Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.
Here's the first chapter of my sequel to The Profiler and the Nurse: Book One. So if you haven't read the prequel, please read it so you readers know who my OCs Clarissa, little Diana, and Lucy are.
This story starts on February 8th of 2007, and I'm going to have it that Spencer and Hotch will continue being on first name basis outside of work while being on last name basis when they're on duty.
Hotch, Gideon, JJ, Morgan, Emily, and Garcia were flying back to Quantico when Garcia looked at JJ.
"You alright, Peaches?" asked Garcia.
"I'm shocked that the reason why Spence never returned the crush I had on him was because he's been married for over four years while having a three year old daughter and another child on the way." said JJ.
Morgan looked at Emily, JJ, and Garcia.
"I tried setting him up, but he explained that he wasn't interested in dating since he wanted to get at a good place in his career." said Morgan before chuckling, "I met Clarissa a few times before Reid joined the BAU, and I tried flirting with her only for her to tell me that she's married and expecting her first child. I knew that their time overlapped at Yale, but when seeing them together earlier I was like Clarissa's definitely out of his league." said Morgan.
Hotch laughed causing the others to look at him.
"My sister's actually not out of Spencer's league." said Hotch.
"Why?" asked Morgan.
"Even though their personalities makes them polar opposites, Clarissa's always been a huge nerd when it came to science fiction while being an avid reader." said Hotch.
"So she's like a female Reid?" asked Morgan.
"She's not a genius like Spencer, but loved science while graduating as valedictorian." said Hotch.
"When did Clarissa introduce Spence to you?" asked JJ.
"I ended up meeting Spencer over 30 minutes after they met since Clarissa didn't want to leave him alone, and when I saw the glances they were giving each other I instantly knew that they would end up falling in love." said Hotch.
"How was he around you that day?" asked Morgan.
"On the day I met him he was a bit imitated of me, but I started asking him questions to help him get comfortable around me." said Hotch before smiling a bit, "When they became a couple, Spencer joined Haley, Sean, and I for Christmas and New Years. During that time I made sure to spend one on one time with him to get him more comfortable around me." said Hotch.
"At least you meeting him when he was 19 helped him since he was definitely comfortable around you on his first day at the BAU since he didn't even flinch when you rested your hand on his shoulder like I did." said Morgan.
"When it came to my baby sister dating, I'm glad that Spencer's the one that married her." said Hotch.
"Are you two going to be in trouble for revealing the secret?" asked Emily.
"When I alerted Strauss about Spencer being abducted, she told me that you guys can find out after we found Spencer since he will need all support he can get." said Hotch before smiling a bit, "Strauss always had a soft spot for Spencer since she met him when he spent the first summer after his adopted parents deaths with his godparents so he can be close to Clarissa." said Hotch.
"So are you still going to be calling Reid by his last name during cases?" asked Morgan.
"I'm still going to be calling my brother in law Reid during work, but when we're not working Spencer and I will be on first name basis." said Hotch.
"Do you have a copy of Diana's first picture?" asked Garcia.
Hotch opened up his wallet and showed his teammates his first picture of Diana before grabbing a recent family portrait of the Reid family.
"Diana was born on December 21st of 2003 when Spencer and Clarissa were both 22 years old, and luckily Clarissa and Diana got out of the hospital the day before Christmas Eve." said Hotch.
"Look at that hair." said Garcia as she took in the sight of the curly brown hair while thinking back to seeing Diana with long curly brown hair while flashing back to Jack's first trip to the BAU, "Reid's comment about baldness and wrinkles when you and Haley brought Jack to work for the first time, was he teasing you two about your niece being born with a full head of hair?" asked Garcia.
"He was, and after the case when Spencer, Clarissa, and Diana came over for our weekly post case dinner Haley put him on diaper duty for that comment about the baldness and wrinkles while calling her Mrs. Hotchner." said Hotch causing laughter.
JJ looked at the picture of Spencer, Clarissa, and Diana together and noticed how happy the family of three looked together.
"What's Diana like?" asked JJ.
"Other than being a perfect mixture of her parents when it comes to her looks, she's definitely a genius like Spencer while having Clarissa's outgoing personality." said Hotch.
"Does Diana have the Hotchner glare down?" asked Morgan.
