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[elsiebishh]

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Last updated: March 25th, 2023

[emberfrostlovesloki]

Aaron Hotchner & CM Content Creator Spotlight

Good evening, loves! I hope you are all having a good start to your week. I just wanted to take a moment to shout out some of the amazing content creators that I see putting out the most breathtaking, content related to Aaron and Criminal Minds in general.

The fact that we get this content, for free, never ceases to amaze me. I’m lucky to interact, read, and view your work every day. It really does help my writing and makes my days a 100 times better. And an extra special shoutout to my moots (y’all are so keen! ❤️) Please check these awesome people out and give them a follow if you are so inclined. I will continue adding accounts to this list as I find them. See the list under the cut [accounts not listed in any order]

Creators who Write for Aaron & the BAU All fics mentioned are linked

@criminalskies - They have lots of Aaron-centered fics that are so comforting.

My favorite work of theirs: “In Your Orbit” Part I and Part II. I still haven’t recovered from these. 

@luveline - She has lots of Aaron content and some Spencer fics as well. She also posts for other fandoms like Stranger Things and The Mauraders. Her use of tone and diction always blow me away. 

My favorite work of hers: “If Things Go Bad”

@little-diable - A truly prolific writer! The consistency in style is incredible. She also writes for Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders (thank you, thank you, thank you!)

My favorite work of hers: “For You, always” [18+]

@softhairedhotch - He shares lots of Aaron head canons and ideas that get my writing juices going. 

My favorite works of his: “cold case” and the “Trans masc Aaron headcannons” ← This is still making me want to give him a hug and go to a pride parade with him and Jack!

@ssahotchnerr - When I read her stuff I just kick my feet and scream into my pillow. Her Aaron stuff sends me. I love the fics with fluff so much. 

My favorite work of hers: “Sleepless” 

@winterscaptain - To say that her series A Joyful Future actually changed my life is an understatement. I go back to it again, and again, and again. I’ll link the master list here (link) but if you want to literally feel like you are really married to Aaron, then give the series a read. 

I like all of Tali’s work, but I’m extra partial to “Though and Though” and “Berry Hill”

@itsrainingreid - I’m still pretty new to this blog, but the fic “Ride” [18+] sold me instantly. I can’t stop thinking about it. I look forward to reading more of your work. 

Creators that share Screencaps and Inspo 

@milla984 A L W A Y S comes through with the Aaron screen caps. Literally my hero!

@hotchs-big-hands [18+ account. Minors DNI!] Her nsfw Aaron inspo content does things to me. 

@hotch-girl The way I keep saving her pictures like I need to have the whole set. [I need the whole set]

@sadgirlzluvdilfs [18+ account. Minors DNI!] A generally lovely person who always posts/reposts good Aaron/Thomas content! It's a joy to hang out on her blog.

@hancydrewfan Always shares the Emily content I need. 

Creators that make Prompts and also Write 

@imagining-in-the-margins It was her Meet Cute Writing Challenge prompts that got me writing again. I cannot thank you enough for that. Her prompts have really helped me get my writing mojo back.

Criminal Minds Artists

@k1ngari

@lilliesthings Soft pastel aesthetic of Spence, Em, Garcia, and Derk. What more could you ask for? Nothing in my book.

@weirdlybeans Super cute art of Hotch! I love their work!

@hannaloony So cute and cozy digital art. I want all of your pieces as prints!

Creators that share the Dark Academia Aesthetic [my aesthetic] 

@optimistic-nihilist

@peacefulandcozy Maybe more soft academia / mori kie than dark academia, but I still find it very aesthetic!

@cafekitsune has the cutes text breaks and dividers on here. Her work has been a gamechanger for my page. Please check her out if you are into aesthetics on your blog! Remi I love you so much.

[satchels-and-socks]

I'm writing a piece of fanfiction and I need help coming up with a ship name

The ship is Sean Hotchner × Spencer Reid

I came up with one well kinda it's:

Spean =Spencer×Sean?

