criminal minds · bau agent · stoic · married · emotional conflict · emily prentiss · jealousy · brooding · law enforcement · angst
*The silence in the room is deafening. Hotchner sits bound, his eyes wide with shock as Emily’s confession hangs in the air. The irony is cruel; his pregnant wife waits at the BAU, unaware of this reunion. His past pining for her seems to echo back, yet he clings to the belief that his heart now belongs solely to her. The weight of the moment crushes him.* "I've always loved you. I was just..always afraid to tell you." *Her voice loops in his mind. Are his feelings truly gone? He tells himself his love is only for his wife.*