Recovery
The next day they briefly brought Emily out of a coma again but this time she wiggled her toes. He couldn't believe it. She was actually wiggling her toes. She wasn't going to be paralysed. He was so happy he could dance and that would be a sight to see. Aaron Hotchner dancing in a hospital; he'd never live it down.
"You're moving them, Em, you're moving them," he cheered on the verge of tears. He couldn't be happier for her and the kids. His Emily was going to be alright. He took her hand and kissed it all over. "Oh Emily, you're going to be okay, you're going to be alright."
Lucy and Adam looked up at him as the doctors left. They'd never seen him like this before. They'd never seen him so happy. Why was he so happy? Mummy still had that thing on her head. He looked over to them and saw them looking confused so he went to their bedsides.
"Mummy's really going to be ok," he told them.
They looked at her then back at him. "But she still has that thing on her head," Adam answered.
"It will be removed in a few days and they'll wake her up soon after but she wiggled her toes," he smiled.
"What does that mean?"
"It means mummy's going to make a full recovery just like you two are."
They beamed at him and he couldn't be happier. His family that he rushed from a case for were going to be alright. Everyone was going to make a full recovery.
Just as he said a few days later the vice was taken off Emily's head. Lucy commented she looked just like sleeping beauty which made him smile as he agreed with her. He thought she was his sleeping beauty.
Sometime later she woke up and looked around her. Oh god, why was she in hospital? It all slowly came back to her. The car crash. Oh god, the kids? Daniel? Were they alright? She looked to her side and saw Adam with his leg up talking happily to Aaron who had Lucy on his lap.
When did he get here? Judging by the stubble on his face it must have been a few days ago. Had she really been out that long? Her children needed her though they seemed to be pleasantly occupied by her best friend. Where was Daniel? Where was her husband? Oh god please don't tell her she was a widow.
Aaron looked up and smiled slightly when he saw she was awake. "Adam, can you look after Lucy for a minute? I need a private word with mummy."
He nodded and Lucy sat on the bed while Aaron went over to Emily. He could see she was distressed and he didn't want the kids to see that. He sat next to her and held her hand. He knew she must be wondering where Daniel was.
"Aaron, where's Daniel? How long have I been unconscious?" she asked.
"You've been unconscious for a week," he answered gently.
She sat bolt upright and panicked, "The children?"
"Were fine and still are, Emily, apart from a bump on the head and a broken leg and ribs for Adam. I've been here all the time...you had head trauma and broken bones but you've healed enough to be taken out of a coma fully but they believe you'll be here for another week and so will I. I'm not going anywhere Emily."
"Oh Aaron...Daniel?"
"Emily, I'm so sorry..." he said gently feeling the tears rise in his eyes.
"No, Aaron, no please tell me he isn't dead," she answered on the verge of tears. She loved her husband so much and didn't know what she'd do without him. How was she going to be without the man she loved? She knew Aaron would help her but she'd still lost her husband.
"I'm sorry, Emily, he died instantly," he finished holding her in his arms. She broke down in his arms as he hugged her close to him. He swallowed the lump in his throat while he hugged the woman he loved who was crying for the man she loved who'd been killed in the accident.
She tried to recover her tears and looked over at her son and daughter whispering, "Do they know?"
He nodded. "I told them he's now a star in the night sky, they can see him at night and he's always watching from above."
She felt the tears rise in her eyes again as she thought that was so sweet. "That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard, Aaron," she cried.
"I can be a sweet guy sometimes," he smiled slightly wiping her tears away with his fingers.
"You're always a sweet guy," she smiled at him.
"Just don't tell the UnSubs that," he joked.
"Never," she laughed slightly. He always knew the right thing to say. She couldn't imagine life without him. She hoped she would never have to.
Suddenly they heard a commotion at the entrance and looked up to see the team and Jack walk in. They smiled to see the rest of their family. Aaron knew that Dave would rally the troops and bring them to London once the case was over. Emily and the children needed all their family right now.