[Criminal Minds] years before love

Hotch watched Shhearer enter Rossi's office without any hesitation, no surprise, of course he would not give them the time and opportunity to "collude".

And Hotch could only sigh secretly, and relax himself against the back of the chair, only he himself knows how much effort it took him to maintain the calmness he expressed.

Gideon pushed the door open, stopped a step away, and looked at him concerned.

"Are you okay, Aaron."

Hotch glanced at the documents Shearer left at hand, "To be honest, it's not very good."

He gestured to the thick stack of papers, and gave Gideon a rare wry smile, "Even if you know it's only used to disturb me, it will still... still be disturbed emotionally."

"David's previous investigation report?" Gideon glanced at it. "Well, in fact, you can read it. I can only say that David did have a bad reputation in some aspects and was investigated by the Professional Responsibility Office many times, but every time The final conclusion is that he should not be further punished."

"I know." Hotch didn't look. "I just don't want to see their names that much."

His eyes wandered to Rossi's office, worried.

"Don't worry too much." Gideon pressed his shoulders, "David has a lot of experience, and it's not the first time he has dealt with Shearer. He hasn't had a bad time."

Hotch nodded. "I hope so."

"Are you back together?" Gideon paused and asked in a low voice.

Hotch hung his head, and sighed after a while, "Jason, did I do something wrong?"

"No." Gideon patted him lightly, "If you've all figured it out, I wouldn't be happy about it, but it wouldn't be a mistake."

Hotch's eyes lingered on Rossi's office, "But the timing is really bad."

"So, Aaron, they charged you with unreported abuse, what happened?" Gideon pulled up a chair and sat down across from him.

"They got it wrong."

"Aaron, although they often make a fuss, they won't investigate without enough suspicious evidence." Gideon didn't let go immediately, "I want to help you, but you have to let me know what happened. Trust me."

"Really not." Hotch said seriously, "You should also believe me, if I was indeed hurt by the criminal suspect, I would never let go of this opportunity to crucify him."

Gideon didn't say anything more, and shook his head slightly, "Go ahead, we don't have any new cases for now."

Hotch hesitated for a moment, but still took the stack of investigation reports.He returned to his cubicle a little nervously, paying half his attention to Rossi's office - he sincerely hoped that Rossi wouldn't really say anything.

In the office, Rossi and Shearer were silently confronting each other.

Rossi looked coldly at Shearer, whose lips were pursed into a line and looked at him with extremely complicated eyes. After a full minute, he opened his mouth, "What do you want to do?"

"Agent Rossi, we meet again." Shearer smirked coldly.

"Yes, we met again. So don't put on a fake show, just tell me what you want to do." Rossi was not polite either.

"I have been tasked with investigating the abuse of Agent Aaron Hotchner of your department."

"As far as I know, no." Rossi narrowed his eyes. He probably understood where the rumor came from. Both Green and Jones were FBI agents, and of course they would explain everything during the interrogation.Since he was concerned about what Jones had done to Hotch, it was reasonable for the two detectives, who are experts in this area, to wonder if Hotch had been abused, based on the marks on Hotch at the time.

Shearer shrugged, seemingly not surprised by his answer, "In addition, I was also asked to investigate whether you had a personal relationship with him."

"When did we stop being friends with co-workers?" Rossi snorted mockingly, and he didn't need to think to know that Hotch would never admit it.

"You know what I'm talking about, as has been the case every time you've been investigated over the years."

"Then the end result will be the same as every time you investigate." Rossi glared at him.

"Are you admitting that you did have a relationship with him?" Shearer narrowed his eyes, "If it's like before."

"No." Rossi bit his lip slightly, "We didn't."

Shearer gave him a sideways look, clearly in disbelief.

Rossi looked at him without fear. He didn't care about admitting his relationship with Hotch, but he did have to face it-the director of the other department showed a strong interest in Hotch in a certain case. If he Admittedly, the other party is likely to transfer Hotch in a high-sounding manner.

And that's never going to be what Hotch wants.