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“I don’t know what to do anymore, Aaron...I keep having these fears that he’s not locked up, that he is always behind me...watching me, waiting to...to..” Derek couldn’t finish his words. A gulp escaped his throat as he rubbed at his eyes that were starting to tear up. He was always so strong, always so brave. The agent never wanted anyone to know that he was still afraid, still cautious because of what that man did. “I’m sorry.” He said, his words tough and harsh as he shook his head and stood up from the chair across from Hotch. To break down in front of Hotch was something Derek never wanted to do. Hotch was always so strong, even when there were times that he shouldn’t. He always looked up to Hotch in that sense, how he didn’t let things in the past haunt him and stop him, instead he let them fuel him.















