Samila Hotchner is only three years old when her story begins. To her, the world is simple: her father is her hero, bedtime stories are sacred, and the safest place in the world is in his arms. She doesn't understand why he leaves in the middle of the night, why his eyes sometimes look so tired, or why the phone calls always seem to take him away. As the years pass, Samila grows up in the shadow of a job that demands everything from the man she loves most. Through childhood innocence, difficult questions, and the slow realization that the world isn't as safe as she once believed, Samila must learn what it truly means to be the daughter of the BAU's Unit Chief. Told through both Samila's perspective and the quiet, protective thoughts of her father, In the Shadow of Justice is a story about family, resilience, and the fragile balance between protecting the world and protecting the ones you love. Because sometimes the hardest thing for a man who hunts monsters... is making sure his child never has to see them.

|completed| 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔

You joined the BAU team a few months ago as a temporary replacement while one of its members, Spencer Reid, was falsely incarcerated. Little did you know, the unit chief, Emily Prentiss, asked for you to permanently transfer, causing tension to rise between you and the newly freed doctor. But when tension becomes too much, someone is bound to break. [Spencer Reid x Reader] [Mature Audiences] [Post/during Season 14] #2 in reid #1 in CriminalMindsfanfiction #1 in mattsimmmons #1 in lukealvez #1 in Taralewis #1 in MatthewGrayGubler #1 in spencerreidfanfiction #1 in drspencerreidfanfiction #1 in drspencerreid #1 in spencerreid #1 in Spencer #1 in MGG - Published on November 9, 2022 -

Melinda was never supposed to end up at the BAU. But when her past forces her into the world of serial killers and criminal profiling, she quickly becomes more than just the new recruit-she becomes family. Fierce, funny, and absolutely impossible to ignore, she's a hurricane the team didn't know they needed. Then there's Spencer Reid. Genius. Awkward. Brilliant. Guarded. Until Melinda. What starts as gentle banter turns into unspoken glances, forehead kisses, chaos during briefings, and a relationship that unravels slowly-until it hits like a train. From shared trauma to stolen motel moments and one truly unforgettable "we'll be back in thirty minutes" declaration, Spencer and Melinda rewrite every rule the BAU has ever known about love. In a world built on profiling monsters, sometimes the most unexpected connection is the one that saves you

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

in which spencer reid tells the girl across the bar about the dangers of smoking spencer reid x oc slow burn- friends to lovers previous title: afterglow

After a case accidentally becomes intertwined with 16 year old Evangeline in colorado she does them all a favour and solves the case for them. 8 months later they see Evangeline again, except this time she's hacked into the FBI and now has to spend the next two years 'interning' as punishment But becoming more close with the BAU Evangeline doesn't have a choice but to open up, not realising just how close they're getting to her personal life, not realising how close they are to seeing what her life is really like when she goes home at night And with Emily finding out there's a big connection between her and Evie, it might not be what's best with Ian Doyle back 🥇 #1 jenniferjaraeu 🥇 #1 penelopegarcia 🥇 #1 emilyprentiss 🥇 #1 Hotch 🥇 #1 BAU 🥇 #1 profiler 🥇 #1 JJ

"I can't find it in my heart to ask forgiveness. Anything that feels this right can't be that wrong." lust, love, marriage, and divorce. You and the team are a family unit, that's obvious. However, for a a group of skilled profilers, no one saw this coming.

Aaron Hotchner, dates a younger woman. Maybe they fall in love? Maybe there's some spice? Still trying to figure it out. Aaron meets Julia in D.C She's young, beautiful and successful in her field. He's older and focused on his job and his son. Dating isn't on his radar at all... until he meets her. Very open to constructive... KIND... criticism or suggestions.

Updates coming Saturdays ! :) Aspen Leigh has been working with the BAU for 5 years now. The problem? She does not get along with her boss Aaron Hotchner. She will do anything to get the slightest bit under his skin. Her favourite ways to do that? Flirt, flirt and oh ya FLIRT! What happens when Aaron decides he's not gonna take it anymore and gives it right back to her? Aaron Hotchner x OC Includes smut! Highest Awards 🏆 🥉3rd in aaronhotchner (Sept2025) 🥈 2nd in Hotch (Feb2026) 🥇 1st in Hotch (feb2026) 🏅4th in Hotchner (feb2026) 🏅10th in Criminalminds (Feb2026) *I own nothing except Aspen and her character history*