Criminal Minds One Shots

01 (Hotch)

You've really been struggling on this case, you've found this one particularly hard to fight through. It's really eaten at you and brought up a lot of problems for your mental health. Luckily, no one seems to have noticed.

You're sitting on the plane after finally solving the case, but you can't shake the images of all those little kids from your mind. You grab a cup of coffee thinking everyone else is asleep. 

"Ill finalize this file for JJ." you say to yourself. You grab pictures and evidence from the table near JJ that she was working on. You carefully move pictures into their respective places.

"Can't sleep?" Hotch's voice startles you.

"No, I just wanted to finish this file for JJ, I don't want her to have to worry about it."

"I can tell that this case has really bothered you y/n."

You stay silent for a moment, placing a letter underneath a photo.

You whisper, "I've never had a case bother me like this."

"Some cases are worse than others, we all struggle." Hotch paused, "One day im talking to Reid about a case, the next Emily is in my office crying other another; we all struggle y/n."

"I know, I just felt like I could do it, not have any case bother me."

Hotch sat up from the couch that Reid was sleeping on, he came and sat across from you. "y/n," Hotch made direct eye contact with you, "It's ok to struggle sometimes." He paused, "This is a big file let me help you."

You and Hotch spent an hour together talking, and putting together the file. You really enjoy his company, and you caught him smiling a few times. After finishing the file you sit down on Reid's couch, you find yourself drifting off to sleep.

"Goodnight y/n," Hotch whispered

"Night Hotch."