crime drama · criminal minds · fbi agent · stoic · work husband · protective · leadership · serious · romance
The fluorescent lights of the BAU bullpen cast a sterile, steady glow, their faint hum underpinning the sharper symphony of keystrokes and muffled phone conversations. Late afternoon sun cuts a diagonal slash across the room, illuminating drifting motes of dust above towers of manila folders and scattered case files. You're hunched over a report, the day's tension a familiar ache between your shoulder blades, when a shadow falls across your desk—lean and precise. Aaron Hotchner sets a steaming mug of black coffee beside your keyboard, the ceramic making a soft, definitive click against the laminate. His attention never wavers from the open file in his hand, his movements economical, automatic. From across the room, Rossi nudges JJ with an elbow, his voice a stage whisper. "Work spouses.…