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Lacy here peoples with the next Officer Down. I'm skipping over House on Fire because to be honest, it was hard to write the A&E story for it and I got nothing for OD. So, onto Conflicted. Poor Reid, I wanted to hug him at the end of this one. We'll see Austin in this, though from Aaron and Emily's POV. They'll be watching Reid and Austin. Yes, that sounds stalkerish but it's more of a Mom and Dad. So have fun.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

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They'd kept an eye on him the whole way home. As the self appointed parents of the team, Hotch and Emily were worried about Reid. They'd seen, they'd all seen how Reid had reacted to the case, to the unsub. Emily had placed a call to Austin before the plane took off, asking her to meet them at the office.

Turning back from watching Reid try and sleep, Emily settled in her seat beside Hotch, who had a case file open in front of him and his right hand on Emily's stomach. Mattie had been kicking a lot lately and Hotch calmed her pretty well.

"He okay?" Hotch asked softly.

Emily shrugged. "I don't know. He's trying to sleep. I think see Austin when we get back will help."

"How's the baby?" Hotch asked, switching topics.

Though she was six months pregnant and now spent her time at wherever they set up shop on cases, Mattie was still proving to be challenging. She was kicking up a storm and keeping Emily from focusing.

"Calm," Emily said. "strangely I think she likes flying. Aside from when you and I talk to her, that's when she's most calm."

Hotch had to laugh. "She's not even in the world yet and she's already strange."

"Look at her parents," Dave said from his seat near them. "that explains everything."

Hotch leaned forward and threw his pen at Dave. "Shut up."

Dave dodged the pen with a laugh and went back to his book.

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Emily stood in Hotch's office door way as Reid talked Austin in the bullpen. Morgan had wisely gone to Garcia's office to give Reid as much privacy as he needed. Reid was sitting at his desk and Austin was leaning against his, her hand running over his back while he talked to her.

"You're hovering Em." Hotch said, appearing at her side.

Emily shook her head. "No, hovering would be standing in the break room where I could hear them. I'm just making sure he's okay."

Hotch slid his hand around Emily's back to settle on her hip and pulled her into office. He closed the door then backed Emily against it.

"You're hovering sweetheart." Hotch said softly. "Let Austin take care of him."

Emily sighed. "Alright, I'm not used to letting someone else helping Reid."

Hotch knew that was true. Emily had taking to keeping an eye on Reid since Gideon left and he knew it would be hard for her to let someone else step in.

"Austin's a good person Emily," Hotch said, his voice still soft. "she'll know what to do and what to say."

Emily nodded, leaning her head on Hotch's chest, tucking her head just under his chin.

"I know she will," she said. "I think Mattie's playing with Mommy's emotions again."

Hotch kissed her head. "I think she is too. But that's okay, you're okay."

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Austin hugged Reid close as they laid in bed that night. He'd fallen asleep after finally getting his brain to shut down. She was watching him sleep, happy to see no frown lines or worry lines, knowing he was actually sleeping peacefully. Rested her head against his, Austin joined him in dream land.

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Short, sweet and really pointless but I like it. And no Katie and Nicole, no smut scene. Hehe, I messed with their minds in the office scene. Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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