"Everyone has ghosts. It's just a matter of whether they have enough courage to face them or not." (SLOW UPDATES) started: december 8, 2020 finished: TBD © LaurenG185 2024 Disclaimer: I don't own criminal minds or any of it's plots or characters. I only own Fallon and her storyline.

𓏲 ࣪₊♡𓂃. 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, penelope garcia's best friend, lyla fairchild, a nonverbal forensic photographer, moves from london to quantico to join the BAU, but struggles to communicate with her new team. when dr. spencer reid, a brilliant yet awkward FBI profiler, reaches out to help her feel at home, an unexpected bond forms. spencer reid x nonverbal oc trope: friends to lovers / found family published: 23rd november 2024 finished: 8th february 2025 #1 - penelopegarcia #1 - aaronhotchner #1 - emilyprentiss #1 - davidrossi #1 - derekmorgan #1 - jasongideon #1 - fbi

❝ already reading my mind, aren't you, morgan? ❞ © -𝐜𝐱𝐥𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐊 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒

Everyone has their story and every story is a piece in the great cosmic puzzle. Aaron Hotchner does his job, and he does it well. It's what keeps him from falling apart at the seams, because God knows he has already been through enough. Follow along as a stranger brings more than he bargained for, pulling him into a world of her own. Written from 10/25/2020 - 08/04/2022!! MAIN DIVERGENCES/INFORMATION -Starts in Season 7, AKA late 2011. (Keep in mind for "out of date" references) -JJ does not become a profiler until a year after her wedding (which is set at the end of S7) -Events from CM S10 and onward have been moved up a year -This book spans about 5-6 years -Includes Supernatural and Bones characters (So same universe, for future books)

••• 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐚. a mythical drink that makes the drinker taste what their heart most desires. After one sip, Aaron would come to find that for him, it was the sweet honey he had tasted on her lips just moments before. ••• ❝ 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 ❞ - 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘪 ••• 𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙-𝙨 © 2020

"You will now report to Aaron Hotchner" Never did Devyn Carter think those words would change her life. Started: December 16, 2020 Completed: March 4, 2021 Highest rankings: #1: hotch: December 29 #1: hotchner: August 2 #1: aaron: February 10 #1: jenniferjareau: February 27 #1: spencerreid: March 16 #1: drspencerreid: April 19 #1: hotchxoc: July 31 #2: cm: January 5 #2: davidrossi: January 5 #2: fbi: March 16 #2: aaronhotchner: March 16 #4: ellegreenaway: January 26 #5: criminalminds: December 23 X I do not own any of the Criminal Minds characters, only my own X

❝you can't be a part of this.❞ ❝then tell me to stay away.❞ rory gatlin doesn't trust the government. they spend too much money, get involved in too many wars, and most of all, they got her baby brother killed and her father thrown in prison for a crime he didn't commit. that was eight years ago. but she's moved on, working as a teacher in a brand new town. at least, until her older brother foster shows up at her door in the middle of the night, begging for her help. he thinks he can prove their father's innocence. but he can't do it alone. aaron hotchner is struggling. it's the three-year anniversary of his ex-wife's death, the woman he was in love moved to london, and it feels like jack is growing up and he's missing it. jj tells him he should take a vacation. garcia tells him he should visit emily. dave tells him he should try to meet someone new. he thinks they're all being ridiculous. at least, until he walks into his son's classroom and sees her. to rory, aaron serves a purpose. to aaron, rory is his saving grace. as rory and foster dig deeper into their brother's murder, they discover something darker, more sinister than they could ever have imagined. it is no longer just about them. aaron has no idea that rory is using him, and she plans to keep it that way. but feelings were never supposed to be involved. and when aaron gets dragged into the mess she's made, rory will have to make a decision: follow her heart or finish the job. there are people who will do anything and everything to cover their ass. rory is determined to expose them. but it might cost her everything. [criminal minds original fanfiction] [aaron hotchner x fem! oc] [seasons 8-9] highest rankings as of 2/17/25: #5 - profiling

❝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

❝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