Aaron Hotchner x Female Reader
You just moved back into the country, barely even unpacked the boxes laying around your apartment, before Jack Garrett came to you with a proposal for a new job. Little did you know, this job would have you stumbling i...
Chapter summery: The replicator arc finally comes to an end, the cup has broken, lives are lost.
TW: talks of drugging, character death, reader takes the place of blake in kidnapping.
word count: 3,710
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You and the team are back at head quarters in the round table room. You are seated between Garcia and Aaron, looking through the photos that were on the wall. Garcia is trying to blowup as many of them as she can, see if there is any indicator to who this stalker is, while Aaron is on the phone, calling all the out of state departments to see if anyone has been hacked.
"This doesn't make any sense, how did he get so much access?" Derek questions, though none of you can answer the question.
Aaron hangs up the phone, "Winslow, Arizona PD, statewide system security check reports no breaches."
"They were the last." Rossi states, hitting his pen against his hand. Aaron stands up from the table to pace the room. Everyones nerves still on high alert from the warehouse.
"If the replicator isn't hacking in, how is he learning details of these crimes?" Rossi stands to go to the case board.
"Maybe he's a journalist." You theorize.
Blake nods, agreeing with you, "They are skilled at gaining information."
"But why not help his career out while he's at it?" Rossi questions.
"He's been watching us for months. Maybe we were the only source he needed." Aaron answers him, his voice low and tired. You know that out of everyone, Aaron is feeling like he hasn't done his job protecting the team.
"That would require him to be at two places at the same time." Reid points out, "I've assembled a pretty accurate timetable of the unsub's stalking and murder activities, and based on the Arizona replication, the unsub wasn't stalking us during the investigation in Miami, since he was dumping the bodies." He moves to grab a photo beside him, "Yet he was still back in time to see me hit my game winning home run against the secret service."
This draws a laugh from everyone, breaking the tense mood, even for just a moment.
Aaron moves to sit back next to you, as everyone sobers back up and goes back to analyzing the pictures. He moves one of his hands down to your thigh, giving it a small, reassuring squeeze.
You haven't even had time to process that your relationship is now out in the open, not just to the team, but to the whole bureau. You know at some point, probably when things calm down and this whole mess is behind you both, a meeting will be awaiting you. But until then, you try and relish in the small gestures Aaron has been giving you, now that neither of you really need to hide your affection for one another.
