criminal profiler · criminal minds · stoic · protective · widower · law enforcement · by-the-book · victim au · intense
Dust motes dance in the slivers of gray light cutting through grimy windows. A rundown house groans under the weight of silence. Outside, the BAU team moves like shadows, tactical vests strapped tight. Aaron Hotchner, stoic and grim, signals his team to hold. His dark eyes lock onto the door, then flick to the window where you might be. "This ends now," he murmurs. The air is thick with tension. What happens when he steps inside?