"She mastered the glare around 16 months old." said Hotch proudly.
Everyone laughed at the thought about a three year old glaring at her daddy like her uncle.
"Seems like she got the best from both Reid and Clarissa." said Morgan.
"She sure did, and Diana's excited about meeting her baby brother or sister in August." said Hotch.
Five days later Clarissa helped her tired husband get into his wheelchair when there was a knock on the open door causing Spencer to see Detective Farraday.
"Well this is a surprise Detective." said Spencer.
"When I asked Agent Hotchner if I could come visit you, he asked me if I could take you to the airport since your getting discharged." said Detective Farraday before seeing two women and a little girl, "I didn't know that you have a wife and daughter." said Detective Farraday.
Spencer introduced Clarissa, Diana, and Lucy to Detective Farraday before Spencer looked at his daughter.
"Want to ride on my lap?" asked Spencer.
"Yes, daddy." grinned Diana as she climbed onto her daddy's lap.
Spencer wrapped an arm around his little girl before taking hold of one of Clarissa's hands.
"Let me help you guys with your bags." said Detective Farraday.
"Thank you." said Lucy.
A minute later a nurse was pushing Spencer out of his hospital room while Detective Farraday and Lucy carried Spencer's, Clarissa's, Diana's, Lucy's bags while Clarissa carried her husband's crutches with her free hand.
A few hours later Clarissa looked at her husband as she helped her husband get settled into bed.
"I'll wake you up when your having a nightmare." said Clarissa as she fluffed her husband's pillows.
"OK." said Spencer before looking at his pristine white cast, "I'm thinking about letting Diana use this cast as a canvas tomorrow." said Spencer.
"Before you let our daughter draw on your cast, let me sign the cast." said Clarissa as she quickly grabbed a sharpie and wrote on it, "Get well soon my personal willow tree, love Clarissa Reid." said Clarissa.
"Thank you." said Spencer before looking at his wife, "I'm sorry that I put so much stress on you this past week." said Spencer.
Clarissa looked at her husband.
"With what happened to you will help you remember never to split up with your partner again, and I will always be by your side while you combat PTSD." said Clarissa.
"I'm thinking about attending meetings to help combat the possible cravings for Dilaudid." said Spencer.
"I was already going to recommend that you attend a meeting." said Clarissa.
"Even though I was hoping that Diana could be here tonight, I'm glad that Aaron and Haley insisted that we have a child free night tonight." said Spencer.
"We're going to have some rough nights ahead of us while your working on battling PTSD." said Clarissa before yawning, "We should get some sleep." said Clarissa.
"We should." said Spencer.
Clarissa looked at her husband.
"Before you fall asleep you should take your antibiotics for your head wound." said Clarissa as she hurried off to the bathroom where she grabbed two pill bottles, "Even though the antibiotics are a must, are you willing to take ibuprofen for the pain you must be dealing with?" asked Clarissa.
Spencer looked at the medication that Dr. Miller prescribed for him with a wary look on his face.
"Ibuprofen isn't a narcotic so I'm willing to take it for my broken foot." said Spencer.
A few minutes later Clarissa was singing her husband to sleep before she fell asleep.
The next morning Spencer slowly swung himself into the kitchen with Clarissa by his side to see Lucy putting breakfast onto the kitchen island.
"How did you sleep?" asked Lucy.
Spencer got himself settled onto a stool while Clarissa leaned his crutches against the counter.
"Clara had to wake me up from nightmares a few times." said Spencer.
"I know how PTSD can affect people." said Lucy.
"Have you ever dealt with a traumatic experience in the field?" asked Spencer.
"I was shot in a shoot out, and with the support of my husband, I was able to physically and mentally heal to return to work." said Lucy.
"What about returning to work?" asked Spencer.
"I dealt with severe PTSD when I returned to work when it came to flashbacks and loud noises that sounded like a gun shot bothered me, but eventually I was able to return to my old self." said Lucy before looking at Spencer, "When you return to work in six weeks, you will be dealing with PTSD." said Lucy.
"I know." said Spencer before his stomach growled.
"I made some of your favorites so I can help you gain back the weight you lost." said Lucy.
"Thank you." said Spencer before looking at his wife, "Do you know when I start therapy?" asked Spencer.
