I might come out of hiding during our Christmas break for a Hotch fic. Listening to a song has given me a very strong itch to write. Maybe I’ll write a few and post once a week.
Let me know: would you be open to other fandoms or should I stick to only Criminal Minds? If I did branch out what would you like to see?
A/N: Here it is! The final installment! Your patience through the days has been nothing short of amazing. I hope you all enjoy the last part! Without further adieu
Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence
Now I gotta wake it up The devil in me Gotta wake up, come back to life
It had been six months since Josh had been found, and his parole hearing would be coming up in a week. Technically the only thing he’d done wrong was the leave his holding house. He hadn’t come within a 500 feet of Elizabeth, there was no proof that he’d contacted her at all. All signs pointed he’d be paroled again, and Elizabeth would continue to live in fear.
“Hey baby.” She felt Aaron kiss the top of her head and sit in the chair next to her.
“Hi.” ELizabeth smiled, setting her steaming cup of coffee on the table in front of them. “I want to speak at Josh’s hearing.”
The statement caught Aaron by surprise and he stared at Elizabeth in wonder. He’d been trying to convince her to speak at the hearing for the past two months.
~ “How am I supposed to look that man in the face, Aaron! He broke my arm, he bloodied my face, he damn near broke my jaw. How, tell me how, am I supposed to be in the same room as that man.” ~
Aaron knew she should speak at the hearing, but he also knew that it would be nearly impossible to convince her of that. So the fact that she was bringing it up was a bit of a shock to him. He took a sip of his coffee and gently set it down.
“What made you change your mind?”
“You did.” Her voice was sheepish. “Aaron, not once have you given up on me. Never once have you questioned me, berated me, made me feel like I was less than you. You are the one who made me believe that I am worth something. He needs to know that he didn’t take that from me.”
Aaron studied her face for a moment before leaning forward and kissing her as deeply as he could, so that she would know just how much her cared, and just how much he loved her.
~ With shaky hands Elizabeth smoothed her skirt, while looking at herself in the mirror. Her wildly curly black hair was hanging at her shoulders. A simple dark green blouse tucked into a black pencil skirt. Black flats adorning her feet, she felt too imbalanced to even attempt a pair of heels.
“You’re going to be fantastic.” Elizabeth looked at Aaron’s reflection in the mirror. He was leaning against the door frame, arms folded in front of his chest in his usual suit attired, looking dapper as always.
“Where’s Jack?” Elizabeth turned around now, still smoothing her outfit nervously.
“He’s with Jessica, she just left with him. She says you’re gonna be great as well.” Elizabeth just smiled and walked forward, resting her head on Aaron’s chest, finding comfort in the sound of his steady beating heart. Where she had always, and will continue to find that comfort.
“We should probably get going.” She looked up and pressed a quick kiss to Aaron’s lips and he just nodded his head. Lacing his fingers through hers they walked down the stairs to the garage.
The ride was quiet, but not awkward. Aaron kept giving Elizabeth’s hand gentle squeezes as a reminder that he was by her side. Pulling to a stop Elizabeth felt the tears spring to her eyes at the small crowd of people waiting for her.
“Why is your team here?” Her voice cracked.
“They love you too, they want to be here to support you.”
Stepping out of the SUV she was greeted with hugs, and kisses on the cheek from each of the members of the team, even Spencer. With tears in her eyes, Elizabeth squeezed each of the team members as hard as she could, hoping to convey even a tiny percentage of how thankful she was for their support.
“Are you ready?” Garcia asked, holding her at arms length.
“Not at all, but I have all the support I need.”
~ “We call to the stand, Miss Elizabeth Carter.”
The ringing in Elizabeths ears was so loud she could barely hear Aaron telling her to get up and go. It was as if everything was moving in slow motion, her body moving up and out of the chair. Her feet stepping across the floor to the witness stand. After saying the oath Elizabeth took a deep shuttering breath.
“Miss Carter, can you please recount the events of the evening that put Mr. Stanis in prison.”
