Previous part of story - Rules of Attachment.

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The first month after Savanna's kidnapping was a hard one for Reid and Morgan. They'd been granted two weeks off and they chose to visit both Morgan's mother and sisters in Chicago and Reid's mom in Las Vegas. Both visits had gone well. Reid was relieved that when they had gone to visit his mom she had been lucid and enjoyed visiting with him and his family. The week they got back was difficult because they were forced to leave the baby at the day care for the first time since the abduction. The first day was the hardest. They'd both called or walked down to the day care as often as their work would allow them to. None of their coworkers called them out on it they could completely understand where the boys were coming from. As time went by things got easier and they slipped back into a routine. They'd been lucky to find a single woman who would stay with Savanna when they had to go away on cases. She was very nice and loved Savanna, and more importantly she checked out when Garcia had ran her name through the system.

Spencer smiled as he heard the sounds of Derek playing with their daughter as he got her dressed for the day. The baby was now seven months old and growing like crazy. Pulling himself from their warm bed Reid made his way into the nursery.

"Mornin' Derek," he greeted.

"Mornin' babe," Derek replied. Savanna turned to the sound of her daddy's voice and squealed in delight.

"Hey there, baby girl. Were you and Papa having fun?" Spencer asked as he tickled her. Her giggles filled the air making both men laugh.

"I'll get breakfast going while you finish getting her ready," Spencer offered.

"Thanks, babe, love you," Derek said giving the other man a quick kiss.

"Love you to," Spencer said returning the kiss before heading down the stairs to prepare breakfast for him and his lover.

Ten minutes later a clean and dressed Savanna and Derek made their way down the stairs to the smell of pancakes and coffee.

"MMM, pancakes," Derek murmured as he breathed in as he reached the kitchen. Spencer smiled his pancakes were always a hit and he was glad that his lover enjoyed them so much.

"I talked to Kelsea and she said that she's all ready to watch Vanna if Hotch decides we need to go to Bolder on that murder case," Derek said as he took a large bite of pancake drowned in syrup. The baby was babbling happily as she stared at Reid as he fed her her rice cereal.

"Does that taste good, baby?" he asked. Savanna kicked her feet against her high chair and waved her hands around nearly knocking the spoon out of Reid's hand causing him to splatter rice cereal on his shirt. Morgan laughed at his lover as he glanced down at his shirt then just shrugged. He'd become used to wearing the babies food from her active hands as she was being fed. After the two of them had shared a shower to conserve water of course they picked Savanna up from the pack & play she'd been playing in in their bedroom grabbed everything they'd needed for the day and headed for Quantico.

Thankfully they hadn't had to go to Bolder. The cop who'd been in contact with JJ called that morning and told them they'd manage to catch a lucky break and the murderer had been caught. The next few days past without incident. Spencer couldn't help but wonder when the next shoe would drop. Things had been going to well for him and the rest of the team as of late. Nothing had happened since Savanna's abduction. Not that he wanted something to happen, but it had been his experience that whenever everything seemed to be going perfectly was when it all inevitably fell apart. Friday afternoon came and the younger members of the team had convinced Hotch and Rossi to come out with them for dinner. Shifting Savanna in his arms Derek wrinkled his nose when he caught a whif of her diaper.

"Go ahead I'll meet you guys in the parking lot. Someone needs a diaper change," Morgan said tickling his daughter under the chin.

"Okay, see you in a minute," Emily said.

"You need any help?" Spencer questioned.

"Nah I got it," Morgan called back as he walked into the bathroom to change their little girl who had started to fuss because of the dirty diaper.

"It's nice to actually have a Friday evening off," JJ commented.

"Don't say that too loudly or your liable to jinks it," Rossi cautioned.

"He's right," Garcia agreed.

"Maybe I'll be able to see Jack after all this weekend," Hotch commented.

"Yeah and I'll get to spend time with Henry," JJ said happily. Just as they reached the parking lot Reid's phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it.

"Reid," he answered. He appeared to be listening to whatever the person on the other end of the phone was saying because after his greeting he hadn't said anything else. All of a sudden the color drained from the young geniuses face and he dropped to his knees his phone hitting the ground with a clatter.

"Reid?" Rossi asked gently. JJ moved forward and dropped down beside her friend. She could see he was in shock. His eyes appeared to be unfocused.

"Someone get morgan now!" she ordered.

"I'm on it," Garcia said hurrying for the building. Emily could hear someone calling from the phone Reid had dropped on the ground. Scooping it up she put it to her ear.

"This is Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss, who is this?"

"My name is Janette Daily and I'm a nurse at the sanitarium where Spencer's mother has been institutionalized. I was calling him to notify him that his mother has died as of a few minutes ago," she explained softly.

"Thank you for calling , ma'am. Someone from our team will get in contact with you soon," Emily said abruptly.

"Okay, talk to you soon, Agent Prentiss," the young woman answered as she hung up. Emily's eyes were wide when she hung up the phone. Emily's eyes traveled to Reid and her heart sank for what he was going through.

"Em?" Rossi called. Looking up she noticed everyone's eyes on her, well everyone accept for Reid who was still staring vacantly in front of him.

"Reid's mom just died a few minutes ago," she mouthed. JJ gasped and clapped a hand over her mouth trying to hold back tears. Both Hotch and Rossi shared an expression of sadness as they looked down at their youngest team member.

