#cg!hotchniss

[blackbirdsaltzman]

Hi I really like your fics and hcs about little!jj. So if it’s possible, I want to request a fic when little!jj got sick or in accident and need to stay in hospital, it makes her cg panicking. Thank you

Hey, I’m so so sorry that this is so late!!! Senior year of undergrad has been killing me but I’m officially done!

Hospitals & Panic Attacks - Little!Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

(CW/TW: hospitals, blood, sickness, panic attacks, crying)

JJ screams as the nurses work to get the girl settled but struggle as the little kicks and cries.

“Jen baby, Aaron, and Emily are almost here.” Penelope tries to soothe. The woman had been watching the girl for the weekend as the team had a case and JJ had gotten sick and regressed beforehand.

“Penelope, what happened?” Emily frantically asks as the parents race into the room. Emily makes quick work to get to JJ and looks at her chin as Aaron turns to the other blonde.

“She was trying to climb up the stairs but got lightheaded and hit her chin on the banister,” Penelope explains as the doctor speaks up.

“She needs stitches and she does also have a concussion so I would like to keep her here for the night.”

“Is that necessary? The staying the night? She doesn’t do so good being away from home and her nightly routine.” Aaron trails off. The man could see his wife showing the same panic and concern on her face. They dreaded nights not at home with their daughter because it always ended in meltdowns.

“It is sir. Since we’re going to give her a sedative to do stitches, I need to observe her for concussion protocol.” The older man states softly.

“Ok thank you for everything doc,” Aaron states as JJ whines causing him to turn his focus.

“Dada hurts.” She cries trying to touch her bloody chin but Emily softly grabs her hands.

“No baby girl,” Emily whispers feeling her heartbreak at her daughter’s cries.

“Not feeling good.” JJ sobs. The girl was still battling the flu and now her chin and head hurting were causing the girl to be fully overstimulated.

“I know pumpkin,” Aaron whispers sitting down next to the two. He and Emily work to soothe the girl until the doctor comes back with the sedative. It’s going to be a long night.

[jjtheresidentbaby]

♡ Headcanon Masterlist ♡

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I think my masterlists have been getting crowded so I decided to put all my headcanons here

Stranger Things:

Stranger things characters as Encanto powers 

Steve x little!sister reader headcanons 

Max x Mike friendship headcanons 

Eddie x short little!reader headcanons 

Cg!argyle x little!eddie headcanons 

stranger things classification headcanons 

Rating stranger things relationships 

Steve x Eddie Caregiver Rules headcanons 

Little Mike headcanons 

Caregiver Johnathan headcanons 

Little Steve Harrington headcanons 

Little Eddie Munson headcanons 

Autistic Wheeler Sibling headcanons

Caregiver Nancy Wheeler headcanons 

Little Nancy Wheeler headcanons

Little Lucas Sinclair Headcanons

Caregiver Stancy adopting Little Johnny headcanons

Criminal Minds:

criminal minds classification headcanons 

Little Jj headcanons 

More Little Jj headcanons 

Even More Little Jj headcanons 

Caregiver Penelope headcanons 

Caregiver Alex headcanons 

More Caregiver Alex headcanons 

Little Reid headcanons 

More Little Reid headcanons

Little Jj x Caregiver Emily headcanons

Caregiver Hotchniss x Little Jj headcanons

Little Jj Security Item headcanons

Little Jj workplace headcanons

Little Jj staying home headcanons

Little Jj x Caregiver Em nickname headcanons

Caregiver Jj x Will headcanons

Caregiver Reid headcanons

Flip Emily Prentiss headcanons

Caregiver Luke Alvez headcanons

Little Jj x Caregiver Hotchniss living together headcanons

Little Jj age range with Caregiver Hotchniss headcanons

Caregiver Jj x Will headcanons .2

S.W.A.T:

s.w.a.t classification headcanons 

Caregiver Hondo headcanons 

Caregiver Deacon Kay headcanons 

Comfort Deacon Kay Caregiver headcanons 

Bedtime Routine s.w.a.t Caregiver headcanons 

Jessica Cortez Caregiver headcanons

Marvel:

Caregiver Steve Rogers headcanons

Caregiver (general) Peter Parker headcanons

Caregiver Bruce Banner headcanons

Caregiver Tony Stark headcanons

Little Kate Bishop headcanons

Supernatural:

Caregiver Castiel headcanons

Caregiver Dean & Part Monster Little headcanons

Caregiver Dean & Little Sam headcanons

Caregiver Sam Winchester headcanons

Caregiver Gabriel headcanons

Teen Wolf:

Hale Pack Classification headcanons

McCall Pack Classification headcanons

Puppy Pack Classification headcanons

Caregiver Melissa McCall headcanons

Caregiver Peter Hale headcanons

FNAF:

Little Vanessa x Caregiver Mike headcanons - attached to day 3 moodboard of fictionalagerechallange

Euphoria:

Flip Lexi Howard headcanons

Caregiver Elliot headcanons

School Bus Graveyard:

Little Aiden Clark headcanons

Heartbreak High:

Flip Quinni Gallagher-Jones headcanons

Flip Amerie Wadia headcanons - attached to day 5 moodboard of fictionalagerechallange

Little Spencer ‘Spider’ White headcanons - attached to day 6 moodboard of fictionalagerechallange