~ “What is this?” Josh’s voice was filled with rage as he entered the kitchen.
Eyebrows furrowed together Elizabeth turned to face him, his fist connecting with her face. Elizabeth tried not to show fear or anger, as that only taunted him more. She could tasted the blood in her mouth but she tried to ignore it.
“What is what?” She kept her voice as calm as she could.
“Don’t play dumb with me bitch, what is this.” He thrust her phone into her face, a text message with a friend from school displayed on the screen.
“It’s nothing, we’re working in a group for a school project, I told you this.”
“Are you fucking him?” His voice was seething.
“Excuse me?” Elizabeth couldn’t hide the bite in her voice.
“The voice says meet in the library tomorrow? For what, Lizzy? FOR WHAT?” His face was cetimeters from her own, his voice echoing in her ear.
“For the school project!” Elizabeth couldn’t help but scream back. “What do you think for? Jesus, Josh I’m so fucking sick of this shit.”
Elizabeth pushed passed Josh, which she knew was a mistake, but at the time she didn’t care. He’d been violent but never more so than a smack to the face, a push to the wall, but this time…this time it was different.
She felt Josh grab a fist full of her hair and bash her head into the door from of the kitchen. She felt the blood trickling down from her forehead, and the room started to spin. Grabbing her wrist, Josh pulled it behind her back until a loud crack was heard and Elizabeth cried out in pain.
“What did you say bitch?” Josh’s voice was a whisper now, just barely heard in her ear.
“I said, I’m fucking sick of this shit.” Elizabeth couldn’t back down now.
Josh threw her to the ground and kicked her repeatedly in the stomach, cracking a few ribs in the process and delivering one final swift kick to her face before walking out the door, slamming it behind him.
~ “I stayed on the ground for a few minutes, waiting for him to come back, and when he didn’t, I called the police.” Elizabeth finished, staring at her hands.
The silence throughout the courtroom was deafening. Elizabeth took a breath and pulled her eyes away from her lap to look around the room. Josh’s head was hung down, in an attempt to show shame. Penelope and JJ were openly weeping, she could even see a few tear stains on Aaron’s cheeks.
“Is that all?” The judge questioned.
“Um… no, one more thing.” The Judge nodded, giving her permission to continue. “I’ve spent every night since then afraid of myself, afraid of the person he made me become. He smothered the person that I was and snuffed out my flame. He has sent his friends to harrass me, he has sent me letters thinking I’d be too afraid to talk about them but I’m not afraid anymore."
Elizabeth’s eyes locked with Josh’s who were now looking at her with surprise. Elizabeth had found her voice, and found her conficence. "I’m waking up from a sleep I’ve been stuck in for five years and I came here to say it would be a colossal mistake to let Josh go because if he has a chance to get at me it’s not a matter of if, it’s when.”
Elizabeth pulled her eyes away from Josh’s to look at Aaron’s whos eyes were shining with pride. He couldn’t have been more proud of the woman she had become. The journey she had taken to get here. Elizabeth liked to give him the credit for getting her to this point but it was her, it was the power inside of her all along.
“I love you.” Aaron mouthed to Elizabeth and she smiled at him with a nod, to tell him the same. Her eyes darted back to Josh’s, who now realized there was no way he was getting out of this, his eyes were now filled with anger.
A/N: Thank you for all your patience my dear sweet friends. I’m finally starting to feel better! Here’s hoping I can stay on this path!
I won’t take anyone down if I crawl tonight But I still let everyone down when I change in size And I went tumbling down trying to reach your high But I scream too loud when I speak my mind
“JJ, are you sure it’s ok that he stays there? Do you want me to have someone stationed outside the house? Alright JJ. Call me if there are any problems.” Aaron hung up the phone and turned to look at Elizabeth. Her face was set in the saddest look he’d ever seen.
“How did he find me?” Elizabeth’s voice cracked, as she blinked back tears.
