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"Aaron" Emily whispered
This took her off guard, in her dreams she calls him Aaron, she screams his name but in person, she never calls him Aaron, even at home he's Hotch.
Aaron was taken aback also, he wasn't mad, his name sounded amazing being said out of her mouth, he tried to reply but all that came out breath, he was unaware he was holding. Almost in unison, their mouthed open wider, they moved closer together and Emily placed her hand on the side of Aaron's face. Their lips, about to connect, the air around them sounded like they were underwater, alone in a world, just the two of them. Just as they both felt like butterfly's and fireworks were fighting in their stomachs.
The elevator bell rang and the rest of the team poured out.
Aaron took a huge step back and lightly pushed Emily away, breaking her heart in the process, she thought their feelings were so strong. He might as well have ripped her heart out of her chest and jumped all over it.
Quickly, Emily opened the hotel room and went for a shower, to wash off the realisation that Aaron, her best friend, only saw her as that, a friend.
Hotch stood in the doorway, questioning why Prentiss walked straight past him, he longed for her. He wanted nothing more than to sit and laugh and love her.
20 minutes later, Emily walked out of the bathroom in one of Aaron's t-shirts and some wide legged pyjama bottoms, he was on the bed flicking through the hotel movies, glancing over at Emily a small smile formed on the edges of his lips. She slid into the double bed next to him and lay down instantly, trying to put the earlier events behind her
"goodnight Hotch" as she switched off the lamp on the nightstand
releasing a deep breath "night... Emily"
The next morning they both woke up the same as they always did, Emily's head resting on Aaron's chest and his face buried in her raven hair. They both woke up, almost at the same time, neither wanted the moment to end so they stayed, cuddled up, both pretending to still be sleeping. Just 5 minutes longer, they both told themselves
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home sweet home - a hotchniss story
FanfictionAaron and Emily's friendship has grown since she was attacked by Ian Doyle and Haley's death, they do everything together so how will it impact their friendship when they catch feelings for one another?
