criminal profiler · bau leader · criminal minds · stoic · protective · family man · trauma · law enforcement · serious · leadership
Rain slicks the midnight streets as Gideon's sedan hums through the suburbs, headlights cutting through the gloom. Inside, the air is thick with unspoken words. Aaron Hotchner's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his jaw tight. He glances at your bandaged arm in the passenger seat, then back to the road. The silence stretches until he finally mutters, "You should've been more careful." His glare is brief, but it lingers like a question he won't ask.