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Lacy here. Chapter two is up next. Obviously since two follows one. Ok bad joke on my part. I think I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that I'm writing a Christmas story. My mom actually checked to see if I had a fever when I told her. So we left off with Emily and Jack getting an early present in the form of Sean Hotchner. Hehe, man I come up with the coolest surprises. Let's see how Em handles the younger Hotchner brother. This is gonna be good. Have fun!

Disclaimer: I'd love to own Hotch but I'll settle for Sean.

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Hotch laughed at Emily's reaction. "Now it wouldn't have been a very good present if I had warned you."

Emily looked back at Sean as he picked Jack up. "I should be mad at you but strangely I'm just trying to think of a good revenge."

Hotch pulled Emily around to face him and kissed her. Emily didn't bother fighting him and returned the kiss. They only broke apart at Jack's giggling and gagging sounds coming from Sean. Hotch turned to his brother and cocked a brow.

"What?" Sean shrugged then pointed at Jack. "It was him."

"Was not!" Jack said.

Sean eyed his nephew. "Couldn't have taken my side once huh?"

Jack giggled more and shook his head. "Nope."

"Stop trying to corrupt my son Sean." Hotch said as he and Emily arrived at the apartment door. "You have a key, why are you out here?"

Sean shrugged again. "Felt like it. Plus if I was inside, I wouldn't have gotten to see your lovely lady's reaction in full."

Emily shot a glare at Sean. "And what is that supposed to mean?"

Sean smirked. "Oh nothing, it's just a very nice stroke to the Hotchner ego to watch a woman lose her footing when she sees us."

Emily scoffed. "That wasn't over your looks Sean, that was because your darling brother didn't warn me you were coming."

Hotch looked at Emily. "You're not letting this go any time soon are you?"

"Nope." Emily said. "Now are you going to introduce us properly?"

"And how about letting us into the apartment?" Sean asked. "It's not very nice to leave people standing in the hall Aaron."

Hotch knew he wasn't going to win on either side so he just unlocked the door, took Jack from Sean and motioned everyone inside.

"Alright," Hotch said after they were settled and Jack was in his room playing. "Sean this is Emily Prentiss, Emily this is my brother Sean Hotchner."

"It's very nice to meet you Emily." Sean said. "Aaron has told me nice things. I presume he's done the same with me?"

Emily gave a half shrug. "It's possible."

Sean turned to his brother. "What have you told her?"

Hotch smiled. "Do you really want the whole list Sean? I mean there are so many things I could have shared."

Emily laughed at the look on Sean's face. "Relax Sean, he didn't tell me anything bad. Just that you're a chef and working towards owning your own restaurant."

Sean relaxed. "Yeah I am and hopefully by the middle of next year I'll have it."

Hotch sat back and smiled as he watched Emily and Sean get to know each other.

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Hotch looked at Emily and Jack and saw Jack falling asleep in Emily's lap.

"Em, why don't you put him to bed?" Hotch said.

Emily nodded and carefully lifted Jack into her arms before standing and heading down the hall. Sean watched her go before looking back at his brother.

"She's definitely different from Haley." Sean said.

Hotch nodded. "She is but that's not why I'm with her Sean."

"Never said it was." Sean said. "I'm just pointing it out. I'm also pointing out that she's really good with Jack."

"That comes naturally." Hotch said. "Not at first but the more time they spent together, you could clearly see she'll make a wonderful mother."

Sean raised a brow at his brother. "And will she?"

Hotch smiled. "I don't know yet Sean."

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Emily tucked Jack's covers around him and placed a kiss on his head before making her way back into the living room where Hotch and Sean were.

"He asleep?" Hotch asked.

Emily nodded and retook her seat beside Hotch. "Yeah as soon as his head hit the pillow." she looked at Sean. "So how long are you here for Sean?"

"The week." Sean said. "When Aaron called and asked if I wanted to spend Christmas with you guys, I couldn't very well say no. Imagine all the stories of young Aaron I can share with the team."

Hotch groaned and dropped his head to Emily's shoulder. "What was I thinking?"

Emily laughed with Sean as she patted Hotch's cheek.

"You were thinking you wanted your son to see his uncle on Christmas." Emily said.

"You just didn't realize it was at the risk of all our childhood stories." Sean teased.

Hotch tried to moved towards Sean but Emily held him in place, laughing the whole time.

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JJ stood on her toes, trying to hook a string of lights over the top of a window. Dave smiled as he placed his hands on JJ's waist and lifted her. JJ laughed and after hooking the lights, Dave put her down. JJ faced him.

"Why thank you." JJ said. "I was going to get a chair."

"Why use a chair when you have me?" Dave asked.

JJ shook her head with a smile. "Why is right. Is Henry asleep?"

