Beautiful little piece. Thank you for portraying her so... humanly. Sometimes bosses have to do dirty work of their bosses and no one but the higher ups likes it. Strauss know it. This was beautifully written and very much in character. I enjoyed it a great deal!

hey, i'm not sure if this is at all plausible too you, but maybe you could make a sequel or another chapter. i think it would be interesting if you could do that, and now you've got me interested!

I really like it you know because I can see this happening on the show like NOW

the description of them was good

so great story

Man, talk about being screwed! but this is fantastic work! and glad you didn't make this a romance...i would have puke here!

and you made Strauss a...human? that is, i must say, a very difficult and humane thing you had done! LOL!

okay, seriously, this is great and awesome work here! loved her take on Hotch, she like/dislike him, admire/hate him and respected him enough to let him make the awful decision on his team. Yikes!

and if she is acting the good guy, who's the baddie? URGH!

thank you for doing this! awesome!

julia

This one is my favorite of the "challenge" fics so far! You did a great job writing Hotch. Breaking up his team would be like tearing apart his family, but he'd feel the need to do it himself no matter how much it hurt. And you also did a great job with Strauss. Keeping her in character is tough but you pulled it off. Excellent job!

That is a pretyt interesting take. And very good. It actually makes her more likeable. have to say Awesome Job for that 'pairing'. I was thanking everyone I didn't end up with Strauss, cause I would have totally butched whatever idea i would have gotten. ) Very nicely done.

well you got both of them in character...and we saw through Strauss's eyes, something I've never seen before:D nice job on this, even though this is a bizarre pairing.

Great story and vey interesting.

It may be different, but it was good. I really enjoyed it. And it's especially fitting right now, for sure. Although I'd hate for this to be the reason they go. At least the reason for BOTH of them. (and, idk, I read something about them bringing in someone to replace JJ later in the season anyway).

i enjoyed that i can see it playing out and hotch having to think about it and not wanting to have to make the choice :( good stuff

Brill! I like this a lot! Nicely doneee :))

Eww, Hotch/Strauss romance :S

This was great although it saddens me wth the real life comparison, I love how they were both in character though, can't wait for more!

really good, so Strauss actually human!

Excellent job on this difficult pairing. I enjoy how you described Hotch through Strauss' eyes. Thanks for sharing and for joining the challenge!

Tonnie

Well very nicely done. Poor Hotch havign to decide who to cut and who to keep. Good job!

Jen