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Garcia ran into the building scanning the hallway for her chocolate adonis. She spotted him as he was walking out of the bathroom a much happier Savanna cradled in his arms. Quickly she ran over to him and gently took the baby from him.

"What is it, Mama? What's wrong?" Derek asked when he caught sight of her face.

"It's Reid, come with me!" she ordered as she turned and ran back outside careful to remember she was carrying the baby. Derek took off running at her explanation. The others looked up as they tore out of the building and ran across the parking lot.

"Spencer, baby? What's the matter?" Derek asked as he dropped to his knees beside his lover. JJ moved back to give him some room.

"S-s-she's gone, she's dead," Spencer said in a monotone voice.

"Who's gone, Spencer?" Derek asked.

"M-m-my… my…," Spencer broke off to overwhelmed with his grief to finish his sentence. Tears started falling down his face. Reaching out Derek gathered his lover into his arms and began rocking back and forth.

"Does anyone know what's going on?" he questioned softly.

"He got a call from one of the nurse's at the sanitarium where his mother was to tell him she'd died a few minutes ago," Hotch answered. Morgan could feel the air leaving his lungs. He felt like he'd been punched in the stomach. He'd gotten close with Dianna Reid in the week they'd been in Vegas and he could see where Reid got his love for reading.

"I told her someone from the team would contact them soon," Emily added.

"Okay, I need to make airline reservations then call Kelsey and see if she can watch Vanna and pack stuff for Spencer and I and..." Derek broke off as the full weight of the situation hit him and his shoulders slumped as a few tears slid down his cheeks. Simultaneously JJ and Garcia wrapped their arms around both men. After a moment Derek forced himself to regain his composure, his lover needed him now.

While the girls were comforting Morgan and Reid Hotch was on his phone. Snapping it shut he turned to Morgan.

"We've got a flite out tonight at 9:00. I figured that would be enough time for everyone to get things packed and get to the airport.

"We?" Spencer repeated softly. He'd stopped crying enough to speak.

"Yes, we're family and none of us would ever dream of letting the two of you go through this alone," Hotch said.

"But what about your weekend with Jack and what about your weekend with Henry?" Reid asked addressing Hotch and JJ.

"Jack will understand," Hotch answered.

"As much as I want to be with Henry Will has it under control. You two need me now," JJ said.

"Besides if we're all their you have plenty of babysitters for Savanna so you don't have to leave her," Rossi added.

"Thanks I really didn't want to leave her behind I think she'll help me get through this," Reid admitted.

"Okay, everyone get going. We'll meet at the airport at 8:00," Hotch instructed.

"Do you want me to contact the sanitarium?" Emily asked.

"Yes, please," Spencer answered numbly.

"No problem, I just need the number." Nodding Spencer gave it to her and she began dialing.

"Hi, my name is Agent Emily Prentiss and I just spoke with a Janette Daily regarding the death of Dianna Reid. I was calling to inform her that her son and the rest of our team will be there by late this evening."

"I will tell her, Agent Prentiss. Dr. Reid can come see her tonight before we send her to the funeral home so he can also collect her personal affects and such," the other woman said.

"Thank I will see you later this evening," Emily responded.

"See you then," the secretary who had answered the phone said hanging up.

"That's all taken care of. She said you can go see your mother tonight at the sanitarium before they send her to the funeral home tomorrow. She also said you can clean out her room and take anything you want," Emily told him. Spencer nodded mutely as he with Derek's help climbed unsteadily to his feet and began making his way to their SUV. Garcia hurried over and safely buckled Savanna into her car seat. Then she turned to the two men.

"Morgan, are you able to drive?" she asked in concern.

"Yeah I am," he answered honestly. Nodding she pulled both of them in for a hug before heading for Esther and climbing in. The others gave both men hugs as well before heading for their own cars promising to meet at the airport at the designated time.

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The happy squeals and babbling from Savanna who was playing on the floor mingled with the tv as Spencer and Derek sat relaxing on the couch. Derek was about to get up and get himself another drink when Spencer stopped him with a hand on his arm.

"What is it, Spence?"

"Look," Spencer whispered pointing at the eight-month-old on the floor. Derek looked down and noticed that Savanna was on her stomach and positioning herself as if she intended to crawl. They thought she'd crawl a few times this week but she chose to roll over instead. Slowly she moved her left hand then her right knee then her right hand her left knee.

"She's crawling," Derek said in awe. She crawled the foot or so to where her parents sat and reached out pulling on Spencer's pant leg. Reaching down Spencer swung the baby into his arms and planted a loud smacking kiss on her cheek.

"My turn," Derek said as he placed the camera he'd picked up off the coffee table to capture the moment and reached for the baby girl.

"I'm so proud of you, baby girl. You crawled soon you'll be walkin then runnin," Derek boasted. Panic crossed Reid's face.

"We have to child proof the house!" he cried.

"Relax we've already done most of that for the home study when we first adopted her, remember? Now we just have to child proof the cabinets' and we'll be fine," Derek assured him. Nodding Spencer smiled and placed their daught back on the floor. Standing Derek moved a few feet from the house.

"Come to Papa, come crawl to Papa," Derek crooned. The rest of the evening was spent watching their daughter crawl. It was a perfect way to spend the evening in their minds.

