The whole entire room went silent fast. JJ sat up in the bed and grabbed Garcia's hand.
"Me?" Garcia said. "Are you sure it was for me? I'm not really…"
"Woman, hush", Morgan said, coming closer to her and kneeling in front of her. "Don't say you're not my type. Don't say you're not like the girls I used to date. And that's right, I said used to. Something happened between us during Halloween. If I were being completely honest, it's been happening for a while, hasn't it Baby Girl?"
Garcia could only nod. The happiness she was feeling was transforming into tears that were spilling over her eyes and onto her cheeks.
"Don't cry, Baby Girl", Morgan said smiling.
"I'm, I'm, I'm…" Garcia stammered.
"Somebody get this down", Emily said. "Penelope…speechless!"
"Already in progress", Rossi said, as he video taped silently.
"Baby Girl", Morgan said. Garcia sat there dumbfounded and silent. "Penelope!"
Garcia started smiling and wrapped her arms around Morgan. "Is it true?" she said quietly. "You and me?"
"Me and you, Goddess", Morgan said. "I wanted to show you just how much you mean to me. And when the time is right, slip a pretty little ring on that finger of yours."
"Mama don't do little rings", Garcia said, her sass coming back.
"Duly noted, Ma'am", Morgan said laughing. He leaned in for a tender kiss and held up his hand in front of the camera.
"Uh, if you folks don't mind, I'd like to talk to my princess here, alone…" Morgan said.
Hotch cleared his throat.
"This may be the cold talking", he said with a slight smile, "but, um, yeah. We're not leaving. We have no heat."
At that precise moment a loud pop went off in Garcia's room as the radiator died.
"And now, neither do we", Morgan said turning towards Garcia. "But I got a few ideas to warm you up, Little Lady."
"On that note, I'm out", JJ said. She jumped up, hopped out the bed, and walked to the door. "Congrats on the romance Garcie", JJ said, smiling.
"Wait for me", Reid said, a surge of confidence flowing through him. Emily got off the floor.
"You're leaving too?" Rossi said.
"Yeah", Emily said laughing. "I'm happy for them too, but I don't want to stick around and see what Lover Boy over there has in store for Pen", she said, laughing out the door. Morgan winked and stuck his tongue at Emily.
"Wait up, I'll walk you back", Hotch said. "Night you two, and keep it down."
Rossi followed them out the door. "Good going you two. Way to snag an Agent, Kitten", Rossi chuckled, as he headed towards his room.
With everyone gone, Morgan and Garcia snuggled down under the covers and turned to face each other.
"Can we do this?" she asked tentatively.
"Yeah Baby, we can. Fraternizing is not seen as such a bad thing anymore. I think the bureau understands that love happens, when it happens. And technically, you work solely for the FBI and not really the BAU. That's why you can float between us and the Red Cell team."
"Good, 'cause I never want to let you go", Garcia said, leaning in for a kiss.
"And I never will", Morgan said, kissing her back.