[Criminal Minds] years before love

"I want to reiterate that we are not accusing you, Agent Hotchner." Shearer set up the lie detector equipment and looked at Hotch seriously. Honestly, please tell me what happened."

Hotch motioned for him to attach the device to himself, "You'll know every word I say is the truth."

Shearer shook his head, strapping various monitors to him, "I think you know what this is. I'm going to ask you some questions, just answer yes or no. Got it?"

"Understood." Hotch nodded, finding a comfortable position and leaning against the back of the chair.

"Is your name Aaron Hotchner?"

"Yes."

"A FBIBAU agent?"

"Yes."

"Is Jason Gideon your boss?"

"Yes."

"Are you at odds with your boss?"

"No."

"Were you involved in the Benjamin Green serial murder case?"

"Yes."

"Did you participate in the investigation from the beginning?"

"No."

"Were you recruited during the case investigation?"

"Yes."

"Did Gideon ask you to go?"

"Yes."

"Did you know about Green's inappropriate relationship with his partner Jones?"

"know."

"Do you think that's why he killed the man?"

"No."

"Would you criticize the relationship?"

"meeting."

"During the course of the case, you were alone with Jones, weren't you?"

"Yes."

"Did he drug you?"

"Yes."

"Did Jones violate your body?"

"No."

"Did you falsify the medical report?"

"No."

"Do you want to leave BAU?"

"Do not."

……

After a question that was so long that it made Hotch drowsy, Hotch suddenly felt Shearer pause for a few seconds, as if preparing his emotions.Then he heard questions that almost horrified him.

"Did Agent David Rossi touch you?"

He glanced up at Shearer, who was staring at him, and he replied calmly, "Yes."

Shearer became visibly excited, "Can you elaborate?"

"Yes." Hotch replied without any hesitation.

Shearer was still watching him, waiting for him to continue.

And Hotch looked back at him innocently, as if waiting for the next question.

"Tell me."

"Yes or no." Hotch shrugged. "You said so."

Shearer reached over and turned off the device. "The polygraph is over. My apologies for my suspicions, Agent Hotchner, you didn't lie. So—go to the details, I promise we won't let this go by."

Hotch smiled, and reached out to pull off the tape with him, "Agent Shearer, maybe you don't interact with your colleagues. But David Rossi is my colleague, we have been on many field trips together, and we will inevitably run into each other .”

It wasn't until this moment that the instrument had completely left his body that his heartbeat began to accelerate.

Shearer looked at him and shook his head again, "You know I don't mean that. As I said before, it's not the first time I've dealt with BAU. May I remind you that David Rossi is not the first time we've been investigated by us."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we believe Agent David Rossi has used his position to make inappropriate demands on you. And you have nothing to fear, we will protect you."

"That's a completely false allegation." Hotch took a deep breath and glared at him. "I haven't received any inappropriate requests."

"It doesn't matter how he explains it to you, Agent Hotchner, we've looked at your case record and we trust you to know right from wrong." Shearer stood in front of him.

Hotch shook his head and looked at him with a gentle smile. "Agent Shearer, this is not a very good strategy. I repeat, this is a completely false allegation."

"Agent Hotchner, let me remind you that I found quite suspicious marks on you just now."

"I'm a normal adult single male, I don't think those marks should be called suspicious." Hotch frowned.

"Perhaps, you are interested in sharing our previous investigation report on David Rossi?" Shearer smiled, reaching out and handing him a rather thick folder, "It's not blank paper, you can read it yourself."

Hotch hesitated for a second, and quickly flipped through the documents in his hand. It was indeed not a blank page, and the words that occasionally caught his eyes made him quite uncomfortable, but he still smiled, "It has nothing to do with me. Agent Rossi may There have been issues, but he hasn't done anything inappropriate to me."

Shearer stared at him for a while, then suddenly asked, "Did he abuse you?"

"No, in any sense." Hotch met his gaze without fear.

Shearer sneered, "You're covering for him."

"If he did abuse me, why would I do it?"

"You are afraid of him."

Hotch shrugged. "I'm not afraid of him."

"I'll talk to Agent Rossi, and to be honest, most of the time he's actually very cooperative. So I suggest you think again." Shearer stared at him. "For your own sake, trust me, work with us...for you There is no harm in the future."

Hotch was noncommittal, and Shearer patted the file in his hand, "Take a look."

Then he turned and walked out the door.