"Look, she can't make me do this." Elijah pointed.

"We have to do this for Hotch." Fleur sighed.

"But she smells bad- Like, my mother bad." Elijah crossed his arms,"That and I don't like her personality."

"I have to pretend I like her." Derek fixed his tie.

"We all do." Elijah leaned back in his chair.

"Who do you think she'll get first?" Reid asked.

"Who does she hate the least?" Elijah asked jokingly.

"Um..All of us?" Fleur raised a brow.

"Well, let's face it. She doesn't like us." Elijah pointed to Fleur and himself,"I called her a cow with her stood right behind me."

"And there's that time I put salt instead of sugar in her tea." Fleur crossed her arms.

"On accident." Morgan nodded, clearing his throat,"Definitely an accident."

"No, I put it there on purpose."

"And I fully support that." Elijah pointed.

Fleur high fived Elijah as Struass came out of the room she was holding the interviews.

"Section Chief Strauss." Morgan nodded to her as she walked out.

"Can I speak to SSA Deans?

"Of course you can." Morgan spoke, nudging Elijah before he could say anything.

Strauss crossed her arms and walked back into the room. Elijah sighed, mouthing 'wish me luck' before he followed after Strauss.

"Would you like some water?" Strauss asked.

"No, thank you, Ma'am." Elijah shook his head as he sat down.

"Are you alright?"

Elijah stammered, trying to find his words as he leaned back in his chair,"I'm just.. Not comfortable with any of this. It's wrong."

Strauss sat down, clasping her hands together,"What do you mean?"

"In my not so humble opinion, I believe everyone is asking the wrong questions. I mean, doesn't anybody care about what the Reaper did to them? How many people he hurt? All anyone seems to care about is.." Elijah stopped himself, he was getting too emotional over this,"It just isn't right."

"Do you think that Agent Hotchner was acting agitated or unreasonable.?"

"He.. No- No! He.. He was just freaked out about his family which, considering what happened, I'd say was perfectly reasonable." Elijah shook his head, removing his glasses to rub his eyes.

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Now it was Fleur's turn, she sat down and looked at Strauss.

"Please say your name and rank for the record." Strauss instructed as she turned on the recording device.

"Supervisory Special Agent Fleur Howards from the Behavioural Analysis Unit in Quantico Virginia." Fleur sighed.

"And how long have you been a member of the BAU?"

"Six years." Fleur nodded.

"Can you speak up, please?" Strauss asked.

Fleur cleared her throat, "Six years."

"And have you worked under Agent Hotchner the entire time?" She questioned.

"No, Madame. I currently report to Acting Unit Chief Derek Morgan." Fleur nodded.

"Who took over the Unit because Agent Hotchner's ability to lead the team had been compromised." Strauss crossed her arms.

"I- No, I don't believe that's the reason." Fleur blinked.

"You have a different opinion?" Strauss raised a brow.

"It's not just an opinion."

"You have a different.. Understanding?" Strauss rephrased herself as she sat down.

"SSA Hotchner voluntarily stepped down so we can continue to do our jobs unhindered." Fleur explained.

Strauss nodded slowly,"How would you describe Agent Hotchner's recent behaviour?"

"Driven."

"Driven." Strauss sighed,"Agent Howards, your entire team is on the line if I cannot reconcile an adequate account of Agent Hotchner's investigation into George Foyet."

"We were all investigating The Reaper. SSA Hotchner was not the only one. Especially after he sent that calling card." Fleur told her.

"The newspaper articles he mailed to Karl Arnold?"

"Two letters from two different locations. They ramped us all back up again. We should just start at the beginning."

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"So Jack, do you want to play something while we wait for daddy?" Elijah asked.

"Yeah." Jack nodded.

"Well, I heard that you're a superhero." Fleur smiled.

"Did daddy tell you?"

"Daddy tells us you're a superhero everytime we see him." JJ nodded.

"But he's a superhero too. He always stops the bad guys." Jack pointed.

"He always does." Reid chuckled.

Elijah ruffled Jack's hair,"Well little superhero, can you fly?"

"I've never tried." Jack shook his head.

"How about we give it a go now?"

"Yeah." Jack smiled.

"Go on, little man." Morgan nodded.

Jack nodded and stood up on the table. Elijah scooped Jack up from behind, lifting him into the air. Jack giggled and kicked his feet.

"Do you ever think that might be you in a good few years?" Fleur leaned to Reid.

"Well.." Reid looked at his hands,"I'd really like that."

"Yeah?" Fleur hummed.