Little Ant Vaughn headcanons

Little Harper McLean headcanons

Little Missy Beckett headcanons

Flip Ca$h Piggott headcanons

Little Quinni Gallagher-Jones headcanons

Little Malakai Mitchell headcanons

More Little Quinni Gallagher-Jones headcanons

Little Spencer ‘Spider’ White headcanons [little gear specific]

Ant & Spider Regression Friendship headcanons

Caregiver Malakai Mitchell headcanons

Caregiver Spencer ‘Spider’ White headcanons

Outer Banks:

Little John B headcanons

Little Jj Maybank headcanons [water specific]

The Umbrella Academy:

Little Five Hargreeves headcanons

Little Luther Hargreeves headcanons

Heartstopper:

Flip Nick Nelson headcanons

[blackbirdsaltzman]

little!jj who only eats certain foods, has security/emotional support items that she’ll have a meltdown over if she doesn’t have, refuses to wear anything but the color blue, and doesn’t want anybody but her parents hotchniss who learned all these things about her the hard way

Ok yesss. They are the following:

Food:

- butter noddles. (She won’t eat any other type of sauce)

- Chips (Especially Cheetos and they have to be the crunchy ones or she’ll have a full meltdown)

- Applesauce

Items:

- Stuffed dog that Aaron had gotten for her years ago.

- her blue blanket

- pair of headphones (she gets overwhelmed super easy and headphones are the only way to distract her)

- hair bands (Emily wears them on her wrist and JJ snaps them)

Clothes:

- she will only wear blue and green

- she has to be wearing fleece (cotton discomforts her)

Hotchniss definitely learned these the hard way especially after long trips with forgotten headphones and blankets.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

sleepy little!jj who refused to have a nap and is now just refusing to let go of emily because she is tired... these asks are so random but im just in the mood to read soft jj fics😭

Sleep Amor ~ Little!JJ x CG!Hotchniss

“JJ it’s time for bed baby.” Emily whispers as the little girl tightens her grip on the woman’s shirt. JJ shakes her head sucking on the pacifier. The girl had refused a nap earlier. The parents had tried to put her down but it resulted in tears and screams.

“Princess, you need to sleep.” Emily states as Aaron comes into the nursery with a bottle.

“She’s refusing to let go.”

“Do you want me to try?” Hotch asks setting the bottle down to reach for the blonde but JJ automatically starts to cry when he tries.

“She’s not going to let me put her down. I know we should have made her take her nap.” Emily sighs softly rocking the girl.

“Emily she was screaming for twenty minutes. She wouldn’t have stopped so there was no point in us just listening to it.” Hotch states eyeing the young girl. She didn’t need to sleep with her pacifier but he knew it would be a whole other battle to get it from her.

“Mama.” JJ whines rubbing her eyes.

“I’m right here baby girl. What if we both lay down for a little bit, hm?” Emily whispers hoping her plan works as it was already an hour past the girl’s bedtime.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

cg!hotchniss definitely find every little thing little!jj does absolutely adorable, i can so picture them literally praising her for nothing just because she is cute😭

My heart 🥹

Princess ~ Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

Aaron smiles as he watches his girls play in the sand. The family had made a trip up to the Maine coast for a long weekend. He looks up as his wife walks over and sit down as the little girl continues to play.

“I’m glad we were able to come up here.” Emily states softly.

“Same here. I know JJ is enjoying herself. She looks adorable.” Aaron smiles as the blonde giggles as water comes up and splashes her.

“She is.” Emily laughs as JJ runs over to them.

“Dada swim?” She asks softly jumping up and down melting the parents hearts.

“Of course princess. Let’s get your floats on and then we’ll get in.” He chuckles as the blonde cheers.

“You’re just the cutest thing.” Emily notes as she pulls the blonde into her lap as Aaron grabs the floats.

“Mama tickles.” JJ giggles as the older woman tickles the blonde.

“Alright pumpkin let’s get these on.” Aaron smiles as the blonde scrambles out of her mama’s lap.

(I’m so sorry this is so short)

[blackbirdsaltzman]

cgs!hotchniss dealing with an autistic!little jj in everyday life and especially when she’s having a bad brain day. just helping her with her routines, making sure her senses aren’t overwhelming her at all times and looking after her when she’s too tiny to even really say anything and not engaging/going nonverbal

I’m so sorry this took forever!! Also I hope you like this, I’ve been struggling with writing recently.

You’ll Always Be Our Baby ~ Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

(CW: autistic meltdowns, nonverbal behavior/aggression, cussing)

Aaron walks through the house mentally checking to make sure they have everything. The girls are supposed to be home soon and he knows his daughter has had a rough day at therapy. After checking over for the third time, he waits by the front door for the two. He smiles as Emily comes in holding the blonde as she looks around.

“Let me have her.” He states to his wife as she nods.

“Come here baby girl.” Aaron smiles as the little girl whimpers being moved. She continues to whimper as Aaron walks through the house knowing the girl was probably uncomfortable in her daytime clothes.

“You want to put on your pjs? Afterwards we can curl up to watch Mickey Mouse as Mama prepares dinner.” He states softly as he reaches the nursery where he already has her clothes laying. He makes quick work for getting the young girl ready for the night before they get settled onto the couch. The family had the same routine every night during the week to help keep JJ’s meltdowns at the minimum. They get through two episodes before dinner is ready and Aaron can tell the blonde is fighting sleep but she has to eat.

