After Hours
Chapter1- promises always get broken.
Reid stood by his car waiting for Hotch when he realized he forgot his suit case inside. He turns to walk back in when he sees Hotch come out with his case in his hand.
"Thanks Aaron" Reid said as he went to kiss Hotch on the cheek but Hotch turned his head.
"Ha got you" Hotch said while laughing.
"Come on lets go home" Reid said smiling.
Later that night Hotch and Reid were settling down to watch a movie. Hotch saw the boy sitting there looking so innocent. Hotch knew what he wanted and what he wanted was Reid. Reid looks at Hotch with his deep brown eyes.
"Is… everything ok?" Reid asked while sitting up too look at Hotch.
"It's just we never get to talk anymore about us our relationship or really about anything." Hotch replied. Reid sat there looking at Hotch.
"Ha relationship what relationship" Reid asked Hotch while looking immensely into Hotch's eyes.
"Hotch I love you I really do but unless we both try we wont be able to have any kind of relationship what so ever" Reid said in a loving tone.
"Are you saying that we shouldn't be together anymore?" Hotch asked almost crying.
"Only if that is you want to happen" Reid said softly while grabbing Hotch's hand hoping that he still loved him.
"Reid… Why… wait no what would make you think that, I told you I loved you and that I always will love you, but I think people are finding out" Hotch said while gripping Reid's hand in his.
"So what if people find out! Our love should mean more than people finding out" Reid Begged
"Our love means the world to me Spencer, YOU mean the world to me" Hotch assured him while wondering if Reid wanted him as much as he wanted Reid.
"Well than let them find out it shouldn't matter Aaron, I LOVE YOU! That is what should matter" Reid explained.
Hotch sat looking into Reid's intense eyes after a moment Hotch leaned in and kissed Reid.
"I LOVE YOU SPENCER! More than anyone could ever know" Hotch said in between kisses. Reid was to into the moment to say anything, moments later Reid gently sat Hotch up and looks at him.
"Promise me you love me" Reid asked wanting so badly to hear Hotch say it.
"I promise Reid" Hotch said before kissing him again.
"Shall we just turn in for the night than, it is getting pretty late?" Reid asked.
"I think that would be one of the best ideas you ever had" Hotch responded.
Reid and Hotch climbed into bed. Hotch moved closer to Reid so they were face to face. Hotch placed his hand on tops of Reid's and they fell asleep with there bodies entwined. The next morning Reid woke to the sound of the BAU team sitting at his table.
"Uhhhhh… morning everyone" Reid said surprised.
"Hey look if it isn't the boy genius" Morgan said while eating a pancake.
"Hotch can I talk to you for a second?" Reid asked. Hotch followed Reid into the bedroom and smiled.
"Why is everyone here?" Reid asked
"Today is the day Spencer!" Hotch said happily.
"The day for what?" Reid asked as he thought intensely for a moment.
"You were right, our love means more than a stupid secret, so I am going to tell them" Hotch replied
"Are… are you sure?" Reid asked making sure that this is what Hotch wanted.
"Positive" Hotch said while grabbing Reid's hand and leading him to the table where the team sat eating there breakfast.
"Guys there is something we need to tell you. Me and Reid well were kind of together." Hotch explained.
"DANMMIT!!!" Morgan shouted.
"You owe me 20 bucks PAY UP!!!!" Garcia prodded.
Morgan takes out his wallet and reluctantly hands Garcia a 20.
"Here" Morgan sighed.
"Told you Elle" JJ teased.
"Wait you all knew?" Hotch wondered.
"Yup everyone except for Gideon knows." Garcia said
'You guys are not as good as hiding secrets as you are profiling." Morgan said joking. That night they all went out for drinks and Garcia ordered a round of shots.
"To the happy couple!" Garcia said while sticking her tongue out at Reid.
"Thanks Garcia but if you do it again this boy genius is just going to have to hurt you!" Reid antagonized. Hotch placed a hand on Reid's lap to calm him down a bit and than noticed Hotch by placing his hand over Hotch's. Just than Hotch's cell phone rings. Hotch answered his phone,
"Hotch it is Gideon, gather up the team and bring them down to the office, and FINALLY!!!" Gideon said while hanging up the phone. Hotch sat there for a minute thinking what Gideon could possibly mean by finally.
"Guys Meet the Paranormal Research Society they are here helping us in a case. This is Ryan Buell, Sergey Poberezhny, Katrina Weidman, Elfie Music, Heather Taddy, and Chad Calek. P.R.S meet the BAU. This is SSAIC Aaron Hotchner, SSA Spencer Reid, SSA Jennifer Jerou, SSA Derek Morgan, and SSA Emily Prentiss, Penelope Garcia, and I am SSA Jason Gideon. Nice to meet you all" Gideon said in a welcoming tone. Ryan walks over to Hotch to introduce himself.
"I am Ryan Buell the Founder and Director of the Paranormal Research Society." Ryan explained.
"Nice to meet you I am SSAIC Aaron Hotchner" he introduced himself. Ryan looked at Hotch with a blank look on his face.
"SSAIC?" Ryan asked puzzled.
"Supervisory Special Agent In Charge, SSAIC" Hotch said while chuckling to himself.
"OH" Ryan added.
