❝ an invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. the thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break ❞ [criminal minds] [spencer reid]

❝ if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it already. but you haven't, because i think you know i'm the only person who really understands you ❞ spencer reid has always loathed the star-crossed lovers trope. i mean, he's read a lot of fiction, and it really is just a terribly repetitive romantic trope -- so, naturally, when it appears as a reality in his own life, it's very much unappreciated. and, well, star-crossed lovers has never been so literal than when spencer reid feels tied -- by fate, by their pasts, by simple sexual attraction -- to the nefarious subject of a rigorous investigation. this just might be the case of his life, and yet his mind keeps wandering away, down a deep, dark hallway to where someone calls his name. star-crossed lovers has never been so dangerous. [criminal minds, season 7 onwards] [slow burn, enemies to lovers] [spencer reid x female oc]

|| SEQUEL TO EASY WAY OUT || After quitting her job oversees, Isla Rafferty soon finds herself lost, alone, and once again longing for Spencer Reid; the man she left behind. [word count: approx. 184,000] COMPLETED.

[COMPLETED] ❝ we need someone to replace blake and i think we should give her a chance. ❞ ❝ spence, she's a criminal. ❞ the four horsemen had earned the title of the most dangerous group that the behavioral analysis unit had ever worked against. luckily for the team, in their possession now was quinn carson, the member of the horsemen that they believed could change everything. [pre-season 10 - season 10 ] [BOOK ONE IN THE HORSEMEN SERIES]

After joining the BAU, Isla Rafferty soon learns that fighting crime isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially with Spencer Reid around. [word count: approx. 140,000 words] COMPLETED.

27-year-old Vivian Santos did not plan on being in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI, but when the opportunity came, she took it up without a second thought. She also did not plan on meeting the awkwardly charming and intelligent Dr. Spencer Reid, and what turns into a small workplace crush turns into much much more. But Vivian becomes the obsession of a dangerous stalker, and everyone close to her is in danger. *I do not own Criminal Minds or any of the characters. All things relating to the show belongs to CBS.*

Dr Heather Jayce has decided to join the Behavioural Analysis Unit of the FBI and it doesn't take long for her to discover that she developed feelings for one of her co-agents. But does this love have a chance? And will everything change after the BAU has to solve cases in which one of them is the victim? What happens when Heather loses control of her own mind? Can she continue to feel this way for her associate?