In which her coworkers finally force her to speak to the cute boy that gives her heart eyes every morning when he grabs his coffee, and things turn out better than expected. [based on season seven of Criminal Minds] || book one of one || started: july 22nd 2016 ended: july 27th 2016

In which a girl genius meets a boy genius. "𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒" -𝐸𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝐵𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒, "𝒲𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐻𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈" ~Book 1~ ~Seasons 1-5~ 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. Enjoy and leave comments! *SLOW BURN* *TW: sexual assault, abuse, murder, gore, violence, mental health, mention of suicide, and addiction* !SPOILERS FOR SEASONS 1-5!

When Carmen Brooks comes to the BAU she doesn't expect what's coming. All she's ever known is that work and love have different places in the world. Until now. Everyone is accepting and kind and she's beginning to like her team and working in the FBI. She even starts to develop feelings for a certain Spencer Reid. But what happens when suddenly things start to change and she gets second thoughts of dropping everything to join the FBI and create a new name for herself? What if she doesn't know how much she's gotten herself into? *I don't own Criminal Minds or any of the characters. Awesome as that would be...*

❝it's because open hearts are broken hearts. when i opened my heart, i got broke, so i was too scared to open my heart again but im fine to get broke again, as long as its you whos breaking it. ❞ ☆☆☆ When you first brought that doughnut to Spencer Reid, you were just apologizing for a mistake you made. Little did you know this would begin something unexpected. A simple doughnut led to the best love of your life, but also the worst heartbreak youve been through. But it's better to love and lose than not love at all, right? ☆☆☆ ◦ Loosely Set in Season 9 ◦ ☆COMPLETED ☆

"i could not tell you if i loved you the first moment i saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. but i remember the first moment i looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when i was with you." - cassandra clare, "the clockwork prince" an ex-navy seal and field surgeon joins the bau after completely changing her life and identity to stay hidden from a terrorist she crossed paths with while in the middle east. in the midst of all the chaos from her past, she develops a close connection with a certain dr. genius boy through shared stories and experiences. when her past comes back to haunt her, how much will it affect their relationship? criminal minds • not set in a particular season • i don't own any characters from criminal minds •