[Criminal Minds] years before love

Rossi regretted it when he woke up.He was woken up by Miller calling into the guest room to ask when he was coming to answer their phone. He glanced blankly at the clock, only to realize that it was already past the time he was supposed to wake up.

And Hotch was still asleep.

That's not normal, usually Hotch has an exceptionally precise biological clock and will always get up and tidy up before the time to wake up. Rossi rushed forward to hug him, only to find that his body temperature was a bit high.

Hotch, who was disturbed by him, quickly opened his eyes, only glanced at the light coming from the gap in the curtain, and immediately sat up, his movements were not affected in any way, "Did I oversleep?"

Rossi looked at him, hesitating for a while whether he should call Miller to change the ticket, "Are you okay?"

"What?" Hotch pulled his arms around his waist, "Dave, let me take a shower."

Rossi reached out and grabbed him, "Aaron, you have a fever."

Hotch shook his head calmly, "To that extent yesterday, tissue repair will inevitably cause fever, it doesn't matter."

Rossi leaned over to kiss him.

Hotch froze, and took his hand with a wry smile, "Dave, if I do it again, I'm afraid I'm really going to the hospital."

I don't know if it's because of being in the cold away from BAU, or because of Hotch's unusual enthusiasm after being affected by something, the two of them probably vented all their physical strength and emotions.At the moment Hotch's back is still full of redness and bruises from the whiplash, and the bruises on his wrists and neck from the restraints are also quite obvious.

"Just a good morning kiss. I don't think you're in the right condition for a long flight." Rossi let him go and sat up. "Are you going to take a few days off?"

"It's not a big problem." Hotch stuffed the clothes that had been thrown all over the place into a suitcase and found a new one, "And Gideon knows that you haven't gone back after the matter is settled, so won't he accuse you of traveling with public funds?"

Rossi sighed and watched him go into the bathroom without saying anything.He was thinking about the last time he was on the verge of such a possible accident, and his memory was far away and a little fuzzy.But at least he still remembered that the last time was the same as this time, with the same person.

very dangerous. Rossi said silently to himself.The relationship between him and Hotch has been followed by Gideon. Although Hotch didn't say it clearly, both of them knew in their hearts that Gideon would blame far more than such a trivial matter as going back two days late. Judging from Hotch's current physical condition, the two of them This obviously cannot stand the investigation.

In the end Hotch slept through almost the entire flight, and Rossi nervously finished the case report by his side, occasionally poking his forehead.

"Dave, where are you going?" After getting off the plane, Hotch sat in the passenger seat and watched the scenery outside the window getting more and more remote. It was definitely not the way back to BAU.

"Go home." Rossi glanced at him, "Lie down."

"We're supposed to go back to the BAU, and we have reports to write." Hotch frowned. "Besides, this is not the way back to my house."

"Go back to my house." Rossi turned into the alley, "I'm going back to BAU, but you don't need it today, I'll give you a vacation."

"Dave, I can work." Hotch sat up straight. "I've been asleep almost all day."

Rossi was unimpressed, "I know you're fine, but you've got a fever and you're covered in injuries. I don't want to risk Jason finding out and making you go back to work right now. You can finish the report at home and I'll bring The medicine is back."

Hotch curled his lips in displeasure, but he didn't refuse.

He knew he wasn't in good shape, he had done too much the day before, and his body was repairing itself too fast, and the energy drain really made it hard for him to concentrate on doing other things.

"How would you rate me?" Hotch rummaged through the car for a while to find a bar of chocolate, bit half of it himself and handed the rest to Rossi.

"Oh, don't worry about that." Rossi swallowed what was in his mouth and smiled, "I can find a template and change it as I like."

"Will Gideon believe it?" Hotch was silent for a second, not quite agreeing with this proposal.

"Jason won't. But it doesn't matter if he doesn't believe it." Rossi leaned the car against the door. "He won't take us seriously."

"You really don't have to explain it to Gideon?" Hotch took the luggage and knocked on his car window, "He seems to have some misunderstandings about our relationship."

"Aaron, get out of my business with him." Rossi glared at him and beckoned him into the house.

Looking at Hotch's back, Rossi sighed.He's not sure what Gideon thinks, but he thinks Hotch clearly misunderstood his relationship with Gideon.

He admitted that he had put a lot of thought into wanting to be with Gideon, but after years of work and the inevitable differences and rivalries, a lot of that had been worn away.But he also knew that Hotch wasn't wrong, at least he and Gideon were really bitter, and he really didn't know how to explain the reason for their separation.

However, he knew very well that he couldn't end up with Hotch at a time like this, and he needed to figure out something, since he had led Hotch in a direction that could never be called the right one, he had to at least solve this problem.