"Aaron said that you'll be seeing Dr. Merrill at Quantico tomorrow since its been decided that you deserve a day to settle in at home." said Clarissa.
"She already knows about you." said Spencer before looking at his wife, "Happy Valentines Day, love." said Spencer.
Clarissa leaned forward and kissed her husband.
"Happy Valentines Day." said Clarissa.
"I was going to take you out for dinner and dancing tonight, but now those plans are ruined since I can't get around without crutches." said Spencer.
"We can think of something else to do." said Clarissa.
Later on that afternoon Diana ran into the house and she smiled when she saw her mommy and daddy cuddling on the couch.
"Why did I go to uncle Aaron's last night?" asked the three year old girl.
Clarissa looked at her daughter.
"We wanted to arrange a surprise for you." said Clarissa.
"Really?" asked Diana.
"Let's go into the kitchen." said Spencer.
Clarissa helped her husband get propped up on his crutches before the growing family headed into the kitchen where Diana saw ingredients to make cookies.
"We make cookies?" asked Diana.
"Heart shaped cookies since its Valentines Day." said Spencer as he pointed at the small vase of flowers, "I got these roses for you, Diana." said Spencer.
"Thank you, Daddy." said Diana as she hugged her daddy while making sure to not knock down her daddy.
Clarissa looked at her husband.
"Let's get you seated so we can start making cookies." said Clarissa.
A few minutes later the family of three were making heart shaped cut out cookies from scratch together.
The next day Spencer swung himself into Dr. Merrill's office with Clarissa by his side.
"Spencer has told me a lot about you, Clarissa." said Dr. Merrill as she shook hands with Clarissa before noticing Clarissa's 12 week baby bump, "And congratulations on the upcoming new addition." said Dr. Merrill.
"Thank you." said Clarissa before looking at her husband, "I'm going to go visit my brother at the BAU, so I'll be back in an hour." said Clarissa.
"OK." said Spencer as he gave his wife a gentle kiss before Clarissa helped him get comfortable before leaving the room.
"So the secret is out?" asked Dr. Merrill.
"After what happened, I'm going to need all the support I can get. Luckily Diana's nanny already has experience with PTSD since she's a retired FBI agent." said Spencer.
"Good." said Dr. Merrill before looking at Spencer, "How has settling in at home gone?" asked Dr. Merrill.
"I've been dealing with nightmares, but when I'm awake Clarissa and Diana have kept me distracted." said Spencer as he started to explain how his first day back at home has gone before he had to recount his abduction and torture to Dr. Merrill.
Hotch looked up from his desk and smiled when he saw his sister.
"Spencer's with Dr. Merrill right now?" asked Hotch.
"He is, and I thought that I should let you know how yesterday has gone." said Clarissa as she shut the door before sitting on her brother's couch.
"How did it go?" asked Hotch.
Clarissa started explaining about how PTSD has already taken affect and how she and Diana have been helping Spencer out before there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." said Hotch.
Garcia came into Hotch's office and gasped when she saw Clarissa.
"I didn't know that you were here." said Garcia.
"Spence's talking to a bureau psychologist right now, and I'll be picking him up in 10 minutes." said Clarissa.
"Can I come over later since I now know why I've never been to Reid's house?" asked Garcia.
"How about waiting tomorrow since Spence and I have my 12 week check up while Spence deserves another quiet evening at home before he's hounded by you guys." said Clarissa.
"Deal." said Garcia.
A few minutes later Clarissa left her brother's office so she could go collect her husband.
Two hours later Dr. Larson looked at Spencer and noticed his bandaged head and cast on his left leg.
"What on Earth happened to you, Spencer?" asked Dr. Larson.
"I got held captive by an unsub for two days during my last case, and I'm on leave for the next five weeks so I can go to therapy for PTSD while going back to work when I'm out of this cast." said Spencer.
Dr. Larson looked at his patient.
"I hope that you stayed calm the entire time for your health's and the baby's health." said Dr. Larson.
"I was, and I ended up taking care of my husband in the hospital." said Clarissa.
Dr. Larson started his exam on Clarissa before the two young parents allowed tears to fall down their faces as they watched their second child on the computer monitor.
