❛ i can't get her outta my mind, i think about the girl all the time ❜
𝑆𝑃𝐸𝑁𝐶𝐸𝑅 𝐻𝐴𝐷 𝐴 𝑃𝑂𝐼𝑁𝑇 when he said that Valentina runs away from her problems. She does. And tonight, she was running right towards the bottom of a bottle. The BAU had the night off and the next day, so they had all gone out drinking at a bar. Valentina, who was still loathing herself for how she was acting around Spencer.
Hotch had been making sure Valentina was okay, but she was pretty drunk. He didn't want her to get into any danger, especially since Valentina is quite literally an idiot when she drinks. It's a strange contrast to who she truly is.
Hotch, Haley-- Hotch's wife, and Valentina were all sitting at a table together while Emily had brought back drinks for them. She smiled as she set them down, announcing, "I'm back!"
"Hey, cheers!" Hotch exclaimed, everyone taking their own drink and lifting it in the air. "Cheers!"
Everyone took a sip of their beer, but Valentina kept going. She was trying to drown her problems in alcohol, which was not one of her most healthy habits, but it's what she learned growing up around Alessandro, who had the same coping mechanism. Haley was impressed, yet concerned by her ability, "Wow, haven't you had enough to drink?"
Valentina put her arm around Haley's shoulders and spoke with slurred words, "Haley-- can I call you Haley?"
"Sure." She said with a small laugh, seeing as how that was just her name. Valentina continued, "Here's the thing, Haley. My heart is like a shirt lost in the back of a closet. There will be days where you find that shirt and be like 'huh, that shirt would make me look hot, even though it's impossible for me to look more hot' and so you wear the shirt. You get compliments on that shirt 'cause it's new to other people and you look hot in the shirt, you know? But then, a different shirt gets put into the back of the closet. And you know, maybe it's not even a shirt? Maybe it's a pair of pants or a jacket? But the moral of the story is that you look so good in the shirt that I would literally fall in love with you."
