Oc x Aaron Hotchner

"He profiles people. She profiles language. But neither of them are ready to figure each other out." Wren Calloway is a forensic linguist with a sharp tongue, a faster brain, and ADHD-fuelled chaos in her soul. She's made a career out of reading between the lines-until the BAU invites her to step into their world of darkness, danger, and unspeakable crimes. Enter Aaron Hotchner: team leader, master profiler, and emotional fortress in a suit. He doesn't do mess. He doesn't do feelings. And he definitely doesn't do distractions. But Wren? Wren is all of that and more. As the BAU faces cases that test the limits of their minds and hearts, Wren and Hotch must navigate their growing connection-one cryptic quote, one sideways glance, one soul-baring truth at a time. A slow-burn romance filled with profiling, poetic chaos, and the art of being seen. In a world full of monsters, sometimes the hardest thing to decode is yourself.

WHERE... There are always two sides to every emergency-the person calling for help and the responder answering it. For Alexandra Hotchner, she had lived her whole life on the second side. The one that is not seen by many. The one where life doesn't knock... It breaks the whole damn door down. Adopted by Aaron Hotchner after surviving a brutal tragedy, Alexandra has grown into a sharp-edged FBI profiler with a heart she keeps buried beneath sarcasm and brick walls. Working for the BAU, she's made a career out of chasing monsters. But even the fixer breaks sometimes. When Athena Grant calls in a desperate favor, Alex finds herself in Los Angeles, pulled into a case that hits too close to home. Maddie Buckley is missing. Her ex is dangerous. And time is running out. Alex was soon to learn that taking that case would have most likely been one of the best things to ever happen to her. Her life would be turned upside down more than once but in that time she might have just found the love of her life. Between haunted nightmares, tense reunions, and clashing with first responders who don't know what to make of her. The young profiler must navigate her personal demons while battling real ones and determining if what she has is what she truly wants.

𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐱 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐯, five years ago, escaped the Red Room and helped the CIA burn it to the ground. She thought she'd destroyed the monsters that made her. She thought her little sister, Nadia, made it out too. She was wrong. Now, young girls are vanishing across the globe. Families with ties to organized crime are turning up dead. And the Red Room has returned--smaller, smarter, more dangerous. When the CIA identifies a pattern that only one person would recognize, Katerina is pulled out of hiding and sent to Quantico to work with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. Dr. Spencer Reid doesn't know who Katerina really is-not yet. But as they investigate the dark psychology behind the kidnappings, their bond deepens, and so do the secrets she's been forced to keep. Together, they'll uncover the truth about a program that was never truly destroyed. And somewhere in the shadows, Nadia is still watching. trope: strangers to lovers spencer reid x female oc PLEASE DON'T BE A SILENT READER!!!

Rain Jones has mastered the art of pretending. A smile here, a laugh there-little tricks to keep people from looking too closely. But Jack Hotchner looks. And then, so does his father. Aaron Hotchner doesn't believe in coincidences. Not when Jack keeps mentioning how Rain "doesn't feel good" or how she "cries when she thinks no one's watching." Not when she flinches at sudden movements or when she brushes off injuries with too-easy excuses. He's spent his career reading people, and now, he can't unsee the truth written all over Rain's face. So he asks. Gently, carefully. And when she hesitates-when her breath hitches, when her fingers tighten around the hem of her sleeve-he knows. She's in danger. And he won't let her face it alone. When her past comes crashing back, when threats turn into action, the BAU will stand beside her. But it's Hotch who stands in front of her, a silent promise in his eyes: She's his to protect now.

He was supposed to disappear. She was never meant to be found. After vanishing into the Witness Protection Program with his son, Aaron Hotchner is no longer the man he once was. Now he's David Collins-quiet, guarded, a ghost in a sleepy coastal town where no one asks too many questions. The ocean keeps his secrets, and he's learned to live in the silence. Until her. Riley Denver-once known as Sage Hart-was a CIA operative with blood on her hands and fire in her veins. After a mission went wrong and her partner was murdered, she was buried by the same government she served. New name. New life. No choice. They meet by chance in a bookstore. A guarded smile. A shared look. A spark that neither one of them is ready for. But peace doesn't last forever. A familiar face appears in the shadows. A letter arrives with a name Riley swore she'd never hear again. The lies that kept them hidden are starting to crack. Now, they have to choose: Keep running from the past- Or fight for the future they never believed they deserved. Two broken souls. One small town. And a love that could cost them everything.

'𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘦.' Spencer prides himself on his ability to detect lies, to spot the tiniest inconsistencies in a person's story - it's the one thing he's always been able to rely on. Which is why he feels such a disdain for the BAU's newest member. Unlike the rest of the team, he isn't fooled by her veneer of normalcy. There's something off about her; a lack of warmth in her smiles, a lack of light behind her eyes... She's hiding something, he knows she is. He just needs to prove it, and her 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 will come crashing down. [ A Spencer Reid x Reader ]

Samantha is a single mother of two. She is suddenly dragged into an FBI case when a series of old classmates go missing. Spencer Reid takes it upon himself to look out for her, but not as a friend, but as her ex-boyfriend and the father of her children. With secrets comes great responsibility. Best Rankings; #4 CriminalMinds #4 - SpencerReid #1 - case #1 - investigation #1 - solving #1 - solve

"𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞" - set during Season 5 of Criminal Minds

[s. reid] Spencer Reid always had a weakness for dangerous women. ...... In which a victim of a notorious serial killer has something in common with the team at Quantico.. she excels at profiling. Vera Langford is just 18 when she survives a crime that should have ended her life. Five years later, recruited into the CIA she disappears into a world of aliases and moral compromise. Until her path crosses again with Dr. Spencer Reid, the man who once helped save her. But she's no longer the same. "Last I checked, you were-gone." "Gone, but not exactly retired it seems." spencer reid x oc [slow burn] [strangers to friends, friends to lovers] [undercover agent] [yearning] Tag: FBI, CIA, spy, undercover, victim, profiler, BAU, genius [ongoing] current word count - 190k