“Pumpkin, you have to eat.” Emily speaks up after watching the young girl play with her food using her hands. JJ shakes her head not looking up.

“Jay that wasn’t a request, you have to eat.” Emily tries again still soft. JJ ignores as the parents sigh knowing there has to be consequences resulting in the father grabbing the young girl’s hands so Emily could feed her. JJ squirms as tears start to fall when she realizes she can’t move.

“Pumpkin it’s okay, mama is just going to help you out. You’re safe and not in trouble.” Aaron whispers as JJ resorts to biting his hand.

“Shit.” He cusses letting go as JJ fully starts sobbing and flinging herself backwards.

“JJ you know you aren’t allowed to bite people. Do you want a chew toy?” Emily pipes in as the girl whimpers reaching out. Emily quickly gets a toy handing it to the blonde before taking her into her arms.

“Baby girl you still need to eat a little bit but afterwards we can take our bubble bath.” Emily whispers brushing the girl’s blonde hair. The girl slowly calms down laying her head against the woman’s chest.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

i headcannon little!jj to find comfort by putting things in her mouth, whether its a paci or her fingers but i just always thought she would find so much comfort in it, so a one shot where it shows when she does it would be so cute lol idk, this is a rubbish ask💀

I absolutely love this headcannon. Little!JJ definitely has a habit of putting things in her mouth, even if they are dangerous, because she finds comfort in it.

No Amor ~ Little Jennifer Jareau x Caregivers Hotchniss

(CW: Cussing)

Aaron walks through the house as the young girl lies asleep on his chest.

“Em, are you ready?” He asks softly as he reaches his wife in the kitchen. The woman was putting a few more things in her purse.

“Yeah. Do you want me to put her in the car as you get the bags?”

“No, I can put her in before grabbing them.” He states as the girl shifts and tightens her grip on the man’s shirt. Emily nods as her husband heads out to the car as she finishes packing her purse before following him. Aaron gets the blonde settled into the backseat, thankful the girl stays asleep as it’s three in the morning.

“I’ll be right back.” He states to Emily before heading back into the house to get the family’s bags. She nods looking back at her daughter through the rearview mirror. The girl was wrapped in her blue blanket with her stuffed dog tightly against her chest. Aaron makes it back before the family starts the trip to Rossi’s cabin up in Maine. They get through about an hour of the drive before the blonde wakes up confused.

“Hey, baby girl. It’s okay, we’re headed to uncle Dave’s cabin.” Emily soothes as JJ whines sticking her thumb in her mouth.

“Did you get her pacifiers?” Emily asks Aaron as he cusses under his breath.

“No that’s the one thing I forgot, shit.” He sighs. The parents look back as JJ tries to push the seatbelt into her mouth.

“Baby girl no. Daddy will pull over and I’ll try to find a chew toy but no seatbelt.” Emily pipes in as Aaron pulls off on the side of the road. He quickly gets out to occupy JJ from putting other stuff in her mouth as Emily searches but he hears her sigh knowing there is none.

“What do you want to do?” He whispers as their daughter messes with his fingers.

“I’ll sit back here with her to keep her from putting anything. Hopefully, Rossi has some extra at the cabin.” She states.

~

“Where’s J?” Aaron asks coming into the kitchen where the team is gathered talking.

“In the living room. Some cartoons are on and she’s playing with her dolls.” Emily states, realizing the young girl had been pretty quiet. Aaron nods deciding to go check on her. He walks in freezing when he sees the little girl have a wire in her mouth.

“Jennifer no.” He states firmly quickly grabbing it as the girl tears up.

“You don’t put that in your mouth. It’s dangerous.” He scolds lightly as Emily comes in. The blonde was staring up at her dada sniffing.

“What happened?”

“She had a wire in her mouth.” Aaron sighs as Emily pinches her nose.

“JJ that’s a no young lady.” She pipes in as JJ whines. Aaron picks her up hoping to go find something that the young girl can chew on without any danger. The family walks into the kitchen as JJ lays her head on Aaron’s shoulder staring around.

“Hey Dave do you have anything she can chew on that isn’t dangerous? She found a wire.” He asks. Dave laughs slightly nodding.

“Yeah, we can find something. We don’t need princess here hurting herself.” He states standing up to look through the drawers.

“Dada,” JJ whines poking Aaron in the cheek. The girl hadn’t verbally spoken since they got here this morning.

“What do you need baby girl?” He asks as JJ cocks her head.

“Pacy?” She asks.

“Baby we forgot them but uncle Dave is finding you something.” Aaron soothes knowing the girl needs something or she’ll eventually have a meltdown.

“Do you think a rubber spoon will do?” Dave asks as Aaron nods thankfully. He quickly gets it and hands it to JJ. The girl squeaks shoving it in her mouth.

“I’m going to go put her down for a nap,” Aaron states to his wife as the blonde messes with his shirt collar. He knows the girl was exhausted from the trip and had overworked herself earlier.

“Alright. I love you, baby girl, get some sleep:” Emily whispers kissing the girl’s head. JJ blinks fighting to keep her eyes open. Aaron smiles taking the girl up to their room, which luckily had a twin bed in it but both adults knew the young girl would curl up with them during the night.

