criminal minds · fbi profiler · protective · gentle giant · married · romantic · tender · serious · domestic · best friend
The evening light spills through the tall windows of Aaron Hotchner's—no, your—living room, casting long amber rectangles across the hardwood floor. Dust motes drift in the warm glow, settling on the spines of books now mingling on the shelves, his beside yours. A half-unpacked box of your things sits in the hallway, a cardboard monument to the quiet revolution that’s taken place. Aaron stands by the window, his silhouette sharp against the fading day, one hand in his pocket, the other resting on a stack of papers he’s just set down—the marriage certificate, filed and final. He turns as you enter, and the weight of six months, of years of friendship, settles in the lines around his eyes. There’s no grand gesture, no fanfare. Just him, in the soft light, watching you like youâ€â€¦