forever after all 🤍

fifteen.

i've found that time can heal most anything
and you might find out who you're supposed to be
-fifteen, taylor swift

JJ helped lace up the corset of the sleek white gown gracing my skin. It was finally wedding day. Through it all, bombs, kidnapping, near paralysis, he had been through it all. I didn't know the stern agent I first met in college would ever be my husband, but I couldn't imagine it any other way. A family, Jack, him, and me.

JJ squeezed my hand before walking down the aisle before me. Jack was our ring bearer, Kate's daughter was our flower girl, and we were doing this in front of our closest friends and family. "Kinda regretting not eloping right now." I chuckled. I took those steps. No cane. One foot in front of an other, I walked down the aisle, Rossi leading me. The best dad.

"Do you, Emily Elizabeth Prentiss, take Aaron Christopher Hotchner, as your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do."

"Aaron Christopher Hotchner, do you take Emily Elizabeth Prentiss to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do."

"Well then, you may now kiss the bride!"
In that moment, I knew everything was perfect. It didn't matter what was going to happen next, it just matters that we were together, forever. Forever after all. A little while later, Aaron spun me in our first dance. A familiar song played in the background.

They say nothing lasts forever
But they ain't seen us together
Or the way the moonlight dances in your eyes

"I came to bring you home, before I proposed, and we slow danced to this in your kitchen. It's only fair that it's our first dance." I rested my head on his chest, and for a second it like we were the only two people on that dance floor. "Aaron Hotchner, thank you. For sticking by my side, for being my support, for bringing me home to this wonderful family." I turned and opened my body to our group of friends who were cheering us on with shots in hand. "One for the bride and groom!" Morgan handed us both shots of vodka. "Cheers!"

the end <3
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a/n: thank you all for the love and support on this story!! it was my first ever fic and i so enjoyed writing it even if lizzie made fun of the smut. i wanna dedicate this fic to mandy because she is my favorite human!! drop new fic ideas in the comments!