Hotch agreed to not fight Strauss when she added an eighth agent to the team. He did not agree to like said agent. For SSA Victoria "Tor" Beauregard, having everyone like her is the key to her survival. If they like her, they won't look closely enough to see the shadow looming over her past. So, whatever it takes to get her grumpy boss to like her, she will do it. Even if it means staying late every night to help him with his paperwork. This story is completed at 65 chapters (plus the author's note) with 1 bonus chapter!

❝ 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 ❞ 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐱-𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. cover made by @vanillainkss <3

Ara Blake has more skills than just being a SWAT agent and brilliant in every way. With a behavioral analysis degree and scores that knock anyone's in the FBI, she's a catch every Unit Chief wants. Another skill she has? Having a serial killer for a father. But one Unit Chief in particular doesn't want Ara touching the BAU. Everyone seems to like her. Except Aaron Hotchner. Ara Blake has been running for a long time, but from what, no one knows. But he wants her gone because she's reckless, a liability, and absolutely compromising. But the only thing she starts compromising is the lines between professional and personal between her and Aaron. AARON HOTCHNER X OC

Crystal Archer was an average woman in her opinion. She was bold, smart, and incredibly charming but she wasn't girly. Oh no, for from that. She grew up being the only girl in her family and her brothers treated her no different then one of the guys. She was witty with her comments and just as wise with her advice. Crystal was no push over, but she was kind with a sense of humor. Join her on her adventure with the BAU and catching criminals and maybe finding that being "girly" was an okay thing. - - "You seem stressed" "Gee, almost sounded like a profiler there big boss" "You do understand that I can fire you, correct?" - *I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS OR THE CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE I MADE UP* *IMAGES FOUND ON GOOGLE, CREDIT TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER* HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in ROMANCEFANFICTION #1 in CRIMINALMINDS #1 in BAU #2 in BAU #2 in AARONHOTCHNERXOC #3 in ROMANCEFANFICTION #3 in AARONHOTCHNER #4 in AARONHOTCHNER #4 in BAU #4 in MYSTERY-THRILLER #4 in ROMANCEFANFICTION #5 in AARONHOTCHNER #5 in BAU #6 in AARONHOTCHNER #6 in DAVIDROSSI #6 in MYSTERY-THRILLER #7 in BAU #7 in MYSTERY-THRILLER #8 in BAU #8 in DAVIDROSSI #8 in MYSTERY-THRILLER #8 in ROMANCEFANFICTION

"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.

Avery Monroe, a fiercely determined former Navy SEAL, has spent years running from the ghosts of her past - the unsolved murder of her sister and the scars of a broken family. Now working alongside the BAU, she's confronted not only by the darkest minds but by a chance at something she never expected.... love

Bella Snow was the light in Spencer Reid's dark world. Spencer Reid was the beauty Bella Snow tried so desperately to find in this cruel world. Together they held each other up, attempting to hold together the crumbling Earth. To be in love is to hurt. To be in love is to sacrifice. To be in love is to let go. "You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." -Arthur Conan Doyle ~BOOK 2~ ~SEASONS 6-10~ *I do not own the Criminal Minds universe, characters, or storylines. I do own the characters and storylines I created myself*

When Claire learns that she has another sister, it seems that fate is finally giving her something back. But as she tries to become part of a new family, she is haunted by a past that was never really resolved. Only this time hiding is not an option, because she has too much to lose.

Ella a toujours tout haï. Ce qu'elle est, ce qu'elle a subit, ce qui lui ont fait du mal, et ce qu'elle est devenue. Elle n'a jamais ressenti autre chose que de la haine envers tous ce qu'elle connaissait. Elle ne cherche qu'une chose, la vengeance. Spencer a (presque) toujours tout aimer. Son équipe, sa mère, son travail, et les personnes qui le soutiennent jour après jour. Il a bien sûr déjà été triste ou en colère, mais il n'a jamais rien détesté, même les traumatismes qu'il a vécu. Il ne veut qu'une chose, trouver quelqu'un à qui donner son cœur. Elle ne connaît que la haine. Il ne demande qu'à aimer.

𓏲 ࣪₊♡𓂃. 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, in 2016, twenty-six-year-old quinn verity is scraping by as a waitress, quietly raising her teenage sister olive and trying to forget the horrors of her past-namely, being the daughter of infamous serial killers. but when a phone call from agent aaron hotchner pulls her back into the world she thought she'd escaped, quinn is forced to confront both old trauma and new danger. as the she faces a case eerily similar to the one that shattered her life in 2006, quinn must decide whether to use the lie-detecting gift she's spent a decade trying to suppress-or risk letting another monster slip through the cracks. trope: friends to lovers published: 1st may 2025 finished: on going . . . #1 - criminalminds #1 - spencerreid #1 - aaronhotchner #1 - penelopegarcia #1 - matthewgraygubler #1 - jasongideon #1 - profilers #1 - fbiagent #1 - bau #1 - fbi