Not Your Typical Reid [Aaron Hotchner x Reader]

Chapter 8

Aaron Hotchner walked to the shooting range, by far one of his favorite places in all of Quantico to be, however, today, he felt a pit of unusual anxiety forming in his stomach. Although he loved to shoot at the range, make sure his skills are sharp and perfected, today he would be teaching the recruits. Although this is something that he has done dozens of times before, today was different. Today there would be /her/ amongst the recruits he was teaching, although he had no doubts that she would be a perfect shot and he would hardly have to spend any time critiquing her shooting form or aim.

It had been nearly a week since [Y/N] got out of the infirmary, her body still a little sore from the beating she had taken, but it didn't hold her back. In fact, she found a loophole in her profile that allowed her to still do PT, she simply did it on her own time, way before the other recruits were woken up to start their own day, and this was something that wasn't unnoticed by her instructors. She technically wasn't breaking her profile, so she couldn't get reprimanded for it. However, when word got back to Spencer, he wasn't too excited to hear about it.

Still, she worked her hardest and learned all she could, further proving herself to her peers and her instructors.

[Y/N] waited in line, being assigned her shooting area and her gun. She set it down where it was supposed to be before looking around, noticing as Aaron entered the shooting range. It was like their eyes were polar magnets, always drawn to one another as soon as one of them entered the room. When their gaze did meet, she blushed and looked away, listening as Aaron started to instruct the class about the proper gun procedures and more.

After about an hour of Aaron talking, he walked to his own area to shoot, unloading the clip into the paper target downrange, each of them a perfect headshot. "Now, I want you all to do the same," he said, his voice full of authority as he looked at the recruits stoically.

[Y/N] reathed in deeply and put on her ear protection, bringing the Glock up to aim at the paper target before she unloaded her clip, as well. Headshot. Headshot. Heart. Heart. Headshot. Heart. Each shot was a lethal one, one that would no doubt take the life of a violent unsub if need be. She was the first and only to get a perfect score that day, receiving nods of approval from her instructors and jealous glares from her peers. She didn't make eye contact with Aaron this time, the memories of their almost kiss still playing through her mind as she brought her gun back to the check-in desk, returning it to them before she turned to leave the range, only to be stopped by a hand gently clasping her bicep.

"Nice job today.. How are you feeling?" Aaron asked softly, looking down at her. She looked up into his eyes and breathed in softly. God, how bad she wanted to kiss him, still angry that the nurse robbed her of that opportunity a few weeks ago.

" I feel fine.. Thank you, Agent Hotchner," She replied softly, looking away from him before she moved out of his grasp and left the range, praying that no one had seen their gentle exchange of words.

Only a few more weeks left, their official PT test, their official academy test, then graduation. She could do this, she just needed to lose her feelings for Aaron before she had to report to the BAU for her probationary period.