Archive of Our Own

Recent bookmarks

1. Rec 7

   our paths joined by accident (but we walk along together by choice) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & Jack Hotchner
   • Jack Hotchner & Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & David Rossi
   • The BAU Team & Aaron Hotchner
   • Jessica Brooks & Aaron Hotchner
   • Maeve Donovan & Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Jack Hotchner
   • David Rossi
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Jessica Brooks
   • Haley Hotchner (mentioned)
   • Other(s)
   • The BAU Team (Criminal Minds)
   • Maeve Donovan
   • Spencer Reid does not work for the BAU
   • Professor Spencer Reid
   • Romance
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • Eventual Smut
   • Soft Aaron Hotchner
   • Soft Spencer Reid
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Bottom Aaron Hotchner
   • First Time Bottoming
   • other sexy things (very vanilla I think)
   • Top Spencer Reid
   • Safe Sane and Consensual
   • Domestic Fluff
   • First Dates
   • First Kiss
   • Cute Aaron Hotchner
   • Assertive Spencer Reid
   • Shy Aaron Hotchner
   • Rossi ships it
   • Bisexual Spencer Reid
   • Pansexual Aaron Hotchner
   • I'm really breaking the mold with that tag frfr /j
   • this is written by an AroAce author who has never experienced romantic or sexual attraction
   • I'm sure you can understand the issue with me writing this fic
   • they're in LOVE your honour
   • Tags may change over time as I remember vital things that need to be tagged and kick myself for forgetting them
   • Nervous Aaron Hotchner
   • Protective Jack Hotchner
   • Protective Aaron Hotchner
   • Protective Spencer Reid
   • David Rossi is Aaron Hotchner's Parent
   • Parental David Rossi
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • My tradition of waffling jovially in the tags
   • no beta we die.
   • Insecure Aaron Hotchner
   • Aaron Hotchner has self-worth issues
   • From the tags you'd think I hate this man but I'm just labelling what they're too scared to mention in canon
   • Idiots in Love
   • ooc probably (you can't stop me)
   • author would like to remind readers that while I tried my hardest to have Jack be relevant I have no idea how children act so sorry about that

   Summary

   Aaron Hotchner thought that the professor who started showing up at his local library was interesting, but not much more. Spencer Reid had every intention of going back to his University's library as soon as its renovations were done.

   Then the two talked, and suddenly those plans changed.

    

   Or; Spencer is a single uni professor, Hotch is single FBI agent-- they quickly fall head over heels.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Casseiopeia anon

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,308

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Collections:

   1

   Kudos:

   21

   Bookmarks:

   7

   Hits:

   230

   Bookmarked by DaringD

   27 May 2026

2. Rec 15

   holding my gaze like stars in the night (holding my heart like a Prince Rupert's drop's tail) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   06 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • I'm not listing everyone in this guys
   • Other(s)
   • Spencer Reid Doesn't Work for the BAU
   • Professor Spencer Reid
   • Romance
   • what's the opposite of slow burn?
   • they fall hard and fast
   • Fluff
   • there's smut in there too
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • written by an aromantic asexual so if I've misunderstood the nature of romantic/sexual desire that's why
   • but they're in love your honour
   • OOC
   • but honestly I don't care
   • Sorry Not Sorry
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • I also wrote this to try and manhandle myself out of writer's block - hence the lack of real care about quality
   • no beta we die like haley
   • gay fanficiton typical abuse of 'the other man' 'the older/younger man' to avoid saying people's names 37 times a sentence
   • Rossi ships Hotch/Reid more than I do
   • but here we are
   • five days into making the tags and I've only just now realised that the opposite of slow burn is probably love at first sight
   • decently responsive author (will respond to comments in less than six months/hj)
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Soft Aaron Hotchner
   • Soft Spencer Reid
   • Assertive Spencer Reid
   • First Dates
   • First Kiss
   • First Time Bottoming
   • Cute Aaron Hotchner
   • This work is very safe sane and consensual
   • Shy Aaron Hotchner
   • If I removed by own commentary these tags would be half the length and this tag is adding to the problem (you can't stop me)
   • Hurt Aaron Hotchner
   • hints of casefic at the end (if I'm understanding the casefic tag correctly)
   • Bottom Aaron Hotchner

   Summary

   After his wife died, Aaron Hotchner didn't consider the possibility of falling in love again.

   Then he saw this lanky, sleep deprived professor at the library, and something inside him clicked. And all of a sudden, he was plunging into the deep end of butterflies and crushes and a nervousness he couldn't help.

    

   Or; Hotch falls head-over-heels for a certain Doctor Reid, and after managing to speak to the man, drags him down with him.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Casseiopeia anon

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,410

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   76

   Bookmarks:

   15

   Hits:

   826

   Bookmarked by DaringD

   27 May 2026

3. Rec 3

   Bare Minimum by XyloIsCool_71

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • The BAU Team (Criminal Minds)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Gay Spencer Reid
   • Bisexual Aaron Hotchner
   • Guns
   • Gunshot Wounds
   • Hospitalization
   • No Smut
   • Serious
   • Married Couple
   • Angst with No Happy Ending
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Poisoning
   • English Is Not The Author's First Language
   • not beta read we die like America's democracy

   Summary

   This HotchReid fic gets a little serious just FYI so just be aware of your limits. I decided to take a...Deeper turn in fics for this one so just be mindful of yourself. SUICIDE IS MENTIONED THROUGHOUT FIC JUST FYI

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   49,176

   Chapters:

   40/40

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   13

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

   365

   Bookmarked by DaringD

   27 May 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   A murderer kills Spencer. Aaron is there at the end.

4. Rec 25

   Cuidare de ti by Yellowflowers99

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter/Original Male Character(s)
   • Aaron Hotchner/Severus Snape
   • Spencer Reid/Ginny Weasley
   • Harry Potter
   • Severus Snape
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Ginny Weasley
   • George Weasley
   • Fred Weasley
   • Molly Weasley
   • Arthur Weasley
   • Ron Weasley
   • Hermione Granger
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Jason Gideon
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Elle Greenaway
   • Original Muggle Character(s)
   • Sirius Black
   • Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent
   • severus snape adopts Spencer Reid
   • Bad Albus Dumbledore
   • Bad Ron Weasley
   • Bad Hermione Granger
   • MACUSA | Magical Congress of the United States of America

   Summary

   Severus recibe una carta de Lily Potter que cambiara su vida por completo, el posionista deberá tomar decisiones que alterarán el curso de todo lo planeado por ansianos directores, pero sobre todo cambiaran la vida de Harry James Potter.

   Severitus
   Crossover con Mentes criminales

   Atención!!
   -> Disclaimer: Los personajes son propiedad y autoría de JK Rowling y WB.

   Language:

   Español

   Words:

   85,549

   Chapters:

   46/56

   Comments:

   90

   Kudos:

   134

   Bookmarks:

   25

   Hits:

   4,041

   Bookmarked by DaringD

   27 May 2026

5. Rec 8

   Balance by merdarkandtwisty

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Oct 2016

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Jack Hotchner
   • Jessica Brooks
   • David Rossi
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • The BAU Team
   • Episode 05x10
   • Angst
   • Pre-Slash

   Summary

   Aaron Hotchner never thought he’d need Spencer Reid to keep him balanced

   Series

   • Part 2 of Alphabet series

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,001

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   159

   Bookmarks:

   8

   Hits:

   3,379

   Bookmarked by DaringD

   23 May 2026