[Criminal Minds] years before love

"Hello, Agent Hotchner." Shearer gave a self-consciously perfect smile and pulled the chair out for him. "Sit down and talk. If you want something to drink, um, I think you're more familiar with this place than I am?"

Hotch narrowed his eyes defensively, he hated the other's gaze, "No need."

"Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"What?" Hotch raised his eyebrows in astonishment, he didn't feel the expected hostility and oppression, on the contrary, Shearer was quite gentle, "I'm afraid you need to remind me."

"Take it easy." Shearer patted him. "You can trust me."

"Agent Shearer, I really don't know what you want to say." Hotch emphasized his tone, even if there was indeed some inappropriate behavior, he would never hand himself over.

"I understand your difficulties, but please believe that we will not sit idly by."

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Hotch couldn't bear it, Shearer was clearly implying that he was an accomplice or a victim in something, and he really didn't feel like he had any such issues that needed to be investigated, "Please Just say it."

The other party stared at him for a while, and put his hands on his shoulders, "We accidentally found out that you seemed to have suffered some physical injuries when reviewing the confession of a case, and it was not mentioned in the medical report or your case report. .”

Hotch frowned, tensed, "I don't understand."

"This was brought to our attention, Agent Hotchner, we believe this is not your fault, but would like you to tell us what happened."

Hotch blinked puzzledly, "If you've ever been involved in field work, you'll understand that it's not surprising that occasional injuries in this job are not all from criminals, and if I can handle it myself, of course it won't all be included in the report-- I don't recall ever being hurt that I need to mention."

Shearer curled his lips, "Do you remember a former FBI agent named Benjamin Green?"

Hotch still didn't change his expression, "Of course. He was arrested for kidnapping and murder."

"Benjamin Green mentioned in his testimony that you spent some time alone with his partner Jones, and Jones admitted to using drugs on you."

"I was tested at the hospital and had a blood sample taken," Hotch admitted, nodding. "If you want me to testify about this, there's no problem."

"But you didn't report Jones inflicting any other bodily harm on you." Shearer leaned toward him, looking him in the eye.

Hotch didn't dodge, but frowned slightly, "Jones didn't do me any other physical harm, and the hospital confirmed that, and I actually think he's going to let me go after he's done with Green."

"But Benjamin Green doesn't think so."

"Why would you believe a deranged serial killer." Hotch laughed mockingly.

"Oh, our specialists assessed him and thought he knew exactly what he was doing."

"Of course." Hotch agrees, "He's not a schizophrenic type of perpetrator, and that's not the direction of his defense."

"Then we can only consider his testimony credible. Obviously, it does him no good to spread rumors about his companions harming the FBI agents." Shearer moved closer to him.

"Since it's Jones and I alone, I don't think Green has a reason to know what's going on, it's just his imagination," Hotch retorted.

"Agent Hotchner, he described you when he saw you and speculated that you were physically assaulted - to be honest, what he said sounded much worse than that."

Hotch panicked almost for a moment, but he looked normal, "Then he guessed wrong."

"I can understand that you don't want other people to know what happened, especially considering that the other party has been caught. After comprehensively reviewing the case and your resume, we think it is necessary to investigate what happened." Shearer still watched calmly He, "By the way, it's not the first time I've dealt with BAU."

"Jones didn't rape me, if that's what you're asking." Hotch sighed, looking resigned.

"I'm authorized to use polygraph equipment, Agent Hotchner, but I would like more cooperation from you."

"Let's do a polygraph then," Hotch replied without hesitation.