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"Thanks for watching her. We love her, but we really need a night out," Morgan said as he and Spencer dropped Savanna off at Hotch and Emily's. The two of them had volunteered to keep the baby for the night.

"It's no problem, we love having her," Emily told them.

"Watch her closely, she's crawling everywhere," Spencer advised tickling the nine month old.

"I've had a baby before," Hotch reminded the other man. Reid blushed in embarrassment but nodded.

"We should get going, Pretty Boy," Morgan said touching Reid's arm.

"Okay, bye, Savanna, Papa and I love you very much," Reid said kissing the babies cheek. Repeating his action Morgan then grabbed his husband's hand and pulled him out the front door of Emily and Hotch's house and back to their car.

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The music pulsed through them as they entered one of their favorite clubs. The two men headed for the bar and each ordered a beer. After getting their beer they settled at a table and watched the people on the dance floor.

"I love you," Morgan said leaning over and kissing Spencer square on the lips.

"Love you to, Der," he responded kissing the older man back with equal passion. Finally the beat changed to a slow song and Derek held out his hand.

"May I have this dance, Pretty Boy?"

"Sure," Spencer agreed readily. Pulling him to his feet, Derek easily pulled Spencer into his arms and guided him out on the dance floor. They moved together fluidly. If he hadn't seen it with his own two eyes Derek would be surprised at how well Spencer could dance.

"Where did you learn to dance so well, babe?" Morgan asked into his husband's ear.

"I took lessons in college. This girl invited me to a college dance and I didn't want to embarrass her so I took lessons," he explained.

"Well I'd say you learned very well," Derek complimented.

"Thank you," Spencer said ducking his head. The two men continued to dance through several more songs until they were tired and decided to get a beer and sit for a bit. While drinking their beer the two of them would alternate between making out with each other and watching the other dancers. Shifting to the edge of the booth Derek stood up.

"I'm goin' to the bathroom, be back," he told Spencer kissing him quickly as he headed across the dance floor to the hall off to the right of the bar.

"Spencer Reid, is that you?" a male voice greeted. Turning his head Spencer's eyes widened at who was standing next to his and Derek's table. It was Brad Camden an ex-boyfriend of his.

"Yeah it's me, how are you Brad?"

"I'm doing okay, where's the man your with?"

"He's gone to the men's room," Spencer answered.

"So you won't mind if I sit donw for a moment?" Brad invited.

"Well no, I guess not," Spencer answered reluctantly.

"Great," Brad said settling into the booth. "It's so good to see you," he said in a seductive whisper.

"Um, it's good to see you to," Spencer stammered.

"Your so cute when you stammer. I've always found your shyness very hot," Brad said. While he was talking he had begun leaning in towards Spencer. As he finished his sentence he crashed his lips against a shocked Spencer's. Unfortunately that just happened to be the moment Derek walked back from the bathroom and came into view of their table.

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"What the hell?" Morgan cried in outrage and hurt. The sound of Derek's voice snapped Reid out of his haze and he jerked back away from Brad.

"It's not what it looks like," Reid protested.

"Save it, Reid!" Derek shouted.

"But, Derek," Spencer pleaded.

"Just fuckin save it!" Derek shouted as he reached for his hand yanking off his wedding band and throwing it at a shell shocked and shaken Spencer before stalking out of the club tears blinding him.

"So where were we, baby?" Brad crooned reaching for Spencer.

"Get the hell away from me. I have to go save my marriage."

"But…"Brad argued.

"No, I don't ever want to see you again. Because of you, I may have just lost the best thing that's ever happened to me," Spencer snarled as he picked up Derek's wedding ring and slipped it into his pocket. In an uncharacteristic show of strength he shoved the other man out of the booth and ran after his lover. A curse left his mouth when he noticed that Morgan's car was long gone. So not only had his husband left hurt and angry Spencer was now stranded at the club. Thinking for a moment he came to a decision. Pulling his phone from his pocket he pressed speed dial 3 and put it to his ear listening to it ring. He could feel the tears gathering in his eyes and start to fall down his face. The first sob left his mouth just as his call was answered.

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"Jareau," answered the media liaison.

"JJ?" responded a shaking tear-filled voice. Frowning JJ checked her caller ID.

"Spence? What's wrong, sweetie?" she questioned.

"I messed up, JJ. I messed up big time."

"What do you mean you messed up? Where's Morgan?" she wondered.

"I don't know," Spencer said on a sob.

"I thought you guys were going out tonight," the blond stated.

"We did, I'm still at the club but he stormed off right after he threw his wedding ring at me," Spencer explained. JJ gasped at that. What in the world happened that could have caused that kind of reaction from Morgan?

"Which club did you go to?" JJ asked. While she'd been talking she was bundling up Henry and heading for her car. Will was working so it was just her and Henry.

"Mystic," Spencer replied.

"Stay put, I'm on my way," JJ told him.

"Okay," he answered hanging up and sliding to the ground putting his back to the wall and pulling his knees to his chest. Fifteen minutes later JJ pulled up in front of the club and jumped out. Running over to her friend and surrogate brother she helped him to his feet and hugged him before pulling him to the car. Walking back over to the drivers' side she climbed in and began to drive to her house. She knew it would be pointless to try and get anything out of Spencer until they were at her house where Spencer felt safe and comfortable.

