PLEASE NOTE! I have added a Sequel to this story. it is called "Aftermath" please read!

The next few weeks went by quickly. Reid was recovering rather quickly and Gideon was in jail awaiting trial. Reid's arm healed quicker than the team and the doctors thought so now he was hobbling around on his crutches. The relationship between Spencer and Aaron seemed to bring the team closer together. The group did more things together, like a family should. Every so often members of the team would volunteer to watch Jack for the weekend so the couple could have time by themselves. Spencer was in mandatory therapy sessions that Strauss has been making him go to. She wants to make sure that her agent won't go off and start killing people because his ex-mentor kidnapped him. Surprisingly the team saw an improvement in Reid's confidence due to the sessions. The one to notice the most change wasn't Aaron as most people would think but Jack. Jack grew closer to the awkward genius and the boy soon was able to see the change in his daddy's "special" friend. One day after Aaron picked Jack up from school because the team was off of rotation for the week Jack said something.

"Daddy?" the boy asked from the back of the car.

"Yeah buddy?" The father asked back. They just left the school parking lot and had 15 minutes to talk.

"I like the new Spencer." The little Hotchner stated.

"What do you mean by "New" Spencer?" The agent asked his son. Jack looked at his shoes as he spoke.

"Well when I met him, he was really quiet and didn't know what to do around kids like me and Henry but NOW," the boy said, making sure to emphasize the word now, "he likes to be around me and he doesn't go off on those things when he just keeps on talking and talking. Also he doesn't pause when he is thinking aloud at home. You know when he starting to um what's the word..." he looked to his dad for help.

"Coming around and staying the night?" Aaron finished the sentence for his son and the boy nodded.

"YEAH! That! He would always like seem to uh?"

"Second guess what he did?"

"Yup! He would always second guess everything he did! Now he just does with a little bit of thinking! He seems happier and so do you Daddy." Jack finished as the car pulled into the neighborhood. Aaron smiled at his son through the rear view mirror. Jack always was able to see changes in people that adults couldn't. It had to be a kid thing. Hotch was happy that his two favorite people in the world were getting along even better than before. Aaron was going back and forth on the idea of telling Jack that he wanted to marry Spencer but he wasn't sure if the boy would understand. The car pulled into the driveway and Aaron waited to get out.

"Jack?"

"Yeah Daddy?" the boy asked as he undid his seatbelt.

"Now or never I guess" thought Aaron.

"So you know how me and Spencer dating?" he waited for the nod that Jack gave. "And I know that you like him a lot too, so I want to know if you would be okay with me asking Spencer to marry me?" Aaron put it all out there so he wouldn't have to fight with himself over it anymore. The boy scratched his hair and nodded.

"Spencer's AWESOME! And you are happier with him! And he likes me!" The boy said excitedly.

"Thank you Jack, now I need you to keep it a secret between you and me for now okay? I want to ask him in a really special way that I need to figure out so promise me you won't say anything to anybody?" The boy nodded quickly and stuck his pinky finger out. Aaron wrapped his pinky around his son's and that was that.

Hotch smiled and got out of the car with his son. He picked Jack up and went into the house. Spencer was sitting on the sofa with 5 thick books next to him. Jack slid down from his dad's arms and ran into his room and then ran back. He had placed his backpack where it belonged and grabbed his books that he need for homework. He sat next to Reid, being careful of the leg in the cast. He opened his text book and started working on it. Aaron laughed a little and sat across from his son and boyfriend.

"How was work Aaron?" Spencer asked. The genius has been stuck at home but Aaron has been bringing paperwork home for Spencer to do until he can get back to the office.

"Boring. Paperwork and more paperwork. The team keeps asking about you, and I keep telling them that you're good and dandy." Aaron said as he looked at the newspaper. Jack mutter something about his homework and the noise of the adults talking so he went to his room to do it. The boy always seemed to do that. Start homework on the sofa and then go to his room. Spencer and Hotch were both baffled by it but didn't find the need to follow up on it.

Aaron's phone started to go off and he got up to answer it. He saw JJ's name and picture appear on the front of his I-phone. He smirked and entered his office to talk to the blond media expert. Spencer started to fall asleep after Jack left the room and Aaron thought he looked too cute to bother so he left him.

"Hey JJ, just the person I wanted to speak to." The male said as he fumbled for something in his briefcase that was in his office.

"What's up?" The blond asked, perplexed by the statement Hotch made.

"I hate to impose, but could you watch Jack tonight? I want to take Spencer out to dinner an have a date night with him since we just got off of rotation." He said as he took out a small black velvet covered box. He looked over his shoulder to make sure Reid wasn't there and opened it up. Nestled inside the velvet sat a simple but elegant silver ring.

