Disclaimed!
As promised here's more drama that will quickly gets resolved because unfortunately we're nearing the end. As always, let me know what you think?
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JJ turned as she heard a soft tap on her office door. Garcia entered quietly and shut the door. "Have you heard?"
"Yeah, Dave stopped by the house yesterday. He asked Aaron for some advice on fatherhood." JJ answered with a thin smile as she continued with her filing.
Chuckling, the technical analyst came to her friend's side. "Are you okay, sweetie?"
"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" JJ answered, meeting her friend's concerned gaze.
Shrugging, Garcia leaned against the blonde's desk, watching her friend continue with her work. "Well it was only, what seven months since you found out about Prentiss and Will..."
"And now I'm with Aaron and happier than I've ever been." JJ replied with a brighter smile.
Sighing, Garcia looked towards the door before answering. "Prentiss and Will brought the baby in. They're with Rossi in his office."
"Okay." JJ nodded and returned to sit behind her desk.
"Okay. That's all you're going to say? Okay." Garcia huffed as she stood with her arms on her waist.
Looking at her best friend in confusion, the liaison straightened in her seat. "What do you want me to do? Go and wish them the world of happiness?"
"No, go and be Rossi's friend and meet his daughter. Henry's..." The blonde was cut off b her friend's harsh scoff.
"The baby isn't Henry's anything." JJ scorned with a determined expression.
Nodding, Garcia edged towards the door slowly. "Maybe so, but I'm pretty sure Rossi could use the support right now."
Groaning, JJ stood hesitantly and came to her friend's side. "Fine, but she's not pregnant anymore so if either of them say something to piss me off..."
"I will have your back sunshine." The San Franciscan smirked in victory.
The pair wandered into the bullpen noting that the team, minus Hotch, were now in the briefing room with Will, Prentiss and Anna. JJ indicated silently that Garcia should go ahead of her while she spoke to the absent unit chief.
Tapping lightly on the profiler's office door, JJ quietly entered and waited for him to finish his phone call. As he hung up, Hotch pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly.
"You okay, Aaron?" JJ asked warmly.
Nodding, the supervisor flashed her a smile before tilting his head in concern. "What's up with you?"
"I came to get you so you could hold my hand." JJ grinned as Hotch stared at her in confusion.
Moving around to the front of his desk, the unit chief chuckled at her childlike expression. "You want me to hold your hand."
"Figuratively hold my hand, or literally, whatever." JJ shrugged as she stood, instantly closing the distance between them.
"Why would you want me to hold your hand?" Hotch asked with a smirk.
Shaking her head, JJ laughed quietly and ran her hand over his arm. "You really do get tunnel vision in here, don't you?"
Instead of responding he just raised an eye and smiled. "Will and Prentiss are here with the baby to see Rossi. Garcia guilt tripped me into going to see the baby for Dave. And because you're his best friend, and my loving boyfriend who would do anything for me, you have to come too."
Hotch rolled his eyes and placed his hand on her lower back, to guide the media liaison into the briefing room.
The room instantly stilled as the two entered, but JJ just smiled and ignoring the southern detective, the communication coordinator went straight to Dave's side and looked down at the baby in his arms. "She's beautiful, Dave."
"Yeah she is, thanks JJ." The experience profiler smiled at the blonde before nodding to Hotch who came protectively to JJ's side.
Will watched Hotch's hand rest on the back of JJ's neck as he looked down at Anna. "I hope she doesn't get your chin."
There was a small chuckle around the room. JJ looked over to Prentiss as Hotch's arm comfortingly fell down her back. "Congratulations Prentiss."
"Thanks." Emily smiled gratefully.
Morgan broke the sudden awkwardness that had overtaken the room by clearing his throat. "So were you two in the neighbourhood?"
"Actually we came to talk to Dave and JJ." Will replied slowly, his words drawing out in uncertainty.
JJ flashed a concern glare to Hotch and Rossi before speaking. "What did you want to talk about?"
Prentiss and Will looked around the room, indicating they wanted to talk in private. Reid, Morgan and Garcia backed out quickly, mumbling their goodbyes, but JJ kept Hotch in place by grabbing his hand.
Emily took a few steps forward, taking Anna out of Rossi's arms and placing the baby back into the pram. "This is a little delicate."
"Who did you sleep with now?" JJ mocked sarcastically, her eyes piercing into Hotch's warningly. Hotch scoffed and shook his head. "Don't even go there."
Will ran a hand through his hair and looked to Prentiss for her to continue "It's nothing like... This kind of concerns you both, but it's a decision Will and I have been talking about for a long time now."
"Which is?" Rossi prodded urgently.
Will sighed, taking hold of Prentiss's hand for reassurance. "We're moving back to Louisiana."
JJ placed a hand on Rossi's shoulder as his face scrunched angrily. "You can't do that. Anna's my daughter."
Prentiss lowered her gaze guiltily. "I would never keep her from you, but Will and I need an actual fresh start and neither of us feels comfortable in DC anymore and so, moving is..."
"Save the violins for someone who cares about you, do you really have to move so far away?" Rossi barked harshly.
Will met JJ's eye line weakly. "Louisiana is my home."
"I want Anna to grow up there. I want a change. Dave, you are always going to be in Anna's life. You can come and visit as much as you want and we can come up..." Prentiss froze as Rossi stood and strode out of the room with a set jaw.
Biting her lower lip, the brunette turned her attention to the liaison and the Unit Chief, both had neutral expressions, as they sat at the roundtable with their hands entwined. "I'm sorry JJ."