I'm open to any suggestions feel free to reblog and tell me what you think or comment what you think the ship name should be

[elliottspond]

Three In The Morning

Pairing: Dad!Ralvez x GN Child!Reader

Summary: Spencer helps Reader with insomnia, and Luke helps both of them bake cookies without destroying the kitchen.

Word Count: 2.0k

Warnings: Insomnia

A/N: This is for Pom’s (@imagining-in-the-margins​ ) Father’s Day Challenge! It’s different than what I usually write, but I thought it would be fun to write a Child!Reader with Dad!Ralvez so here we are (reader is still Gender Neutral, but please let me know if there’s anything that implies otherwise!). Pom hosted this challenge because some don’t have a father worth celebrating, and I think she’s an amazing human for doing this. So let’s all take a moment to appreciate her!!

This fic also deals with insomnia (found in the warnings), which I suffer from so this is written from what I’ve experienced. Keep in mind that people experience insomnia in different ways.

[Please do no steal my work. Reblogs are appreciated. Happy reading!]

“Alright, we need to go to bed.” Luke gets up from his spot on the couch next to you, pulling his blanket with him to fold it. You sigh, not wanting to move yet, but you know you have to. Arguing with him would get you nowhere when both of you know he’s right.

You follow his lead, folding your own blanket and putting it back in its place before turning off the TV. Roxy gets up from her spot on the couch, knowing it’s time to go to bed as Luke turns off all the lights and the both of you start walking down the hall.

“We have to leave by nine tomorrow, so set your alarm, or Dad or I can wake you up.” He whispers, reminding you of the family’s breakfast plans with Uncle Derek.

“I’ll just set my alarm. Night, Dad.” You keep your voice low as well, not wanting to wake Spencer who went to bed a while ago. When you reach your room, you turn on the light for Roxy, watching as she walks in and jumps on your bed.

“Goodnight.” He walks further down the hall to his bedroom as you walk the few steps across the hall to your bathroom to do your nightly routine. After you’re done, you walk back to your room and close the door behind you quietly.

You turn off the light and walk over to your bed, pulling the covers down so you can slide between the sheets. Roxy gets up from the foot of the bed where she was waiting for you and moves to lay up against you, wanting to cuddle.

You pet her a few times and remember to set your alarm, grabbing your phone and set it so you have enough time to get ready in the morning. The time in the corner catches your attention, seeing that it’s almost midnight. You put your phone back down, turning to pet Roxy while you close your eyes and wait for sleep to come.

After laying there for a while and switching positions multiple times with no success of falling asleep, you look at the time and see that an hour has passed. You let out a loud sigh at this, frustrated with yourself for not being able to sleep.

This isn’t the first time, you’ve had other nights where you weren’t able to fall asleep, but it’s still frustrating every time. You feel tired and you know you have to wake up in the morning, so you close your eyes again.

Laying there, knowing that trying to sleep is useless because it’s not going to happen, you become bored. You grab your phone, hoping that doing something instead of just laying there will help a little, but all it does is pass by another hour.

You set your phone back down on the nightstand and cover your face with your hands as you lay on your back, just wanting to go to sleep. You turn your head to look at Roxy, who is awake from all your rustling.

“Why can’t I go to sleep?” You ask her, and she lets out a little whine, snuggling closer to you. Her two front legs are sprawled over your chest, trying to comfort you as she senses your stress.

Roxy has always been good at sensing when someone is stressed, and she loves to cuddle so she’s been like your best friend. Always there when you need her. Luke was jealous at first since she liked you so much and started sleeping with you, but he has Spencer so you don’t feel too bad.

She lays her head down and you scratch her ears as you look up at the ceiling, your eyelids feeling heavy despite not being able to fall asleep. You pet her for a while before you start to feel restless, so you eventually push her off of your chest gently and get out of bed, going out into the living room where you were a couple of hours ago.

You hear Roxy following you as you grab a blanket and lay down on the couch. Desperate to fall asleep, you turn on the TV and lower the volume, hoping that your dads don’t hear you and the background noise from the TV will help you fall asleep.

But, of course, it doesn’t.

