Family Ties
Disclaimer: CBS owns Criminal Minds
Summary: When Reid brings his magic set out for Jack's party doesn't seem like a bad idea right? Wrong, because it turns out they aren't magic handcuffs but real ones that get two agents trapped together.
A/N: This is another series of one-shot that needed major fixing then I decided to place it in this new series. Five shot, maybe six.
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"Here we are trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why." Kurt Vonnegut
Hotch looked over at Jack's grinning face, he loved seeing his son so happy. Specially since it was his day, his birthday.
"Look at that, Jack" Emily happily pointed out, "Look at what Reid's got set up."
"Magic set" Jack said loudly, "Cool. Can I help?"
Reid smiled down at the little boy while Garcia grinned at the idea, "Well we do need a second assistant. You think you're up for the job, little man?"
Jack nodded, "Yes. What first?"
Reid looked over his set up, "Ok, we need a volunteer."
Emily and JJ chuckled when Henry waved his little hand in the air, "Me."
Reid laughed, "You, Mr. Henry please step forward."
Henry scrambled off JJ's lap to the little table, "Ok."
Reid looked over to Jack, "Jack can you please hand me the playing cards?"
Jack happily hand the cards over and both boys were in awe as he shuffled them, "Ok, Henry. Pick a card and show it to the audience only."
Henry pulled out a card grinning as he showed off the Queen of Diamonds to the audience who 'oohed' at that.
"Now put the card back in the deck," Reid instructed smirking once Henry did as instructed, "Ok, let me shuffle these one more time."
As Reid shuffled, Emily seen the awe on both boys face as Reid pulled out the card, "Is this your card?"
"YES!" Henry said clapping, "How'd you do that?"
Reid kneeled in front of both boys, "The secret to magic is that even though you can't see it. It's always there."
Both boys laughed with glee as Reid pulled two quarters out behind their ear then handing the coins to them.
"Ok, Henry go on back to your mom. We've got another magic trick but this time we need two grown up volunteers" Reid said pulling out his handcuffs from his magic bag.
"Ok, ladies and gentlemen who will be our volunteer?" Reid asked looking from JJ to Emily.
"Oh yeah" Morgan said grinning "I wouldn't mind seeing two lovely ladies handcuffed to each other... Kind of like a Charlie's Angels thing... Ow."
Morgan turned around to see Emily smugly looking at him.
"Did you really just throw a hot dog bun at me?" Morgan asked.
"Guilty" Emily said, "And darn proud of it."
"Daddy and Emmy come up here" Jack ordered turning to Reid, "They'll be in this trick."
"Sorry buddy" Hotch said looking over at Emily, "But I'm going to have to sit this one out..."
"What's the matter, Aaron?" Dave whispered lightly "Afraid you'll have bad thoughts about being cuffed to Emily? This is your son's birthday get up there."
Emily reluctantly stood up when she saw the simultaneous puppy dog looks from Reid and Jack.
'Crap' Emily thought as if one look, wasn't bad enough "Fine, whatever."
"Yay, Emmy" Jack said, "Thank you."
Emily held out her wrist, grimacing internally when she saw Hotch walk over slowly, 'Quit acting like your taking the long walk on the Green Mile.'
Both dark-haired agents looked up when Reid cuffed them together, "Jack would you like to test out these handcuffs to see if they're safely locked on?"
Jack nodded and wandered over to the middle of Hotch and Emily, jiggling on them showing the small group that the handcuffs were secured together.
Hotch and Emily winced when they felt the pressure on their wrists.
"Damn it" Emily murmured to Hotch, "These magic handcuffs of Reid probably weren't be cheap. That stung like a Mother..."
Hotch raised an eyebrow, "I know."
"All right" Reid said adjusting his hat, "I've made sure the handcuffs were secure and now all we have to do is say the magic words, ready Jack?"
Jack nodded standing next to Reid, "Abracadabra."
Reid grabbed on to the handcuffs, to remove them but both dark-haired agents winced out in pain.
"Huh" Reid said seeing the handcuffs on them, "What the..."
"What?" Hotch asked giving Reid a patented look, "I thought you were suppose to be good at this kind of thing."
"I am" Reid said indignantly, bending down to give the handcuffs a closer inspection, "These aren't mine."
"What?" Morgan, Emily and Hotch cried out in unison.
"What do you mean those aren't yours?" Dave asked coming closer to the handcuffs, "These are real handcuffs. Reid where's the key?"