The next evening a covered up Spencer was laying on the couch with his head on Clarissa's lap while his broken foot was propped up on a few pillows when Hotch entered the room with Morgan, JJ, Emily, and Garcia.
"Hi guys." said Spencer softly.
"Where's Diana?" asked Hotch.
"Lucy decided to get her out of the house while you guys came to visit Spence." said Clarissa before looking at her husband's teammates, "Feel free to take a seat." said Clarissa.
After everyone took their seats, Morgan looked at Spencer as he noticed how comfortable the two 25 year olds were in their current position.
"How you doing Reid?" asked Morgan.
"Other than having to spend the past five days in the hospital, I'm glad to be home again." said Spencer.
Garcia looked at Spencer.
"When I joined the BAU I did my own background check on you, and there was nothing about marriage and being a father in your digital file or online." said Garcia.
"Strauss kept certain information off the database." said Spencer before looking at JJ, Emily, Morgan, and Garcia, "I'm sorry that I kept my life away from the BAU a secret, but I was under orders about not speaking a word to you guys." said Spencer.
"Its OK since I know what its like to keep a secret for years, but I hope that you give me advice since you have more game than me." smiled Morgan.
Emily thought about her own secrets.
"I barely know you, so I'm not upset." said Emily.
Spencer looked at Garcia.
"I'm a little bit upset about you hiding your little girl away from me, but be prepared for me to occasionally abduct your wife for a girls night out while I get to spoil her and the baby genius that you guys are expecting." said Garcia.
Clarissa who was still stroking her husband's curls laughed.
"Diana's already spoiled since she has Spence wrapped around her finger." laughed Clarissa.
"You call him Spence too?" asked JJ.
Spencer noticed the slight glare that JJ was giving his wife.
"Clarissa started to call me Spence on January 1st of 2001." said Spencer.
Garcia looked at Spencer.
"So what was your wedding like?" asked Garcia.
Clarissa looked at Garcia.
"We actually have the wedding and some of the reception on tape since Spence's aunt Elena couldn't make it out here for the wedding." said Clarissa.
"Can we see it?" asked Garcia.
"Sure." said Clarissa before looking at her brother, "Would you mind putting it in." said Clarissa.
"Are you two comfortable?" asked Hotch as he smiled slightly at his sister and his brother in law.
"This was how I got Spence to get some sleep earlier since he was dealing with nightmares last night." Clarissa.
Emily, Morgan, JJ, and Garcia all exchanged glances as they realized that Spencer is already dealing with symptoms of PTSD.
"I just want to be close to the baby." said Spencer as he turned his head a bit and kissed Clarissa's 12 week baby bump, "Daddy loves you, so keep on growing big and strong and mommy and I will see you in August." whispered Spencer.
Clarissa wiped a tear.
"Damn hormones." muttered Clarissa.
"You two are cute together." said Garcia.
Hotch who had put in the DVD looked at everyone.
"Its starting." said Hotch.
After the DVD was over, Garcia who was wiping a tear looked at Spencer and Clarissa.
"That was a beautiful wedding, and the first two songs you danced to were perfect." said Garcia.
"Our first dance as husband and wife was to honor my parents since they danced to the same song." said Spencer.
At that moment the front door opened and Diana grinned when she saw her parents while her nanny helped her remove her winter jacket and remove her shoes.
"Mommy! Daddy!" cried Diana as she ran to her parents.
"You have fun with Lucy?" asked Spencer as he gave his daughter a gentle hug before kissing her forehead.
"I got you a present." said Diana as Lucy handed her a bag, "I got you a teddy bear to cuddle with." said Diana.
Spencer ignored the smirk on Morgan's face while looking at his daughter.
"I love it, Diana. What do you think I should name him?" asked Spencer.
Diana thought about one of her grandmother's books that her daddy read to her.
"Tristan." said Diana.
"Tristan it is." said Spencer as he gave his daughter another kiss.
"Aww." cooed Garcia.
Diana quickly noticed some people.
"Are you daddy's and uncle Aaron's team?" asked Diana.
"We sure are, sweetie." said Garcia.
Diana looked at Garcia.
"You are Penelope." said Diana before pointing out each person, "Derek, JJ, and Emily." said Diana.
"How did you know?" asked Morgan.
"I've told her about you guys, and she had inherited my eidetic memory." said Spencer.
