Pairing: JJ/Will
Date: December 21, 2015
Song: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (any version you choose!)
A/N: In case you didn't notice, I expanded it to all the days of December. After all, traditionally, Christmas doesn't technically start until the 25 AND it lasts until February 2. Not that I'm doing it until then, LOL.
JJ sat at her desk in her office, her mind anywhere but on her work.
Her desk was cluttered with files, and her office itself was messy compared to how it usually was.
Next to her elbow saw the pictures that Garcia had arranged, of Henry and Michael, her two precious boys.
Her other elbow bumped a picture of Will and she smiled.
Make that three precious boys.
She heard the bustle of the bullpen and gave up on her work, abandoning her desk in favor of her coworkers who'd just returned from lunch.
"Was the food good?" She asked. Rossi had treated the rest of the team; only JJ and Tara Lewis had declined.
"It was great," Garcia enthused. She pressed a brief kiss to Rossi's cheek in thanks. "Thank you, Rossi. Now I have to run back to my cave."
She waved at them and went hurrying away, high heels clipping.
"It was a good time," Reid said. "A nice welcome back to the team." He smiled around the room. "Much better than going on a case."
"I'll agree with that," JJ said, but slipped back into her office when everyone started to get back to work.
She wasn't sure what she was waiting for, what she thought might bring her mind back to work, when her phone buzzed. It was Will.
I have a surprise for you, darling.
What?
Just pay attention to the happenings outside of your office.
She texted back but to no avail. Will was refusing to spoil the surprise any more. She wondered what he'd meant...maybe he was sending flowers? She wouldn't be surprised. He'd taken to doing that while she was pregnant with Michael, perhaps at the physical manifestation of what their relationship meant to them.
She looked out her window, expecting to see a florist's delivery person, but there was no one there that shouldn't have been, so she decided that he must have meant later, so she turned back to work, picking up a file and heaving a sigh. It was time to make a phone call she wasn't looking forward to in the slightest.
She picked up her phone, dialing the number.
"Hello?"
"This is Special Agent Jennifer Jareau with the FBI," she answered. "I told you I'd be calling."
She zoned out of the conversation as much as she was able, listening to their answers and jotting them down dutifully on a legal pad.
It was at the end of the conversation, when twenty minutes had gone by, that she idly looked out the window again.
"I have to go," she said suddenly, cutting them short. "I think I have enough information. Thank you so much for agreeing to speak with me."
"Well, of course."
She hung up the phone and lunged for her office door, her day suddenly twice as bright.
Her three precious boys were walking into the bullpen. Well, two of them were walking. Michael was held tight against Will's chest in a sling, and Will seemed blissfully aware that he had the perfect accessory.
All of their eyes lit up when she exited her office. Henry ran forward and threw his arms around her legs, and JJ picked him up, swinging him into her arms and squeezing tight.
"This was a good surprise!" She exclaimed, walking to meet Will.
"I wanted to see you, and the boys did too," he replied, his eyes sparkling. "You always look so hot when you're workin'."
JJ blushed, feeling the old spark she'd felt when he'd said something similar in a bar in New Orleans.
"Come to my office for a minute," JJ said. "Then we can go around and show Michael off to everyone."
Will followed obligingly. JJ loved this, walking around, each of them holding a boy. She loved her family.
"Why your office?" Will asked casually.
"Because I have mistletoe in here, and it's time for me to kiss my boys hello," JJ said, planting a kiss squarely on Henry's nose.
"Mommy!" He exclaimed, almost wiping it away.
"I love you, Henry," she said, and carefully took Michael from his sling. He looked up at her with big eyes and she pressed several kisses all over his face. "I'm never going to get over you," she whispered, and then met her husband's eyes.
The temperature in the room seemed to rise. God, he could always do that to her, even after so long. "Will," she whispered, moving forward.
"I like mistletoe, if it reminds you to act like this," he whispered.
She suddenly remembered how exactly Michael had been conceived and blushed, moving into Will's arms. Michael between them, they still managed to get in quite a passionate kiss under her mistletoe.
"Wait a minute," Will said, breaking away. "How did there come to be mistletoe in your office in the first place, darlin'?"
She shrugged, kissing him again. "Christmas elves," she said, and grabbed Henry's hand. "Come on. Let's go show you off."
Next time:
Pairing: Hotch/Haley
Date: December 22, 2005
Song: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (the version you prefer)
A/N: This was cute to write. I do like JJ/Will but I fear I didn't do it justice...
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