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It had finally hit her… the intense stomach bug that had been hounding every agent on the team finally caught up to JJ.
She was sitting at her desk like normal when a sudden chill hit her spine. She shut the windows to her office and made sure the door was also closed, but for some reason the cold seemed to be seeping all the way through to her bones. She sneezed and coughed repeatedly, sounding like a dying horse coughing out its left lung as she put her head down for just a moment, her head pounding and spinning as if she could feel how fast the Earth's rotation actually was in space.
A soft knock was heard throughout her office but JJ just ignored it, being too tired and in pain to even answer with a simple “enter”. The soft knocks rang out once more before the door cracked open just ajar, it was Penelope wearing her signature rainbow dress and pink cardigan. “Hey I have those forms- oh god hunny what happened ?” Garcia asked, her voice clearly showing huge amounts of concern as she crouched down in front of JJ, seeing how pale and almost green the poor woman looked.
“Oh no you’ve got it too… I'm gonna go get Emily okay ?” Before Garcia was able to leave, JJ grabbed her wrist stopping her “Have…to finish… files…” JJ muttered out. Her voice sounding breathless and shaky like she had to try and force the words out of her body due to how much energy they took from her. Garcia’s heart ached at seeing her friend in such a disintegrating position, she helped JJ to her feet and led her to the couch in her office. She tried to put up a fight but when her legs partially gave out from how tired she was when she stood up, Garcia refused to even listen to her as she quickly ran to grab Emily.
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“Emily ! Emily !” Penelope called out as she sped walked down the hall towards the breakroom, her accessories and jewelry making a loud clinking sound that let everyone know where she was at any given moment. “Woah, woah Garcia ! Where’s the fire, what happened ?” Emily asked, clearly alarmed as she stopped stirring her third coffee of the day and turned towards Garcia, seeing the look of worry written all over her face, “Garcia talk to me, what’s wrong ?” “It’s JJ. she caught the stomach bug… bad.”
Her voice was grim which alarmed Emily more than she’d care to admit. They both dashed back to JJ’s office just to see her huddled over on the floor in a puddle of her own vomit, “Oh no..” Emily whispered as she quickly kneeled down onto the floor next to her girl. “Okay… okay, Penelope uh… go tell the team I’m taking her home for the day and have Derek pull my car up front.” She ordered, her tone was calm but also filled with concern as she helped JJ back onto the couch. “I got you princess I got you. I'm driving you home and I'm gonna make sure you’re alright.” She stated in a clear and matter-of-fact tone so it was easier for JJ to process.
After a few seconds a small whimper escaped JJ’s lips, it had instantly caught Emily’s attention as she knelt down in front of her girl. The sight instantly made her heart ache.
JJ was hunched over, her arms wrapped around her stomach and a huge trail of snot, tears, and puke dribbled down her face. She was a complete sickly wreck and worst of all…she had an accident and started to regress. It made Emily want to take her home and have her not lift a singular finger. Her Bunny was sick, and this Mama Bird was gonna nurse her back to health.
Emily quickly grabbed a spare plastic bag and hung it around JJ’s ears so she could puke freely without having to hold it as Emily quickly scooped her bunny up and laid her against her chest. Letting JJ’s head rest on her mama's shoulder while picking up both of the women’s bags, she draped her coat over JJ so that the wet spot on her pants wasn't visible to anyone before shutting the door with her foot and making her way down the stairs and past the bullpen, the other agents looking concerned for their team member and friend.
“Oh goodness… here I’ll bring some soup later tonight and some more medicine” Penelope said in a loving and caring voice, her posture riddled with anxiety.
“Thank you Pen.. with the way she seems it looks like I’m not leaving her sight for the next few days"
“And you shouldn’t. Your job will be here when you return. I do not want to see either of you for at least 1 week. We can borrow from other teams for now, it won’t be an issue” Aaron commanded. His voice had cut through the bullpen as he stood by the stairs, watching this whole ordeal go down. His face was unreadable but his eyes exposed the concern he felt towards JJ’s situation.
“Thanks boss,” Emily sighed. Extremely grateful for how supportive and understanding their seemingly cold and rigid boss was.
There was a sudden gag and the bag that was hanging off JJ had started to fill as Emily quickly waved bye to everyone and rushed towards the elevator, swaying back and forth as JJ whimpered and cried softly in her arms. She felt so sick and embarrassed about the mess and accident she made in her office and for the intermittent puking into the bag that the only thing she was able to muster out was a soft and heart breaking apology “I-I sowwy… *gag* I so, so sowwy mama…” she cried as Emily buckled her into the backseat of her car. Deciding that it’s better for JJ to be in the backseat of her car rather than try to drive on her own. She helped situate the bag into her lap before saying in a hushed and soft tone. “Oh princess, no one's upset at you ! I’m gonna take you home and take care of you.” Her tone was warm and motherly but left no room for argument as JJ whimpered and dry heaved into the bag before Emily hurried to the driver's seat.
