𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒉. 𝒙 𝒇!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 - 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." -𝒎.𝒎 𝒎𝒄𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 . . . reminders! ➤ stranger things and it's characters belong to the duffer brothers & netflix, excluding [y/n] and all additional characters written originally by me in the story ➤ this xreader insert will be using she/her pronouns, but all are welcome! ➤ story will begin at s2 ✎ season two - ✓ ✎ season three - ✓ ✎ season four - ✓ ✎ season five - ✓ ━━━ highest rankings #1 in steveharrington 9/23/2025 #1 in steveharrington 5/1/2026 #1 in xreader 11/28/2025 #1 in strangerthings3 12/27/2025 #1 in strangerthings2 5/4/2026 #1 in friendstolovers 1/2/2026 #2 in netflix 10/29/2025 #223 in fanfic 5/21/2026 (out of 1.56 mil)

❝You have the prettiest mind in the world.❞ ❝Is that a compliment?❞ In 1980s Indiana, where Hawkins looks quiet on the surface but thrums with secrets underneath, Blair has always preferred the safety of logic, textbooks, and late-night stargazing over chaos. She's brilliant, a little nerdy, and totally unprepared for the hurricane that is Steve Harrington-the charming, soft-hearted boy who somehow became her boyfriend. Blair thought senior year would be stressful enough between AP classes and planning her future, but everything changes when the people of Hawkins begin whispering about strange lights in the woods and kids disappearing without a trace. Soon she and Steve are pulled into a hidden world of monsters from another dimension, government cover-ups, and a darkness that stretches far beyond their little town. While Steve fights to protect the younger kids who've adopted him as their unofficial babysitter, Blair uses her sharp mind and scientific curiosity to help unravel the mysteries of the Upside Down. Together, they become an unlikely but unstoppable team-his heart and her brains-racing against time as Hawkins is dragged deeper into supernatural danger. As monstrous shadows close in, Blair and Steve must face impossible choices, buried fears, and the terrifying truth that loving someone in Hawkins might mean losing them. But in a world where nightmares crawl out of rifts and heroes come in all forms, their bond becomes the one brilliant constant in the darkness. Their love story isn't just about surviving the strange-it's about rewriting fate together.

[s. reid] Spencer Reid always had a weakness for dangerous women. ...... In which a victim of a notorious serial killer has something in common with the team at Quantico.. she excels at profiling. Vera Langford is just 18 when she survives a crime that should have ended her life. Five years later, recruited into the CIA she disappears into a world of aliases and moral compromise. Until her path crosses again with Dr. Spencer Reid, the man who once helped save her. But she's no longer the same. "Last I checked, you were-gone." "Gone, but not exactly retired it seems." spencer reid x oc [slow burn] [strangers to friends, friends to lovers] [undercover agent] [yearning] Tag: FBI, CIA, spy, undercover, victim, profiler, BAU, genius [ongoing] current word count - 190k

Heurism (ˈhjʊərɪzəm) NOUN The educational principle of acquiring knowledge through empirical study and practical experience. SSA Danielle O'Sullivan isn't a team player. Not normally. But a call from an old friend brings her back to something more, something real. If only she could come to terms with what happened. Spencer Reid x female! OC Criminal Minds (seasons 1-3) Trigger warnings: Violence, death, murder, su*c*de, assault, r*pe, drugs, discussions of mental health. Disclaimer: Some depictions of mental conditions in this show are inaccurate, I will do my best to correct this or provide resources for personal research. All credit (except for my OCs and added storylines) goes to Jeff Davis and the creators of Criminal Minds. #1 in Quantico - May 2024 #1 in Canoncompliant - August 2024 #1 in Jenniferjareau - March 2025

─ ✩ ❝ 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