“Alrighty pumpkin, get some sleep and when you wake up we can go down to the water.” He smiles brushing the girl’s blonde hair back after getting her tucked in.

“Love dada,” JJ mumbles behind the rubber spoon as Aaron smiles watching her eyes close.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

In care you’re interested in writing more little!JJ, I just wanted to send a few prompts I put in my comment on the other post as a proper ask. But please feel free to ignore if you’re not interested, thanks!

If you’re looking for more ideas, maybe you could consider writing about what happens after the events of 200 or The Forever People or The Tall Man or Sick Day or maybe what happens after JJ has a bad visit from her mom or after she gets seriously hurt in the field or what happens on the anniversary of Roslyn’s suicide.

Hey, I'm so sorry this is so late. I’ve been having writers block with little!JJ kinda but I think I’m getting better. I decided to write a little one shot of the events after 200.

After 200 ~ Little Jennifer Jareau x Caregivers Hotchniss

(CW: Nightmares, bottle feeding)

Aaron sighs as he exits the room. He’s praying the young girl will actually sleep but he’s not counting on it.

“Is she down?” Emily asks as he enters the living room.

“For now. I think the hospital truly exhausted her after everything. I’m shocked she didn’t regress sooner.” He states sitting down. The girl had fallen into a deep regression as soon as they left the hospital. The two sit around for a few until they hear soft cries from the nursery. They make it into the room as the young girl whimpers while thrashing around in her sheets.

“Baby girl, it’s okay love, you need to wake up,” Emily whispers as the young girl cries. She softly pets the girl’s hair thankful when the blonde’s eyes shoot open.

“Hey baby girl, you’re okay.” She whispers as the girl flings herself into her mama.

“Baby, do you want to come out to the couch and we can watch some Mickey Mouse to relax? I’m sure dada will make you a baba.” Emily whispers as the blonde nudges her head into the older woman’s neck nodding.

“Alright pumpkin,” Emily whispers picking up the young girl. She quickly gets herself and the girl settled on the couch with a blanket over them as Aaron prepares a bottle in the kitchen. JJ messes with the older woman’s fingers as Emily works to turn on Mickey Mouse. Aaron comes in handing the bottle before sliding in next to the pair.

“Alright baby, here’s your baba.” Emily coos as the cartoon start to play. JJ easily takes the bottle leaning against her mama.

“Scary.” JJ whimpers shocking the two adults by speaking.

“We know baby girl but you are so brave and strong. You survived it and you won’t ever have to face that again.” Aaron whispers petting the girl’s hair. JJ leans into his hand as her eyes flutter shut.

“Just go to sleep baby girl. Dada and mama are right here.”

[blackbirdsaltzman]

i hc that little!jj is super shy when she’s tiny so maybe you could do a one shot of cgs!hotchniss having to give her a pep talk so she has the courage to talk to other people than just them when she’s little

I love this so so much. We already know JJ in general is more reserved and shy so when she’s little, it’s a lot more noticeable.

It’s Okay to be Heard ~ Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

“Mama,” JJ whines tugging on the older woman’s sleeve. The family was currently over at Rossi’s for a team meeting but the little one was overstimulated and just wanted her mama or dada to hold her.

“What’s wrong jaybird?” Penelope asks but JJ ignores the other woman going back to tugging on her mama’s sleeve.

“Mama up?” She whines as Emily looks slightly down at her.

“Baby why don’t you talk to auntie Pen? I’m sure she would love to hear about our trip to the zoo.” Emily tries. She wants the girl to talk to others, so she can talk with the other adults and that JJ gets more comfortable around others.

“Up,” JJ whines louder as Hotch walks in with Derek and Rossi.

“Baby girl, mama is talking to uncle Spencer. Why don’t you find some toys?” Emily tries as the girl tears up stomping her foot. Aaron steps on before the young girl can have a full meltdown.

“Young lady, do you need a timeout?” He asks bending down to her level. JJ shakes her head sniffing.

“Then you know not to throw tantrums. Why don’t you come with me and uncle Rossi and Derek outside to finish cooking?” He asks as he takes the blonde into his arms.

“JJ how was your zoo trip?” Derek asks the little girl after they are settled outside. JJ curls into Aaron’s chest before pulling the pacifier out of her shirt pocket.

“Pumpkin can you answer uncle Derek?” Aaron speaks up and tries to take the pacifier out but JJ starts to cry.

“Give us a moment.” He states to the other two men before taking JJ over to a separate area.

“Baby girl, you can talk to them. No one is going to judge you or get upset if you stumble with words. Everyone loves you.” He states during the girl’s tears.

“Want you and mama.”

“I know baby but your aunt and uncles would love to talk to you too, okay?” Aaron states as the blonde nods after a moment.

~

Surprisingly the blonde had started to slowly talk to the rest of the team but as the night got later, she opted to laying in Emily’s lap.

“Pumpkin, uncle Rossi asked you something,” Emily whispers trying to sit the girl up but JJ whines at the movement. She sucks on the pacifier leaning into Emily’s chest, avoiding everyone’s looks.

“You tired love?” Emily asks as JJ nods.