"Of course, Henry loves Jack. Anything special planned for tonight?" JJ inquired She was extremely happy that Spencer finally found someone because that boy deserved someone that loved him in his life.

"Well sorta, IthinkI'mgoingtoaskhimtomarryme." Aaron sputtered out in one breath. He knew JJ understood because he heard a very girlie squeal come from the phone.

"Oh MY GOD! HOTCH THAT"S GOING TO BE PERFECT! He's going to love whatever you do! I just hope his cast won't in the way of whatever you have planned."

"It won't, I know that much. I just hope he says yes." Aaron said as he put the box away. He had already made reservations for dinner and found a nice park that had dancing late at night. After dancing, they would stroll through the park and then that's when Aaron would get down on his knee and ask. He listened to JJ a little and then told her that he had to go and he would drop Jack off at 7. They said their good byes and Hotch went back to the living room where Reid was snoozing. The former lawyer knew that Jack would take another hour on homework and that got the clock to 5. After getting Jack ready for JJ's, as well as helping Reid with the shower and then helping the injured man dress and then getting ready himself it would be 6:45 and then they would leave. Carefully Aaron rearranged the genius on the sofa and got behind the awkward Reid, he fell into a light sleep.

Jack finished his homework at exactly five o'clock and went to go find his dad and Reid. He found them asleep on the sofa with his dad curled up behind the man with the broken leg. Jack smiled at the scene because he knew how happy Spencer made his dad. The genius made Jack's father smile more, laugh more, and relax more. Before Aaron got together with Spencer, he only really smiled at some stuff, didn't really laugh at all and the worst, he was always tense. Most people would have found it odd that a kid Jack's age would be able to recognize all of this, but to Jack that was his normal self. He figured that he picked it up from spending time with his dad's co-workers. Jack decided that the two adults had slept enough. He started to poke Spencer's arm and his father's arm at the same time.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!" Jack said as he continued to poke the adults. Spencer groaned and tried to swat the finger away but Jack just started to poke Spencer's nose. The genius cracked his eyes and looked at Jack.

"Yesss?" Reid asked and he started to sit up and in turn wake Aaron up.

"Jack what did I tell you about waking us up when sleeping?" the father asked. The little boy stood his ground and responded to his dad.

"If you fall asleep on the sofa and I'm doing homework, wake you up when I'm done with it!" Aaron inwardly cursed himself because that is what he told his son. Hotch swung his legs over the edge of the sofa and stood up.

"Jack, go take a shower, you're spending the night at Aunt JJ and Uncle Will's house. We're dropping you off at 7 so be quick!" Aaron said as Spencer put his legs over the sofa as well.

"Sleep over huh? Her or you?" Spencer asked because he knew that JJ liked having Jack over but he also knew that Aaron would have something up his sleeve if Jack was staying at the night at JJ's.

"Me" he saw Reid grimace, "You look soooooo upset, don't worry, you'll have the time of your life tonight. I got reservations at your favorite place." Aaron saw Spencer's face light up.

"No way! That's impossible! How did you do it!?"

"A magician never reveals his tricks." Aaron said with a smirk. That was a line Spencer always used. Aaron left his boyfriend to go cook for Jack.

After Jack showered and dressed, he ate his dinner while his father helped the doctor shower and get dressed. Spencer sat down across from Jack in his blue dress shirt and his black dress pants. Aaron had cut the leg off so he could wear them. Jack was eating mac and cheese with cut up hot dogs in it. Aaron came down in a new dress shirt with a blue tie and black dress pants. He sat down next to Reid and put his own shoes on and then stuck Reid's foot in a purple and white striped sock and then stuck it in a shoe. It was 6:45 and then the trio was out the door and on the way to JJ's. Jack chatted happily about his school day and what he planned on doing with Henry when he got to his aunt and uncle's house. The SUV pulled up in front of the front gate and Aaron and Jack got out while Spencer rolled his window down. JJ opened the door as soon as she heard car doors slamming. Jack ran and gave her a hug and then ran into the house to find Henry. When those two boys are together there is no knowing what will happen. Aaron approached the door, laughing at his son's actions.

"I don't know what time we are going to be done tonight but if it's late which it probably will be, can Jack sleep over?" The unit chief asked timidly. JJ smiled and nodded.

"Of course Hotch, don't worry about. We love having Jack over." The former lawyer nodded, thanked his co-worker and called inside to Jack, who came running back out.

"Bye Jack, be good for Aunt JJ and Uncle Will okay?"

