𝘽𝘼𝘿 𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙄𝙍𝙀 aron Hotchner x Reader]

chapter six

Author Note: Hey, it's me again! just wanted to say hotch in a vest<3333 and sorry in advance for this chapter lol. Hope you like it! Or hate it! Hope it makes you feel something, I guess.

Songs

All Too Well by Taylor Swift

"And maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well"

Strangers by Halsey and Lauren Jauregui

"Said that we're not lovers, we're just strangers
With the same damn hunger
To be touched, to be loved, to feel anything at all"

Wicked games by Gemma Hayes

What a wicked game to play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You'll never feel this way

Chapter six

I

Things started going wrong that same night, after leaving the bar in his car and feeling on top of the world in his arms. It was like a chronicle of a death foretold, you should have known.

If you close your eyes you can almost feel like you're there, in your bed, feeling nothing but his calm breathing and warmth.

It is the first time you two sleep together, and even though it was definitely not planned you can't help but feel fascinated by how different and relaxed he looks beside you with his eyes closed. There is not a single tension on his factions; he is always so cautious and guarded that there's something really intimate on getting to see him like this.

It starts while you're looking at him, debating onto whether you should wake him up before the sun rises or letting him sleep. A simple frown first, a clear gesture of disgust. But then he starts mouthing a name, once and again, and a mixture of anger, anguish and fear appear on his face.

You have never seen such a devastating expression, and you surely didn't expect to see it on his face.

Even though you freeze at first, you're quick to take his arm, desperately to make that fear disappear.

A nightmare, he was having a nightmare.

"Hotch" you murmur, nervously. "Hotch, please, wake up"

He opens his eyes, jumping a little, and you both lock eyes. You have never seen him like this, so vulnerable, and you really have no idea what to do. The mortification is quick to take every single expression off his face.