Just a note, this takes place when JJ was still around, so let's say early season 5.…The time doesn't really matter, though, because I won't be talking about cases and events that happened on the show that much. I see some of you got confused and/or started guessing on who the bride is! I'm glad you guys are curious! Thnx for reading everyone; hope you liked this too! Medical and legal facts have and always will be googled. ;)
Child's Play- Chapter 2
Arrangements
When Spencer Reid woke up, he was laying in a hospital bed with a clean pair of clothes. They were dry now, and so was his hair. He frowned, wondering if Morgan had been the one to change him and silently hoping it was in fact him. His eyes wandered around the room, and he smiled when he saw Morgan fast asleep on a chair with Hotch and Prentiss both passed out on a couch opposite of him. When he looked to the other side, he saw a smaller bed- no, a crib- and he immediately jumped up from the bed to reach it. He knew it had to be Henry, and he desperately wanted to see him. The last time he had seen the infant he was cuddled in a corner shivering and screaming. Now, he was resting and considerably warm, or so he hoped anyways.
Reid debated about whether or not to pick the baby up; he seemed at ease where he was, but he hadn't been held since…since JJ died. His decision was made for him, though, when Henry suddenly decided to wake up and start crying. He quickly picked Henry up with shaky hands and jogged out of the room, regretting the action as soon as his leg started hurting again. He had reinjured it during the shooting on the ice; he had been forced down into the icy water, and when he had tried pulling himself out, he hit his leg hard on the ice. It was still unclear to him how he had gotten from the lake to the cabin…
"Sir, are you okay?" a nurse asked.
Reid turned around with a frown, but he quickly recovered and nodded his head. "He… he hasn't ate in a while, I think…." he mumbled.
The nurse walked up to the two of them, and she reached for the child in his hands. He pulled back, though, causing the nurse to frown as well. "Sir, you're hands are shaking." She paused, waiting for a response, but she quickly realized she wasn't going to receive one. Recognition seemed to seep in, and she then smiled sympathetically at him. "I'm sorry for your loss….all of them, I suppose. Come on, let's go get Henry something to eat."
"Yeah, thanks," Reid nodded. He then let the nurse led him the ICU, where other babies were being fed and taken care of by multiple nurses. She motioned for him to sit down and passed Henry back to him. The boy smiled up at him, immediately grabbing hold of a long piece of curly hair and springing it up and down in amusement. He smiled, though tears ran down his eyes. He was glad to know that Henry was okay, but he had just lost three near and dear friends. That would take a while for anyone to get over.
"Here you are, Dr. Reid. Just tell me if there's anything that we can help with," she smiled pleasantly. She placed the bottle in Reid's hand before leaving him alone in the room with Henry. Immediately, he started feeding Henry, a smile playing at his lips as the baby happily sucked on the bottle. A few seconds later, he heard someone clearing their throat in the doorway. He whipped his head around to see Morgan pleasantly smiling back. He took that as in invitation to enter, and he immediately bent down to kiss his boyfriend.
"It's good to see you awake," he smiled. "You were pretty freaked out last night." Morgan then took the chair next to him and watched as Reid adjusted the baby in his arms.
"I'm still freaked out, and I probably will be for a while," Reid sighed. "I'm…I have to take care of Henry now…by myself."
"You won't be alone, Spencer, you'll have me and the rest of the team," Morgan reassured. Spencer nodded, his gaze still fixed on Henry. His eyes kept closing, though, and he was slowly dropping the bottle from his hand. "Spencer, you're upsetting him," Morgan chuckled. Spencer's eyes popped opened, and he immediately dropped his eyes to look straight at Henry. The baby was frowning at him, as his bottle wasn't anywhere near his mouth now.
"Sorry Henry," he sighed, "I guess I'm still…still a little out of it." He moved the bottle back into Henry's mouth with a sigh, but he frowned when Morgan reached over and took him from his shaky hands. "What- why did you take him?" Reid frowned, obviously hurt and offended. Keeping Henry with him was the only thing keeping him sane, keeping him from breaking down into tears.
"You need to sleep some more. I highly doubt that you've slept enough, and it's obvious that you're still in shock. Just sleep, okay? Henry isn't going anywhere, I'll promise you that." Morgan could tell, though, by the determined look in his glazed-over eyes that he was going to be stubborn as hell.
"No, please….I want Henry back," Reid whimpered. It wasn't the strong and 'no questions asked' response he wanted to give Morgan, but it got the job done. Morgan, knowing now that he was going to whine and moan without him, reluctantly gave Henry back. The kid seemed happier with Reid, anyways. "Thank you," Reid sighed in relief. "It's just….after everything….it feels so unreal. Henry makes it better somehow, I guess," he mumbled as he placed the bottle back in Henry's mouth.
Suddenly, Morgan's phone started vibrating, and he quickly excused himself from the room.
"Morgan?"
"Yeah, this is Morgan…who is this?" he frowned.
"It's Kevin. I've been trying to call Penelope for a while, and everyone in the office says your team hasn't come in the office yet. You guys on a case?" Kevin Lynch asked nervously.
'Oh, damn,' Morgan thought. Apparently no one had told Kevin, leaving him the less than desirable job on his shoulders. He himself hadn't quite processed what had happened; how was he supposed to tell Kevin?
"You there?" Kevin's voice caught off Morgan's train of thought, but he still wasn't ready to answer. "What's going on?" he asked instead, suddenly alert. "Did something happen?"
"Yeah, something' happened, Kevin," Morgan sighed.
"Is Penelope okay?"
Morgan paused, a small trail of tears falling from his eyes, as he covered his mouth to break off his choking sound. "Penelope's….Penelope's dead." Then, Morgan rehashed everything that he had been told about the last 24 hours.
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I know it's a filler and there probably are a lot of errors, but it's all I can give you guys right now. ;( It's been less than pleasant writing lately, but I wanted to give your guys something. Up next, a very bad person- er people really- comes and makes getting over the deaths ten times harder. Thnx for reading; I hope you liked!
