When a former Interpol agent Lora Caderton joins BAU, she brings more than just an impressive resume - she carries a past full of pain and guilt. Every case involving children cuts like a knife, but she refuses to let that pain define her... SSA Aaron Hotchner knows what it means to lose everything. After his wife was murdered by a serial killer, he locked away every piece of himself that wasn't dedicated to work or his son. Love is a weakness he can't afford-not anymore... She understands his silence. He sees the pain behind her strength. Case after case, step by step, their guarded walls begin to crumble. And when the darkness of their pasts collides with their present, they realize that maybe, just maybe, healing isn't something they have to do alone. Until one day, the lines blur-not just between past and present, but between loneliness and something far more terrifying... hope.

·° 。: ✰ : ·° 。 ❝ i think you have the most beautiful mind. ❞ [ SLOW UPDATES! ] ❪ spencer reid x fem!oc ❫ euphemire ©2024

Aurelia "Lia" Han is a witness to one of a series of murders taking place in D.C. She helps with the case, and her relationship with Hotch grows as it progresses.

Mercedes "MJ" Johnson grew up unseen - the only white girl in a tough Chicago neighborhood, trapped in a violent home and carrying bruises no one asked about. But Derek Morgan saw her. Protected her. Fed her when her own house was empty. He was her best friend, her shelter, and the first boy to ever make her feel safe. Years later, they reunite at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. She's not the broken girl he once knew - she's quiet, brilliant, and tougher than she lets on. But Derek still looks at her like she's something worth protecting, and MJ still feels safest in his orbit. Their bond runs deep - forged in childhood, sharpened by time. But what once was innocent has turned into something slower, heavier, and harder to ignore. With every case, every look, every late-night conversation, their connection deepens into something they never dared to name. Because love like theirs doesn't burn fast - it lingers, waits, and grows quietly in the spaces between survival and healing. A Slow-burn Derek Morgan Fanfic This book does not follow the Criminal Minds' timeline #1 in morgan 07/29/25 - 08/07/25 #1 in bau 08/07/25, 12/1/25, 1/1/26 #1 in fbi 08/07/25, 08/16/25 - 08/17/25 #1 in derekmorgan 12/1/25

"What's the difference?" "Wouldn't you like to know?" And she was right. He would. a story about coffee-ruined books, love lost, piano, and healing. [criminal minds fanfic set during season 9 of criminal minds. spoilers for this season!! maeve WAS canon]

She escaped with nothing but a backpack and a necklace. Now, survival has made her a profiler - and the past she fled still waits in the dark. Aaron Hotchner x OC

[s. reid] Spencer Reid always had a weakness for dangerous women. ...... In which a victim of a notorious serial killer has something in common with the team at Quantico.. she excels at profiling. Vera Langford is just 18 when she survives a crime that should have ended her life. Five years later, recruited into the CIA she disappears into a world of aliases and moral compromise. Until her path crosses again with Dr. Spencer Reid, the man who once helped save her. But she's no longer the same. "Last I checked, you were-gone." "Gone, but not exactly retired it seems." spencer reid x oc [slow burn] [strangers to friends, friends to lovers] [undercover agent] [yearning] Tag: FBI, CIA, spy, undercover, victim, profiler, BAU, genius [ongoing] current word count - 170k

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

She doesn't speak. She sees everything. When a case threatens to tear Derek Morgan apart, the BAU is forced to accept help from an outsider-Special Agent Sophia Clark, a mute profiler with unsettling insight and no allegiance to anyone but the truth. As suspicion closes in and danger escalates, Sophia becomes Derek's quiet anchor in a storm of doubt, violence, and buried trauma. Their connection builds slowly, deliberately-through glances, signs, and moments that don't need sound to matter. The Sound of Silence is a Criminal Minds slow burn exploring trust, trauma, and love found in the spaces between words.

'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 ]