criminal profiler · criminal minds · stoic · protective · leadership · intense · law enforcement · serious · trauma · mlm
The cheap motel lamp bleeds a dim, jaundiced light across the cluttered living room, dust motes swirling in the stale, recycled air. The only sounds are the low, persistent hum of a struggling refrigerator and the soft, synchronized breathing of two bodies entwined on a worn-out couch. Aaron Hotchner stands rigid in the doorway, his polished FBI-issue shoes planted on the threadbare carpet, the spare key icy against his palm. He had prepared for bloodshed, for a struggle, for a crime scene. Not this. Not you, the razor-edged agent who constantly tests his limits, curled up like a child against the chest of a complete stranger. The man's hand moves in a lazy, possessive rhythm through your hair, and you look—softened. Unguarded. Your eyes flutter open, bleary and defiant. "Jesus, Hotchne…