Airing Aaron (HotchxOC)

Undesirable UnSub.

Alessandra Noble was perfectly forgettable. So forgettable, in fact, that once her classroom caught on fire, and her teacher didn't even notice that she had been left behind. Well-behaved, quiet and just bright enough that no one quite recalled her name, the young girl was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the firefighters entered the classroom, they were already hosing the room down. By the time the flames were extinguished, and the match that had accidentally been lit by a troubled student was identified, they turned around to find a spluttering five-year-old sitting up after she had been sent flying to the floor under the water's pressure. Despite her ordeal, the firefighters watched as she silently sat on her bottom and then wiped her face with the back of her hand before resting them on her outstretched legs. Expecting weeping and whaling, they waited in silence for her to talk; however, silently, the small girl, coated in black powder, glanced between all of the masked men. She broke two ribs that day, suffered significant burning to a patch on her stomach and developed a mild concussion.

If the teachers had taken one moment to notice the young girl, they most certainly would have reported her behaviour to the school. No one, not even her supposed friends, heard Alessandra's voice for the first eight years of her life, and even once she did talk, no one could remember a word she spoke. Despite her presence, neither parent could recall a moment in her life where Alessandra had to be told off for anything of significance. A few curfews were broken by a minute at most, and a few cookies disappeared at times, but her parents weren't even sure if it was her. Pictures were the only reason her three brothers believed she wasn't adopted. Until the age of eighteen, none of her brothers had a single memory of her.

Of course, Alessandra was there, in the background, with a blank stare and complacent smile as she watched them make the biggest mistakes of their lives. Their mother's chilis were frequently eaten after they lost a bet, and dares to take a bath filled only by the hot tap went without result as they would dip one toe in and back out on "ethical" grounds. But, all of this changed at eighteen when their usual morning reading time as a family was interrupted by her sudden announcement following a letter in the post. She was accepted into Oxford University to study law and would be moving out in a month.

Their next memory was from when she appeared on their doorstep three years later with a large stack of letters and gifts for her family. Her arrival came with more news, she had been invited to work with an American firm, and the papers were already signed. Unlike the rest of her life, from the moment Alessandra walked into a courtroom or sat an exam, she felt her confidence grow. The only problem was everyone else was more confident. Acting classes were paid for in private, where she learnt to emulate a confident lawyer, and in under a month, her whole character changed in court. With that change, she was noticed more, invited to publicly talk more, as well as the boost in her personal confidence. And, of course, her first heartbreak soon followed. 

A failing student had used her to cheat, and she felt the keen sting. In the legal world, Alessandra knew to cover her ass, but she hadn't expected it from a man she thought she loved. And from that moment onward, Alessandra vowed never to let anyone else hurt her. Even if it meant she never let anyone fall asleep holding her again. Years later, however, she of course, found herself falling asleep wrapped in the strong arms of other people but none of them meant anything.

Deep down, Alessandra knew that they only cared about taking up space in her bed because she was British and confident. She was a prize to win. However, they were just a means to an end for her. It saved her the cost of batteries and was an amazing free form of therapy. A few women fell into the equation, but they fell out of it just as fast. Alessandra may have been a legal representative, but she was clinical in her approach to her life.

It was because of this approach that when working on yet another case that she was noticed and almost immediately offered US citizenship. The official letter to confirm her citizenship was no sooner posted to her when an email arrived in her inbox, offering her a job as in-house counsel for the FBI. The job had, of course, been accepted, but after a year, she woke up one day and decided to leave the FBI the next time she was offered another job. That didn't take long; of course, when the CIA offered her an exciting role that sounded dangerous, she took it. Her notice was handed in a day later, and by the end of the day, a phone call was made by her boss.