These stories happen throughout the seasons of both Criminal Minds shows, the original and the re-boot. I will try to keep them in order and at least annotate the episode(s) with which they correspond. I plan to keep them at least mostly cannon compliant. These stories are told about a she/her pronoun, cisgender female original character that is a child in season one and progresses through teen (most of the stories) to the young adult years. It is worth noting that I do hope to add some lgbtqia+ characters with time. The main character's sexuality is still in debate in my mind and I for sure want her to have at least a few queer friends. 😁 The majority of the stories will probably fall within the subject's adolescent years and will mainly focus on her relationship with JJ as her adoptive mother, and her relationship with the team. Our main character, in the context of the show's timeline would be born in 1999. A few of the stories will be short stories about how the character ties into various aspects of the plot and different episodes. But I hope to make most of them into full chapters. I hope you enjoy this! Yay for first trys, right? Trigger warnings will be posted with each chapter, but please, if you are struggling with self harm, suicidal thoughts, or other trauma that may be triggered, either read the non-tigger warning stories, OR come back and read them once you are feeling like you are in a better mental-space. Stay strong, you've got this. YOU are AMAZING. Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds, any of its plots, characters, lines or ideas. And the people who created this show deserve all the credit we can give them because they are GENIUSES! I only own my original characters. Everything in *star quotations* is straight cannon dialogue from the show. I DO NOT own any of these lines or scenes.