Chapter 14: Surprises*

At 8 am I woke up to my alarm on my watch to get ready for work. Spencer stays sleeping after I've gently wriggled my way out of his grasp. I know he tends to not sleep much if at all while on cases and tends to crash for a day or two after getting back if he can. I know he doesn't have to work today unless he gets called in for a case so I leave him asleep in my bed as I shower and dress for work. I take Ryder out for a quick walk so he won't wake Spencer after I leave. All the while I'm reminiscing on the night before. Spencer was so gentle and patient with me; his constant checking in with me made me feel so safe and loved. It was like I'd always hoped it would be. I get Ryder back inside and leave a note on the counter with my spare key on it in case Spencer has to leave before I get home for the day. He's had my code to get into the building for weeks now, but he hasn't had his own key. I have a feeling Spencer will sleep until dinner, eat a big meal, and sleep until morning. I get Ryder set up for the day with food and water in my room. After he eats some of his food he jumps into bed and curls up with Spencer and goes back to sleep. It's the cutest sight. I walk over to Spencer's sleeping figure and brush his hair back with my finger tips. He lightly stirs and looks at me with sleep in his eyes. I kiss him on the forehead and say "I'm going to work, sleepy head, stay as long as you like." He grumbles something incoherent as I go to leave, shutting the bedroom door behind me. I grab my purse and my therapy bag and leave, locking the door behind me. On the short drive over to the hospital I feel nothing but content at the events of last night and leaving my boyfriend asleep in my bed after he's worked so hard. Today is one of my shorter work days, I work 10-4. I don't plan on going home for lunch today especially since Spencer is still at home asleep. I'll know if he ends up leaving because of the doorbell camera. Ryder can usually go 8 hours between outings at least so he should be fine out with Spencer all day. I make my way to my office and sit down to look at my patient list for today. I don't have any new patients yet, just checking in with old patients. As I sit there looking through my patient list and planning out the order in which I make my rounds Alison comes in with her coffee and yogurt to catch up with me as she has her mid morning snack. She came in for the early shift that started at 7 today. She's sitting there with her yogurt, having a moment of silence before saying "so what's new with you?" I hesitate for a moment before saying "not much, you?" She cocks her head and looks at me for a minute and says "oh you're not telling me something." I give her a shocked scoff and say "what?" She looks at me as she leans in and says "you, my dear Anneliese, have a tell. Spill." I try to play dumb one more time before she says "want me to call Killian? She's more relentless than I am." I groan as I say "no, fine I'll tell you. Shut the door." Alison's eyes widen as she does as I say. She sits back down, scooting the chair closer to my desk and says "what is so secretive that the door must be closed?" My expressions betray me as I feel my face heat up with a blush and my mouth contorts into a satisfied smirk. I look at her and say "Spencer and I...fooled around...for the first time last night." Alison leans in and says "wait what exactly does that mean. Did you have sex?" I shake my head and say "no, not yet. I told him that I finally felt comfortable moving forward a bit and he did not disappoint." Alison quietly squeals and says "okay I need more details." I look at her shocked and say "um what do you mean?" She laughs and says "just tell me what happened! Was it good?" I blush and nod before saying "it was amazing. I don't think it would've been if he hadn't taken such good care of me and continuously checked in with me. That's all I'm saying." She pouts at me and says "tell me one last thing: is he big?" I scoff and say "I haven't actually seen 'it' yet, he said last night was about me." She gives me an incredulous look and says "damn he should talk to my husband then and give him some pointers." I laugh as I say "okay, now that we've gossiped we should get back to work." She nods and throws away her yogurt cup before leaving my office.

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I finish my rounds on my patients and pack up for the day, heading home to Spencer and Ryder. According to my doorbell camera he hasn't left all day. I walk into my apartment and check in on Spencer. I see he's at least adjusted some and he's curled up with Ryder. Until Ryder hears me come in anyway. Ryder excitedly comes to greet me and I take him into the living room to get his excitement out without waking up Spencer and take him out. When I get back in I decide to cook some dinner because I know Spencer will be ravenous when he finally wakes up enough to realize he's hungry. I decide to make chicken and dumplings, a southern staple, and mac and cheese. I also decide to make sweet tea, something I rarely make due to its high sugar content, but I decide to make it to surprise Spencer. After I've thoroughly worn Ryder out with his walk he curls up in his bed I keep in the kitchen specifically for him to relax in while I cook. I spend about an hour cooking before I hear the bedroom door open and slow footsteps walk out into the hallway. He walks into the kitchen, still in just his sweatpants and no shirt, and comes to wrap his arms around my waist from behind as I stand at the stove, getting the mac and cheese ready to bake in the oven. He tucks his nose into the crook of my neck as I say "morning, sleepy head, feel better?" He nods his head and says "my nose woke me up." I chuckle at the sentiment as I go to put the mac and cheese in the oven. I turn and wrap my arms around his neck and tell him "food will be ready in about 10 minutes. Do you want to take a shower before dinner or are you still tired and just want to eat in bed and go back to sleep?" He says "a shower sounds nice but I'm so tired I just want to go back to sleep." I nod my head and tell him "okay bubs, I'll make you a plate when it's ready, go back to bed and get comfy." He nods his head as I hear him pad back to bed. Once the food is ready I make him a plate and a glass of sweet tea and take it back to him in bed. He looks at me as I go to leave and he says "don't leave!" I chuckle and tell him I'm just going to make my own plate and I'll be right back. We both get comfy in my bed as I pull up Game of Thrones for us to watch while we eat. He inhales his food before settling back down into bed. He tries to stay awake and finish the episode but ultimately fails. I laugh softly at his efforts and turn off Game of Thrones before turning on a comfort show of mine to have on in the background. As I get comfy in bed, I feel Spencer gravitate towards me in his sleep, pulling me in tight. I don't know if this is because of the case or if this is just what makes him feel better, but I like that he feels pulled to me even in his sleep. I sit on my phone online shopping for a while before I slowly move to get out of bed and get some things done before I go to sleep. I get some laundry done and do the dishes from dinner. I decide to watch Tik Tok on my phone in the living room instead of in the bedroom so I don't wake Spencer. After about 15 minutes of watching Tik toks I hear Spencer slowly walk out of my bedroom and towards the living room. He rubs his eyes sleepily and says "you left me. I woke up and you were gone." I give him a pouty lip and get up to follow him back to bed. I get in bed with him and ask "you want me to stay with you in bed, hmm?" He nods with his eyes closed. I haven't seen him this exhausted in a while. It must be a combination of the case and Haley's death that has him so tired. After a while he says "I sleep so much better when you're with me. You keep the bad dreams away." I laugh softly and say "okay I'll stay this time," as I kiss him on the nose and nuzzle into his neck and go to sleep.

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I wake up in the morning feeling very cold, once I open my eyes I realize that the spot where Spencer was the night before is now empty. The door is slightly cracked open, the light shining through just barely. I check the alarm clock and see it's 6 am and remember it's my day off. Why am I awake this early? I hear faint sounds, I recognize one as Spencer's voice and I can't tell if he's watching tv or listening to music or something. I get up to go out to my living room and find Spencer laying on the couch with Ryder on his chest. Spencer is playing with Ryder and talking to him "you know your mom should be waking up soon. Am I more excited to see her or are you more excited to see her?" Ryder's tail is wagging a mile a minute and he cocks his head to the side at Spencer's question. Spencer continues talking to Ryder while I watch from the hallway in adoration. "You know you are so lucky she adopted you, she is just the best human. She loves you so much. I know you love her, too, I can see it in your eyes," Spencer says as he boops Ryder's nose. Just then the floor creaks beneath me and Ryder shoots his head up, spotting me, and immediately abandons Spencer and runs across the room to me. I pick him up and kiss him on the head as he tries to give me kisses on my face. I