#really hope this is what u were talking ab kajshdlgaskd otherwise this is so annoying of me

[maschotch]

Take your tags and make the post, Masc. Write about messy Hotch and Morgan.

ALSJKDHGKJH i have.. no idea which tags ur talking about aksjhdlsjdh i really do need to shut up sometimes but i’m just gonna assume u were talking ab the tentative hc that morgan’s the reason strauss is coming down so hard on hotch

now im not a super big fan of this whole arc akjshdlk sooo i like to come up with stuff that might have it make more sense. bc hotch hasn’t really done anything that the bureau would really take issue with? they’re getting tired of dealing with this whole foyet business, but it’s not like he’s made any glaring mistakes. as a unit chief, other than his first day back, he’s been acting like normal. 

but do you know who doesn’t think so? morgan. he’s hyperattentive because he’s worried, and it’s all coming from a good place. but he’s doubting hotch and questioning things that he normally wouldn’t. he’s finding every little way to think something’s off, but his own judgment is clouded. he’s fair to be concerned and it’s fair that maybe hotch isn’t having the best time of his life rn. but hotch is still keeping it together. morgan just cant see it that way 

he tries telling rossi, but gets shrugged off. emily’s already on hotch’s side, reid doesn’t want to get involved, jj’s sympathetic ab jack’s absence, and penelope is unlikely to confront hotch even if she agrees with morgan. no ones listening and no ones willing to help. morgan can be honest in his reports at least, making sure to note every single instance hotch falters and emphasizing how the loss of his family is affecting him. he’s hoping maybe someone higher up can talk some sense into hotch and do… something? i don’t even think morgan knows what he wants them to do, but he just wants someone to do anything. he wants someone to care

i dont think morgan realizes how the higher ups are gonna take it. sure they’re concerned about hotch, but they’re more concerned about whether or not he can do his job. and, according to morgan, apparently he can’t. they were already wary, but now that it’s been confirmed by a negative review from a subordinate, they can officially take action to put him on the bench for a while. morgan was hoping for mandated therapy or something, but he wasn’t expecting this

this isnt a ride or die headcanon or anything, but since the writers seem to enjoy fucking up the show, i’ll fuck it even better (??) it makes sense to me that morgan would be obsessively worried and on the lookout for any sign of a problem, and i feel like he might go behind hotch’s back to try and get someone to help. it backfires in a way morgan didn’t expect (and its weird that the direct result of his actions is becoming unit chief, but honestly thats the same vibe of the situation anyway), and morgan’s gotta live with the guilt of betraying the man he only wanted to protect