I apologise for the sheer volume of mushiness but I was sad from revision and this chapter was a nice pick me up.

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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express- Joseph Addison.

The tiny bundle let out a small whimper. Derek couldn't stop smiling as he cradled his first born tightly against his chest. Her skin was a shade or two lighter than Derek's and she had her Mom's sea green eyes which were gazing intently up at him. He couldn't believe she was his, the idea that he was responsible for her frightened him more than any of the Unsubs he'd ever come up against. Sophie wriggled in his arms and let out a small whimper before quieting down again as he rocked her. His eyes flicked up to see Emma watching him from her hospital bed and he felt his heart burst with love for the two women in my life.

"Being a Dad suits you." She smiled tiredly at him as he walked towards her, carefully cradling his precious daughter in his arms. Emma reached out an arm and stroked the black silky hair from her daughter's face. Derek sat down on the bed with Emma who instantly cuddled closer to him.

"I can't wait for Mamma to see her. You should have heard her squeal on the phone when I told her she had a granddaughter." He smiled at the memory, although his ear was still ringing from the shrieking. His sisters were bringing his Mamma down and they should be here the next morning, he doubted he'd get his daughter back once they arrived.

"I know, you'll be spoilt won't you baby?" She kissed the tiny nose making the baby wiggle again in Derek's arms.

"She needs a name."

"Mmm… later." Emma lay her head down on the pillow and closed her eyes, still exhausted from the nineteen hour labour she'd endured. Derek gently laid his precious child down in the plastic crib beside the bed and, after making sure she was asleep, crawled back into bed beside Emma who instantly curled up on his chest. One of his favourite things about having a wife was the way she curled up on his chest; there was something intensely comforting about her heavy weight on him, as if she was grounding him into the present. Emma's breathing evened out as she quickly fell asleep but despite his exhaustion, Derek's mind wouldn't turn itself off. He was suddenly very scared about the future; that little girl was totally dependent on him and he wasn't sure he could give her what she needed. He ran his hand up and down Emma's back in another gesture he found extremely comforting while he listened to the quiet snuffling of his child next to the bed.

He must have fallen asleep because the next thing he remembered he could feel another presence in the room. He went into overdriving; reaching blindly for a gun he didn't have as he pushed Emma off him to get to the person who was near his family. He felt incredibly foolish when he saw a nurse checking on his daughter.

"Sorry I didn't mean to disturb you." She smiled pleasantly as she moved away from the crib to check Emma's notes. The aforementioned Emma was stirring groggily after being unceremoniously dumped off of Derek's chest, rubbing at her eyes as she too looked around to check on her baby. "She's beautiful."

"Thank you." Emma smiled before reaching over Derek to pick her up and cuddle her against her chest. The nurse quietly left the new family together as Emma stared down in awe at her child, while Derek wrapped his arms around the two of them. "Names?"

"We probably should have thought about this before she was born." Emma laughed in agreement as she nudged Derek in the direction the go bag that was lying on a chair in the corner of the room where there was a baby names book. It wasn't strictly true that they hadn't been thinking about names, only that they hadn't come up with any they liked. She wasn't sure exactly why they were finding it so hard to find names but nothing they decided on seemed to fit so they'd decided that once they saw her a name would instantly come to them. It hadn't happened like that, all she knew was she wanted a beautiful name for her equally beautiful daughter.

"How about… Lily?" Derek asked as he turned to a random page. She looked down at the slumbering girl and shook her head; she didn't look like a Lilly.

"Well we know her middle name." Emma smiled, they'd already decided to name her after Derek's parents: Thomas for a boy and Francine for a girl. It had been Emma's idea; she adored Derek's family and from the way Fran raved to anyone who'd listen about her daughter- in –law the feeling was more than mutual.

"Josella… Christina… Paige… Sophie… Hannah." Derek kept turning to random pages and calling out the first name on it while Emma looked at the baby and tried it out in her mind.

"Go back."

"Hannah?" Derek pulled a face, obviously not keen on the suggestion.

"No, Sophie. Sophie Morgan, what do you think?" Something had clicked when Derek said the name.

"Sophie Francine Morgan." Derek repeated the name and stared at the little girl, she looked like a Sophie. "I like it. It means wisdom."

"Reid'll get a kick out of it." Emma agreed before looking up at the door as she heard a familiar voice down the corridor. Emma felt excitement bubble inside her at the idea of showing off her daughter to her family; she'd never really imagined her family coming to see her new born child. Her Father had left when she was born and her Mother had been an alcoholic, it had hardly been the best childhood, but now she had a family that she loved.

"Hey… oh wow." Fran Morgan stopped in the doorway and bit her lip in excitement as she stared at her daughter-in-law cradling her first grandchild. She pushed a lock of curly red hair as she made her way into the room, her eyes met Derek's and she couldn't help but smile at how happy he looked. Sarah and Desiree followed her in and both let out a little squeal when they saw the newest edition to the family.

"Would you like to hold her?" Emma held out the tiny bundle to Fran who happily took her, but she instantly felt bereft without the weight in her arms. Sarah and Desiree crowded round her with hugs and kisses for the girl they considered their sister, while secretly eyeing up their Mom holding their niece and wondering when they could get a cuddle.

"She's beautiful. Does she have a name?" Fran cooed as she kissed her grandchild's nose.

"Sophie Francine," Derek couldn't help but grin at the ecstatic look that passed across his Mother's face when she found out his daughter's name. He watched the interactions between his family for a while as his sisters each took turns holding the baby, but he knew that he had more family that he had to tell about his daughter. The team had been away in Alaska on a case, even Garcia had gone with them, when Emma called to tell him she'd gone into labour and he'd had to hot foot it back to Quantico. He'd promised Garcia he'd call when the baby was born but he'd been too exhausted to do much more than quickly call his Mom before curling up with Emma. He promised he wouldn't be gone long although he doubted any of them would have noticed his disappearance as they all cooed over Sophie. He wandered out into the corridor and fished out some coins for the payphone down the hall before dialling the all too familiar number for Garcia.

"Hey baby girl, how's the case?"

"Don't 'how's the case me'! How's Emma and the baby?"

"They're both fine." He knew he shouldn't tease Garcia but he knew how desperate she was for him to have a daughter that she could spoil.

"And? Boy or girl? Names? Don't leave me hanging on!" Garcia whined. "You know I can photoshop some pretty nasty pictures of you."

"Whoa baby girl, let's leave photoshop alone. It's a girl." He had to hold the phone away from his ear as Garcia's delighted squeals burst through the speaker.

"OH MY GOD! I bet she's adorable! Name?"

"Sophie, and yes she's adorable, she's got Emma's eyes." He couldn't stop grinning like the proud Father he was as he thought back to the tiny baby in the room. His tiny baby. Once again his body seemed to spasm with fear at the idea of being responsible for her.

"I can't wait to hold her!" Garcia squealed. "Send me photos!" He promised he would before hanging up to let her get back to the case.

When he got back to the room Emma had Sophie back in her arms and she seemed to have visibly relaxed, obviously happy to have her daughter back when she belonged. Remembering his promise to Garcia he pulled out his phone and flicked through the settings to the camera before holding it up to capture Emma's radiant smile as she caught his eye, both of them in awe of the child they'd created. He was going to send that picture to Garcia but Sarah seemed to have other ideas as she stole his phone and pushed him towards the bed.

"You need one of the three of you." He nodded and settled on the bed as he wrapped a protective arm around Emma and Sophie. His perfect little family.