Short!fic - Holiday Spirit (Criminal Minds)
Random, because Garcia is both adorable and awesome.
Penelope Garcia had always been a holiday person. She loved holidays: Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, New Years. She dressed up. She had themed earrings and socks. She gave holiday greetings and celebrated. And since taking the job as Technical Analyst for the BAU, she had not spent one single holiday with her actual, blood-related family.
That was okay. Because she got a smile out of Hotchner when he was upset about missing his son's first actual trick-or-treating Halloween when she showed up in full costume. Because the presents she buys Reid for Christmas still show up from time to time, a sweater or a tie slightly off-sized but well-worn and kept. Because JJ loved the three-pair set of brightly colored butterfly earrings she got her for her birthday. Because Morgan put off a late briefing in the middle of a case to come down and make sure they both got their champagne and New Years' kiss.
She had a family who needed her more.
Penelope Garcia had always been a holiday person. She loved holidays: Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, New Years. She dressed up. She had themed earrings and socks. She gave holiday greetings and celebrated. And since taking the job as Technical Analyst for the BAU, she had not spent one single holiday with her actual, blood-related family.
That was okay. Because she got a smile out of Hotchner when he was upset about missing his son's first actual trick-or-treating Halloween when she showed up in full costume. Because the presents she buys Reid for Christmas still show up from time to time, a sweater or a tie slightly off-sized but well-worn and kept. Because JJ loved the three-pair set of brightly colored butterfly earrings she got her for her birthday. Because Morgan put off a late briefing in the middle of a case to come down and make sure they both got their champagne and New Years' kiss.
She had a family who needed her more.