You keep moving around—laying on your left side, then your back, then your right, even your stomach. You only become more annoyed as time passes, letting out a loud sigh as you feel like crying.

“You okay?” You hear Spencer ask in a soft voice, but you still jump as you thought he was sound asleep in his room.

You sit up as you shake your head. He walks around the couch and you rest your back on the arm of it so he has room to sit. Once he’s settled, he looks at you with a soft look on his face, silently asking “what’s wrong”.

But you ignore it, not wanting to talk about it even though he might be confused as to why his child is almost in tears, on the couch, in the middle of the night. You’ve never been one to talk about your feelings, even to your dads.

“I thought you went to bed.” He leans back, now slouched against the couch.

“I did, but your dad’s snoring woke me up.” You both laugh at this, a small relief from the stressful few hours. “What about you?” He asks verbally this time, wanting you to answer him.

You wished he didn’t come out here so you didn’t have to talk, but you also know how annoying Luke’s snoring could be from when he naps on the couch. You just feel like suffering alone right now, but you force yourself to realize that’s not healthy and it could be good to talk. It might even make you tired, since nothing else has.

“Just… can’t fall asleep. Insomnia.” You say and he nods, probably knowing from your vague answer you aren’t that fond of talking about it. Yet, he still continues on as if he didn’t notice.

“How come?” The first thing that comes to your mind is what you just said—insomnia. But he’d ask you to elaborate anyways if you gave him that as an answer, so you try to think.

How come? You don’t know. It should be easy to answer, but it’s not. You furrow your eyebrows and look down at the blanket that your hands are fiddling with as if that’ll give you the answer, but nothing comes to mind.

“I don’t know, I’ve never thought about it.” Shrugging your shoulders, you look back up at him and see he’s looking at the TV.

“If you’ve never thought about it, that means you’ve had time to think about it. Which means this has happened before.” He analyzes, and you purse your lips. You don’t say anything, instead just choosing to sit there and that in itself gives Spencer an answer.

“Why haven’t you told me?” He doesn’t seem hurt that you didn’t tell him, but he could be and is just hiding it because he doesn’t want to make you feel guilty. Either way, you’re thankful he just sounded curious.

“It didn’t seem important. It’s only happened a few times.” You didn’t think it was that big of a deal, but Spencer and Luke are protective dads so everything is important to them. It can sometimes be annoying, but you know you’re overall lucky that they care so much.

“You’re losing sleep over something, though. I think that’s important. Don’t you?” You mumble a quiet agreement even though you don’t agree, but you’re not really in the mood to argue.

The two of you sit in silence for a few moments, the only noise coming from the TV that both of you are looking at, but neither of you are truly interested in it, before he talks again. “Do you know what helps me when I have insomnia?” 

You shake your head, looking over at him.

“Meditating.” You give him a look, as if to say that sounds awful. “Well what else do you wanna do?”

You give him multiple ideas, but he rejects them all using his logical brain to say what could go wrong, and how that isn’t something you should do in the middle of the night, and how that’s too loud and it’ll wake up Luke.

Somehow, you both end up in the kitchen baking cookies. Spencer has a sweet tooth so he agreed even though you both suck at baking. You know something is bound to go wrong because you’re just as clumsy as Spencer, but he’s too prideful to admit that he can’t bake.

You both decide to hide them from Luke, though, because he’s a child when it comes to sweets and if he finds out that you were making cookies without him, he’ll get upset and then he’ll eat them all.

When you get to the kitchen, you start getting out all of the ingredients and supplies. As you’re getting the eggs from the fridge, Spencer gets a bowl to mix everything in and you go to turn around, but Spencer is right there and you bump into him, sending the eggs in your hands and the bowl in his hands to the floor.

And that’s the something that was bound to go wrong.

The bowl is metal, so it makes a loud crashing sound as it hits the tile floor and the eggs crack. You instinctively step away quickly before anything can get on your feet and your hands go to cover your ears.

Looking up at Spencer, you see he’s cringing from the noise, both of you hoping that it didn’t wake Luke up. After what feels like an eternity of standing there silently and hearing nothing, you’re the first one to speak.

