No strings attached

Part thirty

"We have a case"

You unwillingly get up and head to the closet to pick an outfit for the day

"You know, maybe I'll have to rethink this whole dating the boss thing, don't think I can get up this early every time we have a case" you feel Aaron's arms wrap tightly around your waist, his lips meeting the crook of your neck

"Too late, you're stuck with waking up early from now on" he whispers making you giggle

You both get dressed and grab some toast and a coffee before heading to the BAU, you share one last kiss before walking into the bullpen. Hotch heads straight to his office and you run to JJ's knowing she would already be there. You groan as you sit in front of her.

"Morning sunshine" she laughs at you and smirks "I'm guessing you came in with Hotch" you nod, not sure if the news of the move in should be shared already.

"I can't believe you two have to get in so early"

"Well, you are gonna have to get used to it" you chat for a little before everyone gathers at the round table to discuss the case. Garcia walks in with her Ipad in hands

"Hello my loves, today you are traveling to the city that raised our beautiful Y/n" you roll your eyes "Our unsub has killed three victims in the last four months, all men in their late 20's died by a single gunshot."

 "Jet in an hour"

You run to the jet knowing Aaron would be the first one there. He flashes a smile as you sit by his side and immediately pulls you in for a kiss, one of his hands tangled in your hair and the other resting just above your ass. You wrap your arms around him pulling him closer to you as the kiss grows more urgent, his hands tighten the grip on your body and the pulls your roots making you let out a soft moan on his mouth. You know you need to pull away otherwise things will escalate but you don't want to, every inch of your body needs Aaron.

"Good morning there, agents" you pull away only to see Rossi at the door

"Morning Dave" Hotch says with a stupid smirk, rolling your eyes you stand up to find another sit and hear Dave laugh at the scene, you shoot both men a look before taking out your case file. You mind drifts off to Aaron, it was going to be hard to keep things like this from happening, not like the team didn't know you were together but still it made you a little anxious to be a couple in front of them.

In the precinct you were working on the profile when you caught Hotch staring at you

"Can I help you?" you smirk

"You look beautiful when you are concentrating" he looks around to see if anybody was looking before placing a hand on your knee you feel sad when he pulls away seeing an officer and a man heading your way. A tall dark haired man with piercing dark eyes who you unfortunately you knew all too well his gaze shifts between you and the Unit Chief

"Hotch I'm going to call Garcia real quick" just as you stand up the officer speaks

"Actually agents, Mr. Scott Gray is here to talk to you" of course he is

"What can we help you with Sir?" your tone is stern, professional, and maybe a tiny bit rude

"I saw the description you gave on the TV and I think I met him a couple days ago. I was walking back home and I saw someone following me, like you said he was about my age, some might even say attractive, light hair but I couldn't really see his face. I managed to lose him but I saw the same man near my house a couple other times."

"This is how he knows when to strike, he stalks his victims" I say to Hotch

"Yes, I'll go talk to the others, you got this?"

"Yea sure" all I want is to be alone with him you flash your fakest smile

You resume to his statement and when Aaron was out of earshot, he looks at you

"I haven't seen you in years and this is how you greet me? Pretending we're strangers?" he smirks

"I was just doing my job Scott, which I'm done with by the way. You can leave"

"Ouch baby, no need to be so hard on me. Call me if you stay in the city tonight ok? I know you still have my number" he walks away laughing and you sit down, anger irradiating from your body, not because of what he said but because of what you felt.

Scott was a jerk, yes.

But still, after everything that you went through together there was still a little portion of you that still had feelings for him.

In high school Scott Gray was the average popular soccer player, who liked to party and get absolutely trashed on the weekends, he could get any girl he liked since he was absolutely gorgeous. But that's not when you met him, no, you both went to the same school ever since you were kids, in middle school you became really good friends but your emotions got the best of you and you fell in love. Eventually you told him and he confessed to feeling the same way, even though you tried things between you didn't really work out, leading to a big fight that completely destroyed you.

You made up with him and during your freshman year you became best friends once again, you were his whole world, the one person he truly trusted enough to show his vulnerable side. And that is pretty much how your late teens went, hooking up, trying to get together, fighting, making up and the cycle repeated itself more times than you can remember.

It was toxic, you knew that and so did he but still during college you tried again. And for the first time it seemed to really work, he was the perfect boyfriend, you were America's dream couple so you forgot everything from the past and dove into the relationship heads over heels. Of course, it blew up in your face, he shattered your heart in a thousand pieces and it took years for you to trust someone again. But even though your history with Scott scared you for life he was your first love, your best friend and you could never hate him.

"What's the deal Mr. handsome witness?" Emily asks "you seemed to already know each other" the whole team is now paying attention

"We went to school together and he decided it was a good time to hit on me." You roll your eyes and the team laughs but Aaron clenched his fists "I obviously told him I wasn't interested"

Hours passed without any breakthroughs in the case until around 9pm when you received a call

"Y/n" Scott's voice sounded scared "I know you hate me right now but I think I'm in trouble" he swallows in thick "There's someone in my house" the next few events made you shiver

You heard a scream, a struggle and then silence

"Scotty talk to me" you scream into the phone but there is no answer.