I’m watching through the show in order for the first time
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.