“Could it have been Anthony? The guy we ran into the park a few weeks ago?” Aaron sat on the coffee table in front of her, his knees touching hers. Elizabeth twisted her mouth into a grimace and shrugged her shoulders.
“I mean. I guess it could have been. It makes the most sense.” Elizabeth was cut off by Aaron’s cell phone ringing.
“Hotchner…” Aaron stood up from the coffee table and walked into the kitchen. Elizabeth watched him walk away and carefully and quietly moved off the couch. Working as quickly as she could Elizabeth moved into the front room where she slipped on a pair of flip flops. She was just about to open the door when Aaron’s strong hand gripped her around the arm.
“Son of a…” Elizabeth gasped in shock when she realized she’d been caught.
“He’s not at the house he was designated, he’s on the run. You can’t give him what he wants…” Aaron knew what she was trying to do.
“But then you wouldn’t have to deal with all of this.” Elizabeth forced a laugh through her tears, and Aaron pulled her close.
“But then I wouldn’t have you.” The two of them stood together in each other’s embrace for a moment. “Agents are going to station themselves outside my place tonight. We’ll go to your apartment and get all the stuff you need but you’ll be staying here until further notice.” Elizabeth didn’t even attempt to argue, she just nodded her head against his shoulder.
“Aaron… why does this keep happening to me…” Elizabeth started crying against Aaron’s shoulder and he pulled her closer.
“I don’t know, baby. I don’t know.” Aaron mumbled against her temple and ran his fingers through her hair. “I just… don’t know.”
This is where Elizabeth belonged, it’s where she felt safe. Though she couldn’t help but feel that she was dragging him down. Aaron’s life had been so hard before she came into the picture and now she’s just making it worse. Elizabeth took a deep breath and tried to push the thoughts aside, it wasn’t her fault it was Josh. Aaron was a full grown man and could leave if he wanted to, especially given he had a child to think about.
“Hotchner?” Elizabeth hadn’t even been aware that Aaron’s phone had rang. Aaron sighed pulling away from Elizabeth and raking his hand over his face. “What time did she go missing?” Elizabeth’s stomach turned at his words. “Yeah call the rest of the team and start the briefing, I’ll get there when I can.”
“Missing child?” Elizabeth practically whispered and Aaron just nodded. “You need to get going. You know more than I do how important time is in this case.”
“They can get ready without me, I’ll meet them on the jet.” Aaron grabbed her hand and Elizabeth shook her head.
“Aaron a child’s life is at stake here! I am an adult, I can take care of myself. Send someone from the goon squad, whatever. There is a child out there who needs help, who needs your help.” Elizabeth poked him in the chest and Aaron couldn’t help but smirk.
“Fine, but you’re coming in with me. I want you to stay with Garcia and I’m going to talk with Anderson about getting protective detail at her apartment.” Aaron was using his stern voice now.
“Staying with someone I barely know? Really Aaron? I don’t want to drag anyone else into this.” Elizabeth pleaded.
“It’s that or I’m staying, have your pick.” Elizabeth pursed her lips at his words and sighed. Aaron leaned down and pecked her lips. “Go get dressed, I’ll call JJ back.” ~ “Boss man, why are you here? I assumed you’d sit this one out? Oh, hi Elizabeth…” Garcia gave the two of them a very confused look.
“I told him he had to come. Missing children are more important than me.” Elizabeth countered and Garcia furrowed her brow, not sure how to respond.
“On one condition,” Aaron continued for her. “Garcia, would it be ok if Elizabeth stayed with you for the duration of the case? Josh knows where she lives and where I live. I’ll be more comfortable if she’s here with you or at your house, and I’ll talk with Anderson about having protective detail.”
“Of course!” Garcia smiled brightly. “Oh, I love slumber parties!” Elizabeth couldn’t help but smile at her excitement.
“Thank you, Garcia. Go ahead and get to the conference room I’ll be there in just a moment.” Aaron nodded and placed a hand on the small of Elizabeth’s back. “You can wait in my office until the briefing is over.”
