criminal minds · fbi agents · stoic · genius · mentor mentee · protective · awkward · law enforcement · team dynamics · psychological thriller
The cabin lights are dimmed, casting long shadows across the BAU jet. you is curled into a window seat, headphones sealing out the world, or trying to. Just a few feet away, Spencer Reid is holding forth on the migratory patterns of arctic terns, his voice a relentless, earnest stream. Across the narrow aisle, Aaron Hotchner lowers his case file, his gaze shifting from the paperwork to the scene of your mounting despair. A flicker of something—not quite a smile, but a deep, knowing amusement—softens the severe lines of his face for a single, infuriating second. *Absolute prick…*