He sees patterns in everything. Behavior. Language. Violence. But Dr. Spencer Reid never expected to find one in her. When Spencer meets Iris Harris - a brilliant young pharmacist with a mind sharp enough to keep up with his and a warmth he's spent most of his life missing - their connection is immediate. What begins as late-night conversations, coffee shop chess games, and an easy friendship slowly becomes something far deeper. But loving Spencer Reid is never simple. As the years pass, Iris is pulled into the chaos of the BAU's world: devastating cases, heartbreak, loss, prison, obsession, and the darkness that seems to follow Spencer wherever he goes. Through it all, they continue finding their way back to each other - building a love strong enough to survive even the worst days of their lives. From Season 3 through Season 15 of Criminal Minds, Pattern Recognition is a slow-burn canon Spencer Reid fanfiction that follows Spencer through the events of the series while exploring the life, love, and family he never thought he could have. A story about soulmates, healing, and choosing love even when the world makes it difficult. ✦ Canon Criminal Minds timeline ✦ Dr. Spencer Reid x Original Female Character ✦ Friends to lovers ✦ Slow burn romance ✦ Hurt/comfort ✦ Found family ✦ Marriage & family themes ✦ Emotional/angsty with happy ending

When victims begin turning up across Los Angeles with their hearts stabbed and the words "She Deserves Better" carved into their skin, the BAU is desperate to find the connection. The answer? Sage Holloway. A world-famous goth rock singer trapped beneath the weight of fame, expectations, and a persona she no longer recognizes. After the murders turn personal, Dr. Spencer Reid is assigned to protect Sage until the unsub is caught. He expected long nights, profiling, and danger. He didn't expect her. The girl behind the black eyeliner. The girl who plays piano when she can't sleep. The girl who's slowly forgetting who she really is. And Sage never expected the awkward genius FBI agent with messy hair and kind eyes to become the only person who makes her feel safe. But as bodies pile up and obsession turns deadly, Spencer and Sage realize something terrifying: The killer doesn't just want Sage. He thinks he deserves her. And if he can't have her- No one can. A Criminal Minds Story Spencer Reid x OC 🎵 Slow Burn 🖤 Protective Reid 🔪 Serial Killer Case 🎹 Music & Healing ❤️ "Every love song has a body count

Samila Hotchner is only three years old when her story begins. To her, the world is simple: her father is her hero, bedtime stories are sacred, and the safest place in the world is in his arms. She doesn't understand why he leaves in the middle of the night, why his eyes sometimes look so tired, or why the phone calls always seem to take him away. As the years pass, Samila grows up in the shadow of a job that demands everything from the man she loves most. Through childhood innocence, difficult questions, and the slow realization that the world isn't as safe as she once believed, Samila must learn what it truly means to be the daughter of the BAU's Unit Chief. Told through both Samila's perspective and the quiet, protective thoughts of her father, In the Shadow of Justice is a story about family, resilience, and the fragile balance between protecting the world and protecting the ones you love. Because sometimes the hardest thing for a man who hunts monsters... is making sure his child never has to see them.

Completed After a harrowing case that hits too close to home, Aaron Hotchner finds himself confronting the one thing he's spent years avoiding-his own feelings. You become both his anchor and his biggest distraction. What starts as a quiet understanding grows into something undeniable, but Hotch's past, the dangers of the job, and his unyielding sense of duty threaten to keep you apart. Will he finally let himself want something just for him?

❝ 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 ❞ 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐱-𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. cover made by @vanillainkss <3

She doesn't speak. She sees everything. When a case threatens to tear Derek Morgan apart, the BAU is forced to accept help from an outsider-Special Agent Sophia Clark, a mute profiler with unsettling insight and no allegiance to anyone but the truth. As suspicion closes in and danger escalates, Sophia becomes Derek's quiet anchor in a storm of doubt, violence, and buried trauma. Their connection builds slowly, deliberately-through glances, signs, and moments that don't need sound to matter. The Sound of Silence is a Criminal Minds slow burn exploring trust, trauma, and love found in the spaces between words. 🥇Criminal Minds February-March 2026

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 ✔️

"And though I don't need you, I don't need you I don't need you, I don't need you I still want you I don't mean to, I don't mean to I don't mean to, I don't mean to But I, but I love you I don't need you, I don't need you I don't need you, I don't need you But I want you I don't mean to, I don't mean to I don't mean to, I don't mean to But I love you" derek morgan x claudia cassella criminal minds s1- (claudias storyline is inspired by the penguin on hbo max)

A Spencer Reid Story [COMPLETED] --- "I know it hurts that you aren't as dashing or charming as me, but you can at least be civil." oc x reid Highest Rankings [august 17 2021 - #2 spencerreid] [september 8 2021 - #1 matthewgraygubler] [september 25 2021 - #4 reid] [october 29 2021 - #299 enemiestolovers] [november 30 2021 - #2 hotch] [may 18 2022 - #199 criminal] [june 19 2022 - #21 matthewgraygubler]

A year after the tragic death of Maeve Donovan, Spencer Reid hasn't been able to fully recover. It may not be possible to recover from something so horrible. That is, until a strange rape and murder case take place smack in the middle of D.C, and brings the BAU to try and help the DCPD try and find the perpetrator. In doing so, Reid meets Kennedy Russo; a twenty-nine-year-old detective with the police department. She has taken an large interest on this case, and Reid has taken a large interest in her. But even a white rose has a black shadow, as Kennedy has a past that's coming to catch up with her. Will she except Spencer's help and open up? Or will she push him away like everyone else? A/N: Despite how well written they are, I don't own anything really, mainly just Kennedy and other original characters