giggle and say as Spencer stands, making his way to me "well I think he answered the question of who is more excited to see me." Spencer's face turns red as he realizes I heard his conversation, albeit a rather one sided conversation, with Ryder. He smiles sheepishly, looking down and scratches the back of his neck saying "oh you heard that, huh?" I giggle, kiss him good morning and say "and it was the cutest thing I've ever heard at 6 am. How long have you been up bubs?" He looks down and says "Since around 1 am I think. You both were sleeping so soundly I didn't want to disturb you. Once I finally got up to go in here and look into some work stuff I needed to finish, Ryder followed me and continued sleeping next to me on the couch. About an hour ago I took him outside and he's been awake and happy at my side ever since. Obviously, though, he was just waiting for you to wake up." I chuckle in response and go to make coffee at my Keurig since we are apparently awake for the day now. I pull out two mugs and proceed to make coffee for Spencer and for myself. We settle into the couch with our coffee; I'm leaning against the arm of the couch with my legs in Spencer's lap. We sit and talk for a bit with the weather channel serving as background noise. He tells me the case was a valet targeting white women who lived alone in rich Nashville neighborhoods. I say "I bet at least one lived in Belle Meade." He gives me a shocked look and says "how did you know that? You told me you never lived in Nashville." I shake my head and say "I didn't but I know it's the richest area in Nashville. It was an easy guess. One day we should go together and have the time of our lives on Broadway in Nashville." He laughs and says "oh I'm sure that would be a sight. Would you wear some revealing outfit the whole time? Because I don't want to share you, baby." He leans down and takes my lips in his, quickly putting both our coffee cups on the table in front of us before pulling me into his lap. I don't oppose in the slightest and even adjust my body to straddle his lap. He kisses down my neck and says "you look so much better wearing my shirt than I do." I smile and say breathlessly "good, because you're not getting it back until it doesn't smell like you any more." He runs his hands up my sides as he sucks on my neck, working on what I'm sure will be a difficult to hide hickey while saying "and then what?" I moan and say "I will just steal another from you, but you gave me this one to sleep in so that's on you." He chuckles as he pulls his head back for the first time in about 5 minutes and says "are you still okay?" I bite my lip with an evil glint in my eye as I start to grind down hard on his growing bulge beneath me. He lets out a groan and I ask "does that answer your question, Dr. Reid?" He groans again and says "you have no idea what it does to me when you call me that." I cock my head to the side as I continue my ministrations on his lap and ask "when I call you what? Dr. Reid?" I feel his cock twitch beneath me as he throws his head back, biting his lip and nods. I trail my hand down his still shirtless chest to the waistband of his sweatpants and look into eyes for permission. He takes a hand up to my face, pushing some hair behind my ear as he says sweetly "are you sure? You don't have to, baby. There's no rush on any of this." I admire his self control and his selflessness, but it doesn't make me hesitate. If anything I want him more. I nod my head as I lean forward to kiss him and say "I'm fine, baby. Thank you for taking care of me." I kiss him deeply and continue my hand's journey down his chest, following his blood flow from his heart to his hard dick. As I hook my hands into the waistband of his sweatpants I lean toward next to his ear and say "now it's my turn to take care of you." I get off of him and instead get on my knees in front of him on the floor, starting to pull his sweatpants down as he lifts his hips off the couch for me to pull them down his legs. As soon as I pull both his pants and boxers down his hard cock slaps his stomach. I feel intimidated immediately. I don't know what I was expecting, but I don't know how that's going to fit inside of me. He gives a smug smirk in response to my speechlessness and I think to myself that beneath that wonderful genius brain, he's still a man. He reiterates his statement and tells me if I've changed my mind it's okay. I shake my head no as I take a deep breath and decide mentally it's now or never. I take my hand and gather some of the precum from his tip and slowly give his shaft a few slow pumps before leaning down and taking his tip in my mouth. I feel his hips buck involuntarily, but only slightly. I smile internally at the knowledge that I'm causing that. I circle his tip in my mouth before leaning down and taking in more of him. I slowly try to guide more into my mouth, feeling my jaw stretched to an uncomfortable point for the first time. After I get more comfortable, I take as much as I feel like I possibly can at this moment in my mouth before starting to bob my head up and down on his