-𝑰𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉, Angela Nikolsov, a gifted young agent in the BAU, has spent her career burying a past she refuses to confront. But when a long-silenced nightmare resurfaces- her mother, a notorious serial killer the BAU once captured- Angela's carefully constructed life begins to unravel. As chilling messages from behind bars grow more personal and more threatening, Angela is forced into a dangerous game that blurs the line between hunter and hunted. With her past closing in and secrets clawing their way to the surface, she faces an impossible choice: keep running from the truth... or trust the very team she's kept at a distance.

When two seasoned FBI agents meet criminal psychology professor Rosalina Marie consulting on a high-stakes case, nothing is quite what it seems. Emily is precise, commanding, and unyielding; JJ is gentle, intuitive, and grounding. Together, they create a space where control, trust, and care intertwine-revealing the delicate balance between strength and vulnerability. For Rosalina, accustomed to managing every detail of life and thought, surrendering control is unfamiliar territory. In this controlled environment, choices are intentional, boundaries are respected, and a new kind of connection emerges-where steel meets silk, and even the strongest walls can soften.

Gabriella had just graduated the top of her class to enter the FBI and she was recommended to begin her career in the BAU. The youngest agent to ever enter the field at the ripe age of 17. She had been in and out of foster care since she was five but she doesn't like discussing her childhood with anyone. JJ and Emily are intrigued by the younger blonde and how innocent she seems. Will they find out all her secrets and will she be able to continue hiding herself from her new team of profilers?

'𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘦.' Spencer prides himself on his ability to detect lies, to spot the tiniest inconsistencies in a person's story - it's the one thing he's always been able to rely on. Which is why he feels such a disdain for the BAU's newest member. Unlike the rest of the team, he isn't fooled by her veneer of normalcy. There's something off about her; a lack of warmth in her smiles, a lack of light behind her eyes... She's hiding something, he knows she is. He just needs to prove it, and her 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 will come crashing down. [ A Spencer Reid x Reader ]

Charlie McDowell is the newest member of the BAU. Smart, sarcastic, stubborn, and unwilling to share anything with her colleagues, will they be able to discover her secret before it's too late?

||psychopathy|| a neuropsychiatric disorder marked by deficient emotional responses, lack of empathy, and poor behavioral controls, commonly resulting in persistent antisocial deviance and criminal behavior. Lillia Davis worked as a Doctor in the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. For a few years, Lillia had worked with a specific patient by the name of Daniel Butcher. Daniel was a diagnosed psychopath and schizophrenic who had been working with Lillia since he got admitted to the Institute. She learnt the ins and outs of his brain and knew more about him than his own mother did. The two spent long days together, sometimes having to eat meals opposite one another. This lead Daniel to believe things he only wished were true. When Daniel goes missing from the institute, great panic arises when multiple young women are taken off the streets and announced missing. When the BAU gets called to work the case and Lillia gets brought in to help, who knows what rabbit holes they'll all find themselves falling into. Fem OC X Spencer Reid Criminal minds fan fic Not decided on which season it's set during yet but this story for the most part won't follow any part of the show except backgrounds etc :)

"He profiles people. She profiles language. But neither of them are ready to figure each other out." Wren Calloway is a forensic linguist with a sharp tongue, a faster brain, and ADHD-fuelled chaos in her soul. She's made a career out of reading between the lines-until the BAU invites her to step into their world of darkness, danger, and unspeakable crimes. Enter Aaron Hotchner: team leader, master profiler, and emotional fortress in a suit. He doesn't do mess. He doesn't do feelings. And he definitely doesn't do distractions. But Wren? Wren is all of that and more. As the BAU faces cases that test the limits of their minds and hearts, Wren and Hotch must navigate their growing connection-one cryptic quote, one sideways glance, one soul-baring truth at a time. A slow-burn romance filled with profiling, poetic chaos, and the art of being seen. In a world full of monsters, sometimes the hardest thing to decode is yourself.

When the BAU discovers a 14-year-old girl as the sole survivor of a cult massacre, they uncover more than just a crime - they uncover a life steeped in manipulation, abuse, and psychological conditioning. Born into the Children of the Dawn, Faith has never known a world beyond the Shepherd's control. As the team works to dismantle the cult and protect her from lingering threats, they confront the fragile line between faith and trauma, manipulation and identity. Years later, now living under a new name and in a new life, Faith - or Elara - must reconcile her past while forging her own future, even as echoes of the Shepherd's teachings threaten to pull her back. A story of survival, resilience, and the long, uncertain path toward reclaiming one's voice. Trigger / Content Warnings Violence / murder Mass suicide Child sexual abuse Cult indoctrination PTSD / trauma Attempted suicide Emotional abuse

(A Love Story based on Criminal Minds) She finds meaning in what others leave behind. But some stories demand to be rewritten. Dr. Josephine "Jo" Prescott was never meant to be in the spotlight. A trauma linguist and one of the top graphologists in the country, she's spent her life in the spaces between - interpreting silence, decoding intent, and studying the way grief stains language. When the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit brings her in to consult on a ritual murder, Jo expects to offer insight and walk away. She doesn't expect to stay. And she certainly doesn't expect to matter. But some names refuse to fade. And some ghosts write back. As Jo becomes entangled in the team's darkest cases - and in the quiet pull between Spencer Reid's incandescent mind and Aaron Hotchner's steady gravity - old wounds resurface, including the disappearance of her sister, Lila, a case Jo's never stopped trying to solve. When a killer begins leaving letters only Jo can decipher, she must confront everything she's buried: her guilt, her grief, and her fear of being truly seen. Told through fragments, case files, and the emotional echoes that live in the margins, this is the story of a woman who spent her life reading everyone else's stories - until she finally writes her own.

𝓓𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓪 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔀 never knew her father. Growing up in the shadows, she learned to rely only on herself. Smart, guarded, and sharper than most, she worked her way into the FBI-unaware that her life was about to collide with the Behavioral Analysis Unit. To them, she's a brilliant but mysterious new agent. To one of them, she's something more. As Davina unravels her own past while hunting down the darkest minds, secrets buried for decades begin to surface. But the truth can cut deeper than any blade-and the closer she gets to it, the harder it becomes to keep her walls intact. Will the BAU uncover her secret before she 𝓭𝓸𝓮𝓼? ___ I do not own criminal minds nor the characters ___