Title: Castles In The Air
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (same as the show to be safe)
Disclaimer: I'm still an uber poor barista, I borrowed these characters from their creator, networks, writers, actors and actresses who make them come to life. I will return them unharmed and will remain just a skint a result.
Summary: Reid goes to London to surprise Prentiss, but it's him who's in for the surprise (the kind which grows for forty weeks).
Notes: Reid and Prentiss bring Ewan home. It's funny this is the first fic I've written Reid having a son first, I clearly started this when I was being accused of being a misandrist. I'm glad everyone enjoyed Ewan meeting with the team...

Prentiss followed Reid into his apartment, he was holding Ewan, who was asleep, in his car seat as they went inside, surprised to see some of the shelves were cleared. He had clearly taken a lot of time to make room for them in his life. She felt like she was coming home, which surprised her since it had been so long since she had felt that way about anywhere.

"I hope I made enough room for you," he told her.

"It'll be fine Spencer," she assured him. "Right now I'm more interested in getting Ewan settled."

"Oh, sure. I made room in the bedroom for his bassinette from home for now, I assume you still want him close."

"Thank you, just until he's a little bigger."

"Do you want to see what I did with the spare room?"

She nodded, she knew that he kept that room a certain way for if his mother ever came to visit. They went toward the spare room. There was a name plate with Ewan's name in primary colours on the door, and her jaw dropped when he opened the door. It was so different from the last time she had seen it. Instead of having a sterile looking neutral theme that came straight out of the seventies it was now brightly coloured with a numbers, letters, and shapes theme to it. The furniture was sturdy green painted wood, there was crib, dresser with a changing table on top, book shelf, rocking chair, and even a matching toy chest waiting to be filled with his toys.

The walls were painted a warm shade of sky blue, the boarder was a reoccurring alphabet with the letters in bright red, green, yellow, and blue, and there were decals of shapes all over the place. The crib set was dark blue with various coloured numbers scarred all over it. It was exactly what she would have pictured and chosen herself. The only toy in the room was an old looking brown teddy bear sat in the corner of the crib.

"This is amazing Spencer," Prentiss cooed. "Ewan is going to love it. How did you get this done?"

"I rarely sleep so when I was home instead of reading I worked on this. I hoped you would like it."

"I love it."

"I still have some finishing touches to do, I don't have the mobile hung, and I haven't cleaned out the closet yet."

"It's fine, I can't believe you got this done so quickly. Was this yours?" she asked picking up the bear.

"It was, my grandmother got it for me I thought I had lost it, but when I told my mother about Ewan she pulled it out of her hope chest, she said when I grew out of it she took it so she could give to my first son."

"That's so sweet. Will she want to meet him?"

"She does but she says she'll wait until it's safe for him to travel. She's excited to meet you as well. She wants me to write about him now that he's home, and to send lots of pictures."

"We can do that. I can't wait to show him his room."

"He needs his rest, he has a lot of growing to do, and he had a big afternoon."

"I know. I'm so glad he got to meet his family." She then leaned in and kissed him softly. "I missed you Spencer. I missed being here I forgot how comfortable I was here."

"How about you get comfortable in the living room, and I'll get dinner started for us while Ewan naps."

"Sure."

She carefully took Ewan out of the car seat, and laid him down in the swing Reid had set up for him. She was amazed that he had been able to get everything that he would need so quickly. She sat down in the living room while Reid went into the kitchen preparing their meal. She heard him rustling around in the kitchen for a few minutes. He then joined her on the couch within moments her lips were all over his, she hadn't realised just how much she'd missed him. Just as they got comfortable the baby began to whimper.

"He's probably hungry," Reid reasoned, getting up and picking up the baby carefully.

"You're so good with him," she told him, she loved seeing them together.

Prentiss smiled as he handed her the infant to nurse. When he was done she burped him gently and then Reid took him back, changing his diaper, and changing him into a slightly warmer sleeper. Prentiss couldn't get over how good he was with the baby. She wondered just how many books he'd read. There was a point where she wasn't sure she would get to see him like this, and now she was wishing she would have stayed to see him react through the whole pregnancy.

"Is it bad if he falls asleep in my arms?" Reid asked. "I have read conflicting information."

Prentiss laughed. "I don't believe babies get spoiled when they're held. I think they should get as much love as they can." She snapped a picture of the two of them.

Reid was grinning as he looked down at the sleeping baby in his arms. He was amazed that he had been giving this chance. There was a time he thought he hadn't wanted a family, and he already couldn't imagine his life without his son in it. He had even thought about what it might be like for Ewan to have a sibling one day. After Prentiss had left he never thought there would be a day where they could be together again, and he certainly never expected her to have his child. As much as he had thought he'd learned about love he realised he still had a lot to learn after becoming a parent.

The couple didn't stay up long knowing that they would be up many times during the night while the baby adjusted to his new time zone. For the first time in a long time they were both able to fall quickly into a peaceful sleep, knowing that they had found each other again. Prentiss was happy to be home, and was excited to see where things lead with Reid and Ewan. Reid was relieved that he no longer had to lie to his family and that he was going to get the chance to be a dad to his son. They knew it was only the beginning of the journey but they were on the right path together.

Notes: Well that was that, the next part with with the ambassador, then Diana then things wrap up in part thirteen. Let me know what you're thinking heart.