“Go ahead and put her down in one of the guest rooms,” Rossi speaks up as the parents nod grateful.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

little!jj being really sad and clingy one day and caregivers!hotchniss just looking after their baby

This is so soft and I love it. 😭🤍

Come Here, Love ~ Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

(CW: thunderstorms, depression/anxiety)

“Want mama!” JJ cries as Aaron tries to dress her for the day. Any plans the family had for the day were a wash as they were put under a tornado watch early this morning.

“Baby she’s just downstairs making breakfast, we’ll go see her after we get you dressed.” He tries as the girl flings into his chest.

“Now!” JJ cries as thunder roars outside making her tightly grab Aaron’s sweatshirt.

“Alright pumpkin, we’ll go see her.” He whispers picking her up and heading downstairs to his wife.

“Mama!” JJ whines reaching toward the older woman as soon as they enter the kitchen.

“I can finish breakfast, she’s been crying for you and I don’t think the storms are helping,” Aaron states softly as he passes the blonde off.

“Why don’t we go watch some Mickey Mouse while dada finishes breakfast, baby girl.” Emily smiles as the young girl clings to her neck.

“Mama no storms.” JJ whimpers as Emily settles them on the couch.

“I know baby, I promise they will pass and you’re safe with dada and me,” Emily whispers as Mickey Mouse starts to play.

~

“Alright pumpkin, you want to take a nap?” Aaron asks as the blonde fights to keep her eyes open while laying on his lap. The blonde shakes her head tightening her grip on him.

“I’ll come lay down with you baby girl but you need your nap.” The man adds knowing the girl won’t go to sleep without him or Emily laying with her. She softly nods but doesn’t lift her head as he carries her toward the bedroom.

[blackbirdsaltzman]

imagine early seasons communications liaison jj being a little with no caregiver and is never considered a true member of the team bc she isn’t a profiler so she follows hotchniss around imitating their behavior and words to try and be more like them so the team would think she belongs. and hotchniss start to notice her signs of being a little and go to extra lengths to make sure she knows she’s an important member of their team and family, especially since she doesn’t have a caregiver.

(they absolutely know she’s a member of their team, profiler or not. but people around them treat her like she isn’t and that makes her insecure and feel like she has to earn her place in the team and bau family)

I absolutely love this!! Also I’m so sorry that this took so long but I hope you enjoy it! Young JJ, early season JJ, is such a soft spot of mine. She’s so small and closed off because she’s not like the rest of the team.

You are Part of Us ~ Jennifer Jareau x CG!Hotchniss

(CW: insecurity, self-hatred)

JJ walks through the bullpen looking sadly at Emily, Derek, and Spencer laughing at something. She softly shakes her head walking up to Hotch’s office to alert him about a case.

“Hotch? We have a case?” She whispers. He looks up nodding but intently watching her. She hasn’t regressed in a few weeks and she knows it’s a matter of time before it happens and a case coming up scares her it will happen during it. She zones out doing the briefing until the team arrives at the jet and she curls herself into the corner seat in the back. She can’t handle being around the rest of them knowing she’s not truly a part of the team. Everyone starts to talk before Emily pulls Aaron aside.

“Have you noticed JJ?” She whispers as they stand in the kitchenette.

“Yeah. I’m trying to let her come to someone by herself but we’ll see how this case goes.” He states as he eyes the blonde darting her eyes around. Emily nods as they head back to the rest of the team.

~

“Detective, I’m Agent Hotchner, this is Agent Prentiss and Agent Jareau,” Hotch states as they arrive at the police station and get settled in. The three start to work as Aaron closely watches the blonde, noticing her mimicking Emily’s language and mannerisms. The rest of the day goes by with the rest of the team arriving back and working on the profile before they head to the hotel. JJ silently and quickly gets her room key retreating as Spencer asks if anyone wants to grab food from the hotel bar. Everyone nods but both Aaron and Emily follow JJ’s movements.

“I’ll catch up later,” Hotch states as Emily pipes in agreeing with him.

“She’s not going to want to talk to us,” Emily adds as the pair heads up to the blonde’s room.

“I know but did you see her today? It’s obvious she’s slipping but trying to hide it and I don’t want her to be in the field or alone when it happens.” He states as they reach the room. He softly knocks as they hear whimpers inside.

“Hey JJ, it’s Hotch and Emily. Can you open up so we can talk?” He asks but gets no response.

“Do you have the extra key?” Emily asks as Aaron nods opening the door and the scene inside breaks both of the adults' hearts. The blonde was curled up in the corner with her blue blanket over her, while rocking.

“Hey sweetie, I bet the floor isn’t comfy, you want to go to the bed?” Emily asks softly bending down in front of the girl.

“Want mav and baba.” JJ whimpers. She forgot to pack her stuffed bear named Mav and she had regressed way younger more quickly so she can’t make herself a bottle.

“I’m sure Hotch can make you a baba? Who’s Mav?” Emily asks as her husband quickly works to get a bottle going.

“Bear, Jay forgot at home.” JJ sniffles breaking the older woman’s heart.

“Shh, it’s okay baby girl. Aaron is getting you a baba? Can I carry you to bed? I bet you’re tired.” Emily asks as the blonde hesitantly nods.

~

“Jay, why didn’t you tell us?” Emily asks the blonde a few days later. The two and Aaron were currently sitting in the man’s office talking.

“It’s nothing,” JJ whispers avoiding eye contact.

“Is it because you feel like you’re not part of the team? JJ you are even if you’re not a profiler.” Aaron speaks up.

