating so hard on a task like he is right now."
"Is Uncle Morgan dating her?" Jack broke in making both men look at him in confusion. "Look."
"What the hell?" Rossi laughed as he saw Morgan rubbing JJ's back. Upon hearing an almost growl like noise next to him he looked back at Reid, shocked to see the possessiveness in the man's gaze, the tightness in his jaw, the flexing of his fists. "Reid?"
"Can we build our san'castle now?" Henry bounced back over; his overstuffed bucked swinging slightly at his side, oblivious to the cloud of tension.
"Er Henry…" Dave started, looking between godfather who was still staring at the scene ahead, though thankfully Morgan had now taken his hands off a now laughing JJ, and godson.
"Yep, let's build our sandcastle. That's a great idea." Spencer spoke over the older agent. Forcing himself to look away from the scene and relax he smiled at the blonde boy in front of him and sat back down.
"You build and I get the sand okay?" Henry ordered, nodding at the end of the sentence as though reassuring himself that this was the best plan.
"Henry…" The frowning child's hand went over the genius's mouth and he shook his head.
"I build one, now you do. Then we can both have one. A castle for Henry and a castle for Uncle Spence and there'll be one for Uncle Rossi and Jack too next to us."
"Okay, I'll build a sandcastle too, and we'll be neighbours." Spencer nodded with a mock serious look making the young boy giggle. "I'll need your help though. I can't do it without you." The little boy grinned and in return Reid kissed his forehead before beginning the process of building a semi presentable sandcastle. He didn't want it to be perfect, not if it was going to be standing right next to Henry's.
"Shall we go back over to Dad?" Jack whispered to Rossi after a while longer of playing with the sand.
"Do you want to?" The older agent asked. He'd wanted to go back over and relax for a while but he loved the little boy and wanted to spend some quality time with him. Admittedly, it looked like Reid and Henry were no closer to finishing up their beach time than they were an hour ago when they caught Morgan and JJ together honestly Rossi thought the young man was just avoiding going back over. He'd looked a whole lot jealous and a whole lot more angry earlier when he'd witnessed that so it was obvious that something was going on. It really wouldn't surprise him if JJ and Reid had been together for a while, with the way he and Henry were together that boy was one step away from calling him 'Daddy'.
"Come on." Hotch junior broke the seasoned profiler out of his reverie as he took his hand and pulled him towards the team. Once there, Jack immediately took off and tackled his father and Dave took the only available deck chair. He glanced at JJ and Morgan who were sitting next to one another and laughing and sighed. Trouble was coming.