“I want to make an inappropriate comment, but I don’t think this is really the time.” Elizabeth chuckled softly and Aaron rolled his eyes with a small smile. “I’ll come back as soon as we’re done.” Aaron kissed her cheek and walked out of the room.
Elizabeth sighed and looked around the room. It was so pristine and plain. She walked around the room, running her fingers across the knicknacks across his desk before sitting in the chair. There was a picture of Jack in the corner of his desk, and a photo of the two of them beside it. Elizabeth smiled at the picture, Aaron’s arms wrapped around her waist, the two of them laughing wildly. It was one of those moments caught in time that made her heart so happy. Helping her to remember that the love they shared was real.
“Alright, honey. We’re heading out in about 15 minutes.” Aaron’s voice startled Elizabeth from her thoughts.
“Back to back cases… this sucks.” Elizabeth chuckled to hide her tears.
“I know.” Aaron grabbed her hand and pulled her to a standing position as he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. “Are you sure you’ll be ok? I can still stay behind.”
“No, no. You need to go. This little girl needs you.” Elizabeth buried her face further into Aaron’s chest, savoring this moment before he left.
“Well, so do you.” His voice was soft and Elizabeth squeezed him a little tighter. Knowing she shouldn’t tell him she wasn’t worth it, that she wasn’t good enough for protecting, so she didn’t.
“I love you.” She rest her chin on his chest and looked up to him.
“I love you too.” Aaron kissed her deeply, before a knock at the door separated them.
“Sorry, the team is ready to go. I’ve got a place set up in my bat cave that you can chill out in.” Garcia smiled brightly at Elizabeth.
“Thank you, Penelope.” Elizabeth smiled back and took a step away from Aaron. “I’ll see you when I see you.” Elizabeth placed another quick kiss to Aaron’s lips and walked out of the room with Garcia.
“I’m so excited to get to know you better! This is going to be so much fun.” Garcia chatted away animatedly as they walked down a hallway to a room filled with more computers and tech than Elizabeth had seen in a long time.
“I forgot how many amazing trinkets you have.” Elizabeth smiled, glancing around the desk and taking in all the bright colored decor, the unique pen collection.
“It keeps me happy when there’s nothing but darkness filling these screens.” Garcia spoke as if they were talking about the weather and not crazed serial killers. How she stayed so happy was beyond Elizabeth, though maybe she needed to start taking pointers.
“Oh, I’m sorry, can I step in the hallway to take this?” Elizabeth held up her ringing cell phone.
“Of course, my peach!” Garcia sat at the computer desk and began typing wildly. Elizabeth stepped into the hallway and put the phone up to her ear.
“Hello?” There was no answer, but she could tell someone was there. “Hello?…Josh?”
“I found you…” His voice was sinister, just barely above a whisper and it made her stomach tie itself into all kinds of knots. As soon as the words left his mouth the line clicked dead.
“Garcia, can you trace the call I just got?” Elizabeth entered the room slowly, not sure she wanted to know the answer.
“Of course… is everything ok?” Garcia furrowed her brows as she typed the information into the computer.
“Probably, just want to check something.” Elizabeth stood behind the chair Penelope was sitting in and watched while she worked.
“It’s a disposable cell… there’s no way to trace the call. Who was it?”
Includes:oral, threesome, praise kink, degradation kink, mirror sex, use of pet names, nipples clamps, overstim, belt collar, dom!hotch, dom!emily, sub!reader, daddy kink, sir/ma’am kink, short after care
“I am but holes for him to use” you were speaking to your best friend Emily about your sex life with your boyfriend Aaron Hotchner. Ever since you both revealed you were into BDSM the sex hasn’t been the same. It was after work on a Friday, only about 5 pm so Hotch wouldn’t be home for another good 5 or 6 hours maybe? You and Emily were very close and spoke freely about each other’s sex lives; she’s the one who introduced you to the BDSM aspect. Now what you didn’t notice was him walking through the door and him standing right behind you when you said that.
