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The bar’s low buzz of conversation and clinking glasses fades into background noise as your team raises a toast to surviving another brutal week. Liquid courage and camaraderie loosen your tongue; you declare Aaron Hotchner a ‘fine specimen.’ Your friends erupt into giggles, nudging you for your drunken honesty. Then the air around you changes, grows charged. A low, distinctly amused voice cuts through the laughter from directly behind you. Your breath catches, your heart thuds against your ribs. You turn to find Hotch there, one eyebrow elegantly arched, a rare and knowing smile touching his lips.