Hotch agreed to not fight Strauss when she added an eighth agent to the team. He did not agree to like said agent. For SSA Victoria "Tor" Beauregard, having everyone like her is the key to her survival. If they like her, they won't look closely enough to see the shadow looming over her past. So, whatever it takes to get her grumpy boss to like her, she will do it. Even if it means staying late every night to help him with his paperwork. This story is completed at 65 chapters (plus the author's note) with 1 bonus chapter!

𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝑒𝒹𝑔𝑒𝓈. 𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓃, 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉. 𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓃𝒷𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓁𝑒𝓈𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈. 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒹𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒. lowercase intended extended description inside

꒰ 🏹 ꒱ؘ ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 dr. spencer reid attempts to do everything in his power to distance himself from the new agent, only to find that he absolutely adores her. spencer reid x female! oc started: march 20, 2021 finished: may 27, 2021 ❪ criminal minds ❫ ❪ season seven ❫ ❪ -vxnilla ❫

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 ⎯ When you are young, they assume you know nothing. Criminal Minds. [ S3 ⎯ S8 ] Spencer Reid x Fem!Oc K4REVSREID- / 2021-2022 [ Extreme Slowburn / Eventual ] Book One / Completed

god loves you, but not enough to save you. ⇥ criminal minds ⇥ set sometime in season seven ⇥ spencer reid x fem!oc ⇥ right person, wrong time ⓒ fxllmoons, 2024 cover by foxgIoves

After joining the BAU, Isla Rafferty soon learns that fighting crime isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially with Spencer Reid around. [word count: approx. 140,000 words] COMPLETED.

❝ BEHIND ALL THE SARCASM , THE KID'S PRETTY NICE ❞ ━━ in which aaron hotchner's teenage daughter finds herself in the midst of trauma and tragedy, as she attempts to follow her father's footsteps, soon becoming one of the BAU's most promising agent ❪ criminal minds x female oc ❫ 𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖳𝖴𝖲 : 𝖮𝖭𝖦𝖮𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖲𝖲𝖭 1 ━ 𝖲𝖲𝖭 15 -𝙰𝚄𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙴 , 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸

❝ 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗡, 𝗠𝗬 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧. ❞ ☓ 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. ★ trigger warning . . . ⵌ this story contains ━ graphic violence, rape mentions, explicit language, anorexia/body dysmorphia, suicide talks/mentions and possible scenes, sexual abuse/harassment, multiple forms of abuse, child neglect, drug/alcohol use, weapons, depression, talks of abuse/abuse, manipulation, trauma, sexual terms, offensive terms, toxic relationships, fights, arguments, and more. . . . This book contains dialogue and plots from the criminal minds series ! (CRIMINAL MINDS; 2005-NOW) (PARADISE CIRCUS, 2024) (BEGAN; NOV 2024) (EDITED; -)

❝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