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!

CHORUS You are a woman marked for sorrow. ELEKTRA Yes, I know sorrow. Know it far too well. My life is a tunnel choked by the sweepings of dread. ⟿ criminal minds ⟿ aaron hotchner ⟿ season 4 - season 9 ⟿ cover made by potter_spellbook

❝ 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

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

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

𓏲 ࣪₊♡𓂃. 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, when figure skater bridget emerson is found brutally murdered, her face mutilated with a skate blade, the FBI's behavioral analysis unit steps in to investigate. lorelei fitzgerald, a champion skater and key witness who discovered the body, struggles with the trauma while under the protective care of dr. spencer reid. as the BAU races to profile the killer, they uncover a chilling vendetta threatening the world of competitive skating and lorelei herself. trope: bodyguard spencer reid x figure skater oc published: 9th february 2025 finished: 30th april 2025 #1 - criminalminds #1 - figureskating #1 - matthewgraygubler #1 - davidrossi #1 - pagetbrewster #1 - fbiagent #1 - profilers #1 - bau