(TW: mentions of a miscarriage Also I'm thinking of doing some more flashbacks maybe of the in between the time they were together eg. Birthdays and stuff coz I loved the flashbacks
5 months into the marriage-
Emily looked down at line on the stick, not pregnant. She sighed, running a hand through her hair. She wasn't going to lie to herself and pretend she was happy with that. She had wanted to start a family for years, but she'd never been with anyone and now she was with Aaron again she thought maybe her chance would finally come. But each month, she'd check and she still wasn't. This time she had thought she really was, but once again she was left with disappointment.
She hadn't told Aaron she had tested once a month, it embarrassed her to see once again she hadn't become pregnant and she didn't want him to think she couldn't.
She walked out the bathroom, hiding the test in her bag to bin later and walked downstairs, she felt sad once again. She saw Aaron and Jack, and wanted it for herself, she wanted to watch Aaron with her own child. As much as she loved Jack, she thought of him as her own, but she wanted her own too. "Hey.." Emily said, walking over to Aaron and pouring herself a cup of coffee.
Aaron sensed she was different, she seemed upset, "Hey, you okay?" He asked, walking over to her and placing a short, sweet kiss on her temple.
She nodded reluctantly, "I'm fine." She said with a shrug, going into the living room and sipping her coffee in silence, deep in her own thoughts.
He walked over to her sitting down next to her, "Come on, Em. I know you better than that, what's up?" She turned to him, a small sigh escaped her, "For a few months now..every month I've been taking pregnancy tests, each time has been negative. But this month..I had a feeling, I really though I was. But once again it failed." She said, her eyes teasing up, "What if I can't his kids?" She said sadly.
He pulled her into his arms, "You don't know that,Emily. Like you said..you've only been testing a few months. It takes some couples up to a year." She nodded, "I know but..it's not the first thing that's made me question if I'm able to carry a child" "Why?" He asked.
"There's something I've never told you.." she said, putting her cup down. "What is it? I thought we said no more secrets.." She nodded, "I know, but this one was a long time ago." She let out a breath, "Please don't hate me for keeping this.." she said, as she wiped a tear. The memories of what had happened came flooding back, "When we broke up..2 months later, I found out I was pregnant." She said, looking down into her lap and back up at him. "But I only found out I was I miscarried the baby." She said, her voice breaking as she put a hand over her mouth.
Aaron gasped, that was his child, he'd never known or had any insight to this before. "Why didn't you call me?" He asked, moving his hand over to take hers, squeezing it softly. "Because I thought you didn't love me, and..the- heartbreak of loosing your baby, I couldn't tell you that."
He nodded, "I'm so sorry for..not being there"
"I'm sorry for never telling you." She said as she moved into his arms. "We'll keep trying, okay,? And if in a few months that doesn't work..then we'll go to the doctor and get help? Okay?"
She nodded, "Does that mean..you want to have a baby with me?" He chuckled, "Of course I want too, Emily. You thought I wouldn't want too?"
She shrugged, "I mean..you have Jack, I thought you wouldn't want anymore."
"I want nothing more than to have a baby with you" he kissed her cheek.
She smiled, kissing him softly, "You know..we could start that baby making now.." she smirked, whispering into his ear.
He grinned, "I like the sound of that." He said, trading his hand up her leg.
A month later-
Emily and Jack had both been off with a bug the past week, it had been around Jack's school. Hotch had teased Emily about himself being immune as he had been around them both and hadn't got it. He'd made sure they were both taken well cared of the whole week, and by the end of the week they were both back to normal.
Aaron had arrived earlier to work this morning due to a meeting, and Emily had took Jack to school before coming into work. "Have you seen Aaron?" Emily asked, as she came to the offices. Reid shook his head, "No. His meeting ended an hour ago, though." Emily raised a brow, "I checked his office, he's not there." She said, before going off to find him. "Aaron?" She called, finally stopping outside the bathroom as it was the only place she'd not looked. His car was still there. She heard gagging coming from the bathroom, followed by coughs. Emily raised a brow, "Aaron?" She called again, when she received no answer she decided to brave going in to see if it was him.
As she walked in, she heard the familiar sound of Aaron coughing, "I know your in here." She said, folding her arms. "Go away" He groaned, as he gagged once more before starting to violently vomit. Emily raised a brow, she was used to the sound of vomiting after the last week she'd had. "Aaron. Let me in." She said sternly.
He rolled his eyes and unlocked the cubicle, allowing her to enter. As she walked in, she widened her eyes, he was freakishly white and his hair was all messed. "Why didn't you tell me you was sick?" She said, sitting down next to him and placing a hand on his forehead, he was burning up by the minute. He placed a hand on to his head, "Well..for one, I've been mocking you all week for getting sick." "And your pride." Emily added.
He sighed, his head was pounding and his stomach was in agony, "I'm fine. I just needed to get that up." He said attempting to get up but a wave of dizziness hit.
Emily grabbed his arm, helping him sit up back down, "Your not fine, come on..let's take you home." She said.
He shook his head, "No, I'll be fine. I'll rest it off for a few hours in my office." He said, slowly getting back up.
Emily rolled her eyes, this man and his pride would be the death of her one day. "Fine. But I'm checking in every half hour." She said as she watched him swill his mouth out with water and splash his face. He nodded slowly, "Whatever, deal." He said, placing a hand on his stomach as he weakly walked out the bathroom. Emily followed along, linking her arm with his as they walked, "Okay, now get to work." He said, in a serious tone. He was her boss after all.