“Not same.” JJ whimpers as the two adults notice she’s slipping into her little headspace.

“Hey no one on the team is the same but that doesn’t mean you aren’t part of the team baby girl.” He adds as Emily takes the girl into her lap.

“I go home now.” JJ randomly states pushing off Emily. The two wanted to stop her as the blonde didn’t have a caregiver but didn’t want to push the young girl into accepting one.

“Can you at least let one of us drive you, Jen?” Emily speaks up as the blonde sighs fighting the urge to snap subconsciously.

“Don’t need team,” JJ states stomping her foot as the two older ones sigh. They watch her walk out but instead of going to the elevators, she turns to her office.

“We have to help her. This isn’t healthy for her not to have a caregiver and she’s clearly struggling to feel okay with her state.” Emily states as Aaron sighs nodding.

“We’ll help her and just keep reminding her that she is part of the team and our family.”

[blackbirdsaltzman]

I really liked your little!JJ story! I wanted to ask in that story, how did Hotch and Emily become JJ’s caregivers? Also, if I don’t know if you’d be interested but whether you would consider writing a story, maybe set early in their cg/little relationship, where little!JJ does something potentially dangerous and Hotch or Emily freaks out and without thinking, shouts at her or swats/grabs her, leading to a meltdown and JJ becoming nonverbal and how the caregivers would navigate that situation and take care of her, especially if it triggered something from her childhood. Thanks!

Hello! I love this! I've spilt it up into two parts.

First, I definitely think hotchniss became JJ’s caregivers after it was clear she was struggling and isolating herself. Hotch already knew about age regression so he figured it out pretty easy but getting JJ to agree that she needed caregivers was another story. I’ve written a little Drabble below:

Hotch and Emily look at JJ as she scrambles out of the office. She’s been off since the Hankel case and the two had noticed it getting worse.

“Should we go to check on her?” Emily asks. They were the last two in the office.

“Yeah but we know she’s going to be defensive.” Aaron states. The two get to the blonde’s house thirty minutes later. JJ opens the door not okay.

“Jay, you okay?” Emily states.

“Um…’eah?” JJ mumbles avoiding their eyes.

“You’re a regressor.” Hotch states matter of fact. Spencer was a regressor also so Hotch had known the signs.

“No.” JJ whimpers but it’s clear that she is.

“JJ why didn’t you tell us?” Emily states as the blonde tears up.

“Not. No help.” JJ states backing away. The two easily get into her house as the blonde sinks to the floor. She begins to shake as Hotch crouches down next to her.

“It’s okay baby, we’ve got you,” Hotch states pulling the girl into his arms.

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“Drop it!” JJ snaps as the two corners her in the office a few days later.

“JJ you need a caregiver. It’s not safe or healthy.” Emily tries as JJ slams her bag down.

“No, I don’t! Nothing is wrong!” JJ tears up.

“JJ just give it a trial run? Please?” Hotch asks. The blonde sighs before nodding knowing the two won’t drop it.

Now for the second part, here is a little Drabble on how I think Hotchniss deals with JJ in the beginning which contains a lot of mistakes and learning.

CW: meltdowns, swatting, biting, nonverbal individual

Emily walks through the door of the house as she sees a blob of blonde hair run by her.

“JJ slow down.” She hears Hotch yell from the other room. It’s been three months since the blonde allowed the two to become her caregivers.

“I see she has a lot of energy.” Emily laughs as she kisses Hotch.

“Tell me about it. How was work?” He smiles.

“It was good. Glad to be home with my two favorite people.” She smiles. They sit in silence as they cuddle together until they hear the fire alarm blare. They race to the kitchen seeing JJ hiding behind the counter as there is a fire on the stove.

“JJ!” Hotch yells as Emily quickly gets the fire out.

“Come here!” Hotch yells. JJ timidity walks over as Hotch grabs her.

“You can’t play with the stove! You know you are not allowed to be in the kitchen alone! You can get hurt!” He yells, swatting her bottom. JJ freezes before flinging out of his grip and running away.

“What was she thinking?!” Emily yells, grabbing her hair.

“I don’t know. She could have burned herself.” Hotch states angrily. The two get to work cleaning the kitchen knowing the blonde probably went to her room.

“We should probably go grab her,” Emily states seeing two hours have passed. Aaron nods as they walk up to her room being met with the girl banging herself against the wall in the corner.

“JJ no, baby you can hurt yourself.” Emily quickly states as the two race over to her but JJ flinches covering herself with her arms.

“Baby girl.” Emily whispers but JJ turns away from them as Hotch realizes it.

“Dammit. I swatted her and…” He states realizing the girl was terrified of them earlier because of the things she experienced in her childhood.

“Aaron it’s not your fault. You forgot and were scared because she was around a fire.” Emily states quickly knowing the girl was probably nonverbal.

“Pumpkin do you want to watch Disney?” Emily asks hoping the girl will move away from the wall. She’s sure the girl has bruises already forming on her back. JJ whimpers as she starts to bite her hand not knowing how to process her emotions.

“Aaron, can you grab her chew necklace?” Emily states deciding to softly grab the girl to get her away from the wall. JJ struggles against Emily but the raven hair woman is stronger as Aaron passes the chew necklace.

