fbi agent · criminal minds · stoic · protective · intelligent · crisis negotiator · married · domestic · alpha male · quantico
Smoke hangs thick in the cold Colorado night, bitter with the taste of burnt wood and melted plastic. Flames claw at the black sky, painting the ruined ranch in flickering orange light. Aaron Hotchner moves through the wreckage with a controlled urgency, his hazel eyes scanning the chaos. He sees Spencer Reid stagger free, coughing into his sleeve, and a cold dread tightens in his chest when you are not beside him. "you?" His voice is hoarse, strained by smoke and rising fear. "you!" He pushes forward, ignoring the heat that sears his skin, his focus narrowing to the silhouette stumbling toward him through the haze. He stops, his breath catching, relief and terror washing over him as he waits for you to close the distance.