"I don't know" Reid answered, "Because I've never seen these handcuffs before."
Emily felt herself being suffocated and needed to go, "Someone get these off, now."
Everyone looked up at her in shock, including the two boys.
"Calm down, we'll get these off in a second" Morgan said going for his Swiss army knife, "Just need to check something..."
Morgan tried to be gentle as he looked at the lock on the handcuffs, biting his lower lip, "We need to find out who these belong to because these are really old."
"Well what does it matter how old they are?" Emily asked, "We just need to find out how to get them off because my wrist is starting to go red..."
"I'm sorry" Garcia said loudly causing everyone to look at her, "They're mine."
"Since when do you own handcuffs baby girl?" Morgan asked.
"They belonged to Kevin's grandfather..." Garcia said, "Well we were using them the..."
"So not the point" JJ quickly replied, her eyes going to the two children and Garcia winced at that, "Where's the key? Give us the key."
Garcia opened her purse, digging around inside she pulled out a few objects then looked up with wide eyes.
"Oh crap" Garcia muttered digging inside again, she looked at the handcuffed agents, "Sorry."
"What?" the handcuffed pair asked.
"It's not in here" Garcia whispered, "I swear I put it in here."
"Garcia" Hotch said trying to keep his voice calm, "Do you think it could be in your car?"
Garcia's eyes narrowed as she looked over at her car, "Maybe, yes."
"Reid?" Morgan said, "You watch the boys, while Garcia, JJ and I check out the car. "
Emily stood up pulling Hotch with her, "Good, we've got to go somewhere."
"Ow" Hotch winced, missing the amused look on Dave's face, "Where are we going?"
Turning her head to look at him, "The ladies room."
Hotch paused causing Emily to stumble, his free hand grabbed her to hold her up.
"Can't you just hold it?" Hotch asked her.
"You want me to hold it in?" Emily repeated, tilting her head to the side, "Not going to happen."
"Fine, lets just hurry it up" Hotch said, his heart had raced ever since the handcuffs clicked on his wrists.
The two rushed through the park, not paying attention to their surroundings or onlookers.
Once they reached the men's section, Emily turned to enter the women's bathroom, Hotch paused.
"What?" Emily asked dragging him with her, "It's not like I'm going into the men's room. They're absolutely filthy in there."
"I have the key" Garcia said holding up the key, "Where are Hotch and Emily?"
Reid looked off to the left, "She had to go to the bathroom."
"Oh" JJ and Garcia said in an 'ah' tone.
"Give me the key" Morgan said as he and Dave headed off in the direction towards the park bathroom.
"Hotch?" Dave said pounding on the men's room door, "Emily? We've got the key..."
"Excuse me?" a police officer said "Are you Agents Rossi and Morgan?"
"Yeah?" Dave said as he and Morgan flashed their credentials, "How can we help you, officer?"
"I've got two of your agents at the bench over there" the officer said, "We had calls concerning some escapees. Some calls were reported, asking if a couple handcuffed together escape police custody."
"I told you we were FBI agents" Emily said belligerently while Hotch was whispering to her, "I am calm!"
As Hotch was whispering to her, the cop looked less than pleased with the two, "We found them in the women's restroom... The woman over there was angry, yelling and when we came in she was fixing her clothes."
Both Morgan and Dave looked from each other to Emily with a raised eyebrow.
"We were going to bring them for questioning regarding the handcuffs and indecent conduct in a public place" the officer added, "That's when they told me who they were and what happened. Were they really participating in a magic act?"
"Yep" Dave said stunned by their friends near arrest.
"Told you we weren't having sex" Emily muttered.
"It was an honest mistake, ma'am" the officer said cowering when she shot him a look, "The man was helping her with her pants."
"You try getting your clothes off while you're handcuffed to someone" Emily muttered, "Morgan you better get that key over here if you know what's good for you."
Morgan rushed over while Dave thanked the cop and wandered over to the two angry agents.
"So a little afternoon delight?" Dave teased while Morgan chuckled but neither Hotch nor Emily were amused.
"You think this is funny?" Hotch said with a raised eyebrow, "Today is my son's birthday..."
Emily could see the guilt wash over both men's faces.
"Sorry." Morgan murmured.
"And do you have any idea how hard it is to go to the bathroom with someone handcuffed to you?" Emily asked raising an eyebrow, "Particularly a man? Let alone your own boss?"
