Warning:- character death
When Aaron came home he and Jack were surprised to find Derek Morgan sitting on the sofa. The two of them had been visiting Haley's relatives for the past fortnight and had been looking forward to returning home to Spencer.
Aaron knew that nothing bad could have happened to Spencer, they would have called him and not waited until he got home. But the look on Derek's face told another story. Jack being pleased to see his uncle bounced up to Derek and asked were his Papa was. Derek smiled down at Jack and told him Garcia was in the kitchen making cupcakes. The child was not distracted, he loved Spencer and had missed him over the last two weeks. Being old enough to know a tantrum wouldn't work but being tired and missing a loved one Jack threw one anyway.
Overwhelmed by the screaming child in his lap Derek lost his own composure. He jumped up and told Aaron everything, about SADS, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, about finding him dead in the kitchen two days ago, about not yet knowing the cause, about wanting to give the family just a couple more days of happiness.
Jack ran up the stairs Aaron and Derek following after him. They found him sobbing uncontrollably over a map, hugging it close to him.