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SONG PROMPT #72 - JACK
Ours - Taylor Swift
When his dad started dating again, Jack Hotchner thought it was strange. Dating was something that people did in movies and they were never dads. Sometimes, they were moms, but usually if there were kids, they were an aunt or an uncle. So, it was odd that his dad would occasionally leave the house all dressed up and looking nervous, but it meant that he got to spend time with his uncle Dave, who spoiled him rotten, or Miss JJ, who made sure he got as many hugs and kisses as Henry did when it was the three of them.
His dad was getting "serious" with his girlfriend and wanted the three of them to spend a weekend together at Uncle Dave's cottage "getting to know each other."
Jack protested a bit, but he was raised to be polite and agreed. Unfortunately, the weekend his dad's girlfriend picked was the weekend he was suppose to go to the zoo with Miss JJ and Henry. He yelled and cried, but his dad put his foot down. Miss JJ promised to push the zoo trip to another weekend, but Jack still left Thursday night with a scowl on his face.
Friday proved to be a disastrous day as it became clear to Jack that his dad's girlfriend had little use for him, focusing all of her attention on his dad only and trying to exclude Jack from as much as she could. His dad didn't seem to notice, caught up in his own nervousness. By the time the caretaker came to check on them in the middle of the afternoon, Jack had had enough. He snuck into the caretaker's truck before he left for town. From town, he called Miss JJ to come pick him up. She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she found him waiting at the library, sweeping him into her arms.
Over his loud protests, Miss JJ drove him immediately back to Uncle Dave's cottage. They found his dad storming his way over to his truck to come look for him and his dad's girlfriend was calling for him near the edge of the woods. He looked confused when he saw Miss JJ's car and then relieved when he realized Jack was in the backseat. His dad frowned as Miss JJ told him the story of how Jack rode into town and called her to come pick him up. They went off where no one could hear them to talk. When they returned, his dad agreed to let him go with her for the rest of the weekend.
His dad showed up at Miss JJ's apartment on Sunday morning. His dad promised that he wouldn't have to see his girlfriend anymore and that the next time he got a girlfriend, he would make sure that Jack was okay with it. Jack smiled as Miss JJ invited his dad in for brunch, watching as they cooked together. He had already made his choice for his dad's next girlfriend.
SONG PROMPT #73 - JJ/WILL
"There's A Fine, Fine Line" - Stephanie D'Abruzzo - Avenue Q
She had always been just out of his grasp, close enough to know he wanted her, but far enough away that he couldn't make her his. Even after they had a son together and lived together, she kept him at an arms' length. He tried to be the perfect boyfriend and father; he even moved from the only life he'd ever known to be with her, but it seemed the more he pushed for the perfect family, the more it slipped through his fingers.
At first, he blamed her job with all the traveling, and after he met her family, her childhood, with its hidden tragedies that her mom hinted at, but JJ never revealed.
But the year she spent away from the BAU drove them further apart and after the flowers arrived from Hotch at their house on the what he discovered was the anniversary of her sister's death, he realized that the issue was between the two of them.
He had a son with her, a home with her, but he didn't have her. It took him nearly five years to realize that he never would. He didn't know, however, what to do. Did he go home to New Orleans and miss out on huge chucks of his son's life? Did he stay in the area that he never felt quite comfortable in and watch as she moved on?
He did neither, letting time pass them both by, continuing this pattern of not quite happiness.
And he wondered when one of them would be brave enough to move on.
SONG PROMPT #74 – MORGAN/GARCIA (side dose of JJ/Hotch)
"One Love" – Blue
She sat at a table with JJ and Emily watching as her best friend, her wild stallion, danced the night away with a gaggle of women. It wasn't an intentional meet up.
The three women were on the town for a girls' night out to celebrate JJ's recent engagement to their boss. They saw Derek as soon as they walked in, but decided to sit down for awhile anyway. He waved to them, but had yet to come talk to them.
"You know," Emily leaned over to tell her, "if you keep staring at him like that, it's possible that he's going to burst into flames?"
Penelope frowned. "I'm not looking at him in any way other than appreciating his dance form."
Emily and JJ glanced at each other and giggled. JJ laid her hand on Penelope's arm. "There's so much lust in your eyes that I'm considering calling my fiance down here just so I can have my way with him in the bathroom."
"JJ!" Penelope shouted, choking on her drink. She had to chuckle when JJ just smirked at her. "Honestly, though, who could watch him without a little lust?" She glared at them when they both slowly raised their hands.
"When are you going to throw your hat in the ring, anyway?" Emily asked, sincerely. "I've seen the way he looks at you. And it's been over six months since you and Kevin broke up."
Penelope sighed as she turned her attention back to Derek. He glanced at her and winked, sending a wave of warmth through her body. He grinned as he recognized the telltale signs of arousal rising to her cheeks, just as he intended. He was transported to images later tonight of bringing her to new heights of ecstasy just as he had nearly every night he'd been home the last couple of months.
"It'll happen if it happens," Penelope answered, nonchalantly, the images in her head matching his. Someday, they'd have to come clean about the change in their relationship, but for now, they were both happy keeping their love a secret.