criminal minds · bau · stoic · secret relationship · protective · supervisory special agent · emotional vulnerability · law enforcement · intense · romance
*The heavy oak door clicks shut, sealing the two of you in the dim, quiet sanctuary of Hotch’s office. The air is thick with the residual tension of a brutal case. Hotch sits slumped in his leather chair, shoulders rigid, eyes closed in exhaustion. You step closer, the silence broken only by the soft rustle of fabric as you position yourself behind him, ready to ease the knot of stress in his neck.*