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.

𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 ⎯ When you are young, they assume you know nothing. Criminal Minds. [ S3 ⎯ S8 ] Spencer Reid x Fem!Oc K4REVSREID- / 2021-2022 [ Extreme Slowburn / Eventual ] Book One / Completed

A SPENCER REID LOVE STORY Spencer's POV: "There's something I have tell you all." Hotch wore an apprehensive look, but silenced, giving me the floor. "I've been...I've been seeing Vanessa Quinn..." The exchange of looks passed around the room ignited embarrassment. "We've been." I stop, taking a breath. "We met at a bookstore. We were suppose to go for dinner a few days ago, when we got back from Dallas. But she never called me back. I thought, maybe, she just changed her mind...but her phone goes straight to voicemail, and today, she's on the screen..." I look at her photo, hovering on the tv behind my team, feeling the distance between us. "I need your help to get her back." BOOK ONE ***DISCLAIMER*** I do not own these characters, based off the television show Criminal Minds. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Mature content, violence, substance abuse, sexual content, mature language, psychological fear, mature situations, discussions of abusive relationship/sexual abuse, mentions of self harm/suicide and graphic descriptions of crime scenes. Rankings: #1 in CriminalMinds on 11/17/2020 #1 in Rossi on 12/18/2020 || 2/24/2023 #1 in Spencer 12/19/2020 #1 in CMfanfic 4/16/2020 || 1/22/2021 || 6/12/2022 #1 in BAU 10/16/2021 #1 in Reid 10/22/2021 #1 in prettyboy 11/5/2021 #2 in Matthewgraygubler 9/30/2022 #1 in MGG 10/5/2022 to 10/11/2022 #1 in Emilyprentiss on 10/25/2022 #1 in cmfanfic on 12/19/23 #1 in prettyboy on 8/10/24 #1 in Hotch on 2/15/25

⟡ 𝐃𝐑. 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐒 barely noticed the world outside of the hospital. however, it was hard not to notice the presence of a new neighbour across the hall. quiet and elusive, spencer reid was impossible to ignore. an unexpected friendship takes shape, and although she tells herself not to get too close, caring for him becomes something she can't quite unlearn. |season 2 reid x oc| trope: friends to lovers, neighbours WARNING: this books contains mentions of substance abuse, read at your own discretion

|❝ 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