“Do you think he woke up?” You whisper, as if that’ll help after the bowl dropped.

“Probably, yeah. Why did you turn around?” He asks, trying to blame you. He gets like this sometimes, whenever he’s scared of getting in trouble by Luke. You usually find it funny, but right now you find it annoying because this was definitely not your fault and you don’t want Luke to eat all the cookies.

“Me?? Why were you standing behind me?” You whisper yell back at him and he starts to respond, but he’s interrupted.

“Because I-“

“-What the hell?” The two of you look over to see Luke standing at the entrance of the kitchen, hands on his hips and eyebrows furrowed.

“Oh, hey Dad.” You say casually, not knowing what else to do. Spencer just gives his awkward wave, choosing not to say anything.

“What are you guys doing?” You and Spencer look back at each other, each of you silently telling the other to speak first. You give in, groaning, as you look at Luke again.

“Making cookies.” He stares at you for a moment, then at Spencer, and finally down to the mess on the floor. You and Spencer wait for him to say something, wondering what he’s thinking.

“At three in the morning?”

“Uh, yeah.” Spencer finally speaks up and Luke throws his hands in the air, scoffing.

“Without me?” You knew it. You look at Spencer annoyed that you now have to share. “I love cookies.”

He walks further into the kitchen to where you and Spencer are standing, going to clean up the eggs on the floor and you move to help him, hoping you can use this later to convince him to not eat all the cookies.

“What are you guys doing up anyways?”

“Y/N has insomnia, and your snoring woke me up.”

“Okay, I do not snore.” Luke denies Spencer’s statement as if it were the most ridiculous thing ever, and Spencer is about to argue but Luke continues, giving Spencer a look. “But that’s not important right now.”

They talk with you about your insomnia while making the dough, and you eventually change the topic because you don’t want to talk about it anymore. You know they’ll bring it up another time, which you’re fine with because you know they just want to help.

[sleeperbusiness]

and i miss my lover, man

Summary: People often say that love at first sight was plausible, but Reid knew it was a hoax. Or at least he thought its a hoax, he couldn’t really speak about other people’s experiences. Reid didn’t really believe in falling in love in general really. It just wasn’t something he thought about. He thought about facts, things he can compartmentalize and put into boxes in his mind. Love was not something he could easily grasp and put into a single box. Sure he loved his team, his friends, his family, but it wasn’t the same as romantic love.

But right now, with you curled up next to him and the moonlight shining through the windows, casting shadows onto your cheeks and a soft smile on your lips, he thought that maybe, just maybe it was plausible.

The one where you and Spencer don’t talk about feelings and end up dating each other without knowing.

Status: Ongoing! Updated right now!

Pairings: Spencer Reid x Reader

It was the first time Spencer really cried in front of you.

Glossy eyes and juice stained lips. Moonlight shining through the windows and bathing the both of you in its light. Intimacy.

Spencer cried into your shoulder as you wrapped your arms around him. Quiet words of reassurance and the sound of him sniffling were the only things heard in the apartment that night.

In the morning, when you woke up, Spencer was still soundly asleep, his nose pressed into your neck, and the feeling of his breath tickling your skin. It was then you decided, no, promised, that you would try your hardest to take care of this man who had gone through too much too quickly. Be there when no one would be. Learn how to differentiate when he's stressed or struggling because no one should ever go through something like that alone.

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[sweetdulcets]

Hi!

So here I have a few things I’d like to say:

Your media consumption is your OWN responsibility!

Please, if you are not 18 years or older, do not read my stories that are marked as 18+!

My requests, asks, and chatbox are open! I always enjoy that, so chat away:)

Lastly, please put your name and age on your bio/page, that way me and others know who interacts with us!

That it! I’m super excited to be here, please be kind.

Thank you in advance!💖

Lorie

Masterlist

Criminal Minds

Aaron Hotchner

Series - Nefarious (ongoing)

1. Here Comes The Sun

2. Dreaming of You

3. The Stereo Sounds Strange

4. Where does the good go?

5. The wrong side of heaven

6. It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back

7. Come crashing in, into my little world

The Witcher

Lambert

oneshot

Stay a Little Longer

Taste (18+)

Eskel

oneshot

Two Birds On a Wire

[somanycannons]

I’ve got two more requests to do and I’m done!!

