Spencer Reid was sixteen years old when his best friend vanished. Sixteen when he opened her college dorm room and found blood smeared across the walls. Sixteen when her case went cold, declared dead without ever being found. Ember Swan was twenty-nine when she got arrested by the Behavioural Analysis Unit in the FBI. Twenty-nine when she stared into the face of the boy she used to know. Twenty-nine when the secrets about her past were forced to unravel. ••• set during season 7+

Philophobia: fear of falling in love. "What are you afraid of?" Aaron questions. "What do you mean?" "The closest you have gotten to anyone on this team is as family. Nothing else. What are you scared of?" Hotch questions again. "Love. I'm scared of falling in love. I can't tell you why Hotch," I say. "Then let me tell you something. When Hayley died we were going through some things. You were there for me and Jack. I'm scared of loving someone because I don't know if I'll loose them like did Hayley. You've showed me what it's like to fall in love again," Aaron explains. "I can't. I promised myself I wouldn't. Not with what happened last time." "Whatever happened won't happen again. I can promise you that," Aaron says taking my hand. "Aaron Hotchner. Are you saying you love me?" I smirk. "Did I make it obvious?" I stand up and give Aaron a hug. I place a kiss on his cheek and walk out of his office.

"Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart." ― Christina Westover Criminal Minds AU Fate is the belief that something is destined to happen regardless of any intervention or obstacles. Nothing can change fate. It is an outcome written in the stars. The red string of fate states that two people are connected by an invisible red thread. They are destined to become lovers regardless of time, place, or circumstance. This thread could be stretched and tangled, but is unbreakable. What can happen when you realized that maybe you married the wrong person? Published: March 14, 2020 Completed: September 6, 2020

You thought being in prison was your rock bottom and that you could only go up from there. However, someone from your past wants you to know that no matter what you do or where you go, you'll never truly be free from them. You're trying to move on and even take the next step in your relationship, but you're constantly looking over your shoulder. As you navigate different cases, you have to remind yourself that no one is out to get you and that the family you call the BAU team will always be by your side... Right?

When Arron Hotchner and Hailey Hotchner were 18 years old they were surprised to find out that Hailey was actually pregnant. After their Baby girl was born the couple though it would be too hard to handle a child. Arron had started Law School while Hailey had started college. Which led them to leave their daughter in a Pram at the park with a note. 17 years later a girl named Bailee with a heart-breaking past made a deal with the FBI to assistant Garcia with the teams cases instead of going to Prison. How will Daisy feel to find out her boss is her father? What will Daisy think when she finds out her parents had another kid? "Will Arron put the pieces together before Daisy does? What will the team think?

When you think you've been through the worst thing to ever happen to you, something new comes to prove that everything you thought was safe isn't, and everyone you thought had your back doesn't. You're left to fend for yourself in a place that never wanted you to begin with. Even when you think you've escaped it, it comes creeping in to remind you that it's always been there to pull you back into its clutches. Along the way, you find comfort in a place you didn't think you'd find it. You find love in someone you thought didn't want it. You find solace within yourself when you thought you've lost it. It all comes down to you. Are you going to fight for it or completely drown in it?

They taught her to dance until her body gave out. Then to get back up and dance more. She was to never stop. She couldn't even stop when she slept. But her past plagued her mind. She wakes up in the night and grabs the doll from the set of 3 . the is one of three. The past she was to leave her as she left it. There was never an escape from the dance. She wants to break the count of 7. She made friends. Those friends created a family for her. A family that didn't throw her into the dance. The dance found her. In the city's rain, she is in the room with music dancing to the tune she learned from her mother. The dance found her, but she was done running from the dance. She moved to a new city. The new city was her mission. Protect the innocent from the dance. She travels with her new family. One of the other dolls from the set of three had found her and her family. The one that was once supposed to be in the ground. She knew the one that threw her into dance had found her and her family. One last fight and maybe, just maybe, she can escape the dance for the rest of her lifetime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #552 out of 9.8k - David (4-6-22) #362 out of 6k - Fbi (4-6-22) #770 out of 8k - spencerreid (4-6-22) #380 out of 3.8k - bau (4-6-22) #639 out of 1.6k - redroom (5-31-22) Criminal Minds and Avenger crossover I don't own either The cover is by @vemdela05

When a case goes horribly wrong for Interpol Special Agent and Criminal Interrogator Dr. Alessandra Reid, she's put on temporary medical leave and ordered to stay in D.C with her younger brother Dr. Spencer Reid. There she meets the team and reunites with her old friend Emily Prentiss who leads her towards Aaron Hotchner; their stern-faced and very attractive unit chief. A steamy romance ensues as the two try to bury their sorrows and trauma with each other. *I do not own anything except for my original character* *Soft Hotch*

"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.

Amelia Crystal Stark is the daughter of William Stark, CEO of a very successful multinational company. During the past two months she has been receiving messages from a stalker which at first she ignored but then they turned into very personal threats. The FBI got on top of the case and suggested until the unsub is caught, she stays at home for as long as possible, with security. But which Agent is going to be her security and are they gonna get along well? Warnings: lots of teasing, lots of smut