Epilogue

It had been a two years now since he'd returned to work and he was thankfully back on his feet. He'd been off the crutches for a year and a half now and it felt so good to be able to use his legs again. Though it had been hard and he'd often been tempted to push his recovery he was so glad he didn't. He knew if he had he'd have been paralysed and that was one thing he never wanted to be.

He'd been so thankful his team had been so patient with him. They'd always helped him to carry on working no matter how many crutches he had or if he was in the wheelchair. They'd supported him through each step towards his full recovery and been patient as he'd had his outbursts that his recovery was taking too slow. The most patient had been his husband and he was still glad he'd never lashed out at his children.

His children were growing up and making him prouder everyday. Jack was now sixteen and had begun dating a girl about the same age as him. He always brought her over to the house and Aaron and Spencer found they quite liked her too and thought their young romance was rather sweet and cute. Jennifer was even good with Maggie and she idolised her. To Maggie Jenny was like an older sister. There was nothing better she loved to do was play dolls with Maggie and hang out with her boyfriend.

Maggie was now four years old and would be starting school next year. They'd been thrilled they'd got her into the school Jack had gone to as he'd always enjoyed it there and it was one of the best schools in the area. Maggie was really excited about going and Jack had only made her more excited by telling her his memories of the school.

They were finally coming home today after wrapping a case that had lasted them almost a week. They'd had to fly out to Las Vegas and had thankfully been able to close the case yesterday. It had been the hardest case they'd had to solve yet as the UnSub had been extremely clever at covering his tracks and had kept changing his MO until Reid had finally cracked it. They'd arrested him only yesterday afternoon and Hotch had never been more proud of his husband.

As it had been Las Vegas Aaron and Spencer had decided to stay the night and visit Spencer's mother. Aaron had only met her a couple of times since he'd gotten together with Spencer but they got along really well. She was incredibly happy for the two of them and they'd even brought the children to meet her twice. They'd explained beforehand her schizophrenia but thankfully it hadn't really affected her while the kids were around and when it had they'd simply understood it was part of Nana Reid.

They got ready to leave to catch the jet when Diana hugged them both close to her. She then let them go and turned to Aaron. "You look after my son and bring the children next time. Such dear sweet children," she smiled at him.

"I will, ma'am," Aaron smiled back.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Diana?" she smiled.

"Always just one more time."

She smiled and they left promising they'd visit soon.

They headed off to the jet and joined the team there giving an update on Spencer's mother. They smiled hearing how well she was doing and got updates on all their nights too while getting onto the plane.

When they landed they all headed home. Thankfully because it had been a long, hard case Cruz had decreed they should all go straight home to their families and do their reports on the case tomorrow. Their had been a collective cheer when Aaron had passed on the good news since they'd all missed their partners and children terribly.

When Aaron and Spencer got home Maggie ran up to them while Jack and Jennifer followed. As Aaron picked up his four year old daughter he noticed his sixteen year old son was holding on tight to his girlfriend's hand while she leant into him for support. It was clear they had something to tell them but he worried what it was. Though they'd support them he hoped she wasn't pregnant.

"Daddy, you're home," Maggie exclaimed.

"Yes we are," he smiled back kissing her hair.

"Did you catch the bad guy?"

"Yes we did."

"Yay!"

Maggie soon went back to play with her dolls while Jack, Jennifer, Aaron and Spencer went to sit in the living room. Aaron and Spencer sat forward with their hands held together while Jennifer snuggled into Jack looking at his dads a little worried and scared. She knew they were in a gay relationship but would they accept the truth about her. She hadn't been this nervous since she started taking puberty blockers when she was thirteen.

"Are you pregnant?" Spencer asked believing he'd guessed it right but Jack and Jennifer looked down.

"What is it?" Aaron asked concerned noticing the change in them.

"We've never slept together," Jack answered a little embarrassed.

"I'm pretty sure I can't get pregnant anyway," Jennifer answered looking down at the floor kicking her feet.

Aaron took her hand and made him look up at her as he answered, "Jennifer, what is it? What is it you have to tell us?"

Taking strength from the fact Jack's dad was holding her hand she answered, "I'm anatomically a boy." Seeing he looked confused she added, "I'm transgender."

"Jenny, if this is too difficult to tell us you don't have to. We already love you as you are. Nothing will change that."

"I want to. Especially since I'm staying the weekend. I started transitioning just before I started high school as we thought it would be easier then. I've known I'm a girl from when I was five and preferred to play with girl's things than boys and wearing girl's clothes. I never understood why I couldn't. It took my parents time to accept but they readily helped me when I got to high school. When I was thirteen I started taking puberty blockers so I wouldn't become a man and recently I've begun taking oestrogen and estrogen to help me develop into more of a woman."

"We understand and we support you. We'll even support you through the rest of your transition. You're an incredibly brave young woman."

"Thanks," she blushed. "You feel so much like family to me I wanted to be completely honest. Also I didn't want you to think I'm a drug addict."

"We consider you family too and trust me none of us think you're taking drugs," Aaron assured her.

"Thanks," she smiled back.

Suddenly Maggie came in with her Barbie and piped up, "Who's taking drugs?"