"Yeah." Reid nodded as he watched Elijah and Jack.

"I hope to see that." Fleur chuckled.

Reid smiled softly,"Well, what about you?"

"Me? Well..I've got Addy just now." Fleur shrugged.

"But what about you and Morgan?"

"If it happens, it happens." Fleur hummed,"Can you imagine a little Morgan running about?'

"Oh, trust me, I can." Reid chuckled.

Fleur hummed and watched Elijah,"I love him, y'know?"

"And he loves you." Reid looked over at her.

"He's the best big brother."

"He wants to be the people that were never there for him."

"Don't we all?" Fleur sighed as Jack ran around the table.

"I think we do." Reid nodded.

That's when Hotch opened the door, him hugging Jack straight away.

"Poor things." JJ sighed.

"I don't think I'd be able to do what Hotch is doing." Elijah shook his head.

"I don't think any of us could." Rossi looked down.

"But he's got us, remember? We're going to help him in any way we can." Morgan told them.

"Of course we will. He's family." Fleur sighed.

"And family takes care of each other, especially when times are hard." Garcia smiled softly.

"You guys should head. I'll make sure they get home okay." Emily told the others.

"Make sure he calls if he needs anything." Rossi pointed.

"Don't you worry, I will."

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"And.. Home." Elijah sighed as he walked inside.

"God, that was..Really tough." Reid put his cruches down.

Elijah took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes,"I know.."

"I can't imagine dealing with that stress."

Elijah sighed and walked over to Reid, hugging him tightly.

"You got complimented earlier." Reid hummed.

"As I should be." Elijah rested his head on Reid's shoulder.

"You got called the best big brother ever."

Elijah paused, letting go of Reid to cover his eyes,"I'm already emotional- I'm gonna cry."

Reid chuckled,"Aw honey, you're okay."

"No- Because all this stuff happened and then she says that to me." Elijah reached out to Reid again.

Reid laughed and hugged him back.

"Stop laughing." Elijah hid his face.

"It's funny to see you get so emotional."

"It doesn't feel funny." Elijah held onto Reid tightly.

"Why don't we go and lay down, hm?"

Elijah nodded,"Please?"

"Of course." He held him as they walked to the bedroom

"I love you." Elijah mumbled.

"And I love you." Reid kissed his head.

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"And home sweet home." Morgan held the door open for Fleur.

"Finally." Fleur rubbed her arms.

"Do you need anything?" Morgan asked, walking over to her.

"No. If anything, I just want my bed." Fleur shook her head,"Strauss stresses me out."

"Well, let's go then. Nothing stopping us." Morgan picked Fleur up.

"Wh- Derek!" Fleur laughed.

"What? Would you rather walk?" Morgan asked, jokingly going to drop her.

"No- Don't drop me." Fleur wrapped her arms around his neck.

Morgan chuckled, kissing her forehead,"I wouldn't dream of it."

"Good, because if you did you would've had to face the consequences." Fleur hummed.

"Oh no, not the consequences." Morgan smiled as he headed towards their bedroom.

"They would've been very harsh."

"How harsh?"

"Hm..No kisses and..No sex."

Morgan gasped as he laid her on the bed,"Wh- For how long?"

Fleur hummed and looked up at him,"A week."

"A week- We wouldn't last a week." Morgan pointed.

"Well, it's a good thing you didn't drop me." Fleur shrugged.

"I'm never going to drop you. Ever."

Fleur laughed and pulled him down to join her on the bed.

Morgan wrapped his arms around her,"Comfy?"

"Very." Fleur nodded as Beau jumped up on the bed too.

Morgan chuckled as he petted Beau,"Hey buddy. I take it you want cuddles too?"

Beau panted as he laid on the two of them.

"You're a good boy, aren't you, Beau?" Morgan contiued to pet him.

"Picking favourites." Fleur chuckled as Marie jumped up as well.

"Oh, come on, you know Marie favours you." Morgan looked over at her.

"She's my little baby, that's why." Fleur hummed and kissed Marie.

Marie purred, rubbing against Fleur.

"Hello, my sweet girl." Fleur smiled.

Marie meowed as she curled up beside Fleur, resting her head on Fleur's shoulder.

"See? A little baby." Fleur looked at Morgan,"I'm stuck now so..I'm sleeping like this."

"I can't exactly move either..So goodnight." Morgan leaned over as best he could and kissed Fleur's cheek.

"Night, Derek Morgan."

Morgan smiled softly at Fleur, reaching over and squeezing her hand, Fleur gently squeezing back.