AUTHOR'S NOTE

This story takes place somewhere during season 4 when Emily is still present. Somehow, Spencer Reid got caught in the experiment of one UNSUB and got turned into a child. I am so sorry to change the story a bit where Hotch is not married. There will be no Haley, Jack, Will or Henry.

English is not my first language so I want to apologize for any error in grammar or vocabulary. I hope you enjoy and review. Thank you.


Previously,

Spencer continued to sprout off different facts about ice creams all the way to the car and JJ and Hotch just let him. They were not about to ruin his happy mood but they noticed that by time, his words were getting slower and slower. The sugar rush might be wearing off, which is good because he did not give them any trouble when putting him back in the carrier for the drive back to their hotel.


When they entered the parking lot of the hotel, they saw the other car that Morgan, Rossi and Emily used was already parked so they must have been waiting for them in the room. Hotch turned to JJ and Spencer who got strangely quiet during the car ride...again!

"He truly fell asleep this time." JJ answered already knowing the question that Hotch was going to ask.

"hmmm, I just hope that he will stay asleep until we get to the room. After then I won't guarantee anything. With Morgan and Emily, I am afraid he won't be asleep much longer. Do you want me to get this carrier off?"

"No, I think its better to go up like this. He looks comfortable and I feel like I am hugging a koala bear." JJ snickered causing Hotch to smirk. That is one way of describing it.

Hotch got out of the car first before he went to the opposite side to open JJ's door for her and helped her on her feet slowly to avoid waking the sleeping boy. Then he went to gather all the things that they bought at the mall before and after making sure that they did not leave anything behind, they made their way to their room.


Morgan, Rossi and Emily were lazing around the room waiting for Hotch, JJ and Spencer. The room that they were given were pretty big and comfortable even if they had to share. From the door, you could see a small living room with sofa and tv and small coffee table and to the right, there was a small pantry and to the left, there was a door leading to the bedroom and bathroom.

After they finished their work at the station, they went back to the hotel and had the opportunity to shower and change their clothes before going to Hotch's room to wait for the others. They just sat on the sofa watching some Korean show called 'Running Man'. They had no idea what the show was actually about but it was pretty funny and that was enough for them to relax their mind and body.

Suddenly they heard knocks came from the door. Rossi, who were the closest to the door, silently got up from the sofa and went to open the door. Just as he expected, he came face to face with JJ who was cuddling a sleeping Spencer in the carrier, and Hotch, who was carrying so many plastic bags in his hands. Taking pity on his friend, he quickly took some of them from him, to which Hotch was grateful.

Then they made their way inside. Hotch and Rossi headed straight to the dining table to sort out all the take outs boxes and plastics while JJ went to the living room where Morgan and Emily were laughing while watching the tv. She quickly held a finger in front of her mouth signalling them to be quiet, while pointing to the sleeping boy.

"Man, pretty boy is asleep. We were waiting to 'play' with him." Morgan complained but at the same time, he lowered down the volume of the tv, so that it won't wake his little brother.

"No playing. His foot is injured, remember?" JJ reminded them.

"Oh yeah, forgot about them. How's his foot? Is he hurting?" Emily asked as she touched the bandaged foot gently.

"No, thankfully he is not in any pain. The doctor said he will be okay after a day or two with proper rest." JJ explained as she sat down slowly so that the movement would not wake the sleeping boy but unfortunately she failed, as she heard a moan came from the waking boy and a tiny fist came knuckling his eyes.

"Wow, he looks so cute hanging on your body like that. Can I try the carrier?" Emily gushed out. Upon hearing the words, Spencer unconsciously gripped JJ's shirt tighter as he stared at Morgan and Emily from his comfortable position.

"Ohh, it looks like pretty boy only wants his mommy." Morgan teased.

"Stop it, Morgan. He just woke up. Cut the little guy some slack. Since you were being so mature, you can go help 'daddy' with the take outs." JJ fired back, causing Emily and Spencer to giggle at Morgan, who just grumbled under his breath but did as he was told.

"Can I go out of this yet?" Spencer asked after Morgan was gone.

"You don't want to sleep some more handsome?" Emily asked as he shook his head.

"No more sleeping. It's almost time for dinner anyway. He can sleep after dinner. Em, help me get this thing off." Emily got up from her position and moved behind JJ to unfasten the safety buckle. With few more movement, they were able to free Spencer from the carrier. Oddly, even after the carrier was removed, the young boy remained slumped on JJ's front and not moving an inch except to knuckle his eyes. 'Might still be sleepy.' JJ concluded so she just leaves him be while she talked to Emily until Rossi came to get them for dinner.

"Dinner is ready. Morgan said Spencer had woken up, is he not?" Rossi came to the living room to get them for dinner before it gets cold.

"He's awake, but still sleepy." Emily answered. Upon hearing his name, Spencer raised his head and turned to Rossi. Knowing that he wasn't allowed to walk because of his sprained ankle, he climbed down from JJ's lap and crawl towards the edge of the couch before raising both his arms toward Rossi and with a barely heard, soft voice, he said "up".

