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This felt long overdue but since this fic is gaining a lot of traction wanted to give a brief (unspoilered) resume of what this contains.
Beware also of the tw before each chapter. I usually do summaries that recap it in 1 sentence and comments before the story unfolds.

In brief:
This is a slow (emphasis: slow) burn; friends to lovers
Starts once JJ leaves for pentagon, seaver never joins and continues on.

Mentioning of:
Physical abuse
Verbal abuse
Blood and sometimes fights and cases (like any cm episode) but no gore!
And implied sexual content (not quite smut)

*story used to be with OC but I switched because it felt more comfortable

Also fair warning theres 2 chapters on hotch's pov - and its a bit of a slow start
(Also didnt start to edit chapters until like, halfway through, so i apologize for repetitive wording and such - will promise to go back and edit at some point of my life lmao)

This may be needless to mention as well - English ain't my first language but I'm not going to let grammar errors get in the way of the story - and im very receptive to comments/critics and whatever the like!

Ill try to update weekly, and on good days twice a week! :)

Thanks for finding this fic and enjoy!

If you want more: check out my ao3 - same username for more stories, or even my account here!

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