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A/N: My newest fanfic. It takes place some time after "A real rain" and deals with the death of Elle's dad (at least at the beginning) and with the mixed feelings of two of our favorits profilers...
Memories
1.Just another case
Two days ago they had been called into an investigation in Charleston, West Virginia. A serial-killer was murdering men who worked for the law-enforcement. But now they had also to find the fifteen year old daughter of the last victim who vanished one day earlier.
They all had noticed that something was wrong with Elle. She was pretty quiet and had gone back to her behavior from when she had started working with the BAU – she was impatient as hell to solve the case.
In a quiet moment Hotch approached her.
"Hey Elle, may I have a word with you?" He looked at her and when she saw his eyes she knew that there was no way to avoid that conversation.
"Okay…"
They went to one of the offices of the local Police Department to be able to talk in privacy.
"Well, what's the matter, Hotch?"
He looked at Elle, let out a heavy sigh and answered :
"Actually, I could ask you that question…"
"What do you mean?!"
"Calm down, okay? You're not yourself since we work on this case."
"I'm fine, Hotch!" Elle interrupted him.
"Listen Elle, all I'm saying is that I'm there if you need someone to talk with – and that I would understand if you need a break…" He looked at her.
"Thanks, but I don't need any of it!" With that she turned around and left.
Hotch kept standing in the same spot and took a deep breath before following Elle back to the others.
Tbc
A/N: I hope you guys liked it, I will update soon...Please take the time to review!