I've always wondered what Henry was thinking throughout that crazy season seven finale, so I wrote about it. Also, what do you think of the new (and final) season? I just don't want it to end!

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JJ had wanted to check on Will after the Code X, and Rossi had figured the two lovebirds needed some privacy. So Henry had been temporarily left in his care.

He looked down at the blond-haired toddler staring at the door, where his mom had left the room. Rossi chalked that up to the basic needs of a child, though there was something more he felt was in Henry's face.

He sighed. Sometimes, children were the hardest to read. Their minds didn't work like adults' did.

"So Henry, are you hungry?" Kids were always hungry, right?

Henry immediately perked up, smiled, and nodded his head vigorously. Rossi couldn't help but smile too.

They walked to the bakery across the street, and Rossi let him pick whatever he wanted (with limits, of course). He watched as Henry picked a pack of blue- and green- frosted sugar cookies for himself (please don't kill me, JJ), a bunch of brownies and lemon-flavored cookies for his parents, colorful flower-shaped shortbread cookies for 'Auntie Pen', and a huge chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting for 'Uncle Spence' (along with a chocolate bunny; he hoped that Reid would teach him how to make it disappear). He declined when Henry tried to get him chocolate chip cookies, opting for a cup of coffee instead.

He payed for it all (he did have a lot of money to spend), and they sat on a bench outside to consume their delectables.

"Uncle Dave?" He turned to see Henry's adorable expression of confusion.

"Yes, Henry?"

"There was bad lady in house."

Rossi sighed. "Yes, there was." He had hoped to avoid the topic, but he should've known it was inevitable. The kid did see the ordeal, after all.

"But Daddy said it was 'nother Auntie."

"Well," Rossi tried to explain to the toddler, "he didn't want you to get hurt."

Henry's eyes widened. "Bad lady want to hurt me?"

"Yes, but you're safe now."

"Mommy and Daddy hurt?"

"Well...Daddy's arm got hurt a bit, but he's fine now."

"Daddy lie. Lying's bad."

"Usually, it is, but not if you're trying to protect someone."

Henry nodded in comprehension, and Rossi was about to drop the topic when he asked, "Mommy pwotect?"

Rossi smiled. "Yeah, your mommy fought the bad lady, and we put her in prison."

"Mommy and Daddy bwave!" Henry declared, arms up in a superhero pose.

Rossi couldn't help but chuckle. "Yeah. They're some of the bravest people I know."

He leaned down to pick up the bag of goodies. "Now, you ready to go back and find Mommy and Daddy?"

"Yes!"

On the walk in, Rossi congratulated himself for preserving the child's innocence a while longer. He looked down at Henry, who was holding his hand. The toddler was still smiling, mind on how to give his parents their surprises and eyes alight with a familiar mischief.

They stopped at the entrance to the hospital room, where Rossi just managed to hear what he hoped was a marriage proposal.

When JJ said Yes! almost as enthusiastically as Henry had earlier, he took his phone out of his pocket. Young eyes followed his movements and looked up at him in innocent confusion.