The Love We Found. [A.H]

2. Case

Warnings⚠️Mention of poison, harassment by officer and sexism

Soon enough we are all seated at the round table, hotch is on my right and Reid is on my left.
JJ presents the case, three dead in Montclair Virginia. “This guy has a type, I mean, all blond, fit, blue eyes, short” I point out, and Reid agrees. “A surrogate of a woman figure in his life.” Emily says, and I nod. “The only thing is, male unsubs don't poison victims, this is probably a woman” I say, and Morgan look at me confused, “how are you so sure, bella?” He asks, “because, male unsubs are brutal, ruthless, they want to make themselves known, and they want to really hurt their victims, this is the exact opposite, this is less known, remote, you wouldn't notice if they slipped you something” I explained and everyone starts to understand. “You're saying we are dealing with a female unsub” Rossi says and I nod. “I mean this could be her projecting that she wants to die, or maybe she's lesbian and was hurt by her ex” I state. “That's a good theory, Reid and Morgan, head to the victims families, jj, Rossi and Prentiss head to the dump site, me and izzi will head to the local police station, Garcia, find out if the victims were lesbian” hotch gives out orders, and we all split off.

Montclair is about 20 to 30 minutes away from the bau so we drive. In the car me and hotch sit in comfortable silence. “Did you sleep at all last night?” hotch asks out of the blue, I glance over at him “no I didn't, but it's fine, you know I can run on days without sleep”, he sighs “Isabella, you know a little sleep is better than none” he says, using my first name, witch he rarely ever does. My eyes snap to him, “you know my problems hotch” I say and he nods. “You know you can still call me if you can't sleep, even if you don't have a nightmare” he says and I nod, we sit in silence for a bit. “That was a good catch about our unsub possibly being a woman” he says, and I nod. “I feel like everyone forgets I majored in women sociology” I point out, “I haven't forgotten” he says, and I nod, the rest of the ride we sit in silence.

When we arrive at the police station, we are greeted with the police chief. Hotch and the chief shake hands. “I'm special agent Aaron Hotchner, and this is Doctor Isabella drâgos” he says, and I go to shake hands with the chief, “I'm chief Logan hoff” he says, before saying something else. “I didn't realize the FBI let in such cute agents” and I retract my hand, “it's doctor, officer” I say my voice cuts through before hotch and say anything, and Hoff rolls his eyes. “Let me show you the conference room” he says, and waits until hotch is in front of him to grab my shoulder. “You should come by my office later” he whispers in my ear before letting go. I shake my head, and walk in front of him, to walk next to hotch.

In the conference room, Hotch knows something is wrong, by my expression and how I'm acting. “Izzi, what's wrong, after the chief made that comment you've been angry” he says, looking at me. I look at hotch and sigh “he said he wanted to see me in his office later, and his voice was suggestive” I say, and hotch's face hardens, ever so slightly. “I see” is all he says, before JJ, em and Rossi walk in, and I turn my attention to them.

“Whatcha got?” I ask, “well our unsub, choose remote places, no security cameras, no witnesses” Rossi answers, I nod. Before my phone rings, it's Morgan, I put it on speaker. “Hey Morgan you're on speaker” I say, setting my phone in the middle of the table. “Isabella you're onto something, because all of our victims were lesbian” Morgan says. “Alright, call Garcia and have her look into their relationships” hotch says, then Morgan hangs up.

I set out to get coffee, and the chief is in the break room, where the coffee is. I grab one of the coffee cups, much like you'd get at a coffee shop, and pour my coffee, black with a few sugar packets. Just as I'm getting my sugar, the chief walks up to me, and leans on the counter. “Hey Isabella, you shouldn't be wasting your time with the FBI thing” he says, and I look at him, “Hoff, I have more degrees then you have honors, im 25 and already writing a book, working with some of the most brilliant minds in the world, i wouldn't change anything” I say, grabbing a stir stick. He rolls his eyes, “that boss of yours seems so strict” he continues, “agent Hotchner, is one of the best bosses I could ever have, he's driven, and somewhat of a hard ass, but he's understanding, and caring, he pays attention, and will make sure all of us are alright, I trust him more than anyone” I say and I turn around to walk out, my anger rising every second this man speaks. “Really? It sounds like you're sleeping with him” he says and I turn back around, my anger written on my face. “Don't accuse me of sleeping with my boss, because I'm not.” My voice raised ever so slightly. He rolls his eyes, “calm down agent” he says sarcastically. “I'm calm and it's doctor” my voice cold, before I turn and walk away.

I walk back into the conference room, and everyone notices my mood is sour. They chose not to bring it up, and I'm glad that they don't. Soon enough Garcia calls. “I found that all the girls had the same girlfriend at one point, her name is Lauren wing” she says, “address” hotch says, “already sent” she hangs up. “Me and Isabella will go talk to her,” Hotch says and I nod.

“So what has you angry?” he asks, as he drives. I sigh “officer Hoff, said that I should drop the FBI and then tried to accuse me of sleeping with you” I say pinching the bridge of my nose. I see hotch's eyes widen slightly, “trust me, I know, I shut that down quickly” I say, and he nods.

-time skip-

The unsub was a woman, and was the girl's ex, Lauren. We caught her, and now I sit across from her. “I'm just going to be blunt here, what made you kill your ex's?” I say, she avoids my eye contact, “because they cheated on me, I was so angry, so I found rat poison, and I slipped it into their food” she says, and looks into my eyes, I nod, and stand up. Walking out of the integration room. JJ is the first person I find, “that was easy” she says, and I agree.

We finish putting everything away and we split up again, JJ, em and Reid, all riding back, and Rossi and Morgan riding together, leaving me and hotch to ride back together. We stay behind to get all the boxes loaded, for the file room and I head inside alone, to grab the last one, and I'm met with officer Hoff, I roll my eyes and go to grab the box when he grabs my shoulders and pushes me into one of the seats. “You should listen, you know, so pretty, so young” he says, and I try to stand back up but he pushes me back down, and then I push him back, and stand up. “Don't touch me, officer” I say, grabbing the box. He rolls his eyes and follows me out all the way to the suv. Hotch nosices the unwanted company. “Chief Hoff, is there a problem?” He asks, stepping in between me and Hoff, so I can put the last box in the trunk. “Your little agent here needs to learn this is a place for men, not women” he says, “sir, the FBI welcomes everyone, I would happily suggest you not make comments about one of my best agents” he says, and Hoff rolls his eyes and walks back into the police station.

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Hi y'all!! Chapter two, let me know how you feel, and if I'm moving to fast or to slow.