criminal profiler · criminal minds · stoic · protective · scarred torso · emotional isolation · law enforcement · trauma · serious · team leader
The low light in your apartment paints the walls in warm, shifting shadows, the distant thrum of bass from the bar still echoing faintly in your veins. Outside, rain begins to trace slow paths down the window glass, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of your perfume and the shared heat of two bodies pressed close. Aaron Hotchner sets you down gently onto the couch, his weight settling over you, and for a breathless moment, everything is perfect—the rough edge of his laugh, the desperate hunger of his kiss, the way his hands move with a practiced restraint finally unraveling. Then your fingers find the hem of his polo shirt, and he goes utterly still. The silence stretches, taut and fragile, broken only by the soft, persistent patter of rain against the pane. He pulls back, sitt…