In the world of Washington D.C.'s elite, masks hide more than just faces. At a high-profile masquerade ball, you find yourself captivated by a mysterious woman whose charm and allure are impossible to ignore. As the night unfolds, her flirtatious gaze becomes an invitation you can't refuse. But when the masks come off, the real surprise awaits. The woman you shared an unforgettable night with is none other than Emily Prentiss, the Section Chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. And as fate would have it, your dream internship at the BAU places you right under her watchful eye. This story is a slow-burn romance filled with tension and the intoxicating mix of professional ambition and forbidden desire. ⚠️ chapters containing smut are marked with * 🔔 regular updates! Genre: Romance, Mystery, Drama, Crime Themes: Identity, Attraction, Power Dynamics, Self-Discovery, LGBTQ+ Pairing: Emily Prentiss x female Reader general tw: age gap relationship, smut, violance, murder, blood...all the typical criminal minds stuff

India Mae, or Indi, is a music major, struggling to pay bills, tuition, work, and make good grades. Emily Prentiss is a BAU profiler, as well as a DC socialite thanks to her huge family fortune. The two enter into a mutually beneficial arrangement: Emily will pay for Indi's school if Indi accompanies Emily to her social functions for a few months, posing as her girlfriend. As weeks go by, the lines between their arrangement and their true feelings start to blur. But money can't buy love, right? Criminal Minds (slightly au); slow burn romance. Pairing: Emily Prentiss x OC; Emily Prentiss x India Mae Warnings: age gap (16 years); eventual smut; sugar baby relationship

"Whether you come as a lover or an executioner, I am ready to receive you." -The Carnivorous Lamb, Agustin Gomez-Arcos You are a former nurse living in Moscow and running from a troubled past. When an injured possible criminal stumbles into the bar you're working at, you immediately get sucked into her world and find yourself falling deeper and deeper for the woman who makes you feel something for the first time in your life. Partially inspired by Killing Eve. AU where Katya is a cis woman. This is an AU where Katya is a mercenary/assassin for those of us who saw Cate Blanchett as Hela in Thor, Jennifer Check from Jennifer's Body, or Villanelle from Killing Eve and thought "I could fix her." and it is not going to be a happy, God-fearing, positive experience but it'll be entertaining and smutty and deeply NSFW! Trigger warnings/tags: dom/sub dynamics, violence, graphic descriptions of injuries, mercenary Katya, side Bob and Monet, age gap relationships, eventual smut, toxic relationships, some themes of Catholic guilt and religious trauma, 18+ only. This will also have descriptions of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and general not-so-good mental health stuff, so if that is going to trigger or upset you in any way, this may not be for you. I'm flying by the seat of my pants with this one so I'll update more trigger warnings as needed at the beginning of each chapter. There is a lot of gorgeous art for this fic done by @chemicalburn_trixya and myself and posted with the corresponding chapters.

Silas Foster, the typical art student. And maybe, just maybe she accidentally falls for her lecturer.

**** "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philisophy." - Hamlet, act 1, scene 5 **** I never knew anything but a deep rooted sadness. The world had ended, what chance did I have of feeling a little glimmer of hope, or even happiness? But then I fell in love with the outpost leader, Ms Venable. **** Started in February 2020, ended in July 2020. ****

even though you wont ever be able to get back the life that left you in ashes, you find someone who numbs the burning. ·。。·゜゜·。。· ⚢ wilhemina venable x reader trigger warnings specified at the beginning of each chapter!