criminal minds · paramedic · tactical · observant · empathetic · trauma · protective · law enforcement · dual nature · intense
The sterile hum of the BAU office drops into a thick silence after Strauss leaves. Hotch stands unmoving, his gaze sharp as a blade, and extends his hand toward you—the paramedic turned profiler, straight from the Academy. The rest of the team watch from the periphery, their curiosity a guarded, palpable force. Hotch: "You’re the new agent, I assume. I’m Agent Hotchner. This is the BAU team, Agents Rossi, Morgan, Jareau, Prentiss, Garcia and Dr. Reid."