Emily cried silently as her nurse walked back into her hospital room, her hand clutching her ex's as anxiety continued to spread throughout her. "It's not that bad, right? I can be discharged?"

Hotch sighed, pressing a soft kiss to the back of the patient's hand. "Just relax."

"Don't you tell me to relax," she sneered his way. Her doe eyes looked back to her nurse. "Can I leave?"

The nurse gave a gentle shrug. "I'm sorry Emily, but you need to stay here for at least two days before I can get you discharged."

Emily's jaw fell. "What? Why? We said the pregnancy test results were negative."

"Extensive bruising along your back, stomach, thighs and legs, including possible muscle bruising. Your throat is raw and your blood pressure is high." His eyes narrowed on the woman in her hospital bed. "Two more days in that bed before discharge."

The brunette felt more tears pour down her cheeks as the older man walked out of her room. "This isn't fair."

Hotch rubbed his thumb across the back of his subordinate's hand. "I know, Em. None of what happened to you was fair."

She sniffled as another wave of sadness washed over her, her heart poudning in her chest as she stared towards the door of her room. "He raped me, Aaron. He hurt me so bad."

The older man felt his own eyes tear at her broken words. "I know darling," he croaked. "I know." He moved from his chair and sat on the edge of the hospital bed, cupping the ivory woman's damp cheek. "I am so sorry about what happened to you, Emily. If I had been with you that night then you would have never had been taken."

Emily turned her head, her reddening eyes looking at the man she loved. "Aaron, I'm the one who moved out. I didn't want to speak to you."

"It was my fault you left!"

The ebony haired woman felt her chin tremble. "You saved me Aaron. If you hadn't called, then I would have ended up with my heart in a jar like all the others." She covered his hand with hers, her fingers softly squeezing his. "You're the reason I'm alive."

Hotch rubbed the calloused pad of his thumb across Emily's cheek, leaning their foreheads against one another's. "You have no idea how much I love you."

Emily let out a watery grin. "Probably just as much as I love you."

The couple shared their first kiss in months, their lips pressing hard against one another's.

"Come back home, honey. For me and Jack."

The brunette woman's eyes stung at the mention of the small boy that had become her son, and her head vigorously nodding in agreement. "For us." She pressed her lips back against her ex's, tears spilling from her eyes. "I want us again."

Hotcch gripped at the younger woman, his eyes boaring into her dark orbs, his heart swelling as she did her best to hold him tight. "I promise you to never stop trying to win back your heart; the one thing that makes me whole."

Emily did her best to maneuver towards her love with her bruises everywhere, hiding her wince as she wrapped her arms around him. "You never lost it."