First Case - LDSK
"On SWAT we broke shots down into three steps - one, front sight, focus on the front sight not the target, two, controlled trigger press, three follow through, after the shot you come right back to the target. Now what did you do wrong?" Hotch asked standing next to Reid in the shooting range, Hadrian sitting in a chair against the wall about three slots over.
"I didn't follow through," Reid responded pursing his lips.
"Right, you came off the target to see where you hit," Hotch said in agreement.
"Hotch, my firearms qualification is tomorrow morning, I barely passed my last one," Reid responded putting down his gun turning halfway to look at Hotch.
"Front sight,trigger press follow through. You do those 3 things,you'll hit your target every time," Hotch said moving towards the place where Reid stood and pulling out a gun. Reid put on his sound protective headphones as Hotch fired a single shot hitting the head of the target.
Reid picked up his gun again and fired a shot which landed right on where it would hurt the most.
"Did Elle teach you that?" Hotch asked amused.
"They're going to take away my gun," Reid said sounding disappointed.
"Profilers aren't required to carry," Hotch attempted to reassure.
"Yeah? And yet you carry two of them," Reid responded.
"He carries three," Hadrian chimed in from behind them. "May I?" he asked kneeling down.
Hotch nodded and Hadrian pulled the firearm from Hotch's shoe. He fired three consecutive shots, no headphones on and landed them all in the circle or on the edge of the 5x circle.
"When I joined the BAU, Gideon said to me, "you don't have to carry a gun to kill someone," Hotch said.
"I don't get it," Reid said confused.
"You will," Hotch said almost ominously.
"Reid failed his qualification," Elle said as Gideon walked in Harry trailing in after.
"He can retest in 2 weeks," Gideon responded gruffly.
"Yeah, but he's going to be embarrassed about it, so let's not mention it," Elle responded Hadrian nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, let's not, huh?" Gideon said looking straight at Morgan when he said this.
"Not a word," Morgan said raising his hands in surrender. Looking around he walked towards Reid.
"Agent Hotchner," Hadrian said approaching the man in his office.
"Yes?" he responded looking up from the files that covered his desk.
"Since I am only stationed here for six months, are there any boundaries that you want to set between me and the team?" Hadrian asked as if commenting on the weather.
"No...can I ask why," Hotch responded.
"Sometimes when I have a temporary transfer the Supervisory Agents prefer if I don't interact with their agents outside of cases, distance myself from the agents, or try to stay in the background during the case, or just do all of the paperwork-" Hadrian started to ramble making Hotch smile internally for the Reid similarities.
"That will not be necessary, nor should it had been warranted at your previous agency stations," Hotch said with a slight frown.
"Thank you sir," Hadrian said with a small smile.
Hotch simply nodded and went back to his paperwork after Hadrian softly closed the door behind himself.
Hotch smiled as Hadrian attempted to make Reid feel better by removing his guns and pitting them in a locked drawer in his desk. He couldn't tell what Hadrian said, but it made Reid smile.
Hadrian could be a good addition to the team, but he was too emotionally distant and didn't have any interactions with any team members besides Reid, Hotch pondered, looking down at the bullpen.
He would have to fix that.