criminal minds one-shots

Hotch x Clara

"God, he is insufferable! I almost get myself killed to save his ass from imminent death and he's mad about it? Are you kidding me?" Clara thinks to herself as she steps into the elevator,

 She presses the button to the top floor, heading to the one place on the base that is for her and her only.

It was about 9:30 PM and the sun had gone down at least 2 hours ago, but Clara didn't care that it was late enough on the base that the lights on the roof had already gone out, she was in desperate need of fresh air and it just so happens that stargazing is one of her favorite past times.

When the elevator reaches the top floor, she gets out and takes the stairs to the door that leads to the roof, and steps out into the darkness.

The breeze was a little fiercer than expected but she wasn't about to go back downstairs to the bullpen to go get it, with the off chance of running into the one person she was desperately trying to avoid.

Clara sat outside overlooking the place she called both home and workplace when she heard a noise behind her.

Instinctively she reaches for her gun and turns around to point it at the cause of the strange sound, but as she turned around she realized she was not being crept up on by a predator or a serial killer which she was accustomed to, but instead the face of her concerned boss Aaron Hotchner, otherwise known as "Mr. Insufferable."

In grimace, she turns back around and says, "unless someone is dying or has died, id like to be left alone."

To her surprise, she wasn't responded with a snarky comment or a reminder of who is boss, but instead with, "I'm sorry."

"What?" Clara said in confusion, because not once in the two years that she has worked with Hotch has he ever apologized for doing anything, she always assumed he wasn't the apologetic type.

"I said I'm sorry, I- I was harsh and shouldn't have talked to you that way no matter how stupid of a decision it was," Hotch said, way quicker than Clara had ever heard him speak before, but she didn't have much time to think about the speed in which he spoke when she without think started yelling.

"Are you kidding me?!?" she yelled, "You came up here to apologize but instead star to insult me more, how the hell does that work? I put my life on the line today to save your ass, shouldn't I get a thank you, but instead all I get is anger." 

After moments of no response, she continued, "Why are you so angry?" she said this time in a slightly lower tone, only this time hotch did respond.

"You almost died!" he yelled, "If you died I would have to deal with the fault being on me," he continued as he walked closer.

"But yes thank you, thank you for the insubordinate pain in my ass." He said, but before he could finish his rant Clara interjected with, "Oh I'm the pain in the ass? That's rich coming from you, truly it is."

At this point, they were close enough to feel the heat and anger emanating off of the other, but then what happened next neither could have prepared for. 

They

Kissed.

The End 😮‍💨