Hey guys! So, yeah this was supposed to be up on Friday but I forgot – my bad – and then I went to a wedding on Saturday and didn't get back until 1:30AM...:/

But here we are, let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy. :)

Spencer Reid – Age 26 – 27
Athena Reid – Age 10
Thomas Reid – Age 3

Location – Colorado, Nevada, Washington D.C.

Admittedly, with his luck, he should have known that going undercover in a cult wasn't going to end well. But as usual, he didn't think about that and just got on with the job.

So when things went sideways he wasn't really surprised. What did surprise him was Emily saying that she was the FBI agent. It was Emily taking the beating that could have been him. It was incredibly brave of her to do and showed that she belonged in the FBI. But at the same time, he was annoyed. He could handle himself and didn't need her to protect him.

He wasn't a kid.

It was this thought that made him start planning a way to tell her that he was a father. Maybe if she saw that he could not only look after himself but two kids, she would stop treating him like a kid. At the same time he was also trying to come up with a way to get out of their current situation with as few causalities as possible.

In the end, with the help of the team, the two managed to escape. Unfortunately, they didn't manage to save everyone, but in this job you couldn't always do that. It was a difficult thing to deal with but they all had their ways. His was his children.

That night he managed to get Emily away from the rest of the team for a few moments. His plan was to tell her and walk away. Hopefully, when he was back to the others, she wouldn't ask questions and he could have a little more time to freak out before coming clean. But at the last moment he decided against it, he wasn't quite ready for her to know yet. The only reason he decided to tell her in the first place was because he thought that she was treating him like a child. Only now, in the aftermath, did he realise that she had protected him because he was a friend, and after Hankel she couldn't see him in pain again. He didn't want one of the most important things to him be revealed because he wanted to prove something when there was nothing to prove.

He wanted to do it because he was ready for them to know. After having that taken away from him twice and then feeling how amazing it was when he finally told Morgan, he wanted to do it right for the rest of the team.

Jordan was alright. As with any new team member, things were awkward at first, but Jordan was temporary, only here until JJ was back at work, and she knew that. You wouldn't think that it would make any difference, but it did. It made things easier and with all the things he was currently going through it was a blessing.

He hated his father. On some level he wanted him to be Riley's killer.

His father was the reason that he tried so hard to be a good dad to his kids. He never wanted them to go through what he did, never wanted them to go through the pain of a parent walking out with no reason and being left with so much responsibility.

He knew that he was overreacting, but there was always that concern that with his job they may end up, once again, with no family. It wasn't something he thought about often, but it did pop up from time to time. There was also his constant need to prove his father wrong, which was driving the whole thing into a much bigger issue that it should have been.

When the truth came out about what really happened he didn't know what to feel. On the one hand, his father was innocent, but on the other hand, he had spent so long being angry at him that he didn't know how not to be.

Despite the hatred towards him Spencer didn't want to completely cut William out of his life once the case was over. He was just going to have to be very selective about what he told him. For instance, he was never going to mention the fact that his father had grandchildren or else he would have to suffer a lecture about responsibility which would end up in a fight about how he didn't have the authority to say that.

Despite the case not having a particularly happy ending there was a happy beginning back home.

Holding Henry made him completely nervous. The youngest child he had ever held was Athena and she was one, a much different age than the newborn child he was staring at. But as he found out, there was no need to worry. Looking down at his godson, the 4th child of the BAU, he was reminded of his own kids and that amazing feeling of being a parent. He couldn't be happier for JJ and Will.

He actually let Athena pick what he studied next. All three members of the Reid family were sat in front of the TV watching a film when the decision was made.

Thomas was sat on the floor playing with Pudding and Toffee and the new additions, Peanut, Cocoa, Waffle and Honey were watching them from across the room. Athena was sat next to him on the sofa, looking over his shoulder.

"Daddy, what's that?"

"It's a list of subjects that I'm thinking about studying next."

"Oh." She wasn't a big fan of school and every time he mentioned anything to do with it she got a sour look on her face which is why when she spoke next he was momentarily confused.

"Can I help?"

Agreeing to her question her let her have a better look at the list, after a couple of minutes she pointed to one of them, declared "I like that one!" and ran off to join her brother chasing the cats.

Philosophy wasn't his first choice, it was only on the list because Melissa had suggested it, but as he got more into the subject he found he liked the idea of there being no right or wrong answers.

Athena, of course, was just happy she got to help in 'Daddy's important school work' and for weeks would tell anyone that would listen exactly that. This eventually led to some very interesting conversations with not only some of her teachers but also the parents of the kids she had told. It also had the unexpected outcome of Athena trying harder in school. Up until that point she was doing well, but a few of her teachers had commented that she wasn't putting her full effort and concentration into what she was doing. Now though, she had made a significant improvement and was one of the best in the class.

Austin was nice, smart, and actually liked Spencer for who he was. But she was young; the idea of getting into a relationship with a man who had two kids wasn't exactly what she wanted to do right now. Spencer couldn't blame her and it wasn't as if she hated kids and never wanted them; she just didn't want them right now. In private, he would admit that it hurt him to hear that from her. But going into this he knew it wasn't unexpected, people his age wanted to be free to do what they wanted and not be responsible for two other people at the same time.

He and Austin still spoke from time to time and she became a somewhat long-distance aunt to Athena and Thomas. Maybe, in a few years, when she was ready to settle down, they could try being a couple. But for now, they were just close friends.

He thought that the thing that was his curse was also his blessing; he was young. Right now, no one his age wanted to settle down, but he had time to find that someone who would love both him and his children.

And there we go. Next chapter will be the second half of the season.

Also, thank you to Ahowell1993 for the name suggestions of the cats! They were so cute and fit perfectly! =)

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