After losing your mother, Haley, 3 years ago, you keep thinking about your dad. You keep thinking about how much you need him and how much he’s there for you, so when you and the rest of the team walked into a room to see numerous photos of each and every one of you on corkboards with red string across them, your eyes ignored your photos and immediately went over to your father’s. Seeing a photo of him next to a dead body was enough of a shock, now this? It reminded you of how much you couldn’t lose another parent. Your mind kept going to the worst possible scenario, how he could get seriously hurt, or worse.

Hotch noticed you look at the photos and placed a hand on your back for reassurance, he knew what was going through your mind and so he wasn’t all that surprised when he felt your breathing get more rapid and he noticed you trying to keep your tears from escaping.

“{{user}}, take a deep breath,” he said as he pulled you to one side, looking into your eyes and placing his hands on your shoulders.