Dave nodded. "Went down about five minutes ago. I thought you were going to decorate tomorrow."

JJ looked back at the window. "I wanted to get some done tonight. This is a big cabin Dave. It's gonna take more then one day."

"That's why there are two of us." Dave said, tapping JJ's nose. "To make it go faster."

"And Henry's just going to watch himself?" JJ questioned.

Dave paused. "Ok so maybe decorating will take more then one day."

JJ patted Dave's cheek. "It's ok, you'll be right some day."

Dave gaped as JJ headed down the hall. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"

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"Morgan!"

Morgan looked up from his cell phone and saw Reid walking towards him.

"You sure pick last minute for present shopping kid." Morgan said.

Reid stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I haven't found the right gift yet. I can't figure out what to get her."

Morgan patted Reid on the shoulder. "That's why we're here. Dave's inside, he's got Henry with him. JJ's decorating today."

Reid nodded. "Oh Hotch said he couldn't make it. He really didn't want to leave Emily alone with Jack and Sean."

Morgan smiled. "Doesn't think she can handle it?"

Reid laughed. "No he doesn't think Sean can handle Jack and Emily."

"Smart man." Morgan said. "Smart man." he held the mall door open. "Let's go find your girl a gift."

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Dave bounced Henry on his knee in the food court while he waited for Morgan and Reid to get there.

"What do you think Mommy would like bud?" Dave asked Henry.

"Don't tell me you haven't gotten JJ a gift." Morgan said as he and Reid joined Dave and Henry.

Dave stood up, perching Henry on his hip. "Of course I have. I got it when I went with Hotch to get Emily and Jack's presents. Henry here, however has not picked out a gift."

Reid took Henry from Dave. "Well then Henry, I guess we'll be looking together. You tell me if you see something Austin will like and I'll tell you if I see something your mom will like. Deal?"

Dave and Morgan smiled as Reid shook Henry's little hand. Reid looked at the two older men.

"Alright, let's get shopping." Reid said.

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Austin smoothed out the last window decal and turned to look at the cabin. JJ had picked her up just after Reid had left to go meet Morgan and Dave and the two had been decorating for what felt like hours.

"Tell me, for a man who previously lived by himself," Austin said. "why on earth did he buy such a big cabin?"

JJ sat down on the couch and Austin joined her.

"I have no idea but next year," JJ said, "he's decorating."

"Thanks for letting me help JJ." Austin said. "This is definitely better then sitting in Spencer's apartment trying to figure out what he's getting me for Christmas."

JJ smiled. "You're welcome. And I'll give you some advice. Don't bother trying to figure out what Spence is getting you. When those boys put their heads together, there's no getting anything out of them."

Austin laughed. "Yeah I kinda picked up on that. So it's just going to be the team right?"

JJ nodded. "Yeah well, you will get to meet Hotch's brother."

Austin raised a brow. "Hotch has a brother?"

"Yeah he does." JJ said. "He's a chef from what Dave told me. I've only met him once and really it wasn't a meeting."

Austin turned to face JJ. "Do tell."

JJ mirrored Austin's position and started telling her about Sean.

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Emily sat at the kitchen table while Sean cooked dinner. Hotch and Jack were in Jack's room cleaning up his toys from the day.

"So Emily." Sean said.

"So Sean." Emily countered.

Sean laughed. "How long have you been on my brother's team?"

Emily blew out a breath. "This is my third year on the team."

"So you were there before Aaron and Haley started having problems." Sean said.

Emily nodded. "I was."

Sean faced Emily. "And you were the one to help Aaron through the separation and divorce."

Again Emily nodded. "Where are you going with this Sean?"

"Nowhere bad, I just wanted to say thank you." Sean said. "Thank you for keeping Aaron together. I get the feeling if he had done it alone, he would have fallen apart."

Emily smiled. "We're a family Sean, the team and there isn't anything we wouldn't do for each other. At the time Aaron was my friend and it hurt me to see him hurting. Even if he had pushed me away I would have done anything I could to help stop the pain."

Sean and Emily turned as Hotch and Jack came down the hall laughing.

"I think you did a good job Em." Sean said. "A very good job."

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Brotherly approval. Always a nice thing to have. And you'll find out what Reid and Henry got JJ and Austin come Christmas. Well not actually Christmas, as in real time but Christmas in the fic. *waves hand* You know what I mean. Oh and the bonding there with JJ and Austin? Yeah there will actually be a girls night coming up in the Aaron and Emily series where our BAU girls get to know Austin better. Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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Sarah here! Listening to Christmas Carols to put me in the mood. Great job. Well, besides punctuation and such. This is the first time I've noticed her spacing/comma errors! Scary. Okay, Kisses!~Sarah