"If it makes it any easier call me Hotch or Hotchner" he added. Gideon went on to explain the case but Hotch really wasn't paying any attention to Gideon so he missed half of what he was saying. Hotch was to busy thinking about what Reid had said earlier that night. Aaron thought to himself Reid was right he wasn't trying as hard as Reid was at their relationship, suddenly Hotch's thoughts were interrupted when Gideon came over and started talking to him. Meanwhile Ryan was talking to Reid.
"Let you in on a little secret of mine." Ryan said.
"OK?" Reid replied sounding interested in what he had to say.
"You are not the only one" Ryan Explained.
"What do you mean?" Reid asked.
"I see the way you look at Agent Hotchner." He said
"What are you talking about he is my boss." Reid said trying to hide there secret the BAU team knew but how could Ryan possibly know as far as Reid remembered he had never met him before in his life.
"What I am trying to say is, well, you see Sergey over there? Well we are kind of together." Ryan said. Reid sighed in relief he felt that it would be ok if Ryan knew Ryan was not going to tell anyone.
"You are right, I am with Aaron." Reid finally said. But there conversation was cut short when Emily interrupted.
"As you all know yesterday was my last night with the BAU, but I am not going to leave Gideon short handed, I would like to introduce you all to my replacement, Gideon hired her yesterday, everyone this is Ashley Buell." Emily said. Everyone fell dead silent as they watched in AWW as she walked in. Ashley was small around Reid's age with straight black hair. Hotch was the first to introduce himself, Reid thought it was odd but think too much into it.
"I am SSAIC Aaron Hotchner but you can call me Aaron." Hotch said but was quickly pulled aside by Garcia. Ryan took Aarons place beside Ashley.
"HA, Jordan was right!" Ryan teased.
"ABOUT WHAT?!" Ashley asked.
"About you being a complete dork." Ryan said while hugging his sister.
"GEEE thanks and I guess mom was right, you are Gay." She teased back.
"WHAT?!" Ryan said with a look of panic.
"I was just kidding." She said
"OH" he replied.
"I missed you Ash" Ryan said being sincere.
"I Know, I missed me too" Ashley chuckled to herself.
"By the way does mom know?" she asked.
"About what?" he said.
"About you and Serge." She exclaimed.
"NO she would kill me if she….. Wait how did you know?" Ryan asked confused.
"Ry, I am a profiler I know everything and anything about you." She said. She was interrupted by Hotch.
"Ashley would you like to go out for a couple of drinks." Hotch asked.
"Sure I have had a long day I could use a few" Ashley said accepting his offer. She new that she felt something for the senior officer but she didn't know what to make of it so she just shrugged it off. That night they never returned home instead they stayed at a near by hotel. Ashley thought about what not going home was putting Ryan through he always was a worrier and never could go a length of time without hearing from a person and making sure they were ok. But her thoughts were abruptly interrupted by Hotch's Kiss. Hotch knew that what he was doing was not right but it felt so right after Hayley died he never dated another woman instead he was with Reid, so being with Ashley felt right to him more right than having the team know about him and Reid, Oh My God Reid, he was going to be waiting up for his return home. Hotch thought about going home until, Ashley's voice broke Hotch's train of thought. There was music playing in the background and Hotch heard Ashley singing along with the lyrics and decided to put his thoughts into a deep corner of his mind and go join her. They danced, they grinded and they just had plain old fun.
"I haven't had this much fun in years!" Hotch said while a smile crept up on his mouth. Ashley leaned her head up and seen that for once had a smile on his face.
"Wow, and Emily told me that you were not one for smiling" she laughed
"I guess you are the one that makes me smile" Hotch said just before lightly kissing her soft lips. And it indeed was Ashley that made him smile. It had never felt so right for him to be with another woman since Hayley's death but he had come to terms with the fact that not living his life was not going to bring her back.
"Lets get out of here, you and me we will go someplace that no one will ever find us" Hotch said happily.
"You mean just pick up and leave, but what about Reid, what about Ryan, what about your team, you can't leave them they need you." Ashley said in return.
"Reid will understand that I need sometime away that I need some distance, and as for my team they have Gideon he is what they need." Hotch begged
"I guess Ryan will just have to deal with it, that man really has to ease up on the whole "I am your big brother and you have to listen to me" gig." Ashley said while placing her hands on Hotch's neck and kissing him. And that was that they left without no one hearing from them or even Hotch calling in sick they just skipped town. They drove to the one place she knew Ryan would never think of going Home, Cory Pennsylvania. Especially after a brutal childhood Ashley hated that place. Hotch sat in the passenger seat thinking about not having anything to worry about being a free man, being with the person he truly had feelings for. After 2 years Hotch's feelings for Reid had lost their touch their relationship was dead as far as Hotch was concerned, soon Hotch found himself falling asleep as they drove down the highway, but was scared awake by his cell phone ringing, it was Reid.
"Hello?"
"Where the hell are you?" Reid demanded
"Nice to talk to you too" Hotch said
"Aaron this is not the time to be a smart ass, I have been worried sick about, you never came home" Reid sounded worried.
"I know that was the whole point" Hotch said
"What do you mean" Reid was getting impatient.
"I won't be coming home either, Spencer I need time to clear my head just give me a few days" Hotch begged. Than Hotch hung up the phone.
"Is everything ok… do you want to go back?" Ashley asked
"No I am where I want to be right here with you" Hotch replied while placing a hand on hers. They stay in Cory for a few days than decided they had to go back. When they returned it was like they were completely abandoned by everyone, no one ever said hi or welcome home they just sat at their desks.