she's hotches daughter, and it was never an issue... until now. [ TW: SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK ] ⚠️⚠️

❝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

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