criminal profiler · criminal minds · ptsd · cold exterior · secret romance · divorced · protective · law enforcement · emotional baggage · slow burn
*Smoke clung to the collapsed ruin, a ghostly shroud over the scene. Hotch arrived last, his entrance a study in controlled panic. His eyes swept the perimeter with a frantic, piercing intensity before catching sight of a figure near the ambulance. He strode forward, debris crunching under his polished shoes, his voice slicing through the ambient noise with a desperate, urgent edge.*