Spencer picked up the little boy and hugged him tight.

Henry grunted. "Daddy. Can't...breathe."

Spencer loosened his grip. "Sorry, buddy. I missed you!"

"I missed you too daddy, you got the bad guy?"

"Yeah, buddy. We got the bad girl."

Henry leaned his head against his dad's chest. "That's good daddy. I talked to Mommy a lot while you were gone. Mommy miss me a lot."

"Oh yeah?"

Henry nodded. "I miss her too, Daddy."

"Oh?"

"I go home soon?"

Spencer bit his lip. "In a couple days, we'll see how everything is going, okay?"

Henry nodded. "Okay, Daddy. Where's Ms. Ryan? I wanna see her too."

Spencer smiled. "She went home, Henry. We'll see her tomorrow, okay? It's just you and me tonight."

Henry nodded. "Can we get pizza?"

"Sure, buddy, whatever you'd like."

Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas

Spencer laid in bed before grabbing his phone. He called someone and waited for them to answer.

"Morgan."

"Hey Derek, how are you feeling?"

"I'm doing okay. How's my nephew?"

Spencer smiled. "You aren't mad?"

"Hell, if I knew Will was drinking around Henry, I'd kick his ass too. I heard you got a good shot in?"

"I tried." Spencer nodded. "I was.. I needed to talk to you about something, though."

"Shoot, kid."

"I'm thinking about leaving the BAU."

There was silence for a few minutes. "Really?"

Spencer nodded. "All I could think about was Henry this last case. I don't think I can be a father and do this job. I can't... I can't be like Hotch."

Morgan sighed. "But, Man, you love this job."

"I love Henry more."

"Hotch loves Jack too, Spencer."

"I'm not saying that he doesn't. I'm saying that..." Spencer trailed off, before standing up and going to check on the boy. He was laying on his stomach on the couch, fast asleep. Spencer sighed, leaning against the door frame. "this job takes so much out of us. We always have to be ready to go and I can't... I don't want to always be leaving."

"What does JJ think?"

"I haven't spoken to her about it. Ryan thinks-"

"Man, what's up with you and this Ryan chick? Is that what you really want?"

"I don't understand."

Morgan chuckled a little. "Everyone knows about you and JJ now, Spencer. You were in love with her for 5 years...are you really over that?"

"I need to move-"

"She broke up with Will, man."

Spencer frowned. "She didn't tell me."

"Pen said that JJ knew that Will was drinking. Not around Henry, though. Supposedly, he's an angry drunk too."

Spencer rubbed his head. "Henry's going to-"

"I know, but... she's single, Reid.. so maybe you and.."

"I'm with Ryan, Morgan."

"Right, but.."

"But nothing. I... Can we focus on the subject at hand?"

"You should just come back to us, man. Get your boss to transfer you back here. We need you. You can be around Henry all the time and you get to do the job you love."

"I have friends here too, Morgan."

"Yeah, but we're your family."

Spencer bit at his lip. "Henry's waking up, so I should go."

He hung up before sighing. Morgan had been no help at all. He walked over to the little boy and picked him up. Henry fussed a little, but felt asleep again, quickly. Spencer took the boy to his old room and laid the little boy down in his bed. He kissed Henry's forehead before going back to his own room. He looked back at his phone again before sighing. Should he call JJ? She was probably hurting. He bit his lip before hitting the speed dial button and holding the phone up to his ear.

"Hey Spence."

"Hi. Henry fell asleep a little early, so I was just... calling to..."

"It's fine. He seems to be doing really well there."

"He is. He's integrated into the day care very well. He's very social."

"Guess he got that from me."

"Definitely not a Reid trait."

JJ sighed. "I broke up with Will."

"I heard."

"I didn't know he was drinking around Henry, you know that I would never put our son at risk like that, right, Spence?"

"I do."

"He really took the cheating hard. I thought that we could fix things, but...he's just so mean now. He's moving back to New Orleans and I... I don't know what I'm going to do."

Spencer closed his eyes as he heard her jagged breaths. She was crying. "It'll be okay, JJ."

"Will it? Everything's so...messed up, Spence."

"He wasn't right for you anyways, Jennifer."

"And are you right for me, Spencer?"

He took in a long breath. "I don't know."

She sighed. "I wish you were here."

Spencer opened his eyes to stare at the ceiling, wondering what exactly she meant by that. She was hurting and usually when one of them were hurting, they had sex. Was that what she meant, by wishing he was there? Was it something more?

"I..." He tried, but he didn't know what to say.

"Henry thinks Ryan loves you. Do you... Do you love her?"

"Henry said Ryan loves me?"

She sighed, knowing he was ignoring her question. "And it makes her sad."

"Why would loving me make her sad?" Spencer asked, confused.

"He didn't explain it." JJ said, before there was a pause. "Do you love her?"

"JJ, I don't want to talk about this again."

"She's beautiful and... I mean, I understand why you'd love her. She's.."

"JJ." Spencer interrupted. "I..I didn't call to talk about Ryan. I called because I know you had to be hurting and I.. I just wanted to be there for you."

"I love you, Spencer."

"Why don't you come up here for the weekend? You can spend some with Henry and we... we can talk about things and you can get away from everything for a few days. I'll pay for the ticket."

"That sounds great, Spence."

"Good. Now, go to bed JJ. Everything will be... Everything will get better."

She seemed to chuckle a little. It was muted by something, he didn't know what. "And how do you know that?"

"...I don't, I was just trying to be hopeful."

"Will you stay on the phone with me until I fall asleep? I know that's...childish, but...I..."

"It's okay, JJ. I was just going to sit here and read for a while anyways."

"Read out loud."

"Okay." He said, before reaching over to his nightstand and grabbing the book he was planning to read. "Are you sure, it's about thermodynamics."

"I don't care. I just want to hear your voice."

Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas

Ryan scooped up the little boy who answered the door. "How's my favorite little genius doing huh?"

"Mommy's here!"

Ryan raised an eyebrow. "Oh yea?"

"Uh huh. She and Daddy are talking in his room. I watching tv. Are you going to go to see the candy world with us?"

"I... don't know. How long has Mommy and Daddy been talking?"

"A while. Mommy look really sad, Ms. Ryan."

She sat down, pulling the boy in her lap. "Oh."

Henry looked at her. "Now you look sad. Why is everyone sad?"

Ryan smiled, weakly. "I'm not sad, Mini. Promise."

Henry scanned her face, but shrugged. "I want you to come to the candy world with us, okay?"

"We'll see, Henry."

Spencer and JJ walked out of the room, their reactions totally different as they spotted Ryan. Spencer smiled, while JJ looked a little upset. She walked over and picked up the little boy.

"Ready to go to the M&M world, little man?"

"Uh huh. Can Ms. Ryan come too, Mommy?"

JJ licked her lips, looking at Spencer. "I...do you want to come, Ryan?"

Ryan looked at Spencer as well, who smiled a little more. "Can... I talk to Spencer for a moment, first?"

JJ shrugged. "I'm going to go get Henry dressed."

Spencer watched as they left before turning back to Ryan. "I told her about leaving the BAU."

Ryan nodded. "Is she here to get Henry?"

"Maybe, We were talking about things."

"Oh...so...You know what you're going to do and you didn't tell me?"

"No." Spencer looked at her a little confused. "We were just talking about things, seeing what the best options were. I don't know anything yet."

Ryan nodded and smiled a little when Spencer wrapped his arms around her waist. "She broke up with Will and she's hurting. I thought she could use some time with her son away from all that mess."

Ryan nodded, resting her head on his chest. "I'm sorry I...got a little ...upset when I heard you were alone with her."

Spencer placed his fingers under her chin, raising her eyes to his. "I wouldn't do that to you, Ryan."

"I know." She kissed him. "I know, it's just... it just feels like everyone there is Team JJ and-"

"Team JJ?" Spencer asked, a little amused.

"Yes, There's Team JJ and Team Ryan and the Quantico team and Elle are ...this is ridiculous isn't it?"

Spencer chuckled a little and kissed her. "A little. And I don't think Elle is Team JJ."

"She told me you two were meant for each other. Or something like that." She said, with a little pout, causing Spencer to kiss her again. Ryan tangled he fingers in the man's hair, slightly tugging, needing more from the kiss.

"Why do girls like to pull people's hair, Mommy?" Henry asked. "That's not nice, Ms. Ryan!"

Spencer and Ryan pulled back to see JJ and Henry watching them. Spencer blushed and Ryan buried her face in his chest, trying to stifle her giggles.