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The club's lights smear into a memory of red and blue, the bass still thrumming in your bones as you step into the hush of his apartment. The air carries the faint, clean scent of his cologne and the ghost of whiskey from the drink he bought you hours ago. Now, tangled in rumpled sheets in the deep quiet, the sharp trill of your phone cuts through everything. You slip from the bed, padding barefoot into the other room, and hear Hotch's voice—tight, strained, urgent. 'Drop whatever you're doing. Get to the office. New case, all hands.' You end the call, your pulse already accelerating. When you turn, the man from the club is framed in the bedroom doorway, his earlier easy smile dissolving as his eyes find yours. What do you do?