Aaron shot up in bed. Breathing heavily, he realised it was just a dream... the same dream he'd been having since the age of 12, it was always the same. The only difference was that as he grew older, the people in his dream got older too. He laid back down and looked at his phone on his bedside table, it read 5 am. It was an hour before he had to get up and get ready for work. He decided there was no point trying to go back to sleep, he'd just have another dream.
He started getting lost in his thoughts, thinking about what this dream meant... well, he knew what it meant but there was an ongoing battle going on between his brain and his heart. Wandering if he should just get it over and done with, just tell everyone.
'Well, maybe not everyone', he thought to himself, imagining his families reaction. Especially his mothers.
At the very least he was considering telling the team, they were the closest thing he had to a 'real' family. Maybe not all 6 of them at once though. He got out of bed and made his way to his home office, he walked over to a set of drawers and dug out a notepad and pen. He sat down at his desk and started to make a list of who he was going to tell, in what order he was going to tell them and the reasons for why he was going to tell them.
He wrote:-
Emily
I decided I would probably tell her first because she is my best friend, along with David of course. Not only is she my best friend, she's like a sister and I know that no matter what, she would love me, just like I love her.
David
Other than Emily, David was my best friend. Scratch that, Dave was like an uncle to me, although I'd never tell him that. Can't let his ego get too big. He had mentored me and shown me the ropes, so to speak. We are extremely close... and I just hope we remained that way after my secret is revealed.
JJ
JJ is like my little sister. I've always wanted a little sister to be honest and now that I have one, I really don't want to lose that. I know I need to tell her and I will, I just don't know when.
Penelope
Penelope will be easy to tell. She's probably the most open-minded person on this list. They're all open-minded but Penelope is just more culturally aware of issues such as mine. She would also never judge me and I love her for that.
Spencer
Spencer is my annoying little brother/nephew that no one asked for but are extremely grateful to have him. To be honest, I'm telling him for the same reasons I'm telling Penelope. He'll probably just give everyone a lecture for about 45 minutes and we'll let him because we love him.
Derek
Derek will probably be the most difficult person to tell on this list. Not because I'm expecting a bad reaction but because of everything he's been through in his life. I don't want to trigger any bad memories and I really don't want to damage our friendship over something like this.
Aaron set his pen down and leaned back in his chair. He picked the notepad up and carefully read over everything and decided that that would be enough for now, if he decided to add anyone else to his list later then he would. He placed the pad back on the table and looked at the clock on the wall, it read 5:45 am, so he decided to start getting ready for work. He tore the page he'd been writing on from the notepad and took it to his bedroom with him.
He put the piece of paper down on his dresser and walked to his en-suite bathroom. He started thinking about the dream he'd been having again. Even just thinking about it for a split second made his penis begin to harden and soon enough he looked down and there was a definite tenting in his pants. He took off his pyjama pants and turned on the shower. He waited for it to warm up before getting in.
He took care of all the essentials first, so he grabbed his bottle of shampoo and squirted a little bit into his hand. He began massaging it into his hair and then stepping back into the stream of water to rinse it out. He then grabbed his body wash and poured that into his hands. Down his arms, across his hairless chest and down his flat stomach before finally bending over to do his legs. After standing upright and washing off the excess soap, it's time to get down to business.
[Explicit content - I post this story over at Archive Of Our Own under the name 'Hotch4Life; if you would like to read it.]
Wrapping a towel around his waist, he walked up to the bathroom mirror and looked at his reflection. He grabbed a comb from the bathroom counter and attempted to tame his hair. Once that was over with, he looked at his 5 o'clock shadow/stubble and decided he liked how it looked and thought he might try out a new look for work. Having made this decision he walked back to his bedroom and began to dry off, he then dropped the towel and picked out his clothes for the day. Black pants, white shirt, black blazer... something was missing though, he wanted a splash of colour. He went over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of neon pink and yellow boxer-briefs and pulled them up his legs and proceeded to pull on the rest of his clothes before finally picking out a simple, black tie.
Aaron checked the time on his phone again and saw that it was 6:45 so he quickly pocketed his phone, grabbed his list from the dresser and went into the living-room. He saw his briefcase sitting on the coffee table so he put the list neatly inside, closed it and picked it up. Lastly, he took his car keys and walked out of his apartment and made his way to the office, ready to get the day over with.
