Spencer opened the door to see JJ and Henry. JJ walked in holding the boy and a bag.

Ryan looked up from her TV show and smiled. "Hey Henry, ready for your sleep over?"

JJ set down the boy who made his way over to the girl and the TV. Ryan switched on some cartoons and the boy watched, talking about his mommy and daddy and papa and everything. The boy could chat.

JJ looked over at Reid. "Are you sure you can handle this?"

Spencer sighed. "We talked about this. It's an experiment to see how well I do in order to see if we can do this visitation thing."

JJ sighed. "I don't want to leave him."

"You aren't. He's spending the night and the day with me tomorrow and when I leave to go back home with Ryan tomorrow evening, he's going to be back with you."

JJ bit her lip. "Maybe you should just move back. I mean, I can't just send my son on a plane every two weeks Spencer."

"I told you I'll pay for the tickets, I mean,.. that's my responsibility and maybe we can figure something out. It could be longer-"

"I'm not going a month without seeing my son, Spencer."

"He's my son too, JJ."

"Really, because I didn't see you in the-"

Ryan cleared her throat, looking over at the two. Spencer glanced back to see Henry and Ryan watching them. He smiled.

"He'll be fine. Won't you buddy?"

"Uh huh. I play with Daddy and Ryan, Mommy. I be got Meatball movie."

JJ nodded, walking over to the boy. "If you need anything, anything at all buddy, you just tell Daddy and I'll be here, okay?"

"Uh huh. Love you, Mommy."

"I love you too, little man."

JJ walked over to Spencer, giving him the bag. "Everything you need is in here. If he so much as cries, you call me. You understand. You remember Battle right? Of course you do. If you so much as hurt a hair on his head, I will shoot you before you can even think of the first three digits of pi, you understand me, Spencer?"

"I'm not-"

"And don't... just keep it rated G with Ryan, okay?"

"I wouldn't-"

"And I..."

She sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just...He's.. I can't do this! He's too little and I don't know Ryan well enough. She could be some-"

Spencer set down the bag and pulled the girl into a hug. "He will be fine. If you'd like, we can pull out Ryan's laptop and video conference before bed time, so you know he's okay. You can call every hour if you need to. It will be okay. Ryan's an FBI agent, she passed all the necessary clearances to become an agent. She's safe. She'll protect Henry just as any other team mate would. He is safe and look, he's happy."

JJ looked over at Henry, who was telling an elaborate story with hand motions. She sighed and rested her head against his chest.

"He's a mini you." She said. She smiled slightly as Ryan glanced over at them, a frown on her lips.

"So he should be fine with me, right?" Spencer said, looking down at the woman.

JJ nodded. "I guess."

Spencer chuckled and pulled away from the woman.

"Thank you for doing this."

JJ looked at him before back at the woman with her son. "I don't not like her, Spencer, you know that right? I...was upset when I said those things. We had a meaningful trip and I came to say goodbye and you were-"

"I know."

"She... she..." JJ shrugged and sighed. "As long as you like her."

"I do."

"I still don't like the fact that's going to be here when you're spending time with Henry, but.. I mean, I guess... I might have to get used to her regardless, right?"

"I can get another room, it just.. She came out here for me and I'd feel..."

"I know. Well.. I should go." She smiled up at him before waving at Henry. "Bye Henry."

Henry jumped off the couch and ran to his mother, enveloping her legs in a big hug. "Bye mommy. I love you. and I be good, I promise. Daddy and Ryan and me'll be okay."

JJ kneeled down and hugged him. "I love you too and I know you'll be good. You go to bed when Daddy tells you to, okay? And be good in the bath." JJ looked up. "You can bath him right? I mean... That's not too difficult is it?"

Spencer looked at her. "I bathe myself."

JJ shook her head and looked back at Henry. "Be patient with your dad, okay? He's..."

"Too smart for his own good?" Henry said, having heard the saying a lot in describing Spencer.

JJ laughed and kissed the boy's head. "Just like you."

Henry grinned. "I know, Mommy, we too smart."

"Uh huh. Call me before bed time."

"Okay, Bye bye mommy."

"Bye, Henry."

Spencer watched as JJ left before looking back at Ryan. Ryan glanced at him before at Henry, who seemed a little thoughtful. She looked at Spencer, who had the same look, as if both were trying to figure out what the right thing was to do now that JJ was gone. She patted the bed.

"Let's watch a movie."

Henry perked up first, running back over to the bed. "yeah!"

Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas

"Ryan? You awake?" Spencer asked, from the bed he was laying in with a knocked out little boy.

"Mmh." Ryan muttered.

"Even if I moved back here, you know that we'd still be in contact, right?"

"Hmm?"

"Our...discussion earlier. If I moved back here...I'd still... I wouldn't just..."

She opened her eyes to look at him. "You'd still want to be together?"

Spencer shrugged. "If you would. I mean, Garcia has all that tech stuff, and vacations and weekends."

Ryan licked her lips. "You're very...interesting, you know that?"

"the percentage of couples that break up is not much different between long distant and proximal relationship so if you-"

"Spencer, before you start spitting out statistics, let me speak."

Spencer looked at her, mutely.

"You're a wonderful man and your friends are great here. Derek is hilarious and it's obvious that you and JJ are close. I don't want you to think that I don't understand the importance of the relationships you have with them and I understand your need to be here with your son, I just want you to... realize that whether decision you make, you might lose something."

"Do I have to lose you?" He asked, softly.

Ryan smiled a little. "We've only been dating for a few weeks, Spence. It's not like I've changed your life or we have a child together."

Spencer rolled her eyes at her . "So? I know that I haven't been in a lot of relationships in my life, but isn't that how successful relationships start?"

Ryan smirked at him. "Is that a line?"

"A line from what?"

She chuckled a little bit. "Never mind, Spencer. Just go to bed. You have a big day with your son tomorrow."

"You say that like you won't be with me."

"I won't. Garcia invited me to some lunch thing with her and Emily. I think they want to profile me."

She heard Reid chuckle. "I'm sure they just want to get to know you."

She watched as he shifted and kissed the boys head.

"You did great with him tonight, Spencer." She said, softly and smiled when he smiled.

"You helped."

"Maybe, but still. You could handle him on your own. If that's what you decide."

Spencer was quiet for a while and she looked over to see him staring at the ceiling, obviously thinking about things. She turned away from him, getting comfortable again. She knew that he needed to think things through, so she'd leave him be for now.

Author's note: I might make a separate piece on Spencer and Henry's sleep over. Just because I think it'd be fun to write.