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"Derek?" Garcia asked incredulously when she opened her door to an angry and tearful Morgan. Ignoring her he pushed passed her heading straight for her kitchen. Automatically he walked over to the freezer and pulled out the container of Butter pecan ice cream, grabbed a spoon and the bag of Oreos off the counter and shuffled back to the couch. Collapsing on it when he reached it he began eating the ice cream. She could see his hands were violently shaking.

"What's wrong Derek? Your eating your "My worlds ending comfort food." You don't eat Oreos and Butter Pecan ice cream unless something's horribly wrong," Garcia commented.

"It is," Morgan answered bitterly.

"What do you mean it is?" Garcia wondered in bewilderment.

"My world is ending," he explained lifting his left hand to scoop another bite of ice cream into his mouth. Noticing his bare ring finger Garcia reached for his hand removing the spoon in the process.

"Where's your ring? More importantly, where's Reid?" the technical analyst inquired.

"I threw it at him, and I don't know where he is, and frankly I don't care," Derek answered sullenly.

"You threw it at him?" she repeated.

"Yeah," he responded.

"You guys went out to Mystic tonight, didn't you?" she clarified.

"Yeah, and that's when I found out he w-w-was…" Derek broke off to angry and hurt to finish his explanation.

"He was what?" Garcia prompted.

"He was cheating on me with another man. He was kissing him, Pen," Derek sobbed. "I saw them together when I came back from the bathroom.

"Oh, Derek, I'm sure it's just all a giant misunderstanding. Reid loves you and Savanna more than anyone or anything else in the world. I'm sure there's a logical explanation for the kiss. He wouldn't ever willingly kiss someone. He knows he has way to much to lose," she soothed.

"Well he did kiss someone else," he argued crying harder. Sighing Garcia pulled him into her arms guiding his head to her breast as he wept.

"Then he threw his ring at me and stormed off. I tried to explain but he didn't give me a chance. I didn't kiss Brad, he kissed me. You have to believe me, JJ. He and I dated along time ago. I love Derek and no one else," Spencer said firmly.

"I believe you, honey. We'll fix this," she vowed. Henry cried from where he was sitting in his swing. Looking at the baby JJ could see that he was rubbing his eyes.

"Looks like it's someone's bedtime," she said.

"Can I put him to bed, please?" Reid requested. He wanted a few minutes to sort out his thoughts and escape putting Henry to bed would give him that opportunity.

"Sure go ahead," JJ replied squeezing his hand as he got up off the couch.

"Let's put you to bed, kiddo," he said lifting the baby from his swing and heading for the nursery.

The moment she heard the door to Henry's nursery close JJ picked up her phone and dialed Garcia. Morgan was still crying when Garcia's phone rang. The hand that wasn't running over Derek's head and back to comfort him reached for the phone.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Pen, it's JJ, we have a major problem. Half the dynamic duo is with me and he's a mess. He says he messed up and Derek threw his ring at him and stormed out of mystic. Apparently Derek saw him kissing another guy and went ballistic. He says that the guy was an ex-boyfriend and that he came on to Reid and not the other way around. The feelings weren't reciprocated on Reid's part," JJ finished out of breath.

"Jayje, breathe," Garcia instructed. Nodding JJ took in a deep breath. "He's with me," Garcia informed the other woman.

"At least he's somewhere safe, this is probably a stupid question, but, how is he?" JJ wanted to know.

"He went straight for the ice cream and oreos," Garcia answered.

"His my world is ending comfort food," JJ commented. "He hasn't eaten that since Hankle had Spence," she added.

"Yeah he's stopped eating for the moment, now he's cryin' his eyes out," Garcia said sadly.

"What a mess," JJ said on a sigh.

"MMM hmm, how do we fix this one?" Garcia questioned.

"I don't know, Pen, I don't know. Part of me things we should ask Em and Hotch if they can keep Savanna tomorrow and tomorrow night. Even if they talk tomorrow and work it out they need a night to reconnect," JJ voiced.

"Assuming they will be able to talk to each other," Garcia responded.

"Spence wants to talk to Morgan, but he's scared, Garcia. He's afraid of being rejected again."

"Tonight we take care of them then we find a way to try and get them together tomorrow and hope they can sort this out," Garcia thought out loud.

"Yeah sounds good to me. I'll call and explain the situation to Em and Hotch," JJ offered.

"Thanks, JJ, I'll let you go for now. Keep in touch tonight if anything happens," she requested.

"You do the same," the media liaison replied.

"I will, I'll call you in the morning and we'll working on putting the BAU's number 1 couple back together," Garcia said with a smile.

"Okay, talk to you then," JJ said hanging up her phone and heading for the nursery to check on her son and his godfather. At Garcia's house she hung up and turned to find that Morgan had cried himself to sleep. Reaching for a blanket, she covered Derek with it before turning off the light and heading for her own bed.

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"He threw his wedding ring at him?" Emily asked incredulously.

"Yeah, Reid's got it clutched in his hand and won't let it go," JJ answered.

"But Morgan has to know that Spencer would never kiss another man and destroy their marriage," the brunette replied. Hotch's eyes widened when he heard Emily's comment. Placing one hand on his girlfriends arm he raised his other hand in the universal time out gesture.

"Hold on, JJ, I need to explain this to Hotch."

