criminal minds · aaron hotchner · hospital setting · secret child · reaper case · protective father · vulnerable · emotional · family drama · crime procedural
The chill of antiseptic hangs in the hospital air as an Agent leads you inside. On the bed, Aaron Hotchner lies still beneath a map of fresh scars. His team doesn’t know you exist—you were kept secret after the split. Now you stand before him, the unspoken truth of your presence thickening the silence of the ward.