When a former Interpol agent Lora Caderton joins BAU, she brings more than just an impressive resume - she carries a past full of pain and guilt. Every case involving children cuts like a knife, but she refuses to let that pain define her... SSA Aaron Hotchner knows what it means to lose everything. After his wife was murdered by a serial killer, he locked away every piece of himself that wasn't dedicated to work or his son. Love is a weakness he can't afford-not anymore... She understands his silence. He sees the pain behind her strength. Case after case, step by step, their guarded walls begin to crumble. And when the darkness of their pasts collides with their present, they realize that maybe, just maybe, healing isn't something they have to do alone. Until one day, the lines blur-not just between past and present, but between loneliness and something far more terrifying... hope.

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷𝑫𝑨𝒀𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻⭑.ೃ࿐ * 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐓, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. After all, it isn′t as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry. 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 -cousin of the Bridgertons- makes her first debut this season. When everything looks perfect, suddenly things turn upside down for her and the girl finds herself with no suitors! Luckily for both of them, as they stumble into each other's lives slowly, they start pretending that they're courting. Simon has to pretend to be engaged to the lovely Aurora. However, there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster. And surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable. But as Aurora waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, and she befriends him, she soon forgets that their courtship is a complete sham. And now she has to do the impossible and keep herself from losing her heart and soul completely to the handsome hell-raiser who has sworn off marriage forever! ⭑ ⁱ ᵈᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵒʷⁿ ᵃⁿʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇʳⁱᵈᵍᵉʳᵗᵒⁿ ˢᵉʳⁱᵉˢ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵐʸ ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳˢ. ᵃˡˡ ʳⁱᵍʰᵗˢ ᵍᵒ ᵗᵒ ᵖʳᵒᵈᵘᶜᵉʳˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃᵘᵗʰᵒʳ. ⭑ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ: 26-01-2024 ғɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ: 26-02-2026 ʟᴏɴɢ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs!

"Her hug was almost unconscious; weak, tender, and cold. Like in her dreams, Emily was too afraid to touch him, to embrace him as she had always wished she could- afraid of him dissolving slowly with her hands still lingering in the air and her desperate fingers trying to grasp any remnants of his fading image, reaching for any particles of him she saw flying away. She knew that feeling well. Countless nightmares camouflaged as mellow dreams had taught her that. But now, he hadn't evaporated from her sight; he wasn't fading away, and she couldn't understand how." Aaron Hotchner was forced to fake his death and leave his pregnant wife and child, how would Emily react to him showing up at the BAU almost one year later?

"𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 "𝙁𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢" 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙚❟ 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚｡" ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 「In Which a girl was pregnant, in a apocalypse」

[ B O O K O N E - S E A S O N S O N E A N D T W O ] Madison Stilinki, a high school student with anger issues, attends Beacon School High - her friendship group consisting of her twin brother, Stiles Stilinski, and her best friend, Scott McCall. Life for the three is mostly normal - as normal as life can get for three teenagers, until one night, the two boys venture into the woods to find a body. But that's not all that they find. [ TEEN WOLF ] tiktok: velarihs

Eight months after Starcourt, Y/N is still learning how to exist in the aftermath. Therapy, letters from Will, and the fragile calm of Hawkins hold her together one day at a time. When she and Mike travel to California to surprise Will, distance finally feels like a chance to start over. But love can't always outrun what's buried, and as Y/N tries to hold onto the girl Will remembers, the parts of her she's fought to suppress begin to surface again. Some scars fade, and some just learn how to hide. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is book 4 of my series following the events of season 4! Please I BEG read the previous books before this one. Will byers x Fem reader. (Includes a mix of heavy dark emotions and fluff) Disclaimer: All characters, settings, and plot elements belong to the Duffer Brothers and the creators of Stranger Things, with the exception of the original character Y/N.

Valerie Hopper, the youngest out of the Hopper kids. One day her best friend goes missing in their quiet town, being a Hopper isn't easy. She begins to feel the need to fill her father's shoes but what happens when her bullies get in her way? Seasons 1-5 Highest Rankings: #1 in D&D ¡Certain characters belong to rightful owners!

Angel Mikaelson's life began in the shadow of a prophecy, a twin sister to Hope Mikaelson, born to Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall. But unlike her tribrid sister, Angel was marked by neglect from her earliest days. While Hope was showered with love and protection, the "second-born" Angel was an afterthought, an inconvenience in the tumultuous lives of the Mikaelson family. Her formative years were spent under the care of nannies, a revolving door of temporary guardians who could never fill the void left by her absent parents. By the age of five, she was effectively on her own, navigating the treacherous waters of the supernatural world with heartbreaking independence till her seventh birthday after birthday party as she was attacked only for her magic to send her to a different world and get a family.

Selene Ashford has always lived with fire. Every foster home she's ever had burned down. The fire that killed her parents left her as the only survivor. Now, at seventeen, she's living in Beacon Hills with Melissa McCall and her foster brother, Scott. She thinks she's finally getting a fresh start-until Scott is bitten by a werewolf and their world is thrown into chaos. Hunters. Monsters. Secrets. And a brooding werewolf named Derek Hale, who swears there's something different about Selene... something hidden inside her. Selene doesn't know it yet, but the fire has always been hers. And one day, it's going to rise.

SECOND BOOK TO Forgotten ~ Gilmore Girls In 1986, when Lorelai and Rory Gilmore fled Hartford, they left something important behind, not something, someone. Juliana Gilmore-Hayden, the forgotten sister, was raised for a year by her maternal grandparents before her father claimed custody of her, and along with his parents Francine and Straub, they raised her, loved her, did everything Lorelai should have done. But didn't. After high school, Juliana would not have to see her sister and mother again. She never wanted to know them or have anything to do with them, in the first place. She never wanted their paths to cross, she even moved schools after Rory joined, not being able to be near her sister. And now, with her sister probably off being perfect at Harvard, she's safely far away from Juliana who is living her best life at Yale. And that is perfect, exactly how it should be. Juliana doesn't need them. She has her best friends, a loving father, step-mother, half-sister and grandparents. Life is perfect. Until she sees Rory in Yale. Started: 1/06/23 Finished: *I do not own any characters except Juliana Gilmore-Hayden, Spencer Cooper, Aubrey Tonkin, and others!! *Can be read as series or a stand-alone