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“Hey Emily. He is almost ready for you!” Will said, holding open the front door. She stepped inside, waiting for the uneasy feeling at the domestic gesture. The feeling never came.
“I heard you did great on the shooting range.” She picked up a conversation, grabbing Henry’s backpack in the process.
“Oh yeah! Passed with flying colors.” Will answered proudly. Henry came hopping down the stairs. His hair flew up a few inches with every hop. Emily felt her hand reach out for him by its own. Her instincts told her not to let him hop once more.
“Hey Emmy.” He beamed. He looped his arms around her neck from 4 stairs above the floor, so he’d be the same height. He leaned into her without hesitation, knowing she would catch him.
“Oh buddy, you’re so heavy!” She grumped for his amusement, but picking him up with ease. She was kind of glad he hadn’t hopped once more.
“Emmy, we went to a carnival!” He babbled happily, while Emily put him down to put his shoes on. Will helped him with his laces as he let him tell the story.
“Is that where the ginormous bear came from?” She asked, pointing at the stuffed animal that sat next to the door, waiting to be stuffed into her car. She wasn’t looking forward to that. He nodded happily. “Pretty cool.” She smiled at him, not having the heart to tell him otherwise.
“Yeah, don’t tell JJ but he pretty much ate everything sugary we could find.” The man next to her confessed a little awkwardly.
“And hot dogs!” The kid chirped. Emily laughed at the enthusiasm. The lack of tact amused her to no end.
“Let’s not tell mommy.” She agreed with Will. She was starting to like the man more and more. Not being with JJ helped his likability increase tenfold.
“We went this morning though, so we have gone through a sugar rush and 2 naps. You guys should be good.” She laughed at the thought of that. Henry must have had a lot of similarity with a bouncing ball at some point during the day. It made her feel so damn special to be kept into the loop on things like these. It felt amazing to be part of Henry’s life like this.
“I think we’ll be okay. I’m picking up JJ at work, so I’m sure Penelope will wear him out before we get the chance.” Henry let out a hissed ‘yes!’ next to her, as he pulled on his jacket awkwardly. She zipped it for him. He hugged and kissed his dad goodbye as Emily dragged the bear into the car. She strapped him into his seat with ease by now. She contemplated strapping in the horrid bear as well, one look at Henry made her actually do that. The bear would probably smush him, if it fell onto him. She honked at Will before they left, which always made the boy squeal.
He babbled all the way over to the FBI building and Emily wouldn’t have it any other way. She’d listen to that little boy any time. She grabbed Henry, who grabbed the bear she already hated with a burning passion by now and made the effort to get him a visitor’s badge. Of course she swapped hers with his, so he could open all the doors for them with pride. As they stepped into the BAU, he opened the door for them and let her walk through first.
“We have a visitor, please hide all the crime scene photo’s.” Emily called out.
“Henry!” Reid exclaimed excitedly. The kid wobbled over to him as fast as he could, while almost toppling over under the size of the bear.
“Ah, there she is again. Mommy Emily makes a comeback.” Morgan teased. She rolled her eyes at him.
“Just tell Garcia, she can hug her godson, will you?” She shot back at him. He grinned and grabbed his phone. Emily gave a wave to JJ’s office as she saw the blonde behind the glass. JJ immediately made her way over to them, but was almost overrun by a tornado of color, moving toward the little blonde. Henry was enveloped by his godparents, as JJ walked the rest of the way up to Emily.
“How long do you think it’ll be until he notices me?” JJ asked, leaning into Emily.
“Could be a while.” She turned towards the blonde and whispered in her ear. “Wanna fool around?” JJ barked out a laugh. ‘Later’ she mouthed. Emily’s eyes rested on the little boy again, who was admiring a butterfly clip in Penelope’s hair.
“Hey Em…?” Emily tore her eyes off the little boy. “Come here.” She pulled Emily to her and wrapped an arm around her waist. The brunette blushed at the sudden openness. This was pretty much what she had wanted from JJ; something real. It made her feel more emotional then she had ever thought. She bit her lip to disguise the surge of emotion running through her body, but one look at JJ told her she’d been caught.
“Mommy!” Henry giggled, running over to her. JJ gave him a big kiss.
“Hey baby.” Henry hugged her with a big grin. He cuddled into Emily’s legs again, looking up to her and pouted.
“What is it, buddy?’ He pointed at his belly. She reached into her bag, presenting him with a package of crackers, which her immediately handed to JJ to open. Morgan watched the exchange in amazement.
“I’ll go get my stuff.” JJ touched Emily’s back lightly. Garcia narrowed her eyes.
“Oh my god. When you talk, you really talk, huh?” The perky blonde was practically vibrating with excitement. Derek looked from Penelope back to Emily. All of a sudden his eyes went comically wide. JJ walked back up to them, with her bag over her shoulder and her jacket in hand. She gave Emily a quick kiss on her cheek. Emily blushed and looked down at the floor.
“Come on Henry. I have the feeling Emmy will make us dinner, if we play our cards right.” JJ gave her a shit-eating grin. Still munching on crackers, he reached up to Emily. She picked him up and shifted him to her hip, like she had done so many times before.
“Really?” The boy asked. Emily made a ‘hmmm’ sound. “Pleaaaaaasssssseeeee?” Henry added, pressing his nose into her cheek clumsily.
“Alright, alright, you got me. I don’t stand a chance against the Jareau charm.” She grabbed her bag and pointed at the bear. “Jayje, you grab… that.” JJ looked at the monstrosity.
“What did you do?” She asked in horror.
“It wasn’t me! It was definitely Will!” She defended herself. “Tell her!” Emily brought Henry into it as she started walking towards the elevators. JJ waved a quick goodbye to the rest of the team as she followed her family.
“Well who would have thought?” Morgan exclaimed, leaning back into his chair, watching them walk away.
“I told you it would happen.” Penelope squealed, bouncing up and down next to his desk in pure excitement.
“What happened?” Reid asked confused, looking between Garcia and Morgan.
“Seriously?” Derek asked, still surprised at his lack of social understanding. He turned his desk chair towards Spencer. “How are you even a profiler, genius?”