Title: Memories of hell, words of friends

A/N This is made for the Challenger on CCOAC

Pairing and situation: Dave and Hotch bond after a bad case

Didn´t have time to send it to my beta so all the mistakes are mine please forgive that.

Dave always knew the darkness, he used to believe still does actually that everyone that worked in the BAU had some demons, he knew he had his own but today he could see in the face of his best friend a glance of his.

The case had been brutal, their UNSUB killed six men before they found the pattern he was killing men that remind him of his father, a men that used to torture him and his mother, he was blind of one of his eyes and had large scars on his back, belt scars, the doctors told the team what they already knew he couldn´t be judge because in his mind he wasn´t killing the men but his father.

Aaron had been the one to question him and Dave saw when Tom started talking how Aaron could see himself in that boy, because Tomas Arthur was a young boy, Dave saw his friend nod with his eyes.

So when they were alone that day Dave knew that something was still bothering Aaron so he when to talk to him, big was his surprise when Aaron started first.

"I always knew"Aaron said

"what?" But Dave knew what Hotch was talking about

"when he was on those moods, I always knew it was in his eyes the rage, shinning in his eyes, I learned to fear the shinning in his eyes"

"yeah, I knew by the smell, he was a mean drunk, always started with my mom, then my sisters, never me, I was his pride"

"I always knew, I knew that something wasn´t right, he had these voice sometimes when he talked to my mother and I remember her eyes, the fear there and the next day she could barely walk, never heard the screams, until one day you know I was twelve and Sean has sick I remember going to their room and I was about to enter when I saw he was beating her with his belt, she was on her back and he was beating her, he back was almost purple but she didn´t scream and he didn´t care, so I went back to Sean´s room and I took him to mine and since that day I started to taunt him, because I knew that my mother was so broken that she would allow him to kill her, I started to make him angry at me I became his next target by choice so he would spare Sean, and then I left and I was worried because I knew Sean was next but somehow he got lucky and the son of a bitch die, so when he died I buried all this in me"

"but today when you heard..."

"everything came back and I was back with my father"

"but that´s not all isn´t it?"

"I could be him"

"NO"

"Dave..."

"NO"

"yes I could..."

"no and you know why? because you have your demons chained to a wall, I don´t live in fucking wonderland where everyone´s happy and we don´t have issues we´re all fuck up in a way, but you could never be an UNSUB because you care, because even when you grow up in hell you still care, I´m not a stupid man you´re beyond brilliant and could be winning millions by being an attorney but you work here catching monsters you care Aaron even when this fuck up world keeps giving you shit you still care to make it better for Jack and for those who you love, so no you would never be someone like TOM, because you care."

"thanks Dave"

"you´re welcome, now care to join me in some drinks"

"can´t Emily and Jack must be waiting for me"

"Whipped" Then an ex media liaison now someone currently very pregnant wife yelled.

"David Francesco Rossi where the hell are you?"

"coming dear"

With a smirk the very serious Aaron Hotchner told his best friend.

"you were saying DEAR"

And both left the office with a smile on their faces knowing that their memories of hell were always easiest being shared with friends.

THE END