✓ | 𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗘 · ͟͟͞͞➳ spencer reid

CHAPTER 31 ━━━

# ! | CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
- christmas is just around the corner

━━━ "HOW NICE OF YOU TO
finally join us!" Spencer teases Morgan, JJ, Emily, Garcia, Hotch, and Beth when they make their entrances at around noon. The two blondes and Beth undoubtedly have sex hair, but Meryl pretends not to notice that. Her own hair is smooth, braided, and Spencer's is no more wild than usual. Meryl doesn't want to think about any of her co-workers having sex, especially not Hotch. Beth was stunning, though, she couldn't pretend she didn't understand the appeal. The other two couples, it just made sense. Especially Garcia.

Meryl had found often that there was something about the lodge that got people in the mood. It was kind of out of a smutty romance novel with the horses and the sunsets, mountains blotting the background. It felt like another world, and people are more willing to embrace their desires when they feel they can't be touched. Or can very well be touched, depending on the connotation one would care to apply.

Morgan shrugs. "Don't be salty just 'cause you're not getting any." The very beginning of a smirk pulls at the corner of Spencer's mouth but he swallows it back, not before Meryl can catch it. They make fleeting eye contact and suddenly they're both remembering that shower from different points of view, Spencer's eyes rolling back in ecstasy, Meryl's pretty lips wrapped around his-

"Aye, pretty Ricky. You in there?" Derek's voice snaps him out of the plentifully detailed memory. Reid looks at Morgan. "Sorry, what?"

The broader man in a green jacket and dark jeans smirks. "I said what's on the itinerary for today? Any more tricks up your genius sleeves?"

Henry and Jack run in, having had a sleepover in the barn with their new donkey friends. They grab bacon in their bare hands and munch away, babbling happily about all the ghosts they saw. Marilyn in a sheet, more likely, but still very endearing.

Meryl pipes up, "Actually, seeing as it's Christmas Eve, I thought I might interest you in a two horse open sleigh and a bonfire to show Santa the way to the most important stop on his list."

Hotch and JJ have the same look. Oh, shit. The presents. They look to Meryl, who simply wears a smile. You don't seriously think I didn't have those brought along, did you?

In a supply closet were the boys' presents, a few additions from Meryl, and her gifts to the rest of the team. She may have gone a little bit overboard, but all that money in her multiple bank accounts wasn't going anywhere otherwise. "Tis the season!" was her merry excuse as she had wrapped a crap ton of presents when she found a few hours of time. She seemed to find space within the minutes that others hadn't yet utilized.

Penelope cracks a smile. "Two horse? Isn't it just supposed to be one?"

Murph shrugs. "Danny and Devin aren't what they used to be, my love. Kidding, they're very young, they just enjoy being together."

While Meryl goes and gets things set up, the post-sex monsters buckle down on the breakfast offerings. Ren and Joey, who'd spent the night in the barn keeping watch over the little ones, emerge later, followed by Fran and Leona. Derek's sisters join the party later in matching fluffy pajama pants.

Morgan pulls out his phone and shoots off a quick text to Meryl.

morgan
I think your grandpa and my momma... please figure it out I don't wanna say it
Read 11:35 a.m

lil doctor
oh heavens
I'm not calling you uncle derek.
Read 11:35 a.m

Derek laughs and shakes his head, pocketing his phone and filling in his inquisitive teammates. Spencer can't help but let his mind wander. Penelope and Morgan get married, Fran and Ren get together and... well, he and Meryl get married; that's like half the field team sharing a family tree. It sounded absurd, but it wasn't completely out of the realm of possibility.