What the hell is that? That can't be right. There is no way that my stoic boss has a tattoo? Is there?

But there it is, unless this is some weird dream. There is a tattoo on Hotch's chest, right his heart is. Morgan couldn't quite make out what it was. Hotch was turned just enough that he couldn't see all of it. It looked like a heart. Like the romantic heart that we draw, not the actual heart. What in the world is Hotch doing with a heart over his heart? Crap he sees me staring. What do I say? Just play it off as curiosity. "That's a nice tattoo you got. What is it?"

Hotch could feel Morgan staring at him before he looked up. He knew Morgan was staring at the tattoo on his chest. Probably having a coronary, there's no way I would ever have a tattoo right? Totally messes with the natural world order doesn't it Morgan? Well life is full of surprises. He almost smiled when he heard Morgan's bad attempt to cover up his surprise. "Morgan, some things are better a mystery." He turned around and put on his shirt.

"Hotch you can't leave me like this. You gotta tell me."

"Morgan, this like many things in life, your imagination would and will come up with some many better things than the truth could ever be. Why would I deny you that pleasure?"

"That's cold Hotch."

Hotch said nothing just walked off. But when his back was turned to Morgan he smiled.

What the hell was that? This is going to take some investigating. I'm going to need some help.

/

"Hey JJ, can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah Morgan what's up?"

"Did you know Hotch has a tattoo?"

JJ jaw dropped in shock. Wait did I just hear Morgan right? Hotch has a tatoo.

"I'm guessing by that look on your face, you didn't know."

JJ's voice didn't work so she shook her head instead. After a moment she found her voice. "What does he have a tattoo of? And where is it?" Her voice rose with curiosity and a questioning tone pervaded her words. "And how did you find out about it?"

Morgan rubbed his hand on his face. "Hotch's shirt got torn taking down the UnSub. I saw him with his shirt off, and as I was looking away, I saw something on his chest right about where his heart is. It was a Valentine's heart."

"So wait, he had a heart over his heart?"

"That's what it looked like."

"That's ... odd. ... I guess."

"There was something else, but I couldn't make out what it was."

JJ's eyes lit up as a memory came crashing back into her thoughts. "Ok that's weird cause the other day in the girl's locker room, I could've sworn Emily had a tattoo of a real heart, like the organ, over her heart."

"I knew you girls checked each other out in the locker rooms. I knew it."

JJ punched Morgan in the shoulder. "Will you get your mind out of the gutter? That's odd though right? Aaron and EMily having similar tattoos in the same spot?"

"That is odd. ... You don't think ..."

"No. ... We would have seen it right? I mean you guys are profilers. And I'm her best friend. She would have told me, right?"

"Ok we need to see if anyone else knows about this."

/

Later Hotch and Emily got a quiet moment to themselves. Emily quickly grabbed Hotch and held him tight. They didn't say anything for a few moments, just enjoyed each other's presence and the feel of their bodies together. Finally Hotch spoke, "Morgan saw my tattoo today."

Emily looked into Aaron's eyes, fear evident in her face. "Did he see the whole thing?"

Aaron smiled to reassure her. "No I think he just saw the heart. He didn't see anything else. He asked about it though."

"What did you say?"

"I told him some things in life are better a mystery."

"Did he leave it at that?"

"No. But that's all I gave him."

"He's not going to stop you know?"

"I know, but all he has is a tattoo. The rest of it isn't even on his radar."

Emily nodded and buried her head back in Hotch's chest. They knew they only had a few moments left before they were going to have to go back to pretending.

Hotch heard Emily gasp. "What is it?"

"I just remembered something. JJ saw my tattoo the other day in the locker room."

"Did she see all of it?"

"No, if she had she would have asked me a lot of questions. It's too obvious, if you see the whole thing."

"Yeah."

"But if she saw the heart, and it's location ..."

"And Morgan saw the same thing. They might put two and two together."

"They are going to be so pissed. Especially JJ and Garcia."

Hotch winced when he thought of them. They were going to feel so betrayed especially since the were such good friends with Emily. And she hadn't told them anything. "We don't have to tell them."

"Aaron, as good as we are, the team is going to be able to figure it out."

"Not necessarily."

"Why do I hear a plan forming in your voice?"

"Because a plan is forming. A plan that would be a lot of fun, and would throw the team off of our scent, for at least a little while."

"And how do you propose we do that?"

"We act like we are dating other people."

"What? That's a terrible idea. Where would we even find people to "date"? And if we did find them what would we say, "Hi would you like to play my pretend boyfriend so I can fake out my friends so they don't know I'm sleeping with my boss."

"Well we wouldn't have to phrase it like that. Look we get Patrick and Izzie to help us. We just tell them we want to test their acting in the real world. Tell them it's a game, and all in good fun."

"You think it will work?"

"Yeah we give you some pointers, the team will never know."

"You'll give me some pointers. What are you now Marlon Brando?"

"I was thinking more George Clooney."

"You keep telling yourself that, honey."

They lapsed into silence again. They could hear the clock ticking louder and louder. Finally Hotch pulled away. "It's time. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah."

"Or maybe later tonight, my bed gets cold without you." Hotch raised his eyebrows suggestively.

"You forget I'm sharing a room with JJ."

"Bring her along. The more the merier."

"Does that mean I can bring Dave to?" Emily smiled saucily.

"I think this time we can hold off on Dave's participation."

"I don't know it could be fun."

"Or not. So are you going to come?"

"That depends on how good you are."

"Ha ha, so yes, no tonight?"

"You know we can't."

"Fine, take away my fun. I love you."

"I love you."

They shared a quick kiss and then went their separate rooms. Hotch pulled out hs phone. "Patrick, hey it's Aaron. I got a favor I've got to ask you."

A/N I don't know I think Hotch and Emily might be OOC what do you think? Let me know, I'm trying to be as realistic as possible.