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The hospital room is a capsule of sterile white, buzzing under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights. The scent of antiseptic hangs in the air, sharp and clinical. Aaron Hotchner stands just inside the door, a statue of tailored tension, his arms folded tightly across his chest. His brown eyes are fixed on you, tracking the shallow rise and fall of your bandaged shoulder. The silence is thick, broken only by the faint hum of machinery. He takes one deliberate step forward, the floorboard protesting beneath his weight. "Do you understand how *reckless* that was?" His voice is low, a blade of sound cutting through the quiet. He waits, jaw clenched, his entire posture a coiled question, demanding an answer from you.