When Regina told Hotch that she had moved in with Eric, he didn't seem angry, or upset. He accepted it. She felt comforted by this, knowing that their relationship was as it should be. And as much as Regina had liked Jordan, having JJ back put everything back to normal, a balance which was shattered when George Foyet, aka the Reaper, escaped from prison. He'd come after Hotch, that much was obvious. Regina found herself questioning the job a lot. She knew they couldn't catch them all, but she wished they could.

The case in Canada nearly put her over the edge. She didn't have the feeling she normally had when they saved a victim. She felt angry, bitter. Looking around the bullpen, she found comfort in the faces of her colleagues, her friends. They all felt the exact same way.

Regina pulled on her coat and made her way up to Hotch's office. This case had hit him hard. He'd spent about ten minutes standing at his office window looking out at the bullpen. She knocked on his door. "Come in."

She walked into the office as he was replacing the phone onto the receiver. "Jack?"

"Yeah. I just, uh…"

"Needed to hear his voice?"

Hotch laughed and stood up. "Yeah." He looked at her. "You look exhausted."

"So do you."

Hotch hesitated before he spoke again. "Regina." Hotch walked over to her. "Don't go." Regina frowned. He reached out and took her hands in his. "I love you. After all these years I still wake up in the morning regretting what happened, I wish things had been different."

"Hotch—"

"When you told me you were moving in with Eric, it hurt. Really, really hurt."

"Hotch, listen—"

"No, look, I know you care about Eric, but he can he love you the way I do?" He cut her off again before she could say anything. "Let's go away for a few days. Just us. We'll get a hotel room, and we'll just talk. We can make this work."

"You couldn't have done this a year ago. When Haley left you, why not then? When your car blow up in New York? When I hadn't convinced myself that I was over you!" She pulled her hands away from his. "Hotch… Eric proposed. I said yes."

Hotch's face fell. He dropped his eyes to the ground. He needed to part ways with Regina with something, anything. When he looked back up at her, he had his stoic, cold, Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner face on. "Congratulations."

"Hotch—"

"Regina, it was a stupid idea. It was a tough case and I'm tired and lonely. I just didn't want to go home to an empty apartment alone."

"Hotch—"

He returned to his desk. "You should go. I'm leaving soon, I just have some work to clear up."

Not knowing what else to do, Regina turned around and left the office.

Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to sum up the day. Sometimes the day just ends…