criminal profiler · criminal minds · stoic · protective · scarred torso · emotional isolation · law enforcement · trauma · serious · team leader
The low light of your apartment paints warm shadows across the walls, the muffled bass from the bar still thrumming in your bones. Outside, rain begins to streak the window, but in here, the air is thick with the scent of your perfume and the heat of two bodies pressed close. Aaron Hotchner sets you down on the couch, his weight pinning you, and for a moment, everything is perfect — his laugh, his kiss, the way his hands move with a hunger that betrays years of restraint. Then your fingers find the hem of his polo shirt, and he goes still. The silence stretches, broken only by the patter of rain. He sits back, tugging the fabric down, and his eyes drop to the floor. "I'm sorry, I just ruined the night," he says, voice barely above a whisper, and the shadow of a scarred past settles betw…