college hockey player Wes Graham has tormented Adare Wells since they were in the first grade. pulling her hair, breaking her crayons, calling her names-- anything to get her attention. they spend all of high school together, never giving each other the time of day until they end up on first day of university. there's only one empty seat, and it's next to Adare. even though Adare hates Wes and he's an asshole to her, they both have some baggage that only each other seem to understand.

❝you're in danger here, spencer.❞ ❝we'll worry about that later. right now all that matters is you and me.❞ hazel finley is afraid. afraid of being alone. afraid of losing the people she loves. afraid of making mistakes. afraid of falling back into love with the best man she's ever met. working with the bau put her family in danger. so she ran. and she feels guilty every morning when she wakes up. but when her old boss shows up, asking her to come back to fill a void on the team, fin hesitates. she doesn't want to face the people she hurt. but hotch convinces her. spencer reid is broken. everyone he's ever loved has left him. his father, elle, gideon, and now the true love of his life: hazel finley. the most beautiful girl in the world. so when she walks through the bau doors, smiling the way she did the day they met, he's not quite sure how to feel. angry? confused? sad? happy. truly happy. he's so happy she's home. but fin's not ready to let spencer back in. she won't hurt him again. not when the woman she used to call mother is waiting to pounce. and fin's the type of girl spencer would spend a lifetime waiting for. [criminal minds original fanfiction] [spencer reid x fem! oc] [seasons 6-7] [book 2] highest ever rankings as of 2/11/25: #1 - psychology #2 - profiling #6 - fbi #9 - morgan #12 - sexualtension

❝The Sinners are waiting.❞ ❝Let's pray to the Saints you don't believe in that they'll keep us alive.❞ ❪ Fem OC x Nikolai Lantsov ❫ ❪ book based ❫ © 2022

"Don't look so shocked, I'm nothing if not a negotiator," The privateer grins, tapping his chin in a mockery of thought, "Though I do so love exceeding people's expectations, so I suppose a bit of shock is inevitable." ~~~ childhood friends | strangers | lovers (the star crossed kind of course) ~~~ This is only canon for the first Grishaverse series. When I wrote T&T, I hadn't read Six of Crows or King of Scars so there won't be any spoilers. ~~~ Lying never came naturally to Korina. Even after years of friendship with the most cunning boy in Ravka she still hasn't mastered the craft. So after Nikolai left it was only a matter of time before the truth came out. She skipped her Grisha examination thirteen years ago and now they want her back. Now on the run from both the First and Second Army, Korina makes her way to the coast, hoping to flee to Novyi Zem on a merchant vessel. She's close enough to freedom to taste it on the salty air when she makes her first mistake. She gets on the wrong ship. A Pirate's ship. ~~~ If you don't like dramatic irony this story will not be for you. | Prequel to Shadow and Bone. warning ~ talk of sexual assault | nothing spicier than in the grishaverse books | Siege and Storm spoilers ~ obviously lol 27,000 words | fourteen parts | completed

"Trust me, beautiful. We'll be fine." | book two | season two | | total word count: 74k |

"Your life is about to get real busy," Five sighed. "Now, rules: Don't talk during meals, the only time we're allowed free time for fun is on Saturdays between noon and half-past noon, always wear your uniform properly, listen to Mom and Dad and Pogo, and lastly, don't fuck shit up." | book one | season one | | total word count: 127k |

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!

❝spencer, all this week you've been holding my hands. what about your germ thing?❞ ❝you were more important.❞ hazel finley is a liar. but she's a damn good one. and she's especially good at telling when other people are lying. she's the newest member at the bau, and a combination of baked goods, serial killer scrabble, and wicked poker skills has everyone in love with her. problem is, fin's got a habit of leaving people when they get too close. trust scares her. spencer reid is a genius. he spends his days reading, working, and drinking shit coffee with half a ton of sugar. his life is the same every morning. until he meets fin. he's never met someone who cares about what he has to say like she does. and he's determined to find out what hides behind her eyes. fin won't let him in that easily. and spencer won't give up without a fight. [criminal minds original fanfiction] [spencer reid x fem! oc] [seasons 3-5] [book 1] spanish translation courtesy of @laundrieds highest ever rankings as of 2/11/25: #1 - drreid #1 - jenniferjareau #1 - profiling #1 - psychology #2 - criminal #2 - sexualtension #3 - matthewgraygubler #3 - mgg #4 - criminalminds #4 - emilyprentiss #4 - morgan #5 - fbi #6 - rossi

❝ she loved him, but she kept pretending she didn't because she knew he didn't love her the same ❞ In which the Snake of Ketterdam slithers out from the cracks of the Barrel to raise her head and break some bones. 【 Kaz Brekker x OC】 【 Grishaverse au; Shadow and Bone ➝ Crooked Kingdom】 【 © Imaginebooks 】 【 Cover by @VRPond 】