Things went back to normal at the BAU. Hotch and Emily resumed their working relationship, with no lingering embarrassment. A few weeks later, while eating dinner with the team, after a case in Saint Petersburg, Florida, an interesting conversation started. JJ brought up that her and Will were going to see the movie Friends with Benefits the next night.
"Friends with Benefits, what's that about" asked Reid
"Reid, come on man. You never heard the term friends with benefits?" asked Morgan.
"Um…no"
"Well my cute little naive brainiact, let me educate you" said Garcia who had accompanied the team on the case. "It's when two friends, enter into an agreement, where they have sex together, but remain just good friends".
"Does that work?" Reid questioned.
"Don't look at me" JJ said. "Me either" replied Emily.
"I have three ex-wives, zero friends with benefits" Rossi said with a chuckle.
"Morgan?" JJ questioned
"Okay. I have had a few friends with benies. First time was when I was still a cop and studying for the academy. I didn't have much free time for a relationship. The other time was about two years back. I was between girlfriends and I had a friend in a similar situation. We both had urges, so we hooked up a few times. Then she met someone and we went back to just being friends."
"Just like that, back to being friends?" Hotch asked.
"Yeah, no big deal. We're still good friends. She's married and I play basketball with her husband every once and a while".
Everyone starred at Morgan with their mouths agape. "What?" he said. "It works. Hotch and Hot Mama, you two haven't fessed up. Either of you have a friend with benefits?"
"Not me" Hotch declared, still mystified that Morgan plays basketball with a man whose wife he slept with.
"I had one special friend" Garcia said with a sly smile. It was before Kevin. I had a friend who is a computer geek like me. We were both lonely, so it worked well for us. Unlike Derek, I don't see him anymore, not because our agreement went south or anything. He went west; took a job at an internet startup in California.
"Wow, you learn something new every day" Reid said.
Rossi, who, like most of the team, had consumed a few glasses of wine, shared his observation. "Well, I can see the benefit in that type of arrangement. We all go through periods where we don't have a significant other. Our basic needs still exist."
"Damn right" added Morgan. "It gets pretty lonely sometimes taking care of those needs by yourself."
As Hotch's eyes met Emily's, he noticed a blush creeping up her neck. He knew instantly that she was thinking about their infamous meeting at Fun N Fantasy. He felt the warmth of a blush starting in him too.
Garcia couldn't help but giggle. "Well I have Kevin, Derek your dating Sherri, JJ's got Will. That leaves the rest of you guys in need of a FWB. Reid? Got any cute friends?"
"Leave me out of this" squeaked Reid almost choking on his egg roll. Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"Maybe we should institute a FWB program at Quantico. God knows with the strange hours it's hard to meet people" Garcia went on.
It was Emily who almost choked this time.
"Oh shit, this is becoming a dangerous topic" Hotch thought to himself. "We better change the subject, before I have to explain to Strauss why one of my agents died while chocking on an egg roll and another choked on her wine, discussing FWB as Garcia termed it" Hotch said.
The team started discussing other things, but Hotch couldn't concentrate. Since catching Emily's eye, while thinking about their shopping adventure, he was feeling his "basic need" swell up. Since their run in at the store and their dinner together, he had found himself fantasizing about her, often. He knew he shouldn't be entertaining erotic thoughts about her, but he couldn't help it. He found himself watching her. She had gotten quiet since the topic changed.
Emily was glad that the team stopped discussing FWB's. She was okay until Morgan mentioned how lonely masturbation could be. Then that whole thing about how their schedule makes meeting people difficult, it was almost identical to the conversation she had with Hotch a few weeks ago. She couldn't help but imagine if the BAU had a FWB program, who she would be paired with. "I know who I would like to be paired with" she thought, glancing over at Hotch. She was getting hot, and it had nothing to do with the temperature in the restaurant.
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