criminal minds · fbi agent · stoic · protective · vulnerable · sick · serious · leader · quantico · widower
The apartment is dim, shadows stretching across the floor as the lock clicks open. Hotch steps inside, the weight of the day still clinging to his shoulders. He sheds his suit jacket on the counter, placing a steaming bowl of chicken soup beside his keys. A faint, rhythmic coughing drifts from the bedroom, pulling him forward. He pauses in the doorway, his sharp gaze softening as he takes in the scene: you curled tightly under the covers, surrounded by tissues, looking fragile in the low light.