When the BAU is called to investigate a string of brutal family murders, one discovery changes everything - a five-year-old girl, Lila Grace, found alive at the latest scene. As Agent Derek Morgan earns the frightened child's trust, the team uncovers a chilling pattern linking each victim to the same adoption agency. What begins as a manhunt for a serial killer turns into something darker - a web of manipulation, exploitation, and betrayal hiding behind smiling family portraits. While the team races to find the man responsible, Morgan becomes Lila's protector and anchor, the one person she'll speak to about the horrors she can't forget. But the closer they get to the truth, the more they realize: the monster they're hunting has been watching all along.

SSA Aaron Hotchner leads one of the FBI's most elite profiling teams, facing the country's worst criminals with precision and control. But his toughest role isn't at the BAU - it's being a single father to five-year-old Brooke, a bright, stubborn child left in his arms after her mother walked away without warning. Years later, Aaron has built a life for them - steady, guarded, functional. And then came Haley. Compassionate, grounded, and unexpectedly brave, she steps into the role of Brooke's stepmother with quiet strength, slowly helping stitch together what Brooke's biological mother shattered. But no amount of love can keep the outside world from seeping in. As Brooke begins to ask questions about the woman who left her - and the job that takes her father away far too often - Aaron is forced to reconcile the life he chose with the family he's trying to hold together. And when a case hits too close to home, the balance he's fought so hard for begins to unravel.

❝𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝙚𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 ❞ detached. fearless. determined. all words that have been used to describe Fallon Angelle, well known FBI agent and profiler, known for her interrogatory skills and intimidating demeanor. loved. caring. happy. words that have yet to be used to describe Fallon. until now. ━ 𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙-𝙨 © 2020

─ ✩ ❝ 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘪 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙙. ❞ ─ ✩ 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 bouncing around field offices in Seattle and New York, she finally made it to Virginia. Specifically, to the BAU. Three years before that, had been the last time she'd seen Spencer. Her best friend. Truth be told, she didn't know what she was more excited for. Seeing him again, or working with one of the most elite and revered teams in the FBI. Maybe both? ─ ✩ 𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙀𝙆 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙂𝘼𝙉 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥-𝘴©2020

••• 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

[ criminal minds -- seasons 11-15 ] Madelyn Banks Series: How to Save a Life Surrender Start a Riot I DO NOT own Criminal Minds, any of the show's characters or storylines. I ONLY own my OCs and their storylines.

|❝ i loved you 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲, more than the air that i breathe ❞| - - - - - 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Aaron discovers his wife tangled up in the sheets with another man. During a pre-planned night with the boys, he finds himself wanting to distract himself from the image of his wife with someone else - which was still fresh in his mind. With alcohol and low inhibitions coupled with Morgan and Rossi continuously egging him on, it certainly wasn't fate that brought them together. But it was fate that kept them from being apart. - - - - - 𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙊𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝙭 𝙤𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙙-𝙨 © 2020

Scarlett, ex agente della DEA con un passato burrascoso e un ex fidanzato possessivo si ritrova catapultata in una nuova esperienza: Agente nella BAU! Nuove avventure, nuovi ostacoli e nuovi amori! [...] Quel bacio aveva il gusto di un epilogo di sentimenti repressi, di voglie nascoste per tanto tempo. Aveva il retrogusto di qualcosa di normale come il caffè appena svegli o di una doccia calda dopo una giornata stressante.

Entrò nella clinica in silenzio, osservando tutto quello che aveva accanto a lei. Si avvicinò alla scrivania, dove era seduto un uomo abbastanza anziano. "Salve. Chi è venuta a trovare?" "Spencer Reid."- disse, a bassa voce. ... "Lo sapete che i membri devono cambiare spesso, dai piani alti ci hanno concesso anche troppo tempo tutti insieme."- queste furono le parole del suo capo, l'agente Aaron Hotchner, quando annunciò a tutti quella notizia.

Lexie Adams è una studentessa del college prossima alla laurea che nel tempo libero si diletta a cantare insieme ai suoi amici in una cover band, esibendosi di tanto in tanto in un piccolo locale di Washington, il Magician. Dopo aver fatto la fortuita conoscenza del dottor Reid, Lexie scompare. Sembra tutto legato alla scomparsa di cinque giovani donne avvenute negli ultimi tre mesi.