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.

𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔬𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔦'𝔳𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞 / 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔡: 𝗳𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔡: 𝗷𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌: #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝟰-𝟮𝟬-𝟮𝟭) #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘀 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗻 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝘆 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗹 #𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗼𝘅 #𝟰 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆

"Some stories don't begin with love at first sight. They begin with years of knowing someone... until one day, everything changes." You're nineteen, and your dad's longtime best friend has spent years convincing himself you were just the girl he watched grow up. Then one afternoon in the kitchen, a batch of cupcakes changes everything. What begins with stolen glances and almost-accidental touches slowly becomes something neither of you knows how to ignore. Every mile of an unexpected three-day road trip, every quiet conversation, every shared coffee, autumn festival, snow-covered Saturday, and whispered "this can't happen" only makes staying apart harder. The hardest part isn't falling for each other. It's pretending you didn't. A cozy, small-town slow-burn romance about timing, friendship, and discovering that sometimes the person who has always felt like home is the one you never expected to fall in love with. Tropes: fanfic/age gap/dads best friend/sfw/forbidden/slow burn/unspoken feelings/ (this is a beau arlen fanfic I started posting on tiktok) it's my first time writing so please keep that in mind <333

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.

Aurelia "Lia" Han is a witness to one of a series of murders taking place in D.C. She helps with the case, and her relationship with Hotch grows as it progresses.

She thought the monsters that killed her parents were the end of her story. She didn't know they were only the beginning. Seventeen year old Callistia has spent her life running from the shadows of her past. After watching her parents murdered by vampires, she's forced to move in with her best friend Bonnie Bennett in Mystic Falls-where danger hides behind every smile. But when she crosses paths with Elijah Mikaelson, the Original who has lived a thousand lives and carries a thousand regrets, Callistia discovers a bond that neither time nor blood can sever. Two broken souls. Two haunted pasts. One curse that binds their hearts together forever.

8 years have past since her life was hanging by a tread, after being saved she never looked back. Graduated as the youngest FBI agent, there's nothing she wanted more in life than to work with the profilers of the BAU ,to be able to save people like they saved her. Celeste De Lucas wasn't ready for the storm that was coming for her.

A boss and his own agent who has her own secrets to guard? She knows that not only is her boss off limits but he wouldn't want a damned soul like hers, not when no one else does. But that doesn't mean it's easy to stay away from him Especially when the lines between, friends and employees become blurred Completed ✔️

"Why didn't you wait for backup?" He yelled. "I didn't want him to get away." I said, walking further into the room. "You disobeyed my direct order." He said, still yelling. "Would you have rather me let him get away?" I said, getting louder. Not quite as loud as him. "You could have been shot." He said, still yelling. He took a step closer to me. "I know." "You could have been killed." He said, softer. "I know." I said, almost a whisper. "Your insubordination could have ended in death Catherine." He yelled inches away from my face. "I know." I said, getting louder. "I don't know how you could be so careless." He said, continuing to yell. "I'm sorry." "You're sorry?" He said, yelling. He put his thumb and middle finger on the bridge of his nose. "Hotch, I-" his lips came crashing onto mine.

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐲." "𝐨𝐡, 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧." "𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩. 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬." ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which an alabama mechanic comes out of storm chasing retirement because kate carter is a master at puppy dog eyes