"Okay," JJ told her. Turning to Hotch, Emily relayed what JJ had told her. Reaching for Emily's phone he put it on speaker.

"They're both safe and sound right? Neither of them is wandering around possibly drunk and angry are they?" Hotch questioned.

"Reid's here and Morgan's at Garcia's," JJ assured her boss.

"We'll keep Savanna as long as we need to. Jack loves having a playmate and he enjoys helping take care of her," Hotch said into the phone.

"That's good, I'm hoping they'll work this out tomorrow, but I don't know. Reid wants to sort this all out, and I'm sure Morgan does to, but…" JJ broke off leaving the sentence unfinished.

"Morgan's stubborn and won't let go of his anger very easily," Emily finished.

"I hope they can still work together even if this doesn't get sorted out right away," Hotch interjected.

"They will, they're both professionals. I wouldn't put them together on an assignment, though," Emily advised.

"No, if they're still at odds on Monday I'll make sure that any cases we work they aren't required to be alone with each other," he answered.

"Poor Savanna, she's the inocent one in all of this," Emily lamented. The other two murmured in agreement.

"All we can do is keep things as normal for her as possible," Hotch replied gently kissing the top of Emily's head.

"MMM, Hotch's right. I guess I should let you two go for now. I'll keep you posted," JJ promised.

"You do that, and let us know if we can do anything," Emily instructed.

"I will," the media liaison answered just before she hung up. Getting off the couch JJ took one last look in her spare bedroom at a fitfully sleeping Reid. She could see that Morgan's wedding ring was still clutched in his hand, and tears still slid slowly down his face. Placing a kiss on his forehead she made her way slowly to her own bedroom her heart breaking even more for her two friends and the mess they'd found themselves in.

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A week had gone by since the fight between Morgan and Reid. No resolution had been established. Reid had tried to talk to Morgan a number of times, but Morgan's stubbornness was causing him to not want to listen and give Reid the cold shoulder. Both JJ and Garcia had tried to explain to him that it was all a misunderstanding but he wouldn't hear it. The appearance of Brad twice at the BAU didn't help. He showed up once with flowers and once with chocolates. Neither time went well. Both times resulted in Reid throwing his purchases back at Brad then trying to talk to Morgan resulting in Morgan stalking off leaving Reid in tears. They did manage to remain coolly professional on the job as Emily had predicted they would. Both of them were so caught up in their grief that they unintentionally neglected their daughter. Both guys spent time with Savanna, but they weren't devoting as much time and love to her as they usually did. One of them would pick her up from Hotch and Emily's for a few hours then take her back. They would always call to make sure they didn't run into the other one at any costs. Neither of them could bare to stay in their house so they stayed where they'd ended up that first night.

Hotch heaved a deep sigh when he walked through the bullpen after dropping Savanna off at the daycare Friday morning exactly a week after the fight that was slowly tearing their family apart. As he walked to his office he took one last look around the bullpen. His frown deepened when he noticed how far across the room Morgan and Reid were sitting from each other. Entering his office he made a decision. Walking over to his computer he began composing an email.

From: .gov

Date: Fri, Feb 5, 2010, 8:05 A.M

To: .gov ;.gov; .gov; .gov

Subject: (classified) Morgan and Reid Intervention needed mine and Emily's house tonight

Hi everyone, I've had it with the two of them not working this out. They're hurting, Savanna's hurting, and so are we. So, Garcia, get Morgan to my house tonight at 7:05. JJ get Reid to my house at 7:00. We're going to find a way to fix this, even if we have to lock them in a room and refuse to let them out until they do. Rossi, get to our house at 6:30 and we'll set up a game plan. Respond if you have questions, if not see you tonight.

Hotch

After reading the email once again he clicked send and turned to the paperwork on his desk. He'd give them a chance to read the email before going out to greet his team. Some of the tension eased from Hotch's shoulders when he got affirmative reply's from everyone. They all agreed that something needed to be done, and it needed to be done now.

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"Why are we going to Hotch and Emily's?" Reid whined for the hundredth time in five minutes.

"Because it's not healthy to stay cooped up and besides Emily and Hotch wanted to see Henry. Besides, don't you wanna see Vanna Bug?" she prompted.

"Yeah, you made sure M-Morgan wouldn't be there right?" Reid asked his voice cracking on his husband's name. The blonde nodded only feeling slightly guilty about lying to her best friend about Morgan not being there. Five minutes later the little group arrived at the Hotch/Prentiss home.

"Hey, JJ, Reid," Emily greeted her two friends. Reaching out a hand she tickled Henry who was staring at her from Spencer's arms.

"Hey, Em," Reid murmured forcing a smile that looked only remotely like one.

"You can take Henry to Jack's room. He and Savanna are playing in their," Hotch said walking up to the group. Nodding Reid walked down the hall and into Jack's room greeting his daughter and Jack.

"I hope like hell this works," Rossi said quietly.

"Me to, Rossi, me to. If they split I can guarantee we'll lose at least one of them," JJ interjected. Emily caught headlights as a car came around the corner.

"They're here," she said just as Garcia and Morgan pulled into the driveway.

"Here goes," Hotch said under his breath.

Meanwhile with Garcia and Morgan, Garcia sighed as she was having a similar conversation with Morgan that JJ was having with Reid. Looking over at the man sitting in her passenger seat she glared at him.