Please look at my new prompt list should be under my stuff from today and send me requests!

[reid-fiction]

Butter Me Up

In which Spencer’s daughter has picked up a few tricks from her mom

a/n: Okay, so this story is my submission for @captainreid‘s 700 Challenge! I was given the word: Blandishment. Which means “flattery intended to persuade” And, obviously, I needed to go the dad!Spencer route because it’s me and that’s what I live for. Hope you enjoy!

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She had her father’s hair, but that was pretty much the only thing Spencer’s 4-year-old daughter had inherited from him. The rest of her personality was entirely from you, which is partially why you assumed she got away with so much when it came to her dad. In the same way that Spencer would bend over backwards for you, he did the same for her and neither of you even really had to try.

Such was the case today. You had gone out to run some errands and spend a bit of time with some friends, and left your daughter at home. Spencer had put her in her room for a bit of quiet time while he got some work done and, so far, she hadn’t made a peep. You had given up on naps a long time ago, but she loved having quiet time when she could read or color or play with the the toys in her room. Some days, you or Spencer would spend that time with her and watch a movie or snuggle up on the couch, but she was just as happy to have that time alone.

Spencer had just finished going over a lesson plan for his next class when he heard her bedroom door open and she scuttled across the floor in her mismatched socks until she was beside him.

“Daddy?” she asked, tentatively.

Spencer kept his eyes glued to the paper in front of him, but answered her sweetly.

“Yes, love?”

“I made you something.”

Now Spencer did look up, opting to exchange the rather dry teaching material for whatever his daughter was holding out to him. He smiled when she handed it to him, looking at the bright colors and shapes that littered the crisp, white sheet of paper. It was obvious she had taken out nearly every single color in the box to add to her creation, and she was beaming up at him while he looked at it.

“Whoa!” Spencer exclaimed, mouth opened in exaggerated shock. “Did you draw this all by yourself?”

His daughter nodded, proudly, placing one hand on his knee so she could lean in closer and look at it with him.

“That’s you, daddy!” she said, pointing to a very obvious stick-figure looking object in the middle of the page. “Look, you’re wearin’ your Snoopy tie and crazy socks!”

Spencer chuckled as he nodded along with her commentary. The tie he had on in the picture didn’t resemble the cartoon dog whatsoever, but it was clearly covered in little white blobs that he assumed were meant to represent the animal. She had drawn his “crazy socks” almost up to his knees. One was bright pink and the other striped like a blue and yellow candy cane. It wasn’t all that far off from real life, other than the length. His hair, too, was not all that far off. She had drawn it messy and curly, framing it around his face and almost down to his chin.

“What this part?” Spencer asked, pointing to some wispy lines near the top that looked a bit like letters but not fully formed yet.

“It says, ‘I love you daddy an’ you’re the best daddy in the whole world’.”

Spencer wrapped his free arm around her and brought her up until she was seated in his lap. He leaned over and placed a smacking kiss to her forehead.

“Well, I love you too. It’s beautiful, munchkin. Thank you.”

He expected that to be the end of it, but his little girl wasn’t quite finished.

“Do you know why I wrote that, daddy?”

“Because you love me?” Spencer winked.

“‘Cause you do a lot of fun things with me, an’ you’re really nice and smart, and mommy says you’re handsome.”

Spencer laughed, looking down at her with an amused look on his face.

“Oh, she does, does she?”

His daughter nodded, keeping the most serious face she could.

“I think you’re handsome too, daddy. And I love you because you read me stories and play wit’ me, and make me macaroni and cheese ‘cause you’re the best daddy ever.”

Despite feeling his heart melt at her words, Spencer couldn’t help but wonder if there was an ulterior motive at work. You would often start listing things you loved about Spencer right before you went into your spiel about how you would realllly love it if he went out and picked up some ice cream for you, or gave you a back rub because he was “the best husband in the world”. Spencer knew well enough by now that his daughter had picked up a few of those tricks.