cock. What I can't fit in my mouth I pump with my hand. With my free hand I start to massage his balls, causing him to lean back and let out a loud open mouthed groan. I continue my actions and feel his cock hit the back of my throat after I bob my head lower than I had before and he moans in response. Pretty soon he gasps, saying "Oh my God, Annie, I'm going to cum" and I bob my head faster until I feel his cock twitch in my mouth and release warm ribbons of cum down my throat. I continue but slow my actions until I've worked him through his orgasm. I take my mouth off of him and swallow while looking into his eyes. He breathed heavily and says "I was not expecting that. At all." I chuckle and say "I may have gotten advice from the girls. And listened to a few podcasts. And watched a few tik toks." His eyes widen and he says "that's on Tik tok?!" I laugh at his statement and say "not the act itself, but both men and women alike give a lot of sex tips on that platform." I help him get his pants back on and return to our previous position of my legs in his lap. After a minute of sitting in comfortable silence my insecurities begin eating away at me and I look at him and say "Spence, did I do okay?" He chuckles lightly and says "you did great, baby," as he kisses me deeply. I blush as I sit and intrinsically bask in my triumph for a bit, pretending to watch the weather channel. We stay snuggled up together for a while before he says "we should probably eat breakfast soon." I nod my head and say "we could cook, have something delivered, or go out." He looks at me and says "can we get pancakes delivered from the diner around the corner?" I smile and nod as I pull up the website and put in my order and hand Spencer the phone so he can put in his order. I let him put in the order and after a couple minutes he says "it'll be here in 20 minutes." I turn to him with an incredulous expression and say "Did you pay for it already?" He chuckles and says "Eidetic memory," as he points to his head, "I have my card information memorized, baby." I roll my eyes and say "you never let me pay for anything, Spence! I do make my own money." He shrugs and says "I like to spoil you," and I laugh and tell him "what if I want to spoil you sometimes, hmm? Or surprise you?" He chuckles before saying "I may let you spoil me every now and then, and surprise me? I'm a profiler babe we will see if you can without giving yourself away. You get too excited." I pout at that and don't let him kiss me again when he leans in, drawing out a sad pouty expression of his own. "Babe I was just kidding, I can act surprised if you want me to and not tell you it didn't work." I shake my head and say "but I want to actually surprise you. You surprise me all the time, but I never get to surprise you." He cocks his head to the side before saying "to be fair, you surprised me pretty well just a few minutes ago," and raises one eyebrow at me. I start cackling and tell him "that's totally different, Spence! but I guess you are forgiven," as I lean up to give him the kiss I denied him a minute earlier. As we makeup from our mini disagreement the buzzer goes off and Spencer goes to take care of the food for me, giving the delivery boy a nice tip. We sit and eat our breakfast together and are close to finished when his phone starts ringing. He answers the phone with a gruff and serious "Reid." That gruff and serious tone of voice makes me feel things I never have, my God. He says "okay, Hotch, I'll be in at 8." I instantly check my phone and see it's almost 7 am. He hangs up the phone and looks at me apologetically and says "I'm sorry, babe, we have a case. I have to go." I am sad but I nod and say "I understand. We did have over 24 hours together even if you weren't conscious for the majority of it," and wink at him. He chuckles at my statement and says "that's true. I'll make it up to you when I get back, Annie," and kisses me. He gathers his things and says "I will need that shirt back to go home, but I promise to bring you a bunch you can keep next time I see you. Deal?" I squint at him for a minute before saying "okay fine, deal," and take off the shirt off in front of him, leaving me in only my panties in front of him, then throw the shirt at him. He's so in shock he doesn't catch the shirt. I giggle before walking over to the counter and picking up my spare key, "here, Spence. I left this here yesterday in case you had to leave so the apartment wouldn't be left unlocked. You can have it anyway, it's probably better that my FBI agent boyfriend has a spare key anyway." I saunter over to him and hand him the key and wrap my arms around his neck as I give him a lingering kiss goodbye. He blinks and says "you're going to have to text me what you just said because I didn't hear any of it." I chuckle and say "will do. Now go save some lives, super hero," as I push him towards the door. He kisses me one more time before opening and shutting the door discretely so nobody in the hall sees my almost naked body. I roll my eyes and shake my head before walking back to my room to get ready for the day.