JJ shook her head and met Hotch's warm eyes briefly as she controlled her anger. "Henry and I have a much better life now, but did you seriously have to screw with Rossi's life too?"
"Jay." Will stood at the same time as JJ but the Pennsylvanian scoffed as he attempted to apologise and left the couple alone with Hotch.
The pair met Hotch's suddenly stern face with trepidation. "JJ and Henry are going to be just fine, Will. I'll look after them. But both of you should really reconsider Dave's position in Anna's life. He's a good man. He deserves to know his own daughter."
Hotch met JJ standing outside of Rossi's office door, allowing the husband and wife some time alone in the briefing room before the vacated the building. "How is he?"
JJ shrugged, meeting Hotch's worried gaze with a concerned look of her own. "He's yelling at someone on the phone."
"Come on, we'll wait in my office till he calms down." Hotch insisted, leading the communications coordinator into his private room.
They sat in silence for a few moments, watching Prentiss say goodbye to their colleagues in the bullpen while listening to Rossi argue, presumably with his lawyer.
"Do you think it'll work out for Dave?" JJ asked quizzically.
Tilting his head, Hotch sighed. "Honestly, on my small knowledge of Family law, there's not much he can do. She's not denying him access and legally they're not doing anything wrong. I can't see what his options could be other than to arrange visitation or shared custody. But I can't see any judge awarding Dave shared custody in DC when Anna's with Prentiss and Will in Louisiana."
A tensed silence over took the pair as the listened to the yelling coming from next door. As their eyes reconnected, with JJ on the couch and Hotch on one of the guest chairs, the media liaison bit her lower lip in wonder before breaking the quiet that had overcome them both.
"Do you want more kids?" JJ asked hesitantly.
Hotch's eyes widened momentarily as JJ stared at him in curiosity. "Honestly, I'm not sure."
"Oh." JJ frowned slightly, the air between them suddenly becoming more awkward.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, the profiler leaned back in his chair as he began to talk. "JJ, I love Jack and Henry but in this job, successful family life is difficult and sure if we were to have children I'd be over the moon but I wouldn't plan to have any more right now."
"Okay." JJ replied in a whisper.
"Do you want more children?" Hotch asked seeing her disappointment.
Shrugging, JJ played with her hair slightly as she glanced at Prentiss and Will with Anna in the bullpen. "I didn't want kids. After all I'd seen I never wanted to be put in the position of the parents I'd come in to contact with but then I held Henry for the first time when he was born, and I watch the way Jack is with him and I don't know, another child might not be the worst thing ever."
Nodding, Hotch smiled at his girlfriend's wistful expression. "Of course not, a child would a blessing, but four months..."
JJ interrupted with a chuckle. "I didn't mean impregnate me now, Aaron. Just some day, more kids might be a possibility for us?"
"Sure, some day." Hotch blushed slightly before his smile widened. "What about marriage, some day?"
Tilting her head, JJ returned his smile with a smirk. "Marriage was a big issue in my last relationship and I'm not sure I believe in it."
"You don't believe in marriage?" Hotch asked in ridicule.
JJ shrugged. "I didn't think you would be interested in getting married again?"
The profiler sighed deeply, looking down at his bare left hand as he spoke. "My marriage with Hailey didn't last because she wasn't willing to meet me half way and I wasn't willing to change. Just because it ended in divorce doesn't mean I don't believe in it."
"And I don't think a couple needs a piece of paper or a ring around a finger to be committed to the other for life." JJ raised her eyes as Hotch shook his head.
Coming to the blonde side on the couch, Hotch took her smaller hand in his. "There's more than that. There's the day. There's seeing you in a white dress, exchanging vows and dancing with you as my wife. There's cake and confetti. There's the unbreakable bond..."
"It's called divorce, dear." JJ added sarcastically.
Rolling his eyes, Hotch continued defiantly. "There's the memories. There would be the honeymoon and the anniversaries. You'd be Mrs Hotchner and we'd grow old and..."
JJ interrupted the speaking agent again by pressing a soft kiss to his lips. Pulling away she rested her head on his shoulder, JJ smiled happily at the hands still grasped together. "I want the memories and growing old together. I want an unbreakable bond, Aaron. I'm just not sure I'm the marrying type."
"There's a marrying type?" Hotch asked sincerely.
Nodding, JJ sat back up and sighed. "I never dreamed about having a white wedding or having the white picket fence. I'm not a homemaker. I don't care if there's a pillow out of place or if we eat takeout for the entire week. I'm a workaholic, I love work. It gives me purpose and hope, that the world has good people in it as well as the bad. I never planned on having children but I love being a mom and I love our kids and I want to have your kid one day. I want to wake up next to you every morning and kiss you before going to sleep every night. I just don't get the whole wedding thing. Blame my parents or my vulnerabilities over past relationships but marriage isn't necessary for me."
Hotch cupped JJ's cheek softly and kissed her. "We don't have to talk about weddings or kids right now, do we?"
"No, I was just thinking out loud." JJ muttered beneath his lips as her eyes fluttered closed.
"So I can continue kissing you?" Hotch mused out loud.
JJ chuckled as he didn't wait for a reply as his mouth pressed firmly onto hers. Pulling away slightly, JJ glanced to the closed door. "Kissing, in your office Agent Hotchner? I'm pretty sure that counts as sexual harassment."
"You're right." Scoffing, Hotch pretended to move off of the couch, but willingly allowed JJ to pull him back down to continue the kiss as he laughed at her mockingly annoyed glare.
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