"See you in half hour." She smirked, kissing his cheek and letting him walk of to his office.
Garcia widened her eyes, "What's up with hotch?" She asked. Emily rolled her eyes, "He's caught what me and Jack had, but he's too stubborn to admit it. Give it an hour and I'll be taking him home. I'll let him act like he's not sick for now." She said, up at Aaron as she saw him rest his head on his desk.
"This is Hotch we're talking about, there's no way he'll voluntarily leave."
Emily scoffed, "Oh, trust me. He'll listen to me" she said,before starting to write her report up.
An hour had passed and Emily walked into Hotch's room, his body jumped up from the desk as he heard the door opening, exhaling as he saw it was Emily. "Come on, babe. It's time to admit defeat and come home" she said going down next to him and placing her hand on his forehead, he was warmer than before. He shook his head, "No- I'm fine." He said before groaning as his head pounded. "Come on, Aaron." She said softly, holding out her hand. "Your sick. And I'm not taking no for an answer" He groaned, taking her hand weakly and standing up with her help.
Once they reached the car, at a very slow pace, he instantly passed out on the seat. She chuckled a little as she watched him sleep, he still looked cute. She drove home and felt bad having to wake him, he looked peaceful. She softly tapped him, in which he mumbled softly, "No.." he whined, that made her chuckle.
"Come on Aaron, we're home sweetie, you can sleep then" she said, placing a kiss on his knuckle. He groaned, opening his eyes tiredly and getting out the car, walking to the house. It took all his strength, he felt so weak and tired. Once they'd got in, she turned to Aaron, "Go upstairs, I'll be up in a minute I'll just get you some painkillers, okay?" She said softly.
He nodded weakly and sleepily walked up the stairs, she went to the kitchen to make him a glass of water and grab the painkillers.
Once she walked back upstairs, she found Aaron sat by the toilet, vomiting once again. "It's okay.." she said, going next to him and rubbing his back.
"You can say it, you know?" "Say what?"
"I told you so."
She shook her head, "No...I don't want too." He turned to her, raising a brow, "Okay, fine. I told you so" she said with a small smirk. He chuckled weakly before getting up, swilling his mouth with mouthwash and slowly walking to the bedroom. He quickly removed his clothes, leaving his underwear on and the bed looked so good right now. "Wait a minute." She said, following him which he groaned at. He just wanted to go to sleep, "Take these." She said with a smile, handing him the pills and a glass of water. He sipped the water, swallowing the pills and sighed, crawling into the bed and closing his eyes.
Emily placed a soft kiss to his temple, and started to walk off before she heard a mumble, "Stay.." he said sleepily. She smiled, looking down at him and got onto the bed, snuggling close to him.
2 days had passed, and Aaron hadn't got any better. Emily felt sorry for him, she had been taking care of him, but at the same time she saw it as karma for laughing at her when she was the week prior. Aaron was peacefully sleeping, his head was on her lap and she was stroking his hair softly as she was on her phone. She saw a text from JJ come through, 'How's the patient?' Emily chuckled, 'It's Aaron, how do you think he is?' 'Stubborn' 'Yes...but I think he's cracked now, he must have got the bug 10x worse than me and Jack because we weren't this bad.' 'Wishing you luck'
'I need it!' She sent before putting her phone down, she gently removed Aaron's head from her lap to get off the bed.
It was the week of every month she would check if she was pregnant, she went into her cupboards and got out a test. She sighed, she wasn't expecting anything, she was used to of it by now. She went into the bathroom and took the test, waiting for the results. She bit her nails, anxiously waiting for the result. The two minutes had slowly passed and it was time to look at the result. Her stomach filled with butterflies as she looked down at the test.
Positive.
She couldn't believe her eyes, she blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't seeing things and a small cry of happiness escaped from her mouth. She smiled widely, as she brushed her happy tears away. She couldn't wait to tell Aaron, in fact she thought it was reasonable cause to wake him up. She could take the grumpiness of him waking up for him to hear the good news.
She walked into the bedroom, seeing Aaron was still sleeping and hadn't even moved from where she'd left him. "Aaron?" She whispered, shaking him softly. "What?" He groaned sleepily, "I thought we agreed you wouldn't wake me unless the house was on fire." He added, placing his head into a pillow. "Well..the house isn't on fire. But..your going to want to hear this" she chuckled. He raised a brow, sitting up as he rubbed his eyes. "What is so important your waking me up when I'm dying?" Emily rolled her eyes, "Men and exaggerating their sickness" she placed her hands into Aaron, "But I promise your going to want to see this." His smiled, taking out the test from the back of her pockets and handing it him.
He raised a brow, looking down at the test and his eyes widened, a smile growing on his face. "Is this-" "Yes, I'm pregnant!" She exclaimed, unable to hold her excitement as she wrapped her arms around him. He smiled widely, stroking the back of her hair, "You did it. I knew you would." He said, pulling away and kissing her head. "Was this reasonable enough to wake you up?" She smirked. "Oh, definitely." He said, leaning it to kiss her. She moved away, "Nope, your not infecting me and baby-" He rolled his eyes, pulling her back in and kissing her softly.