Team Bonding [reader x spencer x hotch]

14-longest night

For the rest of the day, Hotch stayed as separated from the team as he could. After leaving the conference room earlier, you and everyone else made sure Spencer was okay. You also apologized over and over again since it was probably your fault, but he didn't blame you. You understood how Hotch could be irritated, and you did mess up by sending him the picture instead of Reid, but that didn't mean the way he acted was acceptable.

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"Morgan and I are going to grab a drink at the hotel bar before heading up to our rooms if anyone wants to join." Emily spoke to the whole team as you walked into the hotel lobby. You obviously weren't going to get wasted since you had to be back at the police station early tomorrow. But it was only 10pm, and sometimes when cases were really taking a toll on you guys, everyone would just have one drink and talk to wind down.

You headed to the bar with them and were surprised to notice everyone else following. Hotch, JJ, and sometimes Spencer would usually pass and go straight to bed. You avoided Aaron's eyes when you turned to check. He sat on the far end of the group next to Rossi, you and Spencer on the complete opposite side with everyone else in the middle. As you sipped your cosmo, you started to feel a pit in your stomach. Guilt.

You weren't sorry that you had sex with Reid, Hotch would just have to get over that. You were sorry about the way you guys argued earlier. You could get so worked up about things and angry so easily, but when people yelled back at you it was hard not to cry. The alcohol must have been getting to your head, you snapped out of it and remembered he yelled first. None of this was your fault. Still, you couldn't help peeking over to glance at him.

He was sitting facing forward, staring at his glass and swirling the dark brown liquid around. He wasn't paying attention to any of the conversations going on. His eyes shot to the side as he felt your gaze, forcing you to turn back to face Spencer again. You were worried about how the argument made him feel, but you didn't want him to know you knew watching him.

All these emotions you were feeling were too much, you waved the bartender over and ordered one more drink. Having two drinks wouldn't leave you hungover, and after the day you had you decided it was okay to indulge a little. You tasted your new drink and laughed at a joke Reid made, suddenly everything was a little more funny. Your laughter was cut off by a buzz coming from your phone.

It was Hotch. You hoped he wasn't watching as you rolled your eyes. It was short and to the point like usual.

A: The three of us need to talk. I'll be waiting in your room in 5.

You showed the message to Spencer, careful to not let JJ who was sitting on the other side of you, see. When you looked up from your phone, Hotch was already gone.

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You and Spencer stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hallway to see Hotch, leaning on your doorframe. You grabbed your room key from your bag and unlocked the door. You stepped in and the other two followed, but not before double checking there wasn't anyone you knew in the hallway.

You shut the door and locked it, your head feeling slightly blurry. You only had two drinks so you certainly weren't drunk. You were slightly tipsy, but in the moment you were glad, you knew the conversation that was about to occur wasn't going to be fun.

You turned away from the door to see the two men standing at the side of your bed, neither of them sat down. You stood next to them, tension growing in the room, and waved a hand at Aaron, "So can you like say whatever was so important it couldn't wait until tomorrow?"

He could tell you were still mad at him, he was still angry too. His brows were furrowed and he looked the way he did at work. Unhappy and serious. "I...I wanted to say," it was taking everything for him to do this, but he knew he would have to, for y/n. "Sorry for what happened earlier. I acted inappropriately and said things that were insensitive. To both of you." His face didn't change.