“Baby here, you can chew this but not your hand,” Emily states softly taking the girl’s hand. JJ fights taking it before giving up as Emily easily gets it settled in her mouth.

“You’re okay baby,” Emily whispers as Aaron looks at the girl.

“Pumpkin I’m sorry for earlier. I reacted badly and that’s on me. I just didn’t want you to get hurt.” He states softly as the girl softly cries.

“It won’t happen again pumpkin.” He adds as JJ stares at him. JJ slowly reaches for his fingers to play with.

“You’re okay baby girl. I love you so much.” He whispers as JJ fights to keep her eyes open.

“Go to sleep love. It’s okay.” Emily whispers brushing the girl's hair and sighing content.

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Night Out ~ Little!JJ and CG!hotchniss

CW: Meltdowns, harmful stimming

“Mama!” JJ cheers as Emily comes through the door of the house with Derek and Penelope following.

“Hey, pumpkin. Where’s dada?” Emily smiles lifting the girl up.

“Room. Mama play?”

“Baby remember dada and I are going out tonight but uncle Derek and aunt Penelope are here to hang out with you,” Emily states leaning everyone into the living room.

“Why don’t you show them your new toys while I go finish getting ready and find dada.” Emily smiles putting the girl down as she nods running off to her toys. Emily chuckles at the girl before heading up to her and Aaron’s bedroom.

“Hey hon, I’m home. Jen is with Derek and Pen downstairs.” She calls walking in.

“Welcome home.” Aaron smiles coming out of the bathroom.

“How was J today?” Emily asks knowing the girl had a rough night which is why Aaron had stayed home.

“She was okay. She was pretty clingy so we just watched Disney movies. I’m hoping she’s doing better tomorrow.” Aaron states as he puts on his watch. Emily nods as the parents walk downstairs. JJ sees them running over and lifting her arms to Hotch.

“Hey, baby girl.” He smiles lifting her up. JJ giggles leaning her head into his shoulder.

“Baby mama and I are headed out. Why don’t you go play with aunt Pen and uncle Der?” Aaron states but the blonde shakes her head tightening her grip on him. The parents sigh as JJ slides a thumb into her mouth.

“Alright baby girl no thumb. Here’s a pacy and don’t you want to hang out with Pen and Der?” Emily whispers trading the girl’s hand for her baby pink pacifier.

“Want mama and dada.” JJ whines. The two sigh before spending the next thirty minutes working to get the blonde content enough to leave but they have to end up leaving her while she screams and cries for them.

“Jaybird, do you want to watch Tangled?” Penelope asks as the blonde throws her pacifier clutching her stuffed dog.

“Dada! Mama!” JJ cries fully in a meltdown.

“J, love they will be back later. Don’t you have some toys you want to show uncle Derek and me?” Penelope tries as the girl begins to hit herself against the back of the couch.

“No, baby girl I can’t let you do that.” Penelope sighs, grabbing the girl softly but firmly. Derek comes in with dinner the two adults made hoping the girl would eat.

“Let go.” JJ cries flinging herself against Penelope instead.

“Derek, can you get her iPad and headphones? I’m hoping some cartoons will calm her down.” Derek nods quickly grabbing the items before passing them over.

“Alright bug, you’re going to watch some Mickey Mouse to calm down. Uncle Derek made some dinner that you can have in a few and then we’ll get ready for bed.” Penelope whispers putting the headphones on the girl as she automatically relaxes as Mickey Mouse starts playing. She curls into Penelope as the older blonde runs her hand through the girl’s blonde hair.

“Emily texted me saying they’ll be home around ten. JJ’s bedtime is eight-thirty at the latest.” Derek states eyeing the clock, seeing it’s already six-thirty.

“After this episode, we’ll get her dinner and then I’ll get her ready for bed,” Penelope states looking up from the blonde. Derek nods as he sits down next to the two. JJ subconsciously grabs his hand and starts messing with his fingers as she watches the show.

“Okay J, let’s get some dinner then we’ll head up.” Penelope smiles after the girl finishes the episode.

“Where mama and dada?” JJ whines rubbing her eyes.

“They’re going to be home soon baby, but you need to eat and then get some sleep.” Derek pipes in.

“Cuddles?” JJ whispers reaching for him.

“Yeah love but let’s get some pasta in you first. I don’t think your dads or mama would be too happy about going to bed with an empty stomach.” He whispers taking the girl into his lap.

“I tired.” JJ whines as Derek hands her the fork. He softly chuckles at the girl as she starts to eat. She gets a few bites in before stopping and laying her head down on him.

“Alrighty bug, let’s head upstairs,” Penelope whispers taking the girl.

“No, wait mama and dada,” JJ whines trying to push off her. Penelope sighs as the front door unexpectedly opens. Aaron and Emily walk in as JJ whines seeing them.

“We knew she probably was struggling and we felt bad.” Emily states as Hotch takes JJ.

“Hi, baby girl. You’re okay.” Aaron whispers rubbing his back.

“Y’all can head out if you want. We’ve got her.” Emily states turning to Derek and Penelope. They nod saying goodbye to everyone before Emily locks up the house.

“Alright bug. Let’s go to sleep.” Emily smiles walking over to the girl and her husband.

