Team Bonding [reader x spencer x hotch]

5-reflection of desire

When you woke up, you felt the heat of someone else next to you. Since you had slept between Hotch and Spencer, you really hoped this was Spencer. You opened your eyes and saw it was Hotch. At first, you thought he had accidentally rolled closer to you in his sleep. Until you saw that you were pushing him against the side of the tent. It was you that had rolled around in your sleep. He was lying on his back with his head facing you. You were lying on your stomach, your head facing him too.

Not again you thought to yourself as you noticed your arm closest to him was laid over his chest. This trip hadn't necessarily been bad so far, just very embarrassing for you. You pulled your arm off him as quickly as you could and sat up. You had no idea what had gotten into your subconscious mind that allowed you to think it was okay to put your arm around Hotch while you both were sleeping.

Of course you thought he was attractive, but he was also your boss. It's not like you were used to sleeping in a bed with him, you always slept on the couch when you stayed over. You got up, put on your slippers, and headed out of the tent to get some coffee and shake off that experience.

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Reid always woke up early. For the first few seconds after opening his eyes, he felt better about the crazy thoughts he was having last night. He assured himself he only liked y/n as a friend and Hotch had just helped her out, there was nothing going on between them. He felt calm, like his normal self again. Until he opened his eyes.

He looked around and saw her sleeping right next to Hotch, with her arm over him. His body filled with rage and once again he asked himself why. Yesterday morning he woke up with her cuddled next to him, and now Hotch would? He could've sworn he made up whatever was going on between them two, but maybe he was right before. Maybe you were seeing each other and didn't want anyone on the team to know. If they were, why should Reid care?

As soon as the thought crossed his mind he hated himself. Did he really have feelings for y/n? Why hadn't he realized it until now? Now she might be with someone and there was nothing he could do about it. What if that was the problem exactly? Reid had never cared when y/n told stories about her one night stands and bad dates because she had no intention of seeing those men again. He was jealous because if she was with Hotch, it was serious, and nothing like all the other guys.

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Hotch woke up before y/n did, but when he saw her arm around him he didn't move and pretended to still be asleep. It was probably just a habit from sleeping next to someone. But what if...

No.

She was y/n and he was Hotch. She was so helpful with Jack, and he was her superior. He knew she felt nothing for him, still that didn't stop him from wondering if he felt something for her.

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When you stepped outside you joined everyone from the other tent for breakfast and coffee at the table. As you ate and talked, the other 3 eventually came out and ate too. JJ said there was a place nearby that had hot springs and little waterfalls. Her and Garcia really wanted to go, it sounded fun to you too so when everyone finished eating you all went back to the tents to change.

When it was your turn to change, you opened your bag and grabbed an emerald green two piece bathing suit. The top was just two simple triangles that tied around your neck and the bottoms were plain too, tying at the sides of your hips. You put it on and then black cotton shorts and a light pink cropped tank. You left your hair down, put on some mascara then placed sunscreen, chapstick, your towel, and a book into your tote bag. You threw your rectangle sunglasses on the top of your head before walking out to join the others in the car.

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When you got to the hot springs, you laid out your towel and set your bag on top of it. Morgan threw his shirt on the ground and jumped right in. Everyone else was busy settling their things when you took off your shirt and shorts to put on sunscreen.

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Holy fuck 

Spencer thought to himself as he watched y/n undress until she was only in her bathing suit. He knew she was hot but after admitting to himself that he had feelings for her it was completely different.

"Can someone help me put sunscreen on my back?" Y/n asked looking around the group and holding out the bottle for anyone to grab.

Reid saw Hotch start to walk over, so he lunged forward and grabbed the bottle from y/n's hand. Hotch gave him a look and then walked back to where he was before. As he started rubbing the lotion on her back, Spencer slightly massaged her. He respected Hotch, but he wasn't gonna let him have y/n without a fight.

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"Uhh everything okay Spence?" You asked as he put the lotion on your back.

"Yep all good," Spencer said as he peeked his head over your shoulder and gave you a smile.

After a couple of minutes of letting the sunscreen dry, you joined Morgan and Prentiss in the water. You floated on your back while the warm rays of sun hit your skin. It felt so peaceful.

And then someone splashed you. You opened your eyes to see Reid and Derek splashing water at you and Prentiss. In retaliation, the both of you started splashing back while all four of you laughed. As the water fight carried on, eventually you felt Spencer grab your waist, lift you out of the water and toss you. You looked at him in disbelief, he was a lot stronger than you had expected. As more of the team joined you in the water the splashing and laughing continued. After a little while you got out to get a drink of water and walked over to the towels where only Hotch sat.

As you walked over and sat down next to him he said, "Look at this picture Jessica sent me," as he turned his phone to face you. You immediately smiled as you saw the picture of Jack and Jessica's dog.

"He's too cute, I can't wait to see him when we get back."You hadn't heard someone walking up from behind you.

Reid cleared his throat, "Is there something going on between you two? I wasn't going to say anything but it just feels like something is different."

Your eyes widened after he spoke. "Spence are you crazy? You think we're seeing each other because Hotch showed me a picture of his son?" You were suddenly very annoyed. Of course you had occasionally thought about Hotch like that before, but it was just because you thought he was hot. Who didn't? That didn't mean you had feelings for him. And who was Spencer to be asking questions like that? Even if you were dating Hotch, you wouldn't want everyone to know. You really hoped Hotch wouldn't get paranoid about the others and start shutting you out.

"Reid I don't think that's an appropriate question to ask." Hotch tried to defend the two of you a little more calmly than you had.

Spencer felt embarrassed and shook his head, "I- I have no idea what got into me, I'm sorry. I had no right asking that, I just felt like something was off." He turned and started to walk away.

You sighed and stood up to start walking after him. "Spence, what is going on with you? All day you haven't been acting like yourself."

"I know I know, it's just that-" He paused as if he knew what he wanted to say but couldn't. "It's nothing okay, I'm sorry again." He headed back to the water where the others were. At this point you were extremely confused. Your friendship with Hotch might be ruined because of Reid's accusation and for some reason Spencer was overly concerned with your love life.