Profilers - the RPG

CHARACTERS: Agent Hotchner, you?
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: The start of another work day.
STATUS: incomplete

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Aaron Hotchner groaned as one of the interns slammed the door to an adjoining office and it caused his ears to ring. He'd taken a few days off to rest and pull himself together but every now and then his ear would bother him again. Not nearly as bad as the previous instances that sent him doubling over in pain; but enough to cause a scowl to appear and a groan to escape his lips.

Aside from the younger crowd, the interns gathering office supplies and spreading gossip, the office was quiet. JJ & Emily would blame the traffic for their late arrivals and he wouldn't be surprised if Garcia was sound asleep in her office. They had a new agent starting work that day as well and he had the feeling he would have a lot on his plate over the coming week. JJ had a tall stack of cases to go through and Aaron was curious to see where she'd send the team this time.

There was a knock on the door, one that didn't quite bother his ear but it did grab his attention.

Working hard, or hardly working?

CHARACTERS: Spencer Reid, anyone.
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: Reid attempts to get caught up on some paperwork and such things.
STATUS: incomplete

Spencer swore the blinking curse on the computer screen was mocking him. Just waiting there impatiently for him to type something that wasn’t coming anytime soon. Call it a mental block or not enough caffeine and sugar on board just yet to function, whatever, it was really started to cause the good doctor some distress. He started to lightly tap the eraser end of a pencil on his desk as his mind wandered in all kinds of crazy directions.

First he started to thinking about Derek and his empty chair. It would probably stay that way for at least another hour or so. Unless of course Derek decided to actually take a personal day and grab some well deserved rest. Something Reid himself had thought of doing before realizing that rest in any form was just a distant day dream for him. He would probably just end up reorganizing the bookshelves in his apartment instead of catching up on sleep.

Sleep was a touchy subject for Reid. It never came easily and it was never that amazing rejuvenating thing others spoke of. No, sleep for Spencer Reid was riddled with memories and nightmares that his mind refused to let him forget. His memory: a gift and a curse.

Then his mind wondered to Emily and his best friend, JJ. Both seemed to be running late together for the past few days. Although, if it wasn’t for Gracia pointing it out, he probably never would have become suspicious of the pair. He would have simply chalked it up to JJ being pregnant and Emily for actually getting stuck in traffic. But once the evidence was laid out in front of him, it seemed almost clear as day to him.

He sighed loudly before snapping himself out of his daze and went back to willing the words to appear on the screen.