"Okay Daddy, love you."

"Love you too buddy, I'll see you tomorrow." He hugged his son and then the boy ran back into the house to continue to play with Henry. Aaron said his goodbyes to JJ and then turned back to the car. Spencer waved to JJ and she waved back. The SUV left the media expert's house and headed to the restaurant for dinner.

Dinner was nice for the pair. Nobody gave them any weird looks or snooty comments. The conversation flowed smoothly and calmly, they didn't talk about work and Reid went on a tangent or two but that was it. Aaron payed the check and the duo left. Spencer kept asking what the plans for the rest of the night but his boyfriend wouldn't budge.

"Aaronnnnnnnnnn! You're being unfair!" Spencer whined as the car pulled into the park's parking lot. Hotch laughed

"I'm not being unfair, just sneaky."

"Same thing." Pouted the genius. Aaron laughed again, and got out of the car and opened the passenger side door for him. Reid slide out of the car and hopped on one foot till Aaron got his crutches for him. Spencer followed Aaron to the surprise which was dancing.

"No! This is totally not fair! I have two left feet Aaron and you know that! And it's worse with my cast! This isn't fair!" Spencer said as he stopped moving. The elder man sighed and turned to face his boyfriend.

"It's going to fine. Spence, trust me, I promise that it's going to be fine. I got you." Aaron gently pulled his Spencer forward and they continued to walk to the gazebo. Slow music was playing from a set of speakers that a company set up. Aaron looked at Reid and took his crutches and laid them on the ground. Spencer stared at his partner.

"I need those."

"No you don't, well you do, but not right now. Put your feet on mine." Spencer did as he was asked and Aaron stared to sway to the music and dance a little. The younger man smiled and laid his head down on the older man's shoulder which was slightly awkward considering he is taller than Aaron. The two stayed like that, dancing and swaying and not talking together for the next three hours which brought the clock to 11. That had to be a record for no talking between the two. Aaron gently slid his feet out from under Spencer and picked up the crutches and handed them to the genius.

"Thank you."

"For what?" Inquired Aaron.

"A great night." Spencer said as the couple started walk again. A meteor shower was occurring and it was the first one Aaron had seen since he was a kid. Reid started to ramble the statistics off about where the best places were to see the meteor showers and how often they occurred. Spencer was so busy talking that he didn't notice that his boyfriend was no longer standing up but that Aaron was in fact, on the slightly damp ground, on one knee, holding something between his hands.

"B-babe?" the standing man stuttered out his question as his boyfriend took a breath.

"Spence, I love you. I can't imagine my life without you. I know that you will be in my professional life till the day where one of us leaves the unit, but I can't stand not knowing if you will be in my personal life till the day I die. I know you will hate the comparison I'm going to make but trust me, it's true and it's perfect. You are my drug and I'm addicted to you. The way you talk, smell, act, smile, EVERYTHING about you, is addicting. I love you for everything that you have done, are doing and will do." Aaron finished and for once in Spencer's life, the genius was speechless. He had tears in his eyes and a look of shock on his face. The older man stayed on his knee and opened the small black box that was in his hands. "Spencer Walter Reid, marry me?" Everything was out in the open. There was no holding back and Aaron now had to wait for the answer like he had with Hayley.

Spencer brought his hands to his mouth and nodded. There was no way he could speak without crying. Aaron smiled and jumped up and hugged his fiancé. He spun Spencer around and then surprised the shocked man with a kiss. The genius pulled back for air and settled down on his crutches.

"I love you Aaron Hotchner, I love you with all my heart and all my being. Yes I will marry you, you make my life worth living and you are perfect for me and I love you. Even though it was before we got together, you were the reason I went to the meetings. You and my mom, the only reasons. I was in denial about the whole thing and you pulled me out of that denial and put my life back in the right direction." Aaron slipped the ring out of the box and because of rules at the Bureau; the ring is on a simple chain to go around Reid's neck.

"For now, until we figure out how to tell Strauss and the rest of the team, can we keep this a secret?" Hotch asked as he slipped the necklace over Reid's head.

"Of course, don't worry, but can we tell the team at Friday night dinner at Rossi's in two weeks?"

"Yes, that will work, by then we will have everything worked out."

"I love you Aaron."

"I love you more." And with that being said the newly engaged couple slowly walked from the park and to their car and then went to the place they both will call home for the rest of their lives together.

Chapter Title
Nubere me? Ego amare Spencer Reid = Marry me? I love you Spencer Reid

So EVERYONE! Hello! I have not died! This chapter is 3,000 words without the author's note that I'm typing right now, right here, xD
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