" People hurt people all the time Aaron, and sometimes when your life is filled to the brim with hurt, you can't help but wait for things to start fall apart again. "

The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me. Would it be enough, if I could never give you peace? Spencer Reid x OC

in which an old member of the bau rejoins the team after a fateful call that led to her disappearance two years prior. in which her old/new unit chief at the BAU slowly falls head over heels for her and discovers the truth. published: june 10, 2022 completed: tbd (aaron hotchner x female oc) CRIMINAL MINDS x MCU ✰ some aspects of my book were inspired by POV written by JNKLOVEBOT ✰ Copyright ©2022 lunarbouquet: All Rights Reserved.

The pad of Derek's thumb slowly slides across my kiss swollen bottom lip while his dark eyes trace the movement intently. I guess I'm going to have to be the one to say what we're both thinking. "That wasn't very just friends of us."

❝ 𝐓𝐀𝐆, 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓 ❞ Maya Regan joins the BAU after former agent Emily Prentiss's death, hired to take her place. Headstrong and private, Maya keeps her story hidden to avoid it being used against her again. As she slowly forms friendships in the BAU, she learns to open up, especially after meeting the confident and slightly obnoxious Derek Morgan. But what happens when Maya's past resurfaces? What will she do when she's forced to reveal her life from years ago? fem oc x derek morgan end of season 6-8 BOOK ONE OF FOUR #4 gideon

Charlie McDowell is the newest member of the BAU. Smart, sarcastic, stubborn, and unwilling to share anything with her colleagues, will they be able to discover her secret before it's too late?

𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐗 𝐅𝐄𝐌!𝐎𝐂 | 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨, trusting her instincts to guide her through life-and-death crises. But a trial run with the BAU pushes her into a world where empathy and intuition collide with logic and precision. 𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚, Talia must balance instinct and logic, forge new bonds, and confront the personal cost of stepping into the unknown-especially when Emily Prentiss, with her sharp mind and guarded nature, begins to challenge Talia in ways she never expected. ⊹˚₊‧─────────────────────‧₊˚⊹ 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒔, 𝑰 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔. Started: 15/03/2025 Finished: N/A Noteable rankings: #1 in Emily Prentiss #1 in Jason Gideon #10 in Penelope Garcia #6 in Jennifer Jureau

❝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

"My kindness is a choice." ---- One little girl shouldn't be dropped in the middle of CIA plots and deceptions. Children of any age were too young to understand the patriotic duty to protect their nation at any cost necessary. Except, here she was, defying orders and making sure they regret ever clawing their way into her life. She liked it that way. She didn't expect to run into Doctor Spencer Reid. ---- The BAU has a bad habit of sticking their noses in places it shouldn't be. When there's an opening to investigate an incident that left a hole in Spencer's life, the team is all-hands on deck. He let that little girl slip from his grasp once, but he'd never let it happen again. But the answers the team uncovers may be too much to bear. OR Parental! Spencer Reid with a genius adopted kid who likes to disappear on him.

Spencer hasn't thought about his childhood best friend in years-life moved on, and so did she. But one day, the BAU gets a new recruit: her. They both freeze the moment they see each other, surprised and overwhelmed by the coincidence. She's changed since they were kids: confident, sharp, and with an edge that wasn't there before. Meanwhile, she's surprised to see how Spencer has grown into himself, still carrying the same brilliant mind and kind heart she remembers. The two quickly fall into a rhythm, their old bond reawakening as they work cases together. But with the dangerous nature of their job, they must navigate not only their complicated feelings but also the fear of losing each other all over again.