I'm not going to be able to get on before New Years so I figured I would post this now. Hope everyone has a great New Year and you get to spend it with someone special.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1…HAPPY NEW YEAR!" The team yells out loud in Dave's large living room.
"Come here Princess," Morgan says with a cocky grin and he pulls her close and kisses her on the lips. "Happy New Year," he tells her when he pulls back and Emily can't help but laugh at his forcefulness.
"Happy New Year Morgan," she giggles as she backs away and takes another sip of her champagne. She turns her head towards Reid and moves in to give him a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek. She pulls back and she watches in delight as Reid's cheeks flair up. "What a lovely shade of red you're wearing tonight Reid."
The young genius turns away from her and heads over to the couch with a small smile on his face. Emily's gaze finally lands on Hotch and she bites her lip. Years, she has waited years to be able to spend a New Years with him that wasn't on a case. One where the whole team could be together so when midnight hit and she kissed him, it wouldn't be weird because the whole team was kissing. So the moment that his eyes shoot up and latch onto hers, Emily quickly finishes off her drink with flourish as she makes her way over to him.
With each passing step Emily has no idea what she's exactly going to do. Should she settle for a hug and a kiss or just a kiss? Would he freak out if she aimed for his lips? Should she not try anything at all except say the three words that she can still hear the rest of the team murmuring to each other behind her? But the second that she sees Hotch's eyes grow wide in her determination to get to him and the little gulp that he swallows she knows that she has to take a chance, a chance that she may never get again.
Emily quickly closes the distance between them and wraps her arms tightly around his neck as her lips crash onto his in a kiss that she knows lets him know how she feels. It isn't just a random New Year kiss, this is an 'I've been dreaming about doing this for a very long time and now I finally have the chance kiss'. Emily still hears the team talking in the background so she knows that she has a few more seconds to continue the kiss. A small flair of hope balloons in her chest as she feels his hands grip her hips as he pulls her a centimeter closer to him. She can't help the moan that escapes her lips as she feels him kiss her back.
With one last small moan, Emily finally steps back from Hotch and she bites the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing when she sees his face. It reminds her of Reid. Hotch is beat red and his eyes widen with each passing second. He quickly drops his hands from her hips and clears his throat.
"Happy New Year Hotch," Emily beams up at him as she runs a hand through her hair.
"Happy New Year Emily," he whispers softly then clears his throat again as his mind starts to replay the kiss over and over in his head. To be honest it was the last thing that he had been expecting but it was the one thing that he had wanted.
As his mind is still going over what just happened he vaguely hears Morgan call Emily's name and his gaze returns to hers. She flashes him a shy smile and he realizes that her smile is what is going to get him through the upcoming year. Hotch had her back and he wasn't going to let her leave again. He'd protect her with everything he had, and in the end he was going to make her his. And as she smirks at him and gives him a small wink before turning to walk away from him he realizes that getting her would be a fun task. And he was definitely up for the challenge.