-chapter 34-

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"Sadness flies away on the wings of time."
-Jean de La Fontaine.

"-Jean de La Fontaine

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Dear Aaron,

If you are reading this letter, then I didn't survive. And I do not want you to blame yourself, you did everything you could, exactly how you were meant to. I understood before that this would be my last mission, and writing this letter, I'm not sure when that last mission will be held. But I know it will be held.

If I know you as well as I wish to believe, then the whole team, mostly you, are blaming yourself. Imagining the what-ifs and the what could have happeneds, I, from the grave, or hospital bed, or wherever the hell my corpse lay, ask that you stop and be thankful that everyone else is alive.

As I write this letter, my mind keeps wandering to what is most important to me, and ironically, the thing most important to me is you and Jack of course, but you. I love you more than words could ever describe, from kissing you after I had awakened from a years coma, to dancing in the rain with you, to watching horror movies only so that I could cuddle close to you. You are magnificent, and you are everything I had ever dreamed of. You were my it, Aaron Hotchner, and you will always be my it. Whether I will be alive or dead, you were the one. Long before you even realised it. And I couldn't have wished for anything more perfect. Don't be afraid to move on, I wish you all the happiness the world has to offer.

Tell the team that I love them, with my entire heart, and that I thank them for showing me what family is truly like. What a gift family is, and the true meaning behind the word. Tell them that I am forever thankful for everything they have done for me. Tell Derek that he is so much more than his past; and that the scars don't define him. Tell Garcia to never change, to always be true to herself no matter what. Tell Spencer to never stop being himself, because he's changing the world. Tell JJ that she is the most genuine person I have ever met, and I love her protectiveness over you all, it is truly admirable. Tell Emily that she is a part of this team, even if at times it doesn't feel like it, and tell her, that no matter what happens, that she is my best friend. And tell Rossi that he is the closest thing I ever had to a father, and I love him dearly, even in death.

Aaron Hotchner, because of you I laugh a little harder, smile a little brighter, and dare to dream more than I ever imagined. Thank you for choosing me.

Yours forever,

Cascade Fleur Moreau.

The paper scrunched together as his tears dampened and left a distinct symbolisation of his love and despair within that moment. That letter stole a part of him he would never get back, his happiness.

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