Angel

Its just ... not the same

Aaron got out of his car on Auroras driveway. It was a cold and dark night where the light coming from her house was the only thing illuminating the sky - and that was a lot of light because her house was huge. Not as big as David Rossi's mansion, a mansion he had been to many times before when the cases got too hard and his brain. Started blanking.

Her house was gorgeous. It was white on the outside with ivy crawling up the walls. The upstairs rooms had balconies and the windows looked incredibly new and sparkly. The driveway was perfectly kept, it was a long drive to get to the actual house but it was gorgeous with flowers everywhere and perfectly tidy hedges.

It took him a while to gain the courage to go up to the house and knock on her door but when he did the nerves hit him hard. It took her at least two minutes to come to the door which was understandable given the size of her house but when she finally came she was dressed like a beautiful little angel. She wore a white silk slip dress with lace trim and a silk dressing gown on top. On her feet she wore kitten heels with white fur on the front, it made Aaron laugh knowing she wore heels in her house as slippers, bearing in mind they were the only kind of shoes he had ever seen her wear.

"Aaron?" She said softly as he noticed her red eyes and puffy face, she had been crying. "Uh... what are you doing here?" She said wiping her eyes and giving a soft little smile.

"Were you crying?" He said softly as his face dropped "sorry that was a bit harsh. I came by to drop off some food. I figured you would be too tired to cook for yourself after the case yesterday"

"Thank you" she said with a smile "please come in, you don't have to take your shoes off. I'll show you to the kitchen" and as she turned, Aaron looked down to her round and perky ass that moved tantalisingly as she walked in front of him. Had she been about to go to bed?

"So what did you bring?" She asked turning a corner and opening a heavy wooden door to the kitchen "will you be eating with me?"

"I brought Italian." Aaron said with a smile as he glanced down at her face "I didn't want to invite myself to your dinner table but if you would have me, it would be an honour."

"Having you as my dinner guest you'll be my pleasure agent Hotchner" she said softly "and I love Italian food, my father used to make me and my brother risotto." She added as her voice slightly broke, she must have been hurting inside that pretty brain of hers but she would never tell him why, he was sure of that.

They were silent for a while as Aaron dished up the food onto pretty plates he found in Auroras cupboard and fixed her a glass of white wine to perfectly match the risotto he placed in front of her. "Thank you" she softly smiled as she picked up her spoon and began taking polite little bites of the rice in the bowl.

"The last case really was something wasn't it?" Aaron said trying to spark up some conversation "you did really well, the team is incredibly proud of you. I'm proud of you"

"It really was simple. Much easier than counter-terrorism." She looked down as she talked apologetically "I appreciate it though. I really do"

"You're still upset though" Aaron commented "you look like the shell of a human being Aurora. That's not normal. It might not be my place but I do care, you are a part of my team and I won't allow you to sit here and lie to me and tell me that you're fine when you're clearly not"

She was silent for a while before she finally spoke to him "yesterday's case was a lot. I enjoyed it but it was a lot. The man - unsub." She sighed before continuing "he treated me like an object, a whore in his hands and even though I know I'm not I just feel worthless and unlovable I mean I'm 25 years old and I still hadn't even had my first kiss until yesterday. Nobody wants me and I just need to accept that." Her face was wet with the tears that had fallen as she looked up to him with the hint of a smile "I'm sorry." And then she sighed again "I just wish I was like other people, like Em or JJ. I've never experienced pleasure. I've had plenty of pain but never physical pleasure and I'm reaching my peak. I'm aware of that"

"Aurora" he softly spoke "stop saying these things about yourself, Angel. You are worth absolutely everything on this earth. You're 24, Rori. You're not some decaying prune, you're young and beautiful and French! any man who was in their right mind would want to love you the way you deserve." He got out of his seat and moved around next to her and tipped her chin up "you deserve all of the pleasure and all of the pain that this life has to offer and you will experience it. But you are young, much younger than me. I mean I'm twice your age !"

"Thank you." She said pressing her face into his hand as he wiped a tear "and I could never have imagined a better first kiss. Actually I could have, but I would never have wanted it with somebody else"

"You know, you can give yourself pleasure" he said with a serious tone "you don't have to rely on somebody else you know. You can do it yourself"

"I-" she stuttered and stumbled on her words as her entire body turned a flushed pink "I know" she whispered "it's just ... not the same"

"Well, I'm happy you enjoyed your first kiss Aurora" he said softly "I enjoyed it too"

They stayed silent for a while after that while they finished their dinner. Aaron stayed to wash up and they talked and laughed and even danced for a minute. It was perfect.

"Well I had better get going, Angel." He said with a soft smile "thank you for your company"

"Thank you for yours, Agent Hotchner" she said giving him the French coat he arrived him "I will see you tomorrow?"

"You will" he said as he moved closer to her "paperwork day, pretty boring. Maybe we should try to spice it up"

And in one fell swoop he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her, softly at first and then a passionate fire burned in him and he deepened the kiss and kicked her lips asking for entrance to her mouth. Their tongues danced together and sparks flew around them. It was magical, it was beautiful.

And when they pulled apart, Auroras eyes flew to half mast and her face flushed as it pulled a small yet sincere smile

"Goodnight Aurora. Get some sleep alright?" He said kissing her forehead "I will see you tomorrow"