- Behind the smiles [ A. Hotchner] "Sometimes, the hardest thing isn't leaving the person who hurts you-it's finding the courage to love yourself enough to walk away." Beatrice Winchester's life isn't what it seems. Married to Tommy, a man who constantly criticizes her appearance and makes her believe she isn't worthy of love because of her weight, Beatrice struggles to feel good enough. His cruel words have her convinced that if she could only lose weight, everything would get better-if only she were skinny, he would finally love her. But nothing she does seems to change him. When Tommy moves Beatrice and her three young daughters to Quantico, Virginia, far from their hometown and all they know, Beatrice is forced to hide the truth of her crumbling marriage from those who care about her. Even her best friend, Hannah, senses something is wrong, but Beatrice is too afraid to leave. In a desperate attempt to change her life, Beatrice applies for a job with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) and meets Aaron Hotchner, her new boss. As a forensic developmental psychologist, Beatrice finds herself drawn to her work with children, but as she grows closer to Aaron, her feelings for him become more complicated. Torn between the man who controls her and the man who makes her feel seen, Beatrice is caught in a battle between love, fear, and the desire to protect her daughters from the cycle of abuse. Will Beatrice find the strength to leave her abusive marriage, or will she continue to live in the shadow of Tommy's control? And as her connection with Aaron deepens, will she be able to choose between her marriage and the man who makes her feel truly seen for the first time? { Status. : Compete} CRIMINAL MINDS, S1 - S10 {Aaron hotchner x Fem! Oc} AphroditeArrows , 2025

ON HIATUS ! REWORKING 'ⁱ'ᵈ ʳᵃᵗʰᵉʳ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᶠᵘᶜᵏ ᵒⁿ ᵐʸ ᵉˣ ᵃᵍᵃⁱⁿ , ᵃᵗ ˡᵉᵃˢᵗ ʰᵉ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ˡᵒᵛᵉˢ ᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ʷʰᵒ ⁱ ᵃᵐ' 𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 - 𝐓𝐁𝐃 ᴛᴏɴʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴋ x ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ!ᴏᴄ 【© -earthly 2025 】

"love is real. you just have to find your person." "and what if i don't have a person?" in which his task brings an unlikely pair together. lowercase intended

࿐ྂ ༘֨𖦹 In which they're childhood friends... she's a Lupin-black and he's a Potter. Oh yeah, and instead of Voldemort, there's an insane man who's ten times more powerful. 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖯𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗑 𝖮𝖢 𝖧𝖠𝖱𝖱𝖸 𝖯𝖮𝖳𝖳𝖤𝖱 𝖠𝖴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters that are in this book! I do however own the plot and Valerie Lupin-Black July 8, 2021- September 21 , 2021 (BOOK TWO OF LIMERENCE) @-ashleepotter 2021

𝗟𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿,𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆,𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗱. 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲,𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀,𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. ⚠️𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲⚠️ ⚠️𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁⚠️