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Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds. If I did, we would see much more of their personal lives.
"Daddy, what's all this stuff?" Jack had just his small space in the backseat cleared, the rest was taken up by a good portion of Penelope's computer equipment and the back of the SUV filled with clothing and personal effects. Thankfully Annette and Joe had left Hotch a message asking to keep Jack for an extra hour as they finished mini-golf, so it gave the couple time to gather everything.
"Aunt Penny is going to stay with us for a while. That alright buddy?" Hotch bit his lip. He knew Jack loved Penelope but he probably should have talked to his son first before suddenly moving her in.
Jack was one big smile. "Uh, duh daddy! Yes!" and did a little fist pump. "Is this forever? Because I want to talk about my schedule."
Penelope had been a nervous knot but broke into sweet laughter and turned back to Jack. "You are so much like your daddy you know that? So practical and grown up! But sure, what do you want to talk about?"
Jack had a long list. It seems that he had thought this out as he and Amelia spent a good amount of time playing Legos and discussing Aunt Penny last night. He wanted to try new things, and while he loved Aunt Jessica he didn't like having to stay at her house when Hotch was off in the field. He wanted to be home with Penelope. "And then you can teach me how to do computer stuff right? Amelia said she loves computers too." He was wistful and both Aaron and Penelope caught that tone.
"You seem to like Amelia Jack." Pen turned to him, teasingly. "She a little girlfriend?"
Hotch turned his review mirror to see Jack turning beet red. "No." he protested.
"Jack buddy, it's ok to tell us. We like Amelia too." Hotch urged on. He remembered those little innocent crushes at his age. It was adorable to see in his son.
"But she kissed me!" Jack yelled in horror. "And you said only adults do that."
Pen had to stifle her giggles and bite her lip as she looked to Hotch who desperately mouthed "Already?"
She shrugged and answered to both of them. "Sometimes girls are ready to kiss earlier. It's not quite the same as with adults, just a way to show she likes you for being such a cool guy. But if you don't want her to just say that. Be nice though. She's a good friend right?" She remembered her first innocent kiss at this age. Two days later he called her a poo head and she never talked to him again.
Jack nodded. "I like her more than Kevin. He's mean now."
Hotch smirked, he saw how Kevin didn't like the attention Jack had been giving Amelia over him. "He might just be mean because you and Amelia are getting along so well. Why don't we try to have a boys day with him and his dad? The girls can go do nails or whatever it is they do." Hotch tried to stifle a meep from Penelope elbowing him. "Then both could stay over our house after. Sound fun?" He and Penelope discussed this just before picking up Jack. Maybe swapping sleepovers with Joe and Annette would give each couple some nights free for adult time.
Jack was purely in agreement and then got onto talking about the picnic and the rest of the plans for the day just before Penelope was dropped off at the school to reclaim Esther and follow them back to Aaron's.
When just the boys were in the car Hotch decided it was a good time as any to have a heart to heart with his son. "Jack, I want to talk to you. Ok?"
Jack was pretty sure where this was going. "Sure daddy. Is this about the toilet seat? I know to leave it down with a girl in the house."
Hotch felt like he hadn't smiled as much in his whole life as he had in the last two weeks. Between finding and falling in love with Penelope and his son's all too humorous remarks he was at a point of near bliss. "Good to hear buddy. But I want you to tell me if you are really ok with this."
Jack took a moment to think long and hard, as hard as a young child can before nodding eagerly. "You smile when she is around."
That was not at all what Hotch was expecting for an answer. Did he really not smile without her? He realized he's a serious guy, has lots of responsibilities, has seen too much. But he didn't think he seemed too far into the sullen world. But, he had to admit, he did smile more around her. She sort of acted as a beacon for hope and light in the dark world of the BAU, for everyone.
Jack was still talking. "And whenever I am sick she takes care of me. She knows all sorts of cool stuff, and I love her. So please daddy, don't screw it up."
"Don't say screw like that Jack." He scolded as they pulled up to the building, Penelope parking next to them. "But I am glad you love her too. Now, about Amelia, you treat her nice ok? We Hotchners treat women with respect."
Jack nodded then unbuckled his belt and opened his door as Pen rounded to hug him. Hotch took a good look at Penelope hugging his son, ready to move in and admitted to himself that while this was fast, it was also exactly as it should be. "Alright, let's get this stuff up stairs so we can be on time for the picnic." Hotch promised a gleeful Jack. "Jack, can you get the clothes in the roller bag? Pen, some of your other stuff? I'm going to grab the computer things right now. I don't want to see how angry you would get if your tech stuff got taken."
Her face was in horror at just the mention of a possibility and he chuckled, drawing her in for a long kiss. "I love you." He teased.
She broke into a smirk and grabbed her assigned things, helping jack grab her clothes. "I love you too."
Together, all three carried her items into the elevator of the building and to the apartment. Once inside Aaron instructed Jack to wheel the luggage he was responsible for into the master bedroom.
"Ok daddy." Jack agreed, making his way there but before he left the room he turned back. "Will Uncle Sean come meet Aunt Penny?" You would think that had come from nowhere, but in a child's mind it worked like this. She was family now, and that meant that she should know all of the family, right? Plus, his tummy was rumbling and it made him think of how Uncle Sean makes great food.
She looked to Hotch and he back at her. "Well, maybe we should call." She admitted, "He's your brother after all. I should meet him."
Jack seemed satisfied that they were talking about it and made his way down the hall. Once out of sight Hotch grabbed Pen into a warm embrace. "You ready for this?" he asked, with glee on his face.
"I'm ready for everything." She responded between sweet pecks to his lips.
"Good." He squeezed her tighter. "Welcome home Pen."
-Criminal Minds—
"Alright Henry. You can play for ten minutes before lunch. No fighting, you hear? I don't want a repeat of yesterday." Reid was bent in front of his son, tying his shoes tightly and carrying a small smirk. Henry had started wearing mismatched socks now, just like dad.
Henry ran off with Jack, the two racing for who could climb the jungle gym the fastest. "You're good at this." Rossi commended Reid as the younger profiler sat back on the bench. Everyone else was talking or pouring lemonade (JJ and Emily), watching the kids protectively (Hotch and Morgan), or putting on music (Garcia).
"Thank you. It's going to take a while to really get a hold on this identity I think." Reid was watching right ahead as his son nearly fell off the monkey bars. He stood quickly but relaxed once Jack helped him.
Rossi was watching this with fascination. "You respond like you have been his parent for years. Must be a genius on a learning curve thing. Hotch and I had a few talks about fatherhood. He said when your first is born it is like you are a baby of a parent yourself. And as they grow, so do you. The whole thing terrifies me to be honest, but you seem to have adapted quickly."
Reid examined his friend curiously. "What are you trying to say Rossi?"
But before the other profiler could answer, Emily called them all over for lunch. She had set it all out on four blankets overlapping at the edges to form one big area for the group, the food in the middle. Rossi had made a large platter of antipasto, bruschetta, some crudités and balsamic strawberries for dessert. He and Emily had both prepared some sandwiches on artisan breads they had asked Derek to bring over in the morning. And Derek had taken the time to make some cold marinated chicken and salad for his contribution, the three all having been adamant that the two couples not do anything for the picnic.
"Thank you guys so much." Garcia hugged all three in one swoop as she nearly fished off her plate. "It's such a perfect day for this." She had wanted to ask what the hell was going on with the three amigos, but Hotch told her in a whisper he would let her know later when no one would over hear.
Emily smiled, pleased she and the guys had done well, which was an inevitability when Rossi was in charge of anything with food. "Well, I just thought with how busy it is for you and Hotch and JJ and Reid… she's still trying to move on, had a hard time last night."
That saddened Penelope immensely. "What happened?"
Emily shrugged, looking around to make sure no one was in earshot. If she talked low she would be fine. "She tried to get Reid to get her pregnant again. He told her he would have another baby in a second once he's sure its for the right reasons and not because of her emotional wounds. She broke down crying because she feels her life is out of her control. She spent the night at my place with Sergio since you were unreachable on her date."
She could feel her face fall in guilt at not being there for her friend even if she didn't know that would happen. "I hope she knows I am still there for her, I mean I love her like I did before. Just because I moved in with Hotch doesn't mean—"
Emily clapped her hands over her mouth in excitement and shock. "Oh my god you moved in!" she yelled it so loud everyone heard.
"Honey, I thought we were going to tell everyone together?" Hotch scolded but his face held nothing but mirth.
JJ darted to Garcia in a hug so forceful it toppled the two over in a fit of laughter. "I'm so, so happy for you." She proclaimed, now being removed from Garcia by Reid eager to get his own hug in. Rossi gave Hotch a proud pat on the back and a simple "Finally." Emily jumped up to hug Hotch as well and everyone was offering congratulations, except one person.
Morgan stood off to the side, just watching them. He couldn't deny that she looked happy and so did Hotch. He wanted this for them, he wanted her to fall in love with someone strong and good. Hotch was nothing if not that. And he wanted her to form a family. But he was shocked at the rapid progress, suddenly feeling awfully alone in his baby girl not telling him the big and important things in her life.
No one noticed, other than Rossi and Garcia. He stayed off to the side and decided to distract Hotch in conversation while she made her way to Derek as he walked away to a nearby bench. Jack ran to her and asked if he and Henry could go back to playing and she gave her permission before turning to Derek.
"Are you mad at me?" She timidly asked as she took a seat beside him.
"I'm happy for you." He answered truthfully.
She looked at his face, knowing he really was happy for her. But something was wrong. "You can tell me what's on your mind you know."
He turned to her and took her hand. "When did we stop sharing Baby Girl? I have this whole other secret I'm not telling you and you and Hotch are moving quickly and I'm not caught up yet." He looked to the ground. This wasn't her fault, his either. It was just that they seemed to be growing apart. He asked her if she felt that way.
"No!" she raised her face in horror and protest. "Derek, things have been so rapid, so fast I haven't really had a chance to talk to anyone about it. But you are my best friend. No matter how close I am to JJ or Em or the others you're still the friend I go to. You're the one I tell things to, ask to come over when I need support. Sure, Aaron is that for me as well. But when this girl needs a friend to hold her and tell her everything will be alright or to just go to the movies and laugh at the bad ones, she looks to you. So does JJ, so does Emily."
That rang true to him. His mother had raised him to love women both in and out of bed, be respectful and protective. And when it came to the women of this team he was just that, but sometimes he wondered just what was left now. "She's pregnant." He said, stunned he did. It wasn't the secret he intended to let out.
She looked at him. "Who is?" and watched as his gaze fell on Emily. "What? Are you the—"
"Aunt Penny! Ow, ow!" Jack cried, he fell off the ladder to the slide and was holding his arm and crying for her. She darted over instantly; almost unaware she was doing it until she got to him.
Tears were streaking down his face and he looked up at her with the widest eyes as she knelt in front of him asking where it hurt, silently thanking god she saw no blood. "It's my arm and leg." He cried. "It hurts everywhere."
The sound of him in so much pain nearly broke down every inch of sanity she ever had. "Hotch!" she urgently yelled before she turned around to see him also running over. Somewhere in the back of her head she realized she used his last name but she was used to yelling that in an emergency. "Get the car; we are bringing him to the hospital. Now!"
He obeyed, somehow internally recognizing her female instincts taking over the situation. There would be no arguing with a woman who was acting as mother to his son. And when that son was in as much pain as he could read of the situation from ten yards out he would be damned if he wasn't going to drive his car right over the damn field to get to him if he had to.
She called for Reid and he came running over with JJ not far behind. "Do they look broken? How would I tell?" He was a genius, he would know these things.
Henry ran to him and was hanging on Reid's neck, scared at seeing Jack hurt but reluctantly went to JJ when she called him away. Reid knelt next to Garcia to take a look. "I'll call ahead to the hospital. He's going to need x-rays right away."
"What! What's wrong?" she jumped up and begged for answers as he dialed ahead, using some medical lingo she didn't understand.
"Calm down." He advised as he stilled her with his hands on her biceps. "I will come with you and explain everything. But we need to move him gently."
"On it." Morgan proclaimed, maneuvering himself to pick Jack up gently. With the help of Rossi adjusting and supporting Jack they got a firm hold on him and both walked towards where Hotch would be arriving with the car on the edge of the field. Garcia quickly followed behind them and felt human presence on either side. On her left, Emily carrying the picnic stuff all messily packed up. On her right, JJ with a bundle of scared and crying Henry wanting answers on when his friend will be ok.
"What are you guys doing? Stay." She didn't want to ruin this great day for them.
"Shut up. Family goes to the hospital when someone is hurt. They don't stay and have a picnic." Emily informed her, now shoving her picnic ware into her car which was parked right at the edge of the field. Jack was being loaded into the SUV as they spoke. "Besides, you look like you're going to need the support of the whole team. Go. I'll take Reid, JJ and Henry. Rossi and Morgan look like they are going with you."
She spared a quick second to give Em a kiss on the cheek before running to the car. Rossi held the back door open for her and shut it once she got in, hoping into the front seat. She let Jack rest his head on her lap, pleased that Morgan seemed to be holding his legs raised as Reid instructed and someone (probably Rossi) had buckled the center strap around his waist.
"It hurts." Jack complained, twisting his head into her belly to look for comfort.
"I know sweetie. I know." She stroked his hair, desperately wishing she could take it all away. Her first day as acting in a parental role to him and this happens.
"It will be ok Jack. I promise." Hotch called from the front, surprised he was even able to speak he was so concerned.
"See that Jack? Daddy said it will be ok. And he knows everything." She tried to reassure him, knowing Hotch was as much a hero to Jack as he was to her. "And we are almost at the hospital. It's nice to have a daddy with a police light in the car huh?"
Rossi chuckled. He had popped the light on top of the car once Aaron seemed to be breaking every speed limit there was.
"And you know what Jack? Girls love a man they need to take care of." Morgan cut in. "See, beautiful Aunt Penelope fussing over you?" he smiled at her, so impressed she was acting maternal with Hotch's son already. But he wasn't surprised; she was like the team mom anyhow.
"Does that mean Amelia will kiss me again?" Jack asked with some alarm and just a little excitement.
Rossi chuckled again, looking back at him. "Such a Romeo. But why don't you rest a bit ok? Save your energy for healing." He advised as they pulled into the hospital entrance.
"Come on buddy." Hotch called as he opened Morgan's door. Together they passed Jack into Hotch's arms and walked into the hospital, Penelope following and Rossi offering to park the car.
They were expected. Reid's call meant a triage nurse waiting for their arrival and his vitals were taken right away before being transported to radiology. This was the moment Penelope hated more than anything. She had to wait. Just wait outside the room as Jack lay there alone and scared with no one other than the x-ray technician to comfort him.
"Shh. Pumpkin. Come sit." Rossi advised. Morgan had gone off to look out for the other carload and Hotch was pulled down to give his insurance information and sign paperwork. "He'll be ok. It's going to take a while."
She hated this. At least when they were driving she had something to worry, something to do. But she just felt powerless. How is she supposed to protect him from the world? How is she supposed to make sure he never gets hurt again?
She was mumbling these things out loud and pacing and Rossi stopped her progress by holding her gently. "I know pumpkin. I guess that's the hard part of being a parent. I don't know if anyone is ever really ready for it. Hotch told me that. But calm down ok? We're all here."
"And you know no one will ever harm him with all of us around." Emily whispered to her as she moved to hold her from behind. The other car load just arrived and JJ thought it best to take Henry to the maternity ward to see the babies with Morgan while Reid and Emily find Garcia, Hotch and Rossi so he can explain everything.
Penelope turned around to hug her friend. "Oh God, Em. I'm a mess aren't I?" she chuckled a little. She should feel relief. They were at the hospital, everything was being taken care of and most importantly Jack just smiled at her through window in the door.
"It's to be expected. Now come on. Reid. What's it look like?"
The four sat across from one another and talked for a while. Reid explained that he thinks Jack's leg will be fine but his arm was twisted in such a way it must certainly be broken and hopefully won't need surgery.
Hotch returned to them with Morgan, JJ and Henry in tow, saying the doctor will be out shortly to talk to them and that Jack is asking for everyone. They all smiled, glad Jack was up to seeing them and followed Hotch to Jack's temporary room where everyone crowded in easily. The one upside to having visited hospitals so much in their line of work is getting used to crowding into a room when visitors were supposed to be limited… badges help with that.
"Hey little man." Rossi greeted. "You scared us all so much."
"I know." Jack frowned. "Aunt Penny, I'm sorry you're worried."
She laughed, touched at his care. "Oh sweetheart. I just want to make sure you're ok. Don't worry about me or anything else. Just think, you are going to have a lot of cool stories from this weekend, huh?"
Everyone chuckled, it had certainly been eventful. Friday JJ went berserk at the gun range, Saturday Jack won a spelling bee and Hotch and Pen finally made up and had a date and today they are living together and Jack is hurt. Quite a whirlwind.
Emily and Dave backed out of the room to give the nurse space to get to Jack. From their post by the door in the hall they quietly whispered to one another, watching Pen as she and Jack talked. "It's funny isn't it?" she asked him.
"What is?" He looked to her to see an un-Emily-like smile on her face. He was seeing a lot of those these days, she was wistful.
"If you didn't know any better you would say he was hers. He's as selfless and upbeat as her and as strong of will as Hotch." Rossi nodded in agreement so she continued, rubbing her still flat belly. "Do you think this little one will be like that? A combination of both parents in personality?"
He chuckled and rubbed her back when he sensed her nervousness. "Oh bella, I am sure he or she will only get the best qualities of its parents."
She smiled at him, thankful he's been there to support her and looked back to see Jack nodding and waving with his good arm to his doctor now passing them into the room, greeting her with a big smile.
She was like a grownup version of Amelia. Same dark hair, freckles on her nose and glasses. Penelope thought he might have a little kid crush on her too as she stepped close to him and his eyes got bright. "Hey there Jack. I gotta talk to your parents for a bit. Is that alright?" she looked around to the group surrounding him. "I don't think you will be lonely."
Jack nodded and she walked off with Aaron, who tugged Penelope along too by the hand. For a second she was confused, she's not a parent but then it hit her all at once as she stood there with one hand in Hotch's the other taking a stack of forms from the doctor. She was starting a whole new life and it happened like a flash.
"His leg is fine, just some big bruises and a sore knee. The real concern is his arm. He has two radial fractures and some damage to his joints which looks like it is mostly swelling and some cartilage tearing that concerns me. Thankfully, he does not appear to need surgery as I had expected when he came in here but he will need to stay out of school for two days, no playing for a while and may need some physical therapy for his elbow and wrist eventually. We'll determine that at a later time." The doctor looked to Penelope. Usually this is where mothers have a hundred questions.
"Will he need a cast? What about pain relievers? What should we look out for?" Penelope rushed the questions out to the doctor but then looked to Hotch, hoping she wasn't overstepping her boundaries. But if she is going to be caring for the little guy… oh, Hotch is smiling at her in encouragement. She turned back to the doctor. "Sorry, so a cast?"
"Don't apologize. I freaked out when my oldest broke his leg last summer." She smirked affectionately, wondering how long this couple has been together. They seem to be a natural set, like salt and pepper. "I'll cast him now if that's alright and give you his discharge instructions after."
"Thank you doctor." Hotch spoke up.
She gave the same comforting smile she practiced years ago to reassure them that their son would be alright. "If you and your friends return to the waiting area I will get you once we are done. It shouldn't take very long at all." She always found it difficult to keep kids still when their parents were in there for the cast.
Hotch nodded in agreement. "Since we can't be in there with him will you tell him we will see him soon?"
"Of course Agent Hotchner, Mrs. Hotchner. See you soon."
Penelope could feel her jaw slack towards the floor as Hotch grabbed her by the arm and turned her back towards the waiting room, sure that everyone else was getting the boot from Jack's room as they speak.
"Is it that bad being called Mrs. Hotchner?" he joked. While he was very worried about his son he did know everything would be alright.
"No. Just—"
"Fast. I know. You are so good at this though." He swept a hand to indicate the hospital, taking care of Jack.
She stopped him before they could turn the hall to where they were sure everyone was waiting. "Good at this? Good at this!" she was getting angry. "I should have been watching more closely. I should have been—"
He kissed her to shut her up and also, because she was so freaking beautiful when she is angry. "Kids fall. Kids slip, get sick, get into trouble." He hoped this soothed her. It's still taking him a long time to accept, you never really do he supposed. "But Pen, you have always been good at making Jack comfortable when he's not feeling well. Remember when he got the flu after the first time you took care of him and Jessica called you? She could have taken the day off, she would have. But he had specifically asked for you."
She let out a good breath, comforted that Jack felt that way and that Hotch trusts her with his son. That's probably the highest level of trust he had to give. Jack meant everything to him. "I just don't want to screw up." She said as she rested her face into his chest and reveled in feeling his arms wrap around her.
He smiled into her hair. "Funny, Jack thinks I would be the one to do that. But you won't, I won't. We both know where this is going. Right?" His chest clenched wondering if she had been thinking of the same inevitability as he has been.
She could feel her heart flip and momentarily wondered if she should take a walk to cardiology. But the only thing going on with her is knowing what he was referring to. Something she didn't dare let herself hope until now. She looked up at him and saw those same feelings reflected back. "Yeah."
God, he was relieved. "So let's not worry. But when it comes to Jack, he pretty much demands you to jump in feet first."
She chuckled and pulled him along towards the waiting room. "The Hotchner men, always so in control."
It was twenty minutes until Hotch and Garcia were called into Jack's room for discharge instructions and five minutes later they returned to all their friends waiting.
"Hey!" everyone cheered in unison as Jack walked out with a slight limp to the waiting room with a neon green cast on his left arm resting in a black sling.
"I want to be the first to sign the cast!" Rossi announced, pulling out a black marker. "Can I Jack?"
Jack nodded, a smile creeping on his face as all his aunts and uncles signed their names. Henry was the last and needed his dad's help but managed just fine.
"I'm sorry Henry. The doctor says I can't play anymore." Jack frowned, clearly unhappy with this.
Penelope chuckled and bent down to him. "Just for a few weeks. You can still play games like cards, and board games and video games. I think we could be persuaded to let you play an extra half hour of those a day until you are better."
Jack's eyes lit up. "I love video games. Can I draw too?"
"Yeah! Can he?" Henry was excited, he loved to draw and was a little afraid to actually go on the playground again for a while.
Penelope smiled and nodded and was surprised when Emily bent to both boys. "I have coloring books and crayons in my car. We can use them in a bit since us old people decided to go out for ice cream. You guys might be bored during that." She pretended to be conflicted, knowing both boys were eating it up.
"Yes! Twice in one weekend!" Jack began a hobbling run ahead of the group as they made their way down the hall with Henry beside him.
Rossi looked to Emily as they followed everyone else. "See, I told you that you would be good at this."
-Criminal Minds-
She didn't really understand why she was nervous tonight. It wasn't like it was the first time that she would share a bed with Aaron. She had basically been doing it for a couple weeks. But tonight was different. Tonight it was sleeping in their bed.
Jack had been tucked in shortly after everyone's trip to the ice cream parlor. His medication knocked him out on the car ride home. So, she and Aaron had spent the rest of the evening sorting her things into drawers and setting up her computer equipment in the office.
"You ready for bed?" He asked as he watched her pause over her underwear drawer seemingly lost in thought.
"Huh? Yeah. I uh- don't know what to wear." She blushed, she was over thinking all of this and she knew it.
"I suggest something you can pop on easily. You might not want to be naked if Jack runs in here tonight." He saw her nod and pick out a night shirt and more modest underwear than she usually puts on. "But I'll warn you, you aren't wearing anything until I'm done with you."
Just like that her mood shifted to the adult kind of playful. She sauntered over to him and pulled him down for a grateful kiss. "You're my favorite person. You know that?"
He laughed. "Of course you are mine too. I know you are nervous. But I think," he kissed the inside of her wrist. "that we both." his lips trailed down the inside of her arm making her shudder in all the good ways. "are far more ready for this than we admit." his lips met hers.
"Mmmhmm." she mumbled between her occupied lips, opening them and sharing a kiss which was weakening her knees. Hotch had to catch her as she melted and picked her toward the bed.
