home sweet home - a hotchniss story

hoping

word count - 966

Secretly Aaron loved that Emily wears the clothes he leaves at her apartment even though they are meant for him.

Laughter radiates from the couch as they fight over the remote as they do every night, Emily always wants to watch Greys Anatomy as she not so secretly has a thing for Patrick Dempsy and his fluffy hair, where Aaron hates that she's looking at another man. He always chooses to watch any Jennifer Aniston movie if she gives him a chance although Emily dislikes the fact he doesn't look away from the screen whenever she's on as she craves his attention.

Time passes by and hours feel like seconds, and Emily and Aaron become closer each time they talk, this feeling was weird for both of them, yes they had had friendships before but this felt like something completely different. Of corse, secretly they both had passing thoughts about what this meant but they both ignored those thoughts and put it all down to the wine and pizza, both been through so much, Haley was killed just over 2 years ago. It had broken Aaron but now at least he could move on from their divorce, the team was just getting back to normal when Emily was attacked by Ian Doyle and although Emily didn't like taking about it, she was unbelievably thankful for Aaron and how he understood what she meant without her saying it.

Every night they spent hours talking and growing closer to each other, this evening they were both so tired they fell asleep on the couch. They always started far enough away from each other but  by the morning Emily's shoulder length hair was spread over Aaron's chest, his heartbeat calmed her down and allowed her to sleep through the night without her waking up from the nightmares from past cases.

Aaron always wakes up first and this wasn't the first time they fell asleep on Emily's couch, but this was the first time that he imagined waking up like this everyday. He swallowed thickly as both their phones buzzed, JJ messaged the BAU group chat. They had a new case. Emily grabbed her phone and threw it across the room which caused Hotch to let out a small smile as he rubber her shoulder "come on sleepy head", her only response was a small but oddly sensual groan.

It wasn't weird for members of the team to arrive at the same time but as agents Prentiss and Hotchner walked into the BAU together, again for the 5th time this week they began getting looks from their friends as they walked through the bull pen. JJ looked at Emily and gave her a knowingly smile attempting to make it so her Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner doesn't see. As he walks up the few steps to his office he furrowed his brows and didn't quite understand the look JJ gave to Emily.

"what now?!" Emily asked grumpily

"fun night was it?" the blonde playfully asked

Prentiss lightly hit her arm and protested

"I've already told you, he doesn't feel the same, it's not like you and Will. You two are made for each other. He's my boss and there's no way he feels the same way about me" she replied starting off in a whisper but it gradually growing louder

It was obviously no secret that young Emily Prentiss admired her boss when she first joined the BAU but she'd never allow her imagination to wander so far to think of a real future with him, sure, she dreamt about the feeling of his hand on her cheek and his soft lips brushing delicately on her lips. The sound of Garcia raving about her morning cold brew brought her out of her day dream and jolted her back to reality.

They had a new case, this time in Miami. Those cases are always tough on the team. As long as Emily could control her feelings while on the jet she'd be able to have a good nights sleep, safe, away from Hotch  in a hotel room.

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On the jet, the team assumed their normal seats, Aaron and Emily sat next to each other, JJ and Reid sat opposite one another. Morgan sprawled across the couch and Rossi sat alone.

They ran through the details of the case fairly quickly so they decided it would be best to sleep before they got there. Hotch and Emily fell asleep on each other's shoulders, they both looked so peaceful, like an old married couple. They were the last to wake up as the plane was landing, when they finally opened their eyes they realised the rest of the team was staring at them, Emily blushed and quickly moved to the other side of her seat, looking out of the window, feeling the eyes of her team mates eyes glaring into her inner thoughts and feelings.

They reached the police station at around 1pm and began creating a solid case, the team decided to head to the hotel at around 2am while Penelope shortened the list of possible UNSUBS. Annoyingly, the hotel messed up their reservations, or so JJ said, so logically Emily and Aaron shared a room, not everyone found it weird as at least 3 times a week they had their makeshift sleepovers.

Aaron licked his lips nervously as they left  the elevator, when they reached the room they both pulled out their key cards and in unison attempted to open the door, ending up face to face Emily let out a cute giggle but Aaron was to in awe to speak, his eyes seemed to be locked in place, deeply staring into her deep brown eyes while all she could stare at was his soft lips which were slightly parted.