in theory, the average number of dates it takes to fall in love is twelve. twelve dinners, twelve walks on the beach, twelve kisses goodnight (if you're the type to kiss on the first date). twelve chances for you to fall in love. but take dating out of the equation, and what do you get? twelve separate instances whereby two individuals spend time with each other. the outcome? falling in love anyway. because it's not the circumstance, it's the people. in this case, it's two people who were never meant to fall for each other. but did anyway. ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱ [ ɴᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ] 𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙-𝙨 ©2020

After joining the BAU, Isla Rafferty soon learns that fighting crime isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially with Spencer Reid around. [word count: approx. 140,000 words] COMPLETED.

"I've never felt so vulnerable before and I'm just afraid that I'll lose the people I care about." "You've never told me that before," he whispered. "That's because I didn't have you before." Andy Delvaux has always tried to forget her past, but her past has never forgotten her... [Spencer Reid//Criminal Minds] "What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human." -Brene Brown

And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness. Published: August 5, 2019 Completed: April 15, 2020

After the USPS creates a penpal pairing program, Elizabeth Mills is encouraged by her friends to sign up and talk to someone new. Spencer Reid, bored with only getting bills and advertisements in his mailbox signs up for a penpal. The two get paired up, and begin writing to each other every week.

𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐒, when averie montgomery stumbles into a fbi investigation led by aaron hotchner, her boring dumbfounded world spins around and she starts to see life for what is good. 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫.

"You can't speak to me like that" Aaron warned. I raised both my eyebrows and a small smirk appeared on my face. "Or what, sir? You'll slam me against a wall?" I taunted. [ hotch x oc ] season 4 - |NOMINATED FOR WATTY'S 2021| |#1 in aaron| - october 23 , february 27th |#1 in criminalminds| - december 15 |#1 in bau| - december 15 |#1 in hotch| - february 27th |#1 in spencerreid| - march 2nd |#1 in hotchner| - august 12th

Spencer Reid has always felt alone. He's grown accustomed to it, so it doesn't really bother him. But when someone he recognizes from his past starts working at the BAU, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. The closer he gets, the more secrets he uncovers. What he does with them? That's his choice. [ based on late season 3, early season 4 spencer reid ] cover by: @amygraymikae

y/n has always found hotch attractive, but never took the time to pursue anything because he is her boss. strauss assigns you and hotch to go undercover posing as a wealthy couple to solve a string of murders in new york. what happens during the case is what changes your's and hotch's relationship forever.

a·poc·a·lypse /əˈpäkəˌlips/ noun an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.