Hotch agreed to not fight Strauss when she added an eighth agent to the team. He did not agree to like said agent. For SSA Victoria "Tor" Beauregard, having everyone like her is the key to her survival. If they like her, they won't look closely enough to see the shadow looming over her past. So, whatever it takes to get her grumpy boss to like her, she will do it. Even if it means staying late every night to help him with his paperwork. This story is completed at 65 chapters (plus the author's note) with 1 bonus chapter!

"you know when you're drowning, you don't actually inhale right before you black out. it's like no matter how much you are freaking out the instinct to not get any water in is so strong that you won't open your mouth until you feel like your head is exploding, but when you finally do let it in, that's when it stops hurting. it's not scary anymore, it's actually kind of peaceful."

Do we simply stare at what's horrible and forgive it? S3 - ?? ©peoplehoods / 2022

" i drive down different roads . . . . but they all lead back to you. " - aaron hotchner x fem!oc criminal minds x greys anatomy CRIMINAL MINDS [seasons 1-?] GREYS ANATOMY [seasons 2-?]

Forced to go undercover as a married couple, Agents Pierce and Hotchner have to confront their worst fears: their feelings. Highest rankings 1st in #profiler 1st in #ssahotchner 2nd in #agenthotchner 3rd in #fakemarriage 3rd in #katecallahan 4th in #jasongideon 7th in #hotch 14th in #ellegreenaway 15th in #fbiagent

❝ Love? Love. Love me again and love me more. ❞ ❨ in which Jade Nguyen has been here before, here madly in love with boy next door Aaron Hotchner. And this time Aaron isn't letting her go. ❩ touches of the soul !! aaron hotchner x OC. criminal minds season 3 - tbd © pluto ❨ sombersuns ❩

THE LIVING MYTH OF ZELDA SMITH | SPENCER REID "YOU'RE A PUZZLE I CAN'T SOLVE." "AND YOU NEVER WILL." where spencer reid runs into zelda smith one too many times and can't help himself from trying to figure her out. ---- [CRIMINAL MINDS]

❝ APOLOGIZING WON'T HELP. ❞ ❝ GOOD, I WASN'T PLANNING ON APOLOGIZING OR HELPING. ❞ Spencer Reid can't forget his past. Because even if he could, he would never look back at it fondly. Years of torment and embarrassment in public school hallways was not something that any average minded person could forget. But when the graduates of 1995's Las Vegas Public High School are randomly murdered, Reid is forced to relive the worst moments of his life. Especially when the ringleader of his torment, Wren Rhodes, is begging for his help.Spencer could help - or he could turn a blind eye. Because if Wren dies, then his biggest secret dies with her.

"You want my help? Then beg for it." "I don't beg. But by the time I'm done with you, you'll be the one on your knees begging for mercy." [ 𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 ] [ 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 ]

in which a new member of the team has quite a few secrets modern technology used