home sweet home - a hotchniss story

trust?

word count - 868

Months had passed and Emily gradually got better slowly but surely. The scare made Aaron realise how much he needed Emily in his life, he only experienced not having her for a few hours but they were the worst hours of his life, now he had experienced her love, he never wanted to go a second without it again. This fear made Aaron become overprotective, even though Emily's doctor cleared her for travel and active duty, Aaron refused to sign off, ultimately, she understood why but it was so unfair. She loved her fiancé and wanted nothing more than to marry him, but for now, they needed to adapt to loving each-other and accepting that their job was dangerous but they both lived for work.

Ever since Doyle, Emily swore secrets were a thing of her past, it was hard for her, living undercover for years then moving to the BAU and finally her relationship to Aaron, things were going so well but until now she didn't need to keep anything from her caring fiancé. She just knew that this secret would break them, the day she got shot was the same day she found out she was pregnant. Emily never saw herself as a mother, she adored the children they helped on their cases but she knew the dangers of the world, secretly she did love the fact her and her best friend, JJ would be pregnant together but it didn't take her fears away. Emily was about to tell Aaron when she needed to go undercover and decided that it wasn't the right time, as soon as she woke up in that cold, dark warehouse she knew, it was a feeling from deep inside her, she sensed the loss of her child before she even got a chance to share the news with her boyfriend.

The secret was eating at her all through dinner, she knew Aaron felt distance growing between them so she new it would have to be now when she told him.

She kept looking over at him while they were eating, he saw her from the corner of his eye but failed to speak up about it, he was tired from the latest case and wished Emily was there, but he couldn't blame anyone for that except himself.

"babe?" Emily grew the courage to weakly say

"are you okay?" Aaron glanced over at her, not sure what to say

"yeah.. yeah i'm fine" Emily said, taking a deep breath "i just wanted to urm.. tell.. y..you something"

This caused Aaron to put down his fork and grab her hand, was she breaking up with him?

"what is it baby?"

Tears began forming in her eyes, "it's just when, when i got taken.. from the bar. I.. i was pregnant. i had just found out that day and i really wanted to tell you! i had a whole plan ready with a card and everything" tears streaming down her face as she spluttered out each word all in on breath

"but, but i woke up in the hospital i knew.. i knew i wasn't pregnant anymore, it just seemed so small compared to everything else but i hated not telling you.. i just feel so empty inside now"

Aaron couldn't believe what he was hearing, why hadn't she told him? yes, of corse he was upset he found out he could've been a father but non of that mattered at the moment, the love of his life was falling apart and he didn't notice.

"Em, baby, i'm so sorry. If i had known i'd have stayed home longer. Anything you need, i'm here for you"

Emily weakly smiled "i love you Aaron, nothing pained me more than keeping this from you but i just didn't know how to bring it up"
"do you think i can travel with the team again?"

Aaron looked at her again, with those typical Aaron Hotcher eyes "i think i can work something out with the boss"

"well, you know, i have an inn with the boss too" Emily looked back at him, moving across the table and straddling his legs, cuddling into his chest and lightly kissing his lips, feeling simply content in his arms.

"oh, do you really?" Aaron kissed her back "i think the boss might want to watch a movie on the couch tonight? what do you think he'd like?"

"i agree, i'll get the blankets!" she cutely ran upstairs and grabbed them.

Aaron put the dishes in the sink and moved over to the couch, laying in a way that Emily could slide into his side perfectly, just the way she liked, being able to hear his heartbeat.

Before they knew it, it was the next morning, they woke up, still in the same place as last night, fingers intertwined and all trust restored in their relationship. Emily lay awake for 10 minutes before Aaron woke up

As he began shifting, Emily exclaimed "how do you feel about june 15th?"

"june 15th?" Aaron replied confused and half asleep

"for our wedding, june 15th" she said with a smile

"Emily Prentiss, i would be honoured to marry you june 15th"