"What?" he asked irritably.

"Why are you sulking?" she threw back.

"I'm not sulking," he protested.

"Yes you are, stop it, Jack wants to see you and I know that your baby girl is missin' her papa," Garcia argued. Looking slightly shameful Derek nodded.

"You made sure he won't be there?" Morgan confirmed.

"Yes I did, but Derek, you really need to talk this out. Give him a chance to explain. Morgan turned away ignoring her. He knew she was right, but he wasn't quite ready to let go of his anger and hurt to hear what Reid had to say.

"Henry's settled in Jack's ro…" Spencer broke off when he caught sight of Morgan standing in the foyer. Simultaneously both guys attempted to run but were stopped. Garcia came up from behind Morgan and Rossi appeared in front of him dragging him to a chair in the living room while JJ and Hotch grabbed Reid. Emily stood in-between the chairs just in case.

"Sit," all three women demanded at the same time. Reluctantly they listened and sat in the chairs they were standing next to.

"I thought you said he wasn't going to be here," Reid and Morgan said to JJ and Garcia in unison.

"We lied, but it was for your own good," Garcia answered stonily.

"What's going on?" Morgan demanded icily.

"This is an intervention," Hotch answered.

"This fight has gone on long enough. Normally we wouldn't interfere but it's not just you two who are affected. It's affecting the team, and your child. So something's got to give. You two are going to talk this out right now," he told them in his best unit chief voice.

"Neither of you is leaving until you've talked this out. None of us will let you," Emily added. The two men stared at each other waiting for one to start talking but neither of them seemed to be able to.

"Spence, why don't you start," JJ instructed.

"I wasn't cheating on you, I swear," Spencer said.

"Uh-huh like I haven't heard that one before," Morgan retalliated.

"I. wasn't. cheating. On. You.! He approached me, he sat down next to me, and he kissed me! All I did was say it was okay that he sit next to me," Reid explained.

"Why cause you wanted to put the moves on him?" Morgan said purposefully bating him.

"I was stunned and surprised to see him their. I was just being polite. I love you and only you. Your my husband for fuck sake, or at least I thought you were," Reid said choking on his words.

"So why didn't you pull back when he kissed you?" Morgan asked also choking on his words.

"I was stunned. I didn't expect him to kiss me. When he kissed me I froze. I couldn't move and that was when you walked around the corner. I tried to explain all this to you that night but you threw your ring at me and stormed off before I could tell you."

"What the hell else am I supposed to think when I see my husband kissing another man. All I could feel was my heart being shattered into a million pieces," Morgan said.

"And mine wasn't?" Reid retorted.

"I thought you loved me but then I saw you in his arms and you were kissing him and it killed me," Morgan admitted. At that point Spencer's control snapped and he launched himself at Morgan.

"If I didn't love you I wouldn't have clutched your wedding ring in my hand for the last week. If I didn't love you I wouldn't have cried myself to sleep every night for the last week. If I didn't love you I wouldn't have done everything to avoid you so I didn't have to make it more awkward. If I didn't love you I wouldn't have gone after you that night, and if I didn't love you I would have chose to use dilaudid instead I went to ameeting last night instead and do you know why damn it? Because I fuckin love you!" Reid shouted getting in Morgan's face. A quiet sob came from JJ's lips.

"So that's where you went last night," she breathed. Nodding Reid turned to her.

"Yeah I saw my world ending right in front of me so I didn't see any reason to live," he admitted staring at JJ.

"Your my reason for living and you took that away when you threw your ring at me!" he yelled at the top of his lungs swinging his arm back and connecting solidly with Morgan's jaw. A loud frightened cry came from Jack's room causing everyone to instantly freeze. Jack appeared in the doorway carrying a sobbing Savanna Henry toddling behind him.

"She was sleeping until you yelled and scared her awake. You should be ashamed of yourselves," he scolded glaring at Reid and Morgan. Both men made a move to go to their daughter but Emily stopped them. Turning so fast she nearly came out of her shoes she spoke.

"No, neither of you are in any condition to take care of her right now. She's the only inocent one in all of this. I refuse to let her be hurt anymore by this than she already is. She's staying here until you two can straighten this out," Emily said forcefully as she gently lifted the baby into her arms. The sight of their baby daughter staring at them with wide frightened eyes seemed to be the push they both needed and both men simultaneously moved towards each other meeting in an embrace that spoke louder than any words ever could. They clung to each other crying and kissing. Between kisses they were both apologizing profusely. Pulling back Reid reached into his pocket and pulled something out.

"I t-t-think this belongs to you," he said on a sob as he held out Derek's ring.

"P-p-put it on me, Pretty boy?" Morgan whispered sobbing openly.

"Of course," Reid answered with the first real smile everyone had seen in a week. Slowly he reached out and slid the ring on Derek's finger. Once it was back where it belonged he leaned down and placed a kiss where it rested on his finger.

"Let's go home," Morgan whispered into Reid's ear.

"Okay, but how? Neither of us drove here."

"I told Kelsey where your spare set of keys were and she followed me over here with your car just before you got here," Rossi said addressing morgan. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the keys and handed them to Morgan. Both guys nodded as they moved towards the front door. Both of them stopped in front of Emily to gently kiss their little girl.

