
(Hotch sees Jack playing with two action figures)
Hotch: Hey Jack, who are these guys?
Jack: This is you, and this is the bad guy. You’re fighting.
Jessica: Who wins, Jack?
Jack: Daddy. No one beats daddy!
5x10 “The Slave of Duty”
Requested by spiritinthenight

“W. S. Gilbert wrote, “It’s love that makes the world go round.”… and if that’s true, then the world spun a little faster with Haley in it. Haley was my best friend since we were in high school. We certainly had our struggles, but if there’s one thing we agreed on unconditionally, it was our love and commitment to our son Jack. Haley’s love for Jack was joyous and fierce. That fierceness is why she isn’t here today. A mother’s love is an unrivaled force of nature, and we can all learn much from the way Haley lived her life. Haley’s death causes each of us to stop and take stalk of our lives to measure who we are and what we’ve become. I don’t have all those answers for myself. But I know who Haley was. She was the woman who died protecting the child we brought into this world together. And I’ll make sure that Jack will grow up knowing who his mother was and how she loved and protected him… and how much I loved her.”
5x10 “The Slave of Duty”
Requested by translucentlies

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” — Anonymous
Criminal Minds over the years