Emily could see the discomfort look on both of their faces while Hotch shot her a look saying 'good job'.
"Well do you boys have anything to say?" Emily asked.
Dave raised an eyebrow at the tone, while Morgan reiterated, "Sorry."
"Thank you, Dave?" Emily asked looking at the older man, "Well?"
Dave tilted his head, "I have nothing to apologize for, I'm not the one who handcuffed you two together."
Hotch glared at the older man, "No but you don't have to look so thrilled at hearing about this."
Dave shrugged his shoulders, "Well then stop being so damn entertaining."
Hotch and Emily rubbed their wrists as they walked away from the chuckling agents.
"What a smart ass" Emily muttered to Hotch, who nodded in agreement.
"Wow a PSP" Jack said happily looking over at Dave, "Thank you, Uncle Dave."
"You're welcome, little man" Dave said smirking at the angry Hotch, "Glad you liked it."
Emily and Hotch could feel the eyes of their friends glancing at them every so often which annoyed Emily to no end.
"So, Em" JJ whispered as the others were watching Jack unwrap his presents "What happened in the bathroom?"
Emily turned to glare at her blonde friend while Garcia looked on with glee.
"Nothing happened" Emily hissed out, "Do you know how hard it was to try to go to the bathroom with one free arm?"
"Uh..." JJ said, "What do you mean?"
Emily sighed, looking over at Hotch, "I had to go, and I needed someone to help me with my pants..."
"What?" JJ gasped quitely.
"That's when the cop walked in..." Emily whispered.
"OMG" Garcia whispered, "So you and the boss man didn't do a little" she grunted twice "In the bathroom? Not even a little."
"Nope, not even a little" Emily said, looking over at Hotch laughing with his son, "So you all can wipe that thought from your pretty blonde heads."
"EMMY!" Jack said rushing over to her, "Thank you for my Power Wheels Dune Racer."
"You're welcome, buddy" Emily said pulling back, "Do you like your remote helicopter too?"
"Yes" Jack said, "Thank you for all my toys."
Hotch smiled when he saw the way his son hanged onto Emily talking about the presents she got him. It always warmed his heart seeing Jack close to her, always.
Emily looked over to Hotch as Jack and Henry were playing with the helicopter with Morgan, Dave and Reid while JJ and Garcia were talking quietly by the cake preparing it.
Hotch looked up to see Emily smile at him, he smiled back showing off his dimples.
Emily got up picking up the discarded wrapping papers and bows, and walked over to the trash can next to Hotch.
"Hey" Hotch said, "Thanks for all your help."
"No problem" Emily said both looking up to see Jack laughing as he flew his helicopter, "He seems to be having a good birthday."
"He is" Hotch said, "You know he really wanted that helicopter and racer."
"Then I'm glad I got them for him" Emily said looking over at him, "What's wrong?"
Hotch looked over at her, "I'm sorry about the bathroom."
Emily raised an eyebrow at him, "Why? You didn't do anything wrong."
Hotch grinned, "Well so then you're not mad?"
Emily rolled her eyes as she chuckled, "No. Just don't ever mention that in front of the team. Again, ever."
"Mention what?" Hotch said teasing, "That I had my hand down your pants right before the cop came in?"
Emily laughed, "You had to go there didn't you?"
Hotch leaned in, "Well at least they don't know about us. Not yet, anyways."
Emily's eyes light up, "Not for a lack of trying on the girls part."
Hotch chuckled lightly, "Well that'll be their Christmas present. Telling the team" He looked over at her, "Are you ok with that?"
Emily nodded, "That's fine with me. Doesn't matter when they find out just that they do someday."
"I'd kiss you, but everyone's watching" Hotch said grinning as he saw her look over her shoulder watching the team stare at them.
When she turned back around trying to look back at Hotch, she was surprised when he planted a kiss on her and didn't pull away even when Garcia's loud reaction.
"What the..." Garcia said, "You are together? I knew it."
Dave raised an eyebrow as he took a seat down on the bench giving the two a look but shook his head and resumed his conversation with Morgan and Reid.
JJ leaned over, "You and I are going to have a talk later on."
"Yeah right" Emily hissed back as Jack came over to her and Hotch with his helicopter.
"Daddy, Emmy look" Jack said showing his off his trick with the toy.
"Of course I can keep a secret. It's the people I tell them to that can't keep them." Anthony Haden-Guest
Until Next Time...
Well I hope you all liked this... Didn't know where I was going with this until I got there.