Author's Note: This story here is dedicated to my special woman since she demanded I do a story to this song title. I hope that I do it justice baby. If I don't you can punish me as you see fit.
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or the song I've Loved Enough to Know by Deana Carter.
Song Title Prompt: I've Loved Enough to Know by Deana Carter.
Hotch shook his head at Emily. He couldn't believe that she actually thought he didn't know what he was talking about. After all he had been married before so he was one hundred and fifty percent sure that he knew what he was saying. He wished that he could get it through her thick head though. He has always admired her stubbornness but it was at times like this he wished that she was not as stubborn as she was.
"I know what I'm talking about Emily. I've loved enough to know and I'm telling you that I am completely in love with you. I want to make you mine in every way that there is possible. I want to go to sleep with you by my side at night and I want to wake up with you in my arms in the morning. Why can't you believe me? Or better yet why don't you believe me?" Hotch said exasperated. He felt as if he was talking to a brick wall and he didn't like the feeling at all. He just wanted to take her into his arms until it sunk in that what he was telling her was the truth and the Gods honest truth at that.
Emily wanted nothing more than to believe what Hotch was telling her. It felt as if she has loved him since she meant him again. She was scared though of letting him and of loving him. If he loved her like she loved him then she could end up hurt or he could and she wasn't so sure that she could live with that. Then again whoever it was that said it was better to have loved and lost than to never love at all must have known what they were talking about. She knew that she was being stubborn and she knew that she was hurting him by being stubborn. She took in a deep breath and then finally took a step towards him which brought her body as close to his as she could get.
She took in a deep breath and then let a smile overtake her face. "I do believe you Hotch. And I do love you too. I'm just scared. If I admitted to you how I felt and I accepted how you felt then I have a greater chance of becoming hurt but I'm not going to fight it anymore. I love you and I want you. I've loved enough to know that what I am feeling for you is more than just something that is going to go away even if I'm not with you. I will always love you and rather if I am with you or apart from you I will love you. So I would rather love you up close than love you from a distance."
Hotch smiled at that and pulled Emily against him as his head bent and his lips captured hers in the sweetest kiss either of them has ever experienced.