"We'll be back tomorrow to get her," Reid said.

"Okay, but let us know if we need to keep her until Sunday," Hotch offered.

"We will, and hey guys?" Morgan called just as he opened the door.

"Yeah?" Hotch answered.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome," they answered in unison watching the couple walk down the driveway arm-in-arm just like it should be.

***

The entire ride home they made sure that at least some part of their body was touching each other. They'd lost so much from being apart a week. They had to make up for lost time. The moment they were in the house with the door shut they were in each others arms and they were kissing for all they were worth. Hands touched every part they could reached as their mouths explored drawing moans and whimpers.

"I love you so much, Derek," Spencer moaned into his mouth.

"I love you to, Spencer," he responded. "I know we need to talk, but, I need you so much right now!" Morgan growled pulling Reid tightly against him grinding their erections together.

"Yes!" Reid cried as sensation flooded him.

"Bedroom, now," Spencer demanded as his mouth traveled to Derek's neck and began licking and biting. Nodding as he was to aroused to speak Derek grabbed Spencer's hand and dragged him up the stairs. In no time they were both naked and on the bed. Smiling devilishly Morgan pushed Reid on to his back and hovered over him.

"Your mine, all mine," he whispered as he allowed one finger to slip into Reid's hot channel.

"I'm yours," Spencer breathed as he pushed down on Morgan's finger. He continued to prepare his lover until Reid was writhing on the bed begging for it.

"Morgan, please," he whimpered.

"Tell me what you want, pretty boy."

"I want you," Spencer ground out.

"Then that's what you get," Morgan said as he prepared himself before sliding in to Reid's welcoming heat. Both men moaned ad the sensation. Stilling for a moment he allowed Reid to get used to the feeling of him inside him. After a moment Reid shifted giving Morgan the hint to move. The pace that was set was a brutal one. Neither of them would last long but that was okay. It had been over a week.

"Come for me, baby," Derek demanded.

"Yes! Yes! Oh fuck yes, Derek!" Spencer shouted as his orgasm ripped through him covering their stomach's in his come. The contracting of Reid's inner muscles pulled Morgan's orgasm from him. He came, screaming Reid's name. Unable to hold himself up, Morgan collapsed on top of Reid. He shifted so Reid was lying against his chest not underneath him. He attempted to pull out of Reid but was held in place by Reid's arms. That was when he felt the wetness on his chest. Looking down he saw Reid's eyes swimming with tears. Once again he attempted to pull out so he could move to see Reid better but he was stopped once again.

"No," Reid choked out.

"Pretty boy?" Derek questioned.

"I want to feel you in me and on me. I want to feel you all over me. I want to feel you completely so I know this is real and that I'm not going to lose you," Spencer explained through his tears.

"Look at me, baby boy," Derek requested tilting Spencer's face up. His heart was torn in two when he saw the fear and devastation in his husband's eyes.

"You'll never lose me. I'm so so so sorry that I didn't give you a chance to explain. I was so screwed up when I thought you were cheating on me and that I would lose you. I didn't want to listen to your explanation because I thought it would be that you didn't want to be with me anymore. I know that isn't true now, but I didn't know that then," Derek explained as tears gathered in his own eyes.

"I would never cheat on you or leave you. You and Savanna are my world," Spencer reminded him.

"I know that. Now tell me what I can do to take those tears and that devastation and fear from your eyes. I'll do anything, Spencer," Derek vowed.

"Love me, and never let me go. Never leave me, promise me you'll never leave me," Spencer whispered.

"I promise, I. will. Never. Leave. You. Spencer. Michael. Reid-Morgan. Never ever," Derek swore punctuating each word with a kiss.

"Now it's my turn to show my husband just how much I love him," Reid said seductively as he reversed their positions. The rest of the night was spent with them taking turns making love to each other. They fell into an exhausted but satisfied sleep at around 2:00 in the morning. All was right with their world once again.

***

"Savanna Reid-Morgan put that down," Derek gently scolded his two-year-old daughter. She was holding a lighter he and Spencer used to light candles.

"No, Papa," she cried as she took off across the living room. Moving quickly Derek reached his daughter and took the lighter from her hands. Her face crumbled and she started to cry as she dropped to the floor.

"I was jus's pwayin wif it," she whined.

"We don't play with lighters. They're dangerous and can hurt little girls, do you understand?" Nodding Savanna sniffled as she looked up at her father.

"Wuv you, Papa."

"I love you to, kiddo," Derek said picking her up and kissing her. Placing her on the ground he patted her bottom as he spoke. "Why don't you go play, Daddy's almost done making lunch. Beaming at her father the toddler scampered off to her room to play with her toys. -

Walking into the kitchen, Derek slipped his arms around Spencer's waist and placed a kiss on the back of his neck.

"Hey, baby boy," he greeted.

"Hey, what did Vanna do now? I heard you two in the living room.

"She was playing with the lighter and she threw a fit when I told her to give it to me," Derek explained.

"Ah the joys of the 'Terrible Twos'," Spencer muttered.

"MMM, yeah," Derek agreed.

"Lunch is ready, call Savanna, will you?" Spencer requested as he put the plates of grilled cheese and carrot sticks on the table.

"Vanna Bug, time for lunch," Derek called into the hallway. A moment later both men heard the sound of running footsteps and the little girl came running into the kitchen.

