I savor the kiss. I savor the moment. I savor the way Spencer tries to get his hands on my back. I know that life is changing for a while. My pessimism is rearing its ugly head but I can't stop it. And whether I'm the only pessimist here or nobody else is confessing what they're thinking, I'm the only one acting on it, it seems. I kiss Spencer with everything I have because as soon as he's here, he's gone. /// I will do a trigger warning before the chapters that need it but here are some warnings that occur throughout: blood, guns, panic attacks, a lot of angst, some smut, normal criminal minds stuff

When a night of curiosity unlocks something deeper between you and the BAU's most unassuming profiler, everything changes. What begins as an exploration of control and surrender with Spencer Reid soon blurs the lines between friendship, trust, and desire. Behind closed doors, he is nothing like the man you've worked beside for years-confident, commanding, and utterly captivating. But as boundaries are tested you begin to wonder: how much of yourself are you willing to give-and how much of him will you truly get?

Chelsea Wheeler was young, but she was not naive. She knew she was a prodigy of sorts. She had to be to have made it to the Behavioral Analysis Unit at her young age. It was admittedly terrifying to be placed among such a respected team, but she knew she was prepared for it. What she was not prepared for was the team's resident genius who seemed to always be no less than exactly on the same page as her, yet seemed to hate that they rarely disagreed. Spencer Reid was not pleased to see a new member of their team so soon after Gideon's departure. He did not want to warm up to Chelsea Wheeler. And yet, he couldn't help but be fascinated by the first person who's ever seemed to genuinely understand him. OR In which Spencer Reid finds himself slowly enamored by Chelsea Wheeler and refuses to admit it. [Spencer Reid x fem!OC] [Book One of the Midnights Trilogy] [Criminal Minds Seasons 3-7] [Story DOES include mature themes] Written: March 9, 2025 -TBD Started: March 9, 2025 (Season 3) Completed: TBD ♛⸻✰⸻♛

Alaina Monroe was nothing like her family. She busted her ass to get to where she was. She spent all her time studying during high school, which paid off. She got into the best medical program there was. And even aced med school, going through the hoops to be a surgeon. Her family were... slackers. Putting it nicely. They were druggies, alcohol lovers, you name it they probably did it. But Lainey strived to be different. She wanted to set the curve in her family. So she could eventually show someone in the same boat, you can be better if you try. After her intern year, she takes a short break. Off to Virginia, where she runs into a BAU unit chief. Aaron Hotchner. Fresh out of a divorce, he wasn't looking for anyone. But fate had plans, and he ran into the one who would be his forever. Literally. After months of friendship, and breaking down each others walls, they FINALLY get together. Come and check out their story, and how a surgeon and a profiler fit so well together.

❝ 𝐓𝐀𝐆, 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓 ❞ Maya Regan joins the BAU after former agent Emily Prentiss's death, hired to take her place. Headstrong and private, Maya keeps her story hidden to avoid it being used against her again. As she slowly forms friendships in the BAU, she learns to open up, especially after meeting the confident and slightly obnoxious Derek Morgan. But what happens when Maya's past resurfaces? What will she do when she's forced to reveal her life from years ago? fem oc x derek morgan end of season 6-8 BOOK ONE OF FOUR #4 gideon

"The best and most beautiful things in the world... they have to be felt with the heart." I joined the FBI to get to the BAU. CAC was just the step in between. Then Spencer Reid walked in-PhDs, cardigans, and so stupidly attractive it completely derailed my ability to speak like a functioning adult. We were supposed to work one case together. Now I'm pretending I don't notice how brilliant he is. This is fine. Totally fine. I'm being very normal about it. Set during Season 2, Episode 2 ("P911"), this is a slow(ish) friends-to-lovers rewrite where Evelyn Gilroy takes Amanda's place and tries very hard not to fall in love with Spencer Reid.

She survived fire. He survived silence. Together, they learn how to breathe again. When profiler Melinda Anderson joins the BAU, she's not just bringing top-tier instincts-she's carrying the scars of a life she swore she'd buried. Spencer Reid sees through her walls, not because he's trying to, but because he knows what it means to carry too much and say too little. As they unravel a brutal case of stitched mouths and stolen confessions, Melinda is forced to confront a past she thought was over-and a killer who sees her as the final piece. But the fire doesn't claim her. It refines her. And in the aftermath, Spencer may be the only one who knows how to hold her heart without burning himself. Slow burn. Case-heavy. Soul-deep. A story of survival, obsession, and falling in love one heartbeat at a time.

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.

𓏲 ࣪₊♡𓂃. 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, in 2016, twenty-six-year-old quinn verity is scraping by as a waitress, quietly raising her teenage sister olive and trying to forget the horrors of her past-namely, being the daughter of infamous serial killers. but when a phone call from agent aaron hotchner pulls her back into the world she thought she'd escaped, quinn is forced to confront both old trauma and new danger. as the she faces a case eerily similar to the one that shattered her life in 2006, quinn must decide whether to use the lie-detecting gift she's spent a decade trying to suppress-or risk letting another monster slip through the cracks. trope: friends to lovers published: 1st may 2025 finished: on going . . . #1 - aaronhotchner #1 - matthewgraygubler #1 - fbiagent #1 - bau

There are moments in life that you work so hard for, things your younger self couldn't even imagine you doing... and when those moments arrive, what do you do with them? After joining the Victim Services Branch of the FBI in Quantico, it's been a dream to interact with the BAU and assist a case of theirs. Your lifestyle of late nights and overworking yourself keep you single despite this loneliness you refuse to acknowledge. But when you're constantly reminded of how quickly life can shatter around your feet, leaving you bare and bleeding as you try to put the pieces back together as neatly as you can... only for life to never be the same again, you start to feel it a little more. When the call finally comes, your work pulls you into a case the BAU is tackling, and while it caught you a little off guard, you walk away from the case with something more. Spencer has never shown vulnerability until you came around, and then things changed. From innocent comments to passionate nights, your world shifts as your two souls collide into one. *Disclaimer/Trigger Warning: this story is a work of fiction building off of information gathered from the series Criminal Minds and my own experiences within social service work. This story will contain mature topics such as addiction, mental health, suicide (past tense), trauma, detailed intimacy (idk if I'm qualified to deem this smut, so you be the judge), intercourse, and other topics readers may feel uncomfortable with.