It was when she wrapped her little arms around his neck and started kissing his cheek that Spencer realized he was in for more than he bargained for.

“Are you trying to butter me up?” he asked, chuckling as he helped her balance on his knee.

She pulled away and looked at him in confusion.

“I don’t want to put butter on you, daddy. That’s gross.”

Spencer laughed, kissing her again.

“It means you’re trying to get me to do something for you by telling me all the things you love about me so I’ll be more likely to give in. Your mommy does it, too.”

She scrunched up her nose and Spencer knew he had cracked her.

“What is it that you want, munchkin?”

“Welllll....can we go to the playground an’ then for frozen yogurt?” she asked, putting on her best sweet voice. She leaned in a bit closer with her big, puppy dog eyes and started batting her eyelashes at him. “Pleaaaaseee? Pretty please, daddy?”

“Where did you learn how to do puppy dog eyes like that?” Spencer asked, smirking. “You really are your mother’s mini-me, aren’t you?”

He stood, lifting her up into his arms, and walking over so he could pin her drawing on the fridge.

“Tell you what,” he said, “it’s almost dinner time so if you can be a big girl and help daddy make dinner so mommy doesn’t have to when she gets home, I’ll take you to the playground later this evening and we can get a special treat afterwards, okay?”

Her eyes lit up, nodding enthusiastically and presumably a bit in surprise at how little persuasion it had taken. Spencer sat her down on top of the counter, poking her tummy as she let out a giggle.

“There’s one more thing I need, though,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows. “If I’m taking you to the park, I’m going to need a little payment from you first.”

“Do you want the money in my piggy bank?” she asked. “I have a quarter.”

“Nuh-uh, not that kind of payment.” He puckered his lips. “One kiss, please.”

His daughter grinned and leaned in to press a very enthusiastic and over-dramatic smack to his lips. Spencer caught her in his arms, blowing raspberries all over her face and neck while he tickled her sides, sending her into a fit of giggles.

Yeah...he didn’t need a lot of persuasion when it came to his girls. 

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[sleeperbusiness]

and i miss my lover, man

Summary: People often say that love at first sight was plausible, but Reid knew it was a hoax. Or at least he thought its a hoax, he couldn’t really speak about other people’s experiences. Reid didn’t really believe in falling in love in general really. It just wasn’t something he thought about. He thought about facts, things he can compartmentalize and put into boxes in his mind. Love was not something he could easily grasp and put into a single box. Sure he loved his team, his friends, his family, but it wasn’t the same as romantic love.

But right now, with you curled up next to him and the moonlight shining through the windows, casting shadows onto your cheeks and a soft smile on your lips, he thought that maybe, just maybe it was plausible.

The one where you and Spencer don’t talk about feelings and end up dating each other without knowing.

Status: Ongoing! Updated! (10/22/20)

Pairings: Spencer Reid x Reader

Right before the swell of the music, Spencer pulls away. His hands make their way into yours and he's smiling nervously. Gathering enough courage to tell you, tell you how he really feels about you. You wait for him, a reassuring smile on your face. You knew how Spencer liked to think about what he wanted to say, he was calculated like that, his brain never really allowing him to spout off the first thing that came to mind when it came to his feelings. 

His hands begin to clam up, the sensation doesn’t help him and only makes him feel more awkward. Instead of focusing on that, he finds himself staring into your eyes. His eyes occasionally flick down to your lips, but he’s so enamored with your eyes that he can’t speak. 

For a person who can read so much so quickly, he has no idea what to say. He's read thousands upon thousands of romantic declarations, poems, journal entries, but he can't find the right words.

Can't find the right words to tell you how he wants to wake up next to you for the rest of his life. How he wants to give you kisses when you least expect it. How he can picture the two of you sitting in rocking chairs and reading each other poetry and fantasy novels when you and he are all wrinkly and old.

