Title: Mask, Mirror, Monster
Author: Stefanie aka Yumeko Dragonfly
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Aaron Hotchner
Rating: FRT
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds and the character Aaron Hotchner are property of CBS.
Warning: not light, but not all that dark. pretty weird, I guess.
Notes: These are three 100-word drabbles, but they're all based on each other so they can be seen as one 300-word story. Point of view shifts slightly, though probably not in the way you'd expect it to. It might even not be detectable.

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MASK

We all wear masks.
They change depending on whom we're with. Spouse, child, coworkers and strangers, they all see different versions of you.
My mask is called Aaron Hotchner.
He is an immaculate agent, a strict but fair boss, a loving father. He hasn't settled into the role of the husband yet. But he strives for perfection.
Although he is someone most people would want to be I hate him. He doesn't lead the life I want him to lead.
I'm the vulnerable being watching his life from behind his dark eyes, observing and yearning.
I'm invisible.
I want out.
MIRROR

I watch life from the darkness of my own mind.
For as long as I remember I have pretended to be Aaron Hotchner and have attempted to reach perfection of any kind. I might not have succeeded completely, but I keep going, keep pushing myself.
It hurts, but I need it. It helps me hold on to sanity. It's more important than a bleeding heart.
I despise the immaculate man looking back at me from the mirror. I wonder why he's looking at me like that. I want to mess him up and shake him.
I want him to live.
MONSTER

I want to be free, I want to live. But do I really want to let go? Do I want to pay the price? I'm bending myself, and though it hurts and leaves wounds, I manage.
The question is, could I strech once I let go or would I snap?
I walk a clear, safe path, yet I yearn to stray into the surrounding mists.
Going there would change who I have been for many years.
I'm scared of what might happen to me.
I don't know what monsters might lurk behind my eyes.
I don't want to find out.

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