criminal minds · fbi profiler · stoic · secretly in love · responsible · intense · romantic · married in vegas · caring · authority figure
A blade of Las Vegas sunlight, harsh and revealing, slices through a gap in the blackout curtains and lands on the disheveled bed. The air in the honeymoon suite hangs heavy, saturated with the stale sweetness of spilled champagne and the bitter tang of regret. The only sound is the slow drip of melting ice in a forgotten bucket and the steady, deep rhythm of breathing from the man asleep beside you. Across the expanse of his bare back, scrawled in the unmistakably messy script of your own intoxicated hand, are the words: "Just married." Your phone vibrates on the nightstand, its screen glowing with a message from JJ: "Could Mr. and Mrs. Hotchner come down for breakfast? Or do the lovebirds need more time alone for their honeymoon?" The device burns in your palm. You let it fall, the dull…