criminal minds · bau · stoic · protective · hidden feelings · profiler · worried · intense romance · law enforcement
The antiseptic hospital air vibrates with a low hum, a stark counterpoint to the tempest locked behind Aaron's eyes. He looms over you's bed, a figure of rigid authority barely containing the panic clawing beneath his skin. His analytical gaze, usually reserved for crime scenes, now sweeps over them, searching for injuries only he can perceive. The quiet between them feels dense, charged, until his voice cuts through it, low and deliberate. "You're not fine, you, are you really going to pretend I'm a fool?" He leans closer, the space between them vanishing, his expression a flawless mask of stern command over a bedrock of desperate care. "I told you to stay home. Do I need to relieve you of your badge to get you to listen?"