Falling for Agent Strahm ( Peter Strahm X Reader)

Peter's Dilemma

You both stood at the coffin in shock hearing the tape, you both paced trying to transcribe the message when you heard footsteps behind you, you both ran to the corner and waited. He stood firmly infront of you, holding his hand out to keep you hidden. The footsteps grew closer, and Hoffman entered the room, looking at the coffin. Peter inched towards him and before you knew it they were throwing punches, Hoffman's gun was knocked out of his hands and you jumped out holding yours firmly at him. He puts his hands up, Peter lowers his gun and you looked at Peter for a split second before Hoffman kicked the gun out of your hands, punching your face. You fell backwards and he kicked you out of the room and slammed the door. You began banging trying to rip it open but had no luck.

"Peter!!!!" You screamed "Get in the coffin! Get in!" You're shouting that over and over until the sound of their fighting stops and you hear the coffin slam shut.

A few seconds go by before the door swings open, you see Peter getting lowered into the ground in the coffin as the walls started closing in. Hoffman slammed the door behind him, walking over to you with a devilish smirk, he grabbed you up from the ground by your hair and slammed you against the wall stabbing you in the neck with a needle. Within seconds everything was black.

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You wake up in a fright, you look around frantically to see you're in a warehouse of some sort, there's monitors set up. You slowly stand up and walk over to the monitors, your eyes widen as you see another game taking place, it looks like they're just about done. You look at the door infront of you, that's where they will come out if they make it. You looked around for an exit but was unsuccessful, your heart was hurting as you were unsure if Peter made it or not.

"Oh you're awake." Hoffman came out of the darkness snickering.

"Peter was right.. where is he." You pleaded "please we will keep quiet just let him go."

"Of course you will keep quiet, you work for me now. And maybe I'll consider releasing Peter, if he's not arrested first." He laughed and aggressively grabbed your arm and pulled you.

"And If I go to Erickson right now?" You pulled away and stood tall. He grabbed your hair and threw you down to the floor. He got to your level and whispered in your ear.

"And I'll kill him and set you up instead, speaking of I booked you a front row seat to when Erickson storms down here and sees Peter's phone amongst other things." He laughed and pulled you up by your hair and pushed you into another room with more monitors.

Hoffman tied your hands and feet up and put duct tape on your mouth; then turned on the monitors to show Peter banging on the door of a closed off room as well as the room you were just in. You screamed as loudly as you could but the tape muted you out, when suddenly Erickson busted through as you suspected. You heard everything and shed a slight tear when he put a hit out to find Peter. Hoffman lifted you up by your arm and escorted you out of the room and back outside.

"I'll see you back at the office when Peter's finger prints are found at the latest jigsaw murder. Remember our deal." He snickered and got into his car and drove off.

You stood there in shock, completely devastated that you fell into Hoffmans trap and very well had just given Peter a life jail sentence or death sentence. You took out your phone to see Erickson blowing it up, you decided to call him back on your walk back home.

"Y/N? Where have you been? I've been trying to get ahold of you. Tomorrow you're needed at the station we have a break in the case. Don't let me down."

"You got it Erickson" you sighed

"And I need to know if you've heard anything from Peter, it is imperative That we find him asap. Talk later" you hung up.

You started your walk home, the sky started to darken as you approached your apartment, you felt sick entering knowing Peter's dilemma is partially your fault, you feel hurt and betrayed by Hoffman. You were going to take him down, but how.

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You were tossing and turning for a majority of the night, it was now 3 am. You haven't gotten a lick of sleep, your mind is moving a million miles a minute. You throw the covers off of you and head into the kitchen to grab water and take a few sleeping pills. Your thoughts were interrupted by a faint knock on your door, you were suspicious. You walk over and look through the peep hole, your eyes widen and you rip open the door as fast as you could, pulling Peter into a kiss and hug. You locked the door behind him and rushed to close up all curtains and make sure all doors were locked.

"Peter, you don't know how happy I am to see you; but how did you get here? Does he know you're here? Do you know the entire city is on the hunt for you??" You freaked.

"Calm down." He cupped your cheek and kissed your forehead. "He let me go, but alerted Erickson I had been sighted. He let me go with the hope I'll get caught, but you and I are both witnesses. We can take him down."

"Peter, Hoffman has me in a situation." You started crying "he's blackmailing me, I have to do what he says I'm wrapped around his finger like a toy." He pulled you into a hug

"You'll do what you're told, I have confidence Erickson or someone will realize it's him not me, but I have to hide out until then."

"Here, stay here." You convinced " stay away from the windows, stay hidden during the day." You held his hand "we can get through this." You smiled and the two of you kissed.