*Alright. So, Reid's dating Aaron. Has been for almost two months. Jack loves Reid. They get along great. Now, Reid has a complicated story, which entails a good amount of secrets, and hasn't told Aaron or Jack or anyone. This is big. Anyway. This is my cute little crazy, sleep deprived, AU and a bit OOC story.

Enjoy.

Guardian Angel

Author: Fate's Apprentice

Genre: Romance/Family

Characters: S. Reid, A. Hotch ...and little jack, and my own OC's.

Pairing: Reid/Hotch. SLASH! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Summary: Spencer Reid is content. He's dating the man he fell in love with and Jack adores him. So what's with him. Aaron and Jack are left startled and confused when they accidentally stumble upon the fact that Spencer is more then he appears...in fact... He means the entire world to two people. Things wouldn't fare well for them without him. They need him and Spencer used to love him needing him. Now, things are complicated...

"Daddy! Daddy!" little Jack came running out from around a corner. Followed by his sitter. Aaron looked up and smirked, holding the door open for his boyfriend. Jack ran up to his father and giggled childishly. The four year old held out his arms to be picked up and Aaron obliged.

"Spencer!" shouted the little boy and reached out his arms to Spencer in greeting. Spencer chuckled and accordingly plucked the child from his father's arms with a smirk. "Guess what game Nancy taught me?" he laughed.

"I'm guessing that's a rhetorical question?" Spencer chuckled as he raised an eyebrow. Hotch smirked and then said, "What did game did Nancy teach you, Jack?" at the same time the older man looked toward said sitter to see she was packing up. "I'd stay longer but I've got a college final tomorrow to study for." she explained softly.

"Truth Or Dare! Will you play it with me Spencer? Please Daddy!" begged Jack.

"Fine." they both said with a smile.

"Yay!"

Almost half an hour later, The three were settled in a small circle on the ground with pillows and blankets and a bowl of popcorn, made by Spencer himself.

"Truth or Dare, Daddy!" piped up Jack the moment they were settled. Aaron chuckled and thought for a brief moment. "Dare."

"I dare you to kiss Spencer!" he proudly told, very quickly. The two chuckled, "I think the idea of a dare is to do something you don't normally do on a daily basis, Sweetheart." explained Spencer helpfully.

"Aww... Come on, Spence. You don't want to disappoint the kid, do ya?" chuckled Aaron playfully.

Spencer smirked. "I guess not."

"And not just a peck." specified Jack with a knowing giggle.

"In that case..." trailed off Aaron as he grabbed Spencer by the collar and dutifully proceeded to kiss him senseless. The two kissed, completely oblivious to anyone but the other until Jacks playful giggling pulled them out of their state of sheer bliss.

The two pulled away, breathless and flushed, then turned and smirked at Jack, who proceeded to clap and entail gleefully, "You're turn, Daddy!"

Aaron nodded and then turned to smirk at Spencer. "Truth or dare, babe?"

Spencer thought for a moment and then, "I guess it's dare for me."

"Can I collect my dare later?" Aaron asked Jack with a smirk.

"Nope." replied the child simply.

"Okay then. Um... I dare Spence too...um... only tell the truth for the rest of the evening. And if he fails to do this, well then, very bad things will happen..." Aaron trailed off, mysteriously with a chuckle.

"What kind of bad things?" questioned the thirty year old with a raised eyebrow.

Hotch leaned over and whispered something in his ear, which Spencer then blushed darkly at. He leaned forward and whispered something back. Seeing Jack's pout at being left out, Hotch answered out loud, "Then I'll just mention a certain something to a certain four year old..." Spencer paled for a moment.

"That's blackmail!"

"No, it's love mail!

"Yeah...I bet!"

"Tell me what?" piped up Jack.

"Nothing, Hun. Truth or dare, Jack?" deflected the brunet.

"Truth."

"Finally!" laughed Spencer, " Who's you're most favoritest person in the whole entire world?" asked Spencer eagerly.

"um..."

"There's no wrong answer."

"Yeah, Jack." agreed Aaron.

"I got a tie..."

both of the older men raised their eyebrows.

"Daddy and Spencer."

The two both busted out laughing. "Jack just single handedly solved are little argument." chuckled Spencer. Aaron agreed with a smile and pulled Spencer closer to him, failing to release his grip on his waist after he moved him over.

"Truth or Dare, Spencey." asked Jack.

"Spencey, hunh? That's a new one, " Jack smiled innocently, "Truth."

"Have you ever purposely not told my Daddy something?" asked Jack innocently enough.

The simple question made the young doctor go white and seemed to stump him for a second. The fact that he couldn't lie clearly surfaced his thoughts. Hotch, now slightly concerned, raised an eyebrow. "It's a simple question, love."

What Hotch called him was inadvertently the ultimate guilt trip. Spencer had heard Aaron tell him he loved him. And he had said it back. That was only a couple weeks ago. Normally, when the older man called him that, it would make his heart flutter. Now, It just made him feel as if he was sinking. He hated not telling him. He hated not telling them both. But he didn't know what they would think.

"Yes." answered Spencer softly, simply.

"Like what?" questioned Aaron, now thoroughly curious and slightly hurt. Jack was watching him curiously.

"It's not you're turn." told Spencer, relieved.

"Spencer, Truth or dare?" asked Jack thoughtfully.

""Dare." replied Spencer, in what he though was a successful evasion in being interrogated for his prior answer.

"I dare you to tell us the biggest thing you've hidden from my daddy." replied Jack, with a knowing smirk.

"Go Jack!" muttered Aaron, now more then curious. He now had a burning desire to know what his younger lover could possibly be hiding from him. The now care free mood had vanished, replaced by a much more serous one. Spencer had paled about three colors.

"Uh..." stalled Spencer and was then saved by his cell going off. "Saved by the bell." he muttered reaching for his phone.

"This isn't over." told both Jack and Aaron, at the same time. Spencer nodded, vaguely and picked up his phone. Father and son proceeded to eavesdrop.

"Yes. This is him."

Spencer paled even further, to what looked like he was about to be sick.

"Spence, are you okay?" asked Aaron now concerned. He wrapped his arms more securely and protectively around his boyfriend.

"O-okay. I-I-I'll b-be r-right there." he stammered. The anguish on his face was very visible. And Spencer wasn't able to even try and mask it. His breathing had sped up and he now looked anxious and visibly older.

"Spencer, What's going on? What's wrong?" asked Aaron, softly after Spencer had hung up.

The look on Spencer's face was one of pure, unadulterated terror and misery. Aaron and Jack hated it. They hated feeling helpless. Hated the hurt they felt, because they were left out. Hated that Spencer felt he had to hid something. They hated it all. And Spencer hated everything at this moment. Hated the position he was in. Hated Anna. Hated himself. He hated this. He wanted to stay and pretend nothing was going on. That nothing was wrong. He want ed to remain carefree. But the tearing in his chest reminded him that he a had a respponsibility. And that certain little child was now depending on him coming. Depending on him being there to keep their misery company. They needed him. He had to go.

In a very broken, fragile, agonized voice, Spencer whispered, "I have to go."

Yeah, like Aaron and Jack were gonna let it be that simple...