MY HUSBAND, THE PROFESSOR

PROMPT: Mr and Mrs Who (MASH)

Emily slid unnoticed into the lack of Aaron's classroom. She'd come to surprise everyone – mainly her husband – bringing two-year-old AJ and five-week-old Kate with her. She'd left both girls in the more than capable hands of their doting aunts. Meanwhile, she took the opportunity to watch Hotch teach. He'd been doing it more and more often and Emily knew he'd been considering the change to only teaching since Kate had been born. She smiled as she observed him leaning against the desk, fielding any question the students had for a shining member of the BAU.

"Have you ever been shot at?"

Emily eyed the young woman that had asked the question, she was leaning forward, eyes fixed on Aaron who actually had a slight upward tilt to his mouth. She couldn't help the contented smile that floated over her face.

"Every agent gets shot at," Aaron answered calmly. "It's one of the perils of the job."

"You caught the Mill Creek Killer right?" another girl piped up, this one right beside the first. "And the Highway-99 Killer?"

Emily winced. They didn't like talking about their cases, especially considering the admiring tone of the students. She took a moment to look around at the class. Admiration radiated from the large majority of the students around her. That itself was really not a surprise. Aaron was famous for the work he'd done in the Bureau and as one of the star founding members of the BAU. This time, however, it did bother her.

She'd been struggling after Kate's birth. Unlike with AJ, it was taking her longer to get her figure back, not to mention that her hormones were still haywire. Aaron had tried everything he could think of, she knew that and appreciated it. It was sweet, but it hadn't helped.

These girls were young, confident and while Emily wasn't insecure enough to think her husband would ever consider actually cheating, it still brought many of her insecurities to the fore. It wasn't rational and she knew that, and as a general rule, she wasn't that kind of woman. She wasn't insecure in the relationship she shared with her husband, most especially with Kate's birth. Children meant the world to him. His children meant the world to him and she even knew she meant the world to him. Her insecurities weren't rational, but they were still there.

"If you'd like to leave, the class is dismissed." Aaron's voice floated back into her thoughts. There was a flurry of movement as the students packed their bags and gathered their things. Some students left, some flocked to Aaron's side, firing questions at him.

Emily took her time in standing, knowing he wasn't in a hurry. She forced herself to stay calm, to remind herself that she was being insecure and he was being a teacher. Aaron was not attracted to these cadets and would never be. It wasn't his fault that she was irritated at the obvious adoration the students were exhibiting. She wandered up the aisle, part of her indeed reveling at how at ease and less tense he looked as a professor.

As she stepped closer, she heard it:

"He's hotter, Agent Rossi," Emily heard one girl murmur to another and she actually snorted in amusement.

The sound drew Aaron's attention and the way his eyes lit up made her feel a lot better about her insecurities.

"Hi, sweetheart."

She felt herself blush at how open he was being with their marriage. It wasn't a secret, but they were so used to keeping their relationship low-key on the job that it made her blush.

"This is a nice surprise."

She smiled, taking his outstretched hand as he pulled her through the crowd of students.

"Cadets, this is Special Agent Prentiss," Aaron introduced as he wrapped his hand around her waist. "She's one of the shining members of the BAU."

And suddenly, she was answering questions as much as he was, though his hand never left where it settled on her hip. His thumb rubbed circles over her pants. It was a very comforting gesture. Finally, when the last student left, Aaron turned to Emily, leaning down to press a 'hello' kiss to her mouth. A real 'hello' kiss.

"What are you doing here?"

"I thought I'd bring the girls in to see where Mommy and Daddy work," she replied. He was in an extremely good mood. She could feel it in how relaxed he felt against her.

"You brought the girls?" he asked in excitement.

"They're spending time with Aunt JJ and Aunt Penelope," she answered, her hands rubbing gently over his shoulders.

"Then we have time?"

Emily's eyebrow went up playfully. When he was this happy, his mood was infectious. So much so that by this point, between his touch and his mood, her insecurities had been shoved aside, at least momentarily. "Depends on what you have in mind."

"They have an office for me," he confided. "Which means I'm just waiting on the transfer papers to go through and I'm no longer a BAU agent."

Her eyes teared up. It was a bittersweet moment. She was glad there was going to be someone there for their children, but she was going to miss seeing him every day. She was going to miss seeing him on cases. This was a good change, she knew that, but it didn't mean she wasn't upset with the sacrificing it was going to entail.

"Sweetheart?"

She put on a smile. She didn't have to repeat that to him. They'd debated this long and hard, even though she'd known the minute he came home to his children from the case just after Kate was born that there was no argument she could make that would change his mind.

Aaron's smile was soft and understand, then his eyes narrowed. "Then tell me, Mrs Hotchner, what was so amusing earlier."

Her smile turned real with a hint of wickedness. It was hard to believe he didn't love her or want her when he was looking at her with such warmth, when his hands held her so securely. She leaned up, brushing her lips against his ear.

"Your students think you're hot, Agent Hotchner," she whispered. Then she pulled back. "Hotter than Agent Rossi.

Aaron kissed her forehead, her temple, her cheek and her nose, pausing not far from her lips. "I don't care if my students think I'm hot," he whispered against her lips. "I care if my wife does."

Then he kissed her.

I miss these guys!

And I meant for this to be more about dealing with insecurities following the birth of a child, then realized that Hotch would never look twice at anyone else because we all know how intense he feels when he does. But I thought it would be cute for Em to sneak into his classroom.