in which spencer's new neighbor turns out to be a well known food content creator spencer reid x female oc mostly real life, but text + multimedia included season(s) 7 & 8 tw: includes crime case details 🥇 #criminalminds || october '24 🥈 #spencerreid || april '25 🥇#socialmedia || august '25 🥇#instagram || january'26 started: 7/27/24 finished: 3/30/25

After a painful divorce and betrayal he never saw coming, 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐫 has built his life around structure, solitude, and protecting his son, Jack. When Emily Prentiss recommends her best friend, 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐲, as Jack's new nanny, Aaron reluctantly agrees. But Madison isn't just good with Jack ━ she's patient, kind, and far too good at slipping past Aaron's defenses. In a house haunted not by death, but abandonment ━ a second chance at family quietly begins to grow. [ not based off any specific season ] [ started july 28, 2025 ] [ status: on-going ] { #thomasgibson #4 - september 11 } { #criminalminds #5 - august 29 } { #chylerleigh #2 - september 29 }

Rain Jones has mastered the art of pretending. A smile here, a laugh there-little tricks to keep people from looking too closely. But Jack Hotchner looks. And then, so does his father. Aaron Hotchner doesn't believe in coincidences. Not when Jack keeps mentioning how Rain "doesn't feel good" or how she "cries when she thinks no one's watching." Not when she flinches at sudden movements or when she brushes off injuries with too-easy excuses. He's spent his career reading people, and now, he can't unsee the truth written all over Rain's face. So he asks. Gently, carefully. And when she hesitates-when her breath hitches, when her fingers tighten around the hem of her sleeve-he knows. She's in danger. And he won't let her face it alone. When her past comes crashing back, when threats turn into action, the BAU will stand beside her. But it's Hotch who stands in front of her, a silent promise in his eyes: She's his to protect now.