Title: Stockings, Sitting
By: Daisyangel
Pairing: Reid/Morgan
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Summary: 2013 25 Days of Christmas story. Morgan/Reid, stockings, sitting on Santa's lap and a baby crying.

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Reid hummed along to Deck the Halls as he hung their stockings. First Derek's then his, then in the middle he hung Adeline's. She was now a year old and kind of understood Christmas. At least the present aspect, he mused as he thought of her asking daily when Santa would give her pesents. She was quite the smart little girl, and it only had some to do with the fact that her father was a genius. They'd talked to JJ and Will and had asked if JJ would be willing to be a surrogate for them considering she'd already been pregnant before and knew what to expect. The couple had happily agreed, and it was agreed that it would be Reid's sperm that they would combine with JJ's egg. The procedure was successful and a short nine months later, Adeline Nicole arrived. It was now a little over a year later and the Morgan's were blessed beyond on belief. Addie knew JJ was her mommy and she loved her entire BAU family just as much as they loved her.

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"Are you ready to go, Pretty boy?" Morgan asked as he walked into the living room, a dressed Addie toddling along behind him.

"Yeah, I was just putting up our stockings and a few more Christmas decorations."

"Okay, are you ready to go see Santa, Addie?" Morgan asked scooping the one year old and covering her cheeks in kisses.

"Santa!" the little girl cried excitedly.

"I'll take that as a yes," Reid said as he grabbed his coat and slipped into it before handing Derek his and taking the baby and putting her in her own coat.

"Okay, let's go see Santa," Derek said as they headed for the car and after making sure everyone was buckled securely, he headed off to the mall so their little girl could see Santa. She hadn't seen him last year as she had only been a month old and they hadn't wanted to take her out in the cold.

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"Wow, look at the line," Reid whistled. The line stretched for a good several feet.

"Yeah, it's a good thing they have things for the kids to do before they get to Santa," he agreed.

"Are you going to tell Santa what you want?" Reid asked Addie.

"Yes, want Pesents," she said. The parents laughed at their little girl. Finally after 45 minutes or so they were at the front of the line.

"Hi there, Sweetie, are you ready to see Santa?" an elf asked as she greeted Addie with a smile. Addie stared in wide-eyed fascination at the man in the red suit before turning and staring fearfully at her father's.

"It's okay, baby, go on, Daddy and I will be right here," Morgan coaxed.

"Papa's right," Reid interjected.

"Daddy go," Addie begged.

"You want me to go with you?" Reid checked. Addie nodded vigorously. "Okay, I will," Reid said as he took Addie's hand and walked with her to Santa.

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Arriving at Santa, Reid lifted Addie on to Santa's lap and reached out for the camera Derek was holding.

"Don't worry about it. I've got it, you just stay with her," he assured.

"Okay, if you say so," Reid replied.

"Hi there, little girl, what do you want for Christmas?" Santa asked. At the sound of his voice, Addie's eyes widened and she opened her mouth. Spencer thought she was about to speak, but instead she burst into tears and held out her arms to him.

"No Santa, Daddy, Daddy!" she cried.

"Shh, it's okay, come here, its okay," he soothed as he picked her up and she buried her face against his shoulder.

"I'm sorry; he apologized to the guy playing Santa.

"Its okay, her reaction is better than some of the other kids. I had a little boy kick me in the shin so he could get down because he was so scared," the gentlemen admitted. Spencer winced as he took the candy cane the elf held out for Addie then made his way back to Derek.

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"I managed to get a picture before she freaked out," the other man told him.

"That's good, I think it's time to go home," Spencer whispered as he rubbed a sniffling Addie's back.

"Yeah, do you want to put her in the stroller?" Derek asked.

"No, I think I'll carry her. Can you get the stroller?"

"Yeah," Derek said as he began pushing the stroller towards the exit. Maybe next year would go better, he thought as he braced himself for the cold.

Finished!

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