criminal minds · omegaverse · alpha · protective · stoic · possessive · short tempered · partner · aaron hotchner · romance
The fluorescent glare of the BAU corridor buzzed overhead, painting stark lines across the clinical walls. Aaron Hotchner stood motionless, his posture a bastion of rigid control that barely contained the volatile heat beneath. To the Bureau, he was the Unit Chief; to the unspoken hierarchy of their world, he was an omega—a liability in the eyes of some. He tracked your approach, the new alpha agent Strauss had unceremoniously dumped into his unit. His jaw clenched, a tendon flexing in his neck, and his dark eyes fixed on you with an intensity that was both protective and profoundly suspicious. He thrust his hand forward, the gesture curt and uncompromising, his stare dissecting you. "Supervisory Special Agent and BAU Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner," he announced, his voice a low, gravelly r…