I Think I Need Help (Hotch xOC) Pt 6
Alright, so 1, I dropped a hint to another favorite show of mine at the end. So, if you know what it is based off of that, I shall give you a cookie.
But no real warnings for this chapter, just some nice old drama.
So, enjoy <3
I have no idea what time it was, but I woke up in a panic. Someones arm was around my waist, and I felt someone laying behind me. I slowly tried turning, but the persons grip on my waist tightened. I tried to loosen his arm, but seriously, they had such a strong grip.
I don’t do this. I don’t fall asleep at random peoples houses, but here I am. Doing exactly that.
As I started to regain more consciousness, flashes from last night came back to me. I remembered telling Reid so much, and falling asleep in his lap. I remembered feeling safe, and obviously comfortable enough to get some sleep. I glanced at my watch seeing that it was now 6:45. Crap, we have to be at work in just over an hour.
“Spence…” I whispered, trying to move. Nothing.
“Spencer.” I said a little louder. Still nothing.
“Hey Spence, we have work.” … why am I not surprised that there was still nothing. But at least my wiggling around somewhat loosened his grip on me. Enough that I was able to roll over and see his face.
Holy. Shit. He was adorable. His nose was slightly scrunched, and it was…. No Sam. No. Do not start thinking of him like this. Not until you figure out what is going on with Aaron.
“Spence… wake up.” I said again, this time tickling his nose slightly.
That finally did it. I saw his eyes open a bit.
“Wha…” He started.
“We got to get to work.” I smiled at him.
“Sam… I…” He was trying to figure out how we got here.
“You know, usually a guy takes me out to dinner first before I spend the night.” I laugh a little bit, causing him to start turning slightly red.
“You just looked so comfortable and I didn’t want to move and wake you up. I really shouldn’t have..”
“Spence, I’m kidding.” I cut him off. I didn’t want to tell him I actually liked the feeling of him holding me.
“Oh, okay.”
“Now, how do you want to do this.” I started. “I can take you into work so you’re not late by taking the metro, but we’d have to stop at my house first so I can shower and change.”
“That’d be great actually.” He smiled.
“Okay, so as much as I am extremely comfortable right here, I think you need to move to get ready first.” I laughed a little bit.
“But, I’m pretty comfortable too.” He started, “I think you should be the first to move.” Intentionally or not, his grip around my waist tightened just a bit.
I don’t know why, but I didn’t want him to move. I didn’t want to move.
“Or, we could both call in sick and spend the day here. However, I think the team will probably think we’re off having….” I trailed off, slightly turning red at the thought of where my mind went.
At that, Spencer moved.
“Okay, lets get ready for work.” I missed the feeling of his arm around my waist, but it was probably for the best. Theres going to be enough questions about the 2 of us coming in together after leaving together the night before.
While Spencer was in the shower, I checked my phone. I saw that I had a new voicemail from Aaron.
I didn’t even listen to it, I just called him back.
“Sam?”
“Hey Aaron, what’s up? I saw you called.”
“Where are you? I went by your place last night to see if you made it back okay and your car wasn’t there.”
“Okay, 1, that’s kinda weird that you drove by to check on me. You’re not my dad or my boyfriend. You don’t have the right. 2. You didn’t talk to me for almost a month. You lost the right to care.”
“Sam, I’ve been dealing with..”
“No. You don’t get to blame Haley for that. We were friends before we did whatever we were doing. You should have been able to trust me. Unless what, did Haley find out and you hate me now?”
“No she didn’t…”
“Hey Sam, I’m ready to head out when you are.” Spencer said as he stumbled out of the hallway.
“Are you at Reids?” Aaron asked.
“We’ll talk later.” I hung up the phone on him, trying to put a smile on my face, hoping Spencer won’t notice.
“Everything okay?” He looked slightly concerned.
“Yeah, let’s go.”
It didn’t take long to get back to my house, and I let Spencer explore while I showered and changed. We actually started talking a bit about Doctor Who on the way back to the office, since he saw a Tardis statue on my desk.
As we got back I saw JJ running around, getting a case file together.
“Agent Shan, can I see you really fast?” Aaron called from his office. Spencer reached over and squeezed my hand lightly before heading to his desk. I made my way up to Aarons office.
“Okay, Aaron.” I said as I closed the door. “I’m listening.”
“Haley didn’t leave me because of you. She left me because I was choosing the job more than her and Jack.”
“Yeah, it’s something we all do. Choose the job more than everything else.” I shrugged. “I am sorry to hear that she left you.”
“It also wasn’t fair of me to just cut you off. I blamed you because it was easier than realizing I’ve been ignoring my family. For that, I’m sorry.”
“Aaron, enough with the apologies. I’m sorry I snapped at you when you really just needed time. I guess with everything we did, I didn’t want to lose my best friend.”
“So, let’s forget what happened, you can date whoever you want, and we just go back to being friends.” He looked at me, and it seemed like he was conflicted about the idea. But it would make life so much easier.
“Friends it is then.” He stood up, and so did I. He hugged me to him tight.
“Good, now we have a new case. We should get out there.”
When I sat down at the round table, I chose the seat right between Aaron and Spencer. Maybe this was for the best, I could move on from Hotch and maybe see if there’s something there with Spencer. But part of me wished he fought for us instead of just agreeing to friends only. Like I wanted to mean more to him than that.
“Alright, so this case we have here is a bit different from what we normally see.” JJ started, distracting me from my thoughts. “The media calls this case ‘The Northside Strangler’. He initially started his killings in Chicago where the locals were unable to apprehend him. However, the exact same MO has just appeared in 2 Florida killings. A local from Chicago is already in Palm Glade where she is assisting on this case. However, we were called in to help figure out who he is and stop him before more victims appear.”
As we all looked at pictures of the victims, one thing becomes apparent.
“The eyes are…” I start.
“A possible sign of regret, he doesn’t want to see the look of probable terror in his victims eyes after he’s done.” Spencer finishes.
“Alright everyone, wheels up in 30 minutes.” Aaron finishes, as we all run around to get our bags.
Looks like we’re heading to Florida.
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