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At 21, you were the sharp-tongued defense prodigy who dismantled Aaron Hotchner’s pristine federal cases just to watch the muscle tick in his jaw. At 29, hardened by four years running counterintelligence in the shadows of CIA, you’re transferred into his BAU like a Trojan horse; a political asset with a legendary last name and everything to prove. He expects an arrogant rival planted by Strauss to monitor his command, you expect an unyielding ex prosecutor who still believes the law can save everyone.
Neither of you expects the silence between you to speak so loudly.
From tracking lethal syndicate transit lines in the Idaho rain to unearthing 40 years of buried coastal blood beneath a Maine lighthouse, the friction quickly mutates into an unspoken, lethal sync. You become the invisible shield guarding his compromised flank and the physical toll he hides from the team; he becomes the steady, immovable anchor keeping you from losing yourself to the violence.