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[sleeperbusiness]

and i miss my lover, man

Summary: People often say that love at first sight was plausible, but Reid knew it was a hoax. Or at least he thought its a hoax, he couldn’t really speak about other people’s experiences. Reid didn’t really believe in falling in love in general really. It just wasn’t something he thought about. He thought about facts, things he can compartmentalize and put into boxes in his mind. Love was not something he could easily grasp and put into a single box. Sure he loved his team, his friends, his family, but it wasn’t the same as romantic love.

But right now, with you curled up next to him and the moonlight shining through the windows, casting shadows onto your cheeks and a soft smile on your lips, he thought that maybe, just maybe it was plausible.

The one where you and Spencer don’t talk about feelings and end up dating each other without knowing.

Status: Ongoing! Updated! (10/26/20)

Pairings: Spencer Reid x Reader

He ends up lingering by his own door, a hesitant hand on the doorknob and preparing himself mentally, shoving his thoughts and this case in the depths of his memories. It was impossible of course. He remembers everything about it. He remembers every case he's gone on, every case that goes south, every killing he has seen, and it weighs his soul down. Images of lost children, times where he could have helped more, the lasting trauma that seeps through his skin and latches onto his heart, all of it plaguing his mind.

He doesn't say anything about it though, not to a soul, he doesn’t want others to take pity on him. Think that his gift was a curse. It took years to learn that himself between the bullying, his home life, and even at work.

As he slowly pushes the door open, your figure under the mess of blankets is the first thing he sees. He's grateful that the bedding wasn't kicked off the bed, it would make it difficult to sneak into bed with an armful of pillows and blankets. He makes quiet work of undressing, tie first, his fingers pulling at the fabric until it's loose and tossing it into the hamper. He's trying to be as quiet as he can but as he's pulling open his drawer for something to change into, the clunking of the heavy wood resonates throughout the apartment.

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[sleeperbusiness]

and i miss my lover, man

Summary: People often say that love at first sight was plausible, but Reid knew it was a hoax. Or at least he thought its a hoax, he couldn't really speak about other people's experiences. Reid didn't really believe in falling in love in general really. It just wasn't something he thought about. He thought about facts, things he can compartmentalize and put into boxes in his mind. Love was not something he could easily grasp and put into a single box. Sure he loved his team, his friends, his family, but it wasn't the same as romantic love.

But right now, with you curled up next to him and the moonlight shining through the windows, casting shadows onto your cheeks and a soft smile on your lips, he thought that maybe, just maybe it was plausible.

The one where you and Spencer don't talk about feelings and end up dating each other without knowing.

Status: Ongoing! Updated today

Pairings: Spencer Reid x Reader

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[sleeperbusiness]

and i miss my lover, man

Summary: People often say that love at first sight was plausible, but Reid knew it was a hoax. Or at least he thought its a hoax, he couldn’t really speak about other people’s experiences. Reid didn’t really believe in falling in love in general really. It just wasn’t something he thought about. He thought about facts, things he can compartmentalize and put into boxes in his mind. Love was not something he could easily grasp and put into a single box. Sure he loved his team, his friends, his family, but it wasn’t the same as romantic love.

But right now, with you curled up next to him and the moonlight shining through the windows, casting shadows onto your cheeks and a soft smile on your lips, he thought that maybe, just maybe it was plausible.

The one where you and Spencer don’t talk about feelings and end up dating each other without knowing.

Status: Ongoing! Updated! (10/19/20)

Pairings: Spencer Reid x Reader

Sometimes recovery is sitting in bed with Reid and eating double chocolate chip cookies with milk, laughing at the milk mustaches on each other's upper lip, and telling terrible jokes. Other days it’s scrubbing your skin raw in the bath while Spencer sits on the bathroom floor reminding you that skin cells regenerate between two weeks to a month and the feeling of being dirty won’t last forever. That you’ll be scrubbed clean of the past and eventually it’ll become a distant memory. 

Sometimes it's nights where you're feeling broken and sobbing in the middle of your bathroom because you caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and thought about how many people have seen your bare skin. Other times it's Spencer trying to cook and accidentally setting lunch on fire, making you laugh until you can't breathe.

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