"Teach each other to be normal," he recalled her words smiling, "I like the sound of that." Two strangers, both carrying unspoken burdens, find their lives intertwined in the undercurrent of a city that never sleeps. Spencer, a man driven by a restless need for answers and control, has spent years burying his darker impulses beneath a professional facade. Emory, a woman whose own vices have become her refuge, drifts through life with a quiet intensity, hiding a side of herself that even she's unsure of. What starts as a fragile bond built on unspoken understanding soon teeters on the edge of something neither is ready for. As they spiral closer to each other, they must confront the parts of themselves they've spent years hiding, unsure whether they're saving each other-or simply sinking together.

Dr. Evelyn Bennett thrives in the world where facts are her constant and chaos is a challenge she welcomes. But when she's called to assist the BAU on a chilling case, her carefully ordered life is upended Where reason and science rule, Evelyn discovers that some things defy logic and that the heart often follows its own path.

Spencer Reid has always been incredibly annoying to his coworker, Stephanie Foster. She finds him revolting, or at least she thought she did, until she truly got to know the real Spencer Reid.

Sofia Hotchner is the forbidden fruit to Spencer Reid. His bosses daughter, the one woman he is not allowed to want. 11 years her senior, Sofia had always had a crush on her dad's co worker, Spencer Reid. It wasn't until she returned from a year abroad that he finally noticed her. Dual POV Age Gap/Forbidden romance. Spicy 🌶️ Loosely based off illicit affairs- Taylor swift

❝you're in danger here, spencer.❞ ❝we'll worry about that later. right now all that matters is you and me.❞ hazel finley is afraid. afraid of being alone. afraid of losing the people she loves. afraid of making mistakes. afraid of falling back into love with the best man she's ever met. working with the bau put her family in danger. so she ran. and she feels guilty every morning when she wakes up. but when her old boss shows up, asking her to come back to fill a void on the team, fin hesitates. she doesn't want to face the people she hurt. but hotch convinces her. spencer reid is broken. everyone he's ever loved has left him. his father, elle, gideon, and now the true love of his life: hazel finley. the most beautiful girl in the world. so when she walks through the bau doors, smiling the way she did the day they met, he's not quite sure how to feel. angry? confused? sad? happy. truly happy. he's so happy she's home. but fin's not ready to let spencer back in. she won't hurt him again. not when the woman she used to call mother is waiting to pounce. and fin's the type of girl spencer would spend a lifetime waiting for. [criminal minds original fanfiction] [spencer reid x fem! oc] [seasons 6-7] [book 2] highest ever rankings as of 2/11/25: #1 - psychology #2 - profiling #6 - fbi #9 - morgan #12 - sexualtension

❝spencer, all this week you've been holding my hands. what about your germ thing?❞ ❝you were more important.❞ hazel finley is a liar. but she's a damn good one. and she's especially good at telling when other people are lying. she's the newest member at the bau, and a combination of baked goods, serial killer scrabble, and wicked poker skills has everyone in love with her. problem is, fin's got a habit of leaving people when they get too close. trust scares her. spencer reid is a genius. he spends his days reading, working, and drinking shit coffee with half a ton of sugar. his life is the same every morning. until he meets fin. he's never met someone who cares about what he has to say like she does. and he's determined to find out what hides behind her eyes. fin won't let him in that easily. and spencer won't give up without a fight. [criminal minds original fanfiction] [spencer reid x fem! oc] [seasons 3-5] [book 1] spanish translation courtesy of @laundrieds highest ever rankings as of 2/11/25: #1 - drreid #1 - jenniferjareau #1 - profiling #1 - psychology #2 - criminal #2 - sexualtension #3 - matthewgraygubler #3 - mgg #4 - criminalminds #4 - emilyprentiss #4 - morgan #5 - fbi #6 - rossi

As a new additon to the BAU team, you are happy that you get along with the team just fine. But you worry every day they find out the truth about your past and they are put in danger. What are you willing to do to protect them?

"Tea represents everyday average life, and the honey represents the sweetness we add to it. You are the sweet honey of my life Spencer." "You y/n, have always BEEN and will always BE, my very own personal, Annabel Lee." Spencer Reid and Y/n Y/l/n were childhood best friends since they were ten. They only ever had each other and were inseparable. After years of no contact with each other they find one another when Y/n starts her new job at the BAU. Can Y/n put aside the love she always had for Spencer, or will she find out it was never just one sided?

A SPENCER REID LOVE STORY Spencer's POV: "There's something I have tell you all." Hotch wore an apprehensive look, but silenced, giving me the floor. "I've been...I've been seeing Vanessa Quinn..." The exchange of looks passed around the room ignited embarrassment. "We've been." I stop, taking a breath. "We met at a bookstore. We were suppose to go for dinner a few days ago, when we got back from Dallas. But she never called me back. I thought, maybe, she just changed her mind...but her phone goes straight to voicemail, and today, she's on the screen..." I look at her photo, hovering on the tv behind my team, feeling the distance between us. "I need your help to get her back." BOOK ONE ***DISCLAIMER*** I do not own these characters, based off the television show Criminal Minds. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Mature content, violence, substance abuse, sexual content, mature language, psychological fear, mature situations, discussions of abusive relationship/sexual abuse, mentions of self harm/suicide and graphic descriptions of crime scenes. Rankings: #1 in CriminalMinds on 11/17/2020 #1 in Rossi on 12/18/2020 || 2/24/2023 #1 in Spencer 12/19/2020 #1 in CMfanfic 4/16/2020 || 1/22/2021 || 6/12/2022 #1 in BAU 10/16/2021 #1 in Reid 10/22/2021 #1 in prettyboy 11/5/2021 #2 in Matthewgraygubler 9/30/2022 #1 in MGG 10/5/2022 to 10/11/2022 #1 in Emilyprentiss on 10/25/2022 #1 in cmfanfic on 12/19/23 #1 in prettyboy on 8/10/24 #1 in Hotch on 2/15/25