Rossi just grinned at the little boy before picking him up and his grin got bigger when Spencer laid his head on his shoulder. "I've got you kiddo." He softly said to the small boy as he carried him to the dining table, where Morgan and Hotch were waiting.

Emily and JJ just looked at each other and smiled before they too followed the youngest and oldest members to the dining table. JJ made sure that Spencer had everything that he needed before she took a seat next to him and started eating, all the time keeping an eye on him. While they were eating, they talked about the progress of their case.

They were too absorbed talking about the case that they kind of lost track of time. They were startled when they suddenly heard the sound of the fork falling down on the floor. They turned to the source of the sound and were met with the sight of Spencer nodding off in his seat.

When JJ saw that his head almost hit the edge of the table, she quickly scooped him up into her laps as his head rolled on her arms. Hotch then got up and walked over to his surrogate son and carefully took him from JJ.

"Excuse me for a minute. I need to get him ready for bed. I will join you guys again after he is settled in his bed." Hotch said as he headed towards the bathroom to do just that.

"Alright then. Let's clean up here while waiting for Hotch." Rossi ordered as he got up and start picking up all the empty boxes to be thrown away as Morgan and Emily joined him.

"While you guys do that, I will go and lay out Spence's pyjamas for the night." JJ said as she got up and headed towards the bed, where the plastic bag containing the pyjamas that they bought previously was located.

"Sure, JJ. Just make sure to kiss Hotch goodnight before you go. Errr, I mean Spencer." Emily said as she smirked, causing JJ to stop on the way to bed for a few seconds before she decided that she did not want to argue with them so she just huffed and walked ahead without looking back.

After she was gone, Morgan grinned as he held out his fist to Emily, who bumped hers with it.

"Nice one, princess."

"You guys are so childish. Sometimes, I wonder why I am working with you guys. And till this day, I still have not found the answer." Rossi pretended to sigh.

"Come on, Rossi. We love you too. You can't say honestly say that you have not seen how JJ and Hotch were dancing with their feelings all this time. They almost make me want to bomb the place with their UST."

"What is UST?"

"Unresolved Sexual Tension." Both Morgan and Emily answered at the same time before they looked at each other and laughed and after a while, even Rossi could not help it as he joined them in their teasing.


JJ could hear them laughing all the way from the bedroom. She shook her head, knowing that she will be wasting her breath if she tried to tell them to stop. They are unstoppable. Sometimes she felt like they were the same age with Spencer. She just hoped that their laughter would not disturb her Spence who needs his sleep.

Just as she finished laying the button down pyjamas on the bed and opened all the buttons so that it will be easier to be put on, the bathroom door opens and Hotch emerged from there carrying a sleeping Spencer wrapped in a towel.

"Wow, that must a record! World's fastest bath ever." JJ said as she grabbed for another extra towel and held it open for Spencer.

"Yeah. He can't seem to open his eyes any longer so I have to make it real quick. It's a good thing that his bandage is water proofed." Hotch whispered as he deposited the wet boy on JJ's lap. During that moment, Spencer sneaked open his eyes lazily when he felt he was transferred to someone else's lap who he was sure not Hotch. He felt relieved when he saw JJ.

"Ti'ed, mommy." Spencer mumbled sleepily. He was so sleepy that he did not noticed JJ stopped in her ministration of towelling him, but that pause did not go unnoticed by Hotch.

"I know, sweetie. Just go to sleep. Mommy got you." JJ said as she proceeded to dry him quickly before dressing him in his pull ups then pjs and positioned him properly before she tucked a blanket around him. She made sure that he was comfortable, with his injured leg propped up using a pillow before kissing his forehead and patting him while humming softly. Even after she was sure that he was already sleeping, her hand did not stop patting him.

"I guess you felt it too huh?" Hotch's sudden question startled her.

"What do you mean?" JJ whispered back in a low voice.

"I noticed you stop for a second when he calls you mommy. So I guess you felt the same thrill and touched that I felt when he calls me daddy." Hotch explained.

"It's just that I always heard people always talk about how being a mother is the greatest feeling in the world. And with the rate I'm going now, I don't think I will ever experience that feeling. But suddenly now I have a two years old calling me mommy and I can't even express the feeling that I have now. It is as if my heart wants to burst with pride, joy, happiness, if that is even possible."

"I feel you, JJ. Now lets go back to them and finish our discussion so that we can catch this SOB quickly and takes him back home and spoil him with everything." Hotch said as he turned and headed towards the dining room, where his other teams were waiting and with one last kiss to Spencer's forehead and a 'sweet dream, son' JJ got up to do the same.

"Hotch? If Morgan and Emily are smirking at us when we gets back, can you put them in a time out?"

"Huh? Why?" Hotch was genuinely confused by JJ's question.

"Nothing. Forget about it." JJ dismissed quickly as they finally arrived at the living room where true enough, Morgan and Emily were smirking at them while Rossi looked very much like he had given up on trying to ask them to behave.

"Lets' continue."Hotch ordered oblivious to the situation.