"What do you like to do for fun?" asked Garcia.
"Play the piano, read, and ice skate." said Diana.
"Ice skating at three years old?" asked Emily.
"Spence and I took Diana ice skating for the first time when she was two, and she's already taking figure skating lessons since I use to be a competitive figure skater." said Clarissa.
"Use to?" asked Emily.
"I dreamed about getting into the 2002 Winter Olympics, but the day after I finished my junior year of high school, I was in a car accident that killed my mom and shattered my left ankle. I was hospitalized at Children's National for two weeks, and with how depressed I was, one of my nurses took me down to the day room and asked me to help her entertain the children which led me to go into pediatric nursing." said Clarissa.
"Are you still in contact with that nurse?" asked Emily.
"Nurse Janet Powell is still working at Children's National, and she's Diana's godmother." said Clarissa.
"Who's godfather?" asked Morgan.
"Gideon." said Spencer.
Diana looked at her daddy.
"Are we going to see uncle Sean?" asked Diana.
Spencer looked at his daughter.
"We'll be going in three weeks so I can have some time to recover." said Spencer.
"Yay!" cheered Diana.
Spencer winced.
"Inside voice, Diana." said Spencer sternly.
"Sorry, daddy." said Diana quietly.
"Its OK, Diana, but my head still hurts." said Spencer.
Diana kissed her daddy's head.
"Better?" asked Diana.
Spencer tickled his daughter's belly.
"Your kisses are magic." said Spencer.
"Aww." cooed Emily and Garcia before Garcia looked at Spencer and Clarissa.
"Could we please have a tour of this house?" asked Garcia.
"Sure." said Spencer before looking at his wife, "I want to move around a bit." said Spencer.
Clarissa looked at her brother.
"Can you please grab Spence's crutches for me?" asked Clarissa.
Hotch quickly grabbed Spencer's crutches before helping his brother in law get situated before smirking at Spencer's cast.
"I see that Diana already decorated your cast." said Hotch.
"She wanted to give me something to smile about." said Spencer before looking at his teammates, "Before you guys leave, you guys can sign my cast." said Spencer.
"Let's start the tour." said Clarissa.
Spencer slowly swung himself towards the kitchen with Clarissa walking by his side.
"This is our kitchen." said Spencer.
"Look at that kitchen." said Garcia as she saw all the updated appliances before smiling at the drawings that were displayed on the fridge.
A few minutes later Spencer and his teammates entered the home library.
"This is one of my most favorite rooms in this house." said Spencer.
Emily, JJ, Garcia, and Morgan gasped at all the books that were on the floor to ceiling book shelves before Morgan looked at Spencer.
"I know that you take files home, so where do you do them since I didn't see a desk at all?" asked Morgan.
Spencer smirked.
"What your about to see is why this room is one of my most favorite rooms." said Spencer as he looked at his wife, "You want to show them how I gain access to the attic?" asked Spencer.
"Sure." said Clarissa as she went to the bookcase and moved it causing gasps at the stair case.
"This house was part of the underground railroad, and when the relator showed me this hidden staircase I instantly knew that I wanted the attic to be my office." said Spencer as he flicked on a light and looked at his teammates, "Go on up." said Spencer.
Clarissa looked at her husband.
"I'll stay in here with Diana." said Clarissa.
"OK." said Spencer as he started to slowly follow his teammates up the stairs, and two minutes later he looked at his teammates, "So what do you think of my office?" asked Spencer.
"I restore houses as a side job and I have to say that this is a really nice house." said Morgan.
"Clarissa found this house when I was in the academy, and when she showed me this house I ended up falling in love with this room." said Spencer.
"So with there being two empty bedrooms, are you and Clarissa going to have more kids after the baby's born?" asked Garcia.
"We're planning on having at least two more children since I married someone who wants to have a lot of kids." said Spencer before looking at Morgan, JJ, Emily, and Garcia, "Even though I kept a huge secret from you guys, are you guys still going to want to work with me when I'm cleared for duty?" asked Spencer.
"You've became a little brother to me, and like I told you before, you better give me advice." said Morgan.
"Yes." said Emily.
"Yes." said Garcia.
Spencer looked at JJ who had stayed silent for most of the visit
"Yes." said JJ.