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little!jj having self esteem issues and thinking parents!hotchniss love little!spencer more bc he’s always seen as the baby and golden child of the team even though she’s one of the youngest too 😭

(I mean Morgan blaming jj for Reid getting kidnapped in revelations when he’s the one who ran off 🥺 like don’t tell me the team and the show doesn’t prioritize spencer more than the others 😅)

Yesss. JJ, in general, has self-esteem issues but when she’s little, it’s super bad. She tends to hyper-focus on things that others blamed her for even if every logical ounce in her tells her that it wasn’t her fault.

Emily and Hotch work to get Spencer settled on the couch in the jet before they take off from Georgia. It’s been a hell of a week tracking down Tobias and then getting Spencer back. Everyone was too focused on Spencer that no one noticed the blonde on the team fading away. JJ curls up in the back of the jet messing with her hands. She knows it’s her fault that Spencer was taken and hurt, Morgan had already told her. All the blonde wants is her mama and dada, but they seem too focused on Spencer. She doesn’t deserve their attention when she messed up. She stays to herself for the flight which was easy as none of the team came near her. She zones out until she somehow gets back to her apartment which she hasn’t been to in months, she’s normally at Hotch and Emily’s house, but this seems not like home anymore. The team had a mandatory week off after the whole ordeal when they finally made it back to the BAU, JJ hasn’t talked to anyone in a week, and she hadn’t even left her apartment.

“Hey JJ.” Penelope tries to state as the blonde reaches the bullpen where the team is but JJ completely ignores her glancing at Spencer, clinging to Hotch. She brushes the feeling off retreating to her office.

“She never ignores me…” Penelope whispers as Emily and Aaron share a look.

“Has anyone talked to her since we found Spencer?” Hotch asks as Morgan glares. Everyone shakes their head as Morgan snaps.

“She’s a big girl. It’s not our responsibility to take care of her. Like she got Spencer in this position.”

“Derek!” Emily exclaims. She should have noticed the signs of the blonde isolating herself. She was going to have a full meltdown and not let the team in.

“Emily, come with me?” Hotch states passing Spencer off knowing he and Emily screwed up. Emily nods as the two head straight to JJ’s office.

“Hey, Jen,” Emily whispers as Hotch knocks on the door.

“Go ‘way.” They hear mumbled. They both sigh opening the door to reveal the girl curled up on her chair as tears stream down her face.

“Oh, baby girl,” Aaron whispers quickly reaching her.

“My fault Spencer hurt.” JJ hiccups.

“No, no baby girl it’s not. Tobias is the only one to blame.” Emily states as Hotch quickly put the girl into his lap.

“Morgan blame me.” The little cries clutching her dada’s shirt.

“We know love and he has no right. We’re sorry we haven’t noticed you struggling.” Hotch whispers.

“Love Spence more than me,” JJ mumbles shocking the two caregivers.

“No of course not pumpkin. We love both of you equally and you’ll always be our baby girl. We’re sorry we made you feel that way.” Emily states quickly as the blonde stares at them tiredly.

“Home.” JJ whimpers feeling completely overwhelmed.

“Alright baby, we can go home. Mama just needs to let the team know.” Aaron whispers tightening his grip on the little.

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you’ve mentioned jj’s nursery a lot but what’s in it? what age does she regress to? like does she sleep in a crib or a regular bed?

Hey bestie, thanks for the ask!!

So first JJ’s nursery, which is called her nursery because she has a room in Hotch and Emily’s house when she’s not regressed and JJ doesn’t like her adult room containing her little things.

Secondly, JJ usually regresses between ages 1 to 5. Her nursery is basically two rooms in one with one side for ages 1-2 and the other 3-5.

1-2 Age Side: Pic reference

- There aren’t much toys on this side as JJ is pretty cuddly when she’s this young and rather curl up with her caregivers.

- JJ sleeps in a crib when she’s in this age range because she likes to wander and trying to keep her in a regular bed throughout the night is impossible.

- This side includes a couch because most nights Aaron or Emily end up asleep there because JJ will not settle if they leave.

3-5 Age Side:

- This side has a twin bed as JJ feels too small in a queen or king size bed.

- There is a small chair that is mostly covered with stuffed animals as JJ loves to collect them and she brings them with her wherever she goes.

- This side also has a built-in wall library as JJ loves to read, or more so loves to have Aaron or Emily read to her.

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Hi! Do you have any hcs about little!JJ with adhd?

Hi!!! I definitely do!!

ADHD Little!JJ hc’s:

JJ can only stay focused on one thing for five minutes at the most. Her caregivers have learned to give her multiple things at a time so she can rotate through them.

She’s super shy. While at home she’ll bounce off the walls, when she’s in public she likes to keep very close to her caregivers but will still fidget to no end.

Her adhd is very much show through her emotions and behaviors and to her caregivers, it’s in the worst way. JJ often turns towards aggression and lack of restraint. It has caused her to spend countless times in timeout.

JJ suffers from oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) as semi described above. Her caregivers tend to have to be stricter just so JJ doesn’t get hurt.

JJ often ends up in her caregivers bed as she struggles to go to sleep most nights. Even if she’s clearly exhausted, she won’t fall asleep.

JJ also have slight case of conduct disorder, mainly in regards to stealing. JJ won’t steal from stores but she will take things from her caregivers or other adults and doesn’t see the wrong in it. She always eventually gets caught because she subconsciously mentions items she stole.