He kissed her neck and ears, running his hands to her pants and pulling them off before her shirt, which of course surprised her considering his obsession with her breasts. He pulled her underwear down with his teeth and kissed up her legs, turning inward once he hit her thighs.
"Oh God." She moaned in a whisper, aware that a small child who badly needs his sleep is in the room across the hall. She sat abruptly and stripped off her shirt and bra and then made to take his off as well.
This was exactly what Hotch wanted, getting her so aroused and ready before he even touched any of her true hot spots.
"Pants." She demanded, tugging on them to try to unfasten the bottom and zipper. She finally got them loose enough for him to kick off and she took him in all over again. He was just incredible with a strong physique, that dark hair that never seemed to be as neat as the rest of his appearance, his pouty lips and oversized… god she needed him.
She jumped on him, toppling them both back to the foot of the bed and he broke in a small fit of laughter she had to smother with some kissing. He hadn't expected his little plan to work quite that well but she was already there and ready for him but not taking more initiative than this. She knew he wanted to make love to her properly.
Smiling sweetly at her when she pulled away he tipped them back and across the bed to roll on top. "I know I've said it twenty times today, but I love you."
"I love you too." She cupped his face and looked deeply into those dark eyes, deciding she needed a little levity with him again. "Now fuck me."
He grinned and lowered him lips to her breasts, taking in as much of the flesh around her nipple as he could. Lower on her body his hands found their way inside, two fingers twisting and turning to find all those little spots she loved all over again.
She arched into him, needing to feel more and more and finally she had enough teasing. "Please make love to me." She begged.
He looked up with a smirk. "That's better." And positioned himself between her legs, taking a kiss as his body took hers. They moved together, a team in all respects and working for a shared pleasure. He could feel how each move made her react and she could tell how her reactions were guiding his thrusts and angles. It was slow, sweet and terribly erotic as they used all the little buttons they had previously found on one another. They called each other's names several times, each with passion, love and yearning. They really would never get enough of one another and tonight was just the beginning.
Hotch finally picked up the pace when he felt them both getting there for the final time and he came within her as he prefers, feeling her walls close around him and accepting his seed.
"God." She called as she threw her head back onto her pillow, entirely spent from their session. "I don't think I can move."
He laughed, equally exhausted. "This is why I said to pick something easy to slip on." He reached for the night shirt she selected and slipped it over her head, handed her the pair of panties she pulled out earlier. He himself slipped boxers on. As much as lying with her naked was his preference, Jack was used to coming in when he was scared at night. He hadn't told her about that yet. "So, Jack sometimes has nightmares and I let him climb in bed. If you aren't comfortable with that…"
"Of course. I always told myself after my parents died that if I ever raised children I would cherish every minute with them. You never know when things could..." She trailed off, not wanting to finish.
He rolled to face her. "That must have been hard. Once you get your independence, really having to be independent." He knew they died when she was eighteen. Just becoming an adult and losing your parents had to be very challenging, and with someone so sensitive and caring… he just wanted to care for her.
She nodded. "Yeah. But look at me now. I have a great, sexy man by my side and- I think that's Jack at the door." She kissed his nose before calling to the entrance. "Come in Jackers!"
Jack came in with his eyes shielded. "Are you doing adult stuff?" he asked cautiously. He was told adults do something very strange that he wouldn't want to see by one of his friends at school.
Both had to stifle a giggle. "No honey. We are just talking before we go to sleep. What's the matter?" Hotch patted the bed between him and Penelope and Jack came over, handing her a stuffed animal, Charles the elephant.
"You like elephants and when I go somewhere new daddy tells me to bring my favorite stuffed animal to make it feel like home."
"Oh sweetie." She pulled him under her arm and gave a quick kiss on his forehead. "That's too sweet. How's your arm? You feel ok?"
He nodded. "It hurts but I had a bad dream. I fell off a taller ladder this time and you weren't there." He almost started crying again.
Hotch soothed his son with a light back rub. "Well we aren't going anywhere. You want to stay here tonight?"
Jack nodded and slid under the covers between them, resting his head on Penelope's heart. Soon his breathing slowed and his eyes fell heavy as he neared sleep. "Good night daddy. Goodnight mommy."
Both of them felt their breath catch and tears filled her eyes. "Goodnight Jack."