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Emily pushed open the front door to their shared home with her foot, her hands juggling her ill baby and their work bags as she sets them down while keeping a firm hold on JJ. She quickly brought JJ to the bedroom in which their shared bathroom was, She quickly stripped JJ of her puked stained clothes and chucked them aside, deciding to deal with them later once she was calmer and less icky. “Okay my love… okay I’m gonna set you up a nice bubble bath and get you all clean okay ? You won’t have to worry about a thing.” JJ sniffled and nodded her head, feeling the wave of nausea subside, scared it's gonna come back in the next 15 minutes since that's how it's been the whole ride home. A powerful wave of nausea washing over her for a few minutes before subsiding and allowing her to breathe. Rinse and repeating, each stomach pain more painful then the last.
Emily slowly lowered her girl into the warm soapy bath. She had poured epsom salts as well as lavender and mint essential oils to help keep her calm and open up her sinuses a little bit, while also making it look like a magical cauldron full of potions. JJ had felt like she was being dunked into a cauldron by an evil witch which made her giggle and cough as she leaned back and let that bath work its magic.
Once she was washed and dried, Emily laid her down onto the bed and diapered her girl up, knowing when she was regressed and sick she tended to have more accidents. She quickly zipped her up in a soft set of footy PJ’s to help her keep warm before picking her up and carrying her to the living room
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JJ was now wrapped in three separate blankets, a mountain of stuffies swarming her, and a cup of hot cocoa in her hands. Emily was in the kitchen making her a small snack plate hoping to get some food into her system since everything had came up at work.
“Bunny, do you want apples or blueberries ?” Emily asked softly, not wanting to startle her girl due to how sensitive she can be.
“N-no noms…” JJ mumbled, she was scared to puke and scared of the pain, and worst of all, she was scared of creating more issues for Emily to deal with. Emily could tell JJ was nervous and decided to give her blueberries since they were her favorite, setting the plate down in front of her and sitting next to the sickly little.
“Not even a blueberry ?” Emily asked hopefully as she held one to JJ’s lips. She hesitated but slowly opened her mouth, nuzzling into her mama as she chewed and whimpered softly.
“You wanna watch a movie bunny ?” Emily asked while picking up the remote and holding her girl closely to her side. JJ nodded and whimpered out, “T-tangled…” “You wanna watch Tangled ?” Emily confirmed while flipping through the channels and landing on said movie. She turned the volume up a little and held JJ close to her, “You want some juice ?” She asked while offering her girl a bottle with small yellow flowers all over it. JJ nodded and looked up at Emily with a small innocent expression, her eyes were big and glossy and her expression was one of pure innocence, a tell-tale sign that she was regressing past the age of 3. Emily gasped and cradled her girl like an actual infant as she cooed softly “Does my little bunny need her bottle to be given to her ?” She nodded and opened her mouth slightly, latching onto the bottle and watching the movie as she drank, feeling slightly better but still very weak.
Once the movie had ended Emily shut the TV off and lifted her girl up and laid her against her chest, patting her back to help her burp before moving towards the bathroom. She needed to check her temperature to make sure she wasn’t running a fever, and if she was Emily had to make sure it wasn’t severe and she didn’t need to go to the hospital. Goodness knows it’d be a horrible ride for her since she was small and already hated hospitals to begin with.
“Can you lift your tongue for me Pumpkin ?” Emily asked while pulling out the thermometer. JJ complied and did as instructed, earning heavy amounts of praise from Emily in order to make this whole ordeal less hard on her girl.
“100.2” Emily sighed, it wasn’t the worst fever but it still was higher than she’d like. JJ whimpered softly as Emily opened up the medicine cabinet and took out some Advil helping JJ swallow the pill before praising her some more.
“Good girl, good girl ! I'm so proud of you princess that medicine is gonna help you feel a little better.” Emily grinned as JJ giggled and reached up for her doing “Grabby hands”,
“Mama….” she whined as Emily giggled and lifted her back up. “Oh I know princess I know” she cooed as she bounced JJ slightly and carried her into the bedroom. Laying her onto the bed and lining the floors with pee pads in case she missed the trash can Emily had placed next to the bed for her.
“Mama loves you sweet girl, if you need me at all don’t be scared to wake mama up okay ?” Emily whispered in JJ’s ear as she drifted off and mumbled back,
“I Pomise… love mama more…”