"I hungy, Daddy. Hungy, hungy, hungy," she repeated rubbing her stomach.

"Well, let's wash your hands then we'll fix that, how does that sound?" Spencer asked helping her climb up on the stool placed in front of the kitchen sink so she could wash her hands. Turning the water on he set it so it was warm, but not to hot then he squirted some soap on his daughters' hands. "We have to sing the clean hands song," he reminded her. They began singing. "Top and bottom, top and bottom in-between in-between, all around your fingers, all around your fingers, makes them clean." Walking over to the table Spencer helped her climb into her seat and get settled in her booster seat.

"Do you want juice or milk, sweetheart?" Derek asked.

"Milk, pease." Nodding Derek filled a sippy cup with milk and after screwing on the spill-proof top he placed it in front of his daughter before settling down with his own lunch. Lunch was going well until Spencer noticed that Savanna hadn't eaten any of her carrots.

"Eat your carrots, Savanna," he reminded.

"No," she answered.

"Eat your carrots," Spencer repeated.

"No, yucky, wan cookie," she whined.

"No cookies until you eat your carrots," Derek added in.

"Wan cookie!" she shouted.

"Savanna, don't shout," Derek told her.

"If you eat your carrots, I'll give you a cookie, but if you don't eat them you don't get a cookie," Spencer explained.

"I wan a cookie!" the toddler yelled as she pushed her plate so hard it fell off the table and hit the floor. She chose that moment to burst into angry tears.

"Savanna Grace Reid-Morgan! We don't throw our food on the floor, you've just earned a time out, young lady," Spencer said getting up from the table and walking over to his daughter and lifting her from her chair.

"No, Daddy, I wan a cookie!" she shouted as she kicked and squirmed trying to get out of her father's arms. Spencer winced as one of her arms flailed and hit him in the face.

"Savanna, that's enough, listen to your father, we don't yell or hit people," Derek scolded as he started picking up the discarded carrots.

"Mean Daddy, mean, papa," the toddler cried as her father carried her over to her pink time out chair in the corner of the living room and placed the child in it turning the chair to face the wall.

"You'll sit there and think about why we don't throw food on the floor and why hitting is wrong. Don't get up until I say so," Spencer said.

"I be good," she whimpered.

"Nope, too late, stay put," Spencer said walking away and rejoining his husband at the table.

"She'll grow out of this, right?" Spencer asked dropping his head into his hands.

"Yes she will," Derek said reassuringly. They continued to eat the sobs and sniffling of their daughter drifting over to them. After two minutes they got up from the table and made their way over to the little girl. Turning her chair towards them, Derek spoke.

"Do you know why your in time out?" he asked.

"Cause I throwed my carrots on the floor and I hitted Daddy," she answered.

"And do we throw our food on the floor or hit people?" Derek questioned. Savanna shook her head.

"Are you ready to be a good girl and eat carrots?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah, can I get up?" she asked.

"Yes, but apologize to your Daddy and I first," Derek instructed.

"I sorry, Daddy, Papa." As she was speaking she held out her arms for a hug which both men happily gave her.

"Okay, time out is over," Spencer announced as he lifted her from the chair and placed her at the table with fresh carrot sticks. -

The rest of the day went by uneventfully and it was finally time to put Savanna to bed. Once the little girl was tucked in and sleeping soundly Spencer and Derek made their way to their bedroom and settled into bed.

"I can't believe she's already two years old," Spencer said wistfully.

"I know it seems just like yesterday we were bringing her home," Derek answered. "I want another baby," they said in unison. Their eyes met and held.

"Really?" Derek asked hopefully.

"Yeah," Spencer said softly. "I want another baby, but I was afraid to bring it up."

"I do to, now the question is how?" Derek asked.

"Adoption?" Spencer suggested.

"Maybe, but I was thinking of using a surrogate. Don't get me wrong, I love Vanna Bug, but I want a biological child, you know?"

"I know, I do to," Spencer said. "So how do we go about getting a surrogate?"

"I have one in mind and I think she'd agree," Derek answered.

"Who?" Spencer wondered.

"Garcia," Derek replied a huge smile crossing his face.

"So we talk to her tomorrow?" Spencer checked. Derek nodded as he yawned.

"MMM hmm."

"Okay, night, Der," Spencer said kissing his husband as he settled in for the night.

"Night, pretty boy," Derek responded returning the kiss as he got comfortable as well. -

The blonde technical annalist squealed in excitement as she threw her arms around her two friends.

"Of course I'd love to help you add to your family. The only major question is who's going first?"

"Derek." "Spencer." Garcia laughed as both guys answered simultaneously. Both men stared at each other for a full minute before Spencer broke the silence.

"I think you should go first. Your the one that thought of Garcia in the first place."

"Are you sure?" Derek asked.

"Of course I am," Spencer answered.

"Then it's settled. I can't believe your allowing me to be a part of this part of your life," she said with a hug grin.

"We love you, and we wouldn't want anyone else, baby girl," Derek said hugging her.

"Derek's right," Spencer said joining the hug. They continued to talk about expanding the boys family until their break was over. All three of them were excited at all the new and wonderful things to come.

Finished.

A/n, sorry for the crappy ending, but like I said, I have more plans for this little family.

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Next story in series - Raising a Family.