I AM BACK! So, even though I have two stories in progress that I really should be finishing *ducks to avoid flying fruit*, I've made myself a challenge: write something every day for 100 days using a DeviantArt drabble challenge. Of course, I'll continue my other stories too, but this idea won't leave my mind. Think of it as an added bonus for the people who read my other stories. These will probably be really short, by the way.
NOW, ON WITH THE STORY! REVIEWS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED, THANK YOU!
Rating: K
Aaron Hotchner, David Rossi, Team
Aaron Hotchner looked out over the bullpen area, watching his team. The girls were chatting off to one side, presumably about their lives outside of work, since Penelope was with them, and not hiding in her bunker. The boys, on the other hand…
"Come on, Reid, you've gotta have some statistic on this," Morgan laughed as Reid chugged an entire cup of coffee.
"The most coffee ever consumed at one time by one person was 82 cups in 7 hours, or 11.714258 cups per hour, and since I am nowhere close to drinking that much, I think I'll have another cup," the genius replied, walking to the kitchenette to pour himself more of his favorite beverage, coffee-flavored sugar. Morgan just stared in disbelief, and Aaron allowed himself a small smile, quickly concealed, at his team.
For once, they were simply having a peaceful day, without a case dragging them away, or mountains of paperwork prompting a search party for the desks. He watched them just be, unaware of the fact that Rossi had joined him a few minutes before.
"It's nice to see them like this, isn't it?" he asked, looking over the team's various antics. "It's days like these that I know they'll be all right."
"That's the truth. I'm glad that Alex is fitting in with us already," Hotch added. He ran a hand through his hair and said, "We really are a family, aren't we?"
"That we are, that we are," Rossi replied. He was surprised at how far the BAU had come, from a few old men holed up in a closet to a group of fresh, young faces that had become almost as close as his blood family over the years.
They were a family, and that was all the introduction they needed.