CHALLENGERS

7x01 - It Takes A Village

okay but what about hotchreid boyfriends during elephants memory and how spencer understands on a personal level everything that happened to owen, and aaron understands spencer in ways deeper than in canon. aaron who dropped him off at the meeting at the top of the episode, proud of how well spencer is doing, who hates how intensely the case is affecting spencer and he can't do anything but find owen and stop him.

hotchreid boyfriends and the micro arguments they have during the case. the personal edge in aarons voice when he says 'reid' after spencer said a sharp comment to one of the leos

hotchreid boyfriends and the 'oh, you're punishing me? 'no, im using you' and how this argument hurts them both, how aaron understands spencer's anger, how he still has to be professional and keep things together, and be hard on spencer too. how spencer feels unheard and frustrated with the one person who's supposed to be in his corner, how he still, under his anger, understands why aaron can't be.

hotchreid boyfriends during the standoff and how aaron's heart stops when spencer walks up to owen, no vest and gun holstered, how fear takes over all of his senses but he still has to be in the situation, the love of his life directly in the line of fire.

hotchreid boyfriends during the standoff and how spencer knows that aaron is right behind him but how he can't think about that, how he can't think of the risk he's put everyone in because he has to believe that he can do this, that he can get through owen, how he'll never forgive himself if this backfires and aaron and everyone on the team end up hurt.

hotchreid boyfriends on the jet home and how they're the first ones on board and aaron immediately pulls spencer into a bone crushing hug, holding him so close he can't take a breath, how he whispers 'don't do that again' and spencer promises not to, how he explains that he didn't want to see a child die in front of him again and aaron tell him that he's keeping count, that he isn't like owen, that he's good at the job.

hotchreid boyfriends who go to sleep that night in each other's arms, aaron staying over at spencers place, how he tucks him against his chest, heartbeat steady under his hand.

This has me curling my toes rn… the belt off in his hand his hair everywhere… oh my god oh my god

A Feast for Crows — Brienne VIII // Beauty and the Beast — Angela Barrett // A Storm of Swords — Sansa I

Hannibal (2013-2015)

2x12 - “Tome-wan”

i need hotch telling reid he loves him by understanding him the most, comforting him with his words and stability, lifts home, pointed questions, and unexpected dimples to awkward jokes no one else gets. he's spent his whole life in repression and holding himself back, his love is woven deep and hidden so no one could ever interfere. he tells reid he loves with honest confessions and actions far louder than words.

i need reid telling hotch he loves him by him grabbing the chief's face and kissing the living daylights out of him when they're supposed to be arguing after they were a bit too reckless after a case, too self-sacrificing. he never learned how to be subtle and for the first time in hotch's life, maybe he could teach hotch how to let go

the two ppl most likely to stand in front of a loaded gun in the hands of frantic madmen without concern for their life. they know each other and they love. they love each other in their own ways and they won't ever stop. when they come home to each other they whisper i love you's until it rings in their ear because each day might be their last.

CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. luca guadagnino

Hannibal 1.01 "Apéritif"

"I could keep you safe," he rasped. "They’re all afraid of me. No one would hurt you again, or I’d kill them."

— A Clash of Kings (art by Zhang Weber)

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