Reid lay awake next to Emily as he listened to her steadily breathing in and out. He looked over at the digital alarm clock by his bed that read 5:56. He knew that she would be waking up soon and he should probably get dressed or at least do something but the sound of her calm breathing kept him like that. They'd just gotten back from a case last night and he knew how tired Emily must be. She always poured her heart and soul into every case but the last one was particularly rough on her. He knew she hadn't slept more than a few hours a night for the five days they were in Indiana.

Emily stirred in her sleep and turned onto her side, facing Reid with a puzzled look on her face even though she was still asleep. He gently stroked her cheek and twirled a strand of her dark hair through his fingers. He loved it when they had moments like this; when they could just be a couple, not FBI profilers. Emily slowly opened her eyes and smiled as she saw Reid looking down on her.

"Watching me sleep, huh? A little creepy, don't you think?" she said with a soft laugh.

"Creepy? What happened to romantic? Or loving?" he said and snuggled a little closer to her so there lips were only an inch or so apart.

"Roses are caring, sweetie. Watching me sleep is un Sub territory" she said, whispering the last sentence as he lent in and lead a gentle kiss on his baby soft lips.

"Well…" he said, sighing a little and propped himself up on his elbow. "Maybe I'll get you roses for Christmas" he said and leant in to kiss her again with a grin on his face.

"Christmas? It's November tenth! You can't be thinking about that already" she said in between kisses.

"Are you kidding? I'd bought half your presents in October!" he said and gave her one long kiss that seemed to last forever.

"Ugh, I've still got all the team to buy for" she said with a little smile as she kissed him back.

"Well, I hope you don't forget all about me on that long list" he whispered and gave her one short kiss before bouncing of the bed and standing proudly in front of her.

"Ugh, Spencer. It's freaky how bouncy you are in the morning…" she said and pulled the covers over her face so she could just see him grinning at her.

"come on, you need a coffee ASAP… maybe I'll help you with the teams' presents" he held out his hands to her and with some resistance Emily eventually grabbed his hands and let him help her up. He guided her out to the lounge and sat her down then scooted out into the kitchen and made two coffees, just the way they liked it.

"You know, I can never get my coffee to taste this good" Emily said, her voice just above a whisper as she took another sip from her large coffee mug Reid had bought her last Christmas.

"Want to know my secret?" he said with a grin revealing itself over the top of his mug. Emily's smile grew and she nodded quickly. "I add a mix of sugar and splenda" he said and took a large sip from his coffee.

"Really? Huh, I never thought of that" she said as she thought about it. She took another sip and nodded to show she recognise the taste of sugar now. She took a few more sips then one last gulp and placed the empty mug on the coffee table. "We have to go in today, don't we?" she asked. She wanted to snuggle up under some blankets with him and watch reruns of 90's comedies, not look at more crime scene photos than she cared to think about.

"Sadly, yes. But Hotch left a message on my phone saying we don't have to be in till 10:30. Which means we have time for…" he let one of his hands drift toward her and used his two fingers to walk up her arm.

"Time for what?" she said and winked seductively.

"A Christmas list for the team!" he said with a little laugh at having tricked her.

"Seriously, Spencer? That's how you want to spend your morning off work? Thinking about work?"

"It's not thinking about work! It's just thinking about the people we work with…" he said with that little contagious smile of his. Emily gave him a look and his smile grew to a grin. "Ok, it's thinking about work but at least this is fun! Better than paperwork!" he said and gave her a little nudge.

After some convincing Emily sat up and worked on the Christmas list, once she got into it she realized it didn't take that long to figure everything out. Everyone had their little thing that made them easy to buy for. The only person she hadn't decided on was Reid. He had such varied tastes that it made it almost impossible to buy for him. She wanted to get him something he'd love, something he hadn't expected her to buy but that made it even sweeter that she did.

After a few hours Reid finally sighed and stood up, realizing they were both still in there PJ's. Emily realized almost straight after him and without a word they got dressed and realizing the time Emily went to leave.

"See you soon, Miss Prentiss" Reid said with a little laugh.

"Oh, I hope so my illicit lover" she whispered in his ear has she opened the door behind her.

"Do you even know what illicit means?" he said while heavily giggling like a school girl.

Yep, I just like to think this is too good to be legal" she whispered and kissed his cheek. He smelt the sweet scent of her familiar perfume and wanted to close the door and keep her in with him but she was already out the door and twirling round in the direction of her car.

"God, she's perfect" he whispered to himself as he watched her half skip across the car park below their apartment. She opened the car door and just before she got in she looked up and gave him a little wink before slipping into her car and speeding off. Reid licked his lips as he saw the car speed off and turned a corner. He grabbed his messenger bag off the floor, turned off the lights, locked the door and raced to his car as rain started dripping onto him. Typical luck of Emily to avoid the rain, he thought. He didn't mind though. "She'll get drenched when she has to get out of her car and into the office" he said with a little chuckle to himself.