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    A series of one-off snapshots from life with Hotch and Morgan as a semi-retired couple in Chicago.

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    Criminal Minds one-shots, first chapters, drabbles, and musings.

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  1. Public Bookmark 46

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    When the FBI’s trafficking task force identify Reid as their only viable undercover agent, he’s sent into a high-intellect ring where buyers gather in person to bid.

    His role is simple: pose as one of them, get sight of the victims, make the call. But the auction isn’t the only thing underway... and by the time Reid takes his seat, someone’s already decided what he’s worth.

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    04 Feb 2026

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    Having a machine gun pointed at his face really wasn’t what he’d had on his case bingo today.

    Spencer had a choice here – he could keep playing this funny game where he acted like a defenseless dumbass (who was coincidentally a total genius) in front of a group of incredibly experienced profilers. He could let his lip wobble and his hands tremble and Hotch take lead with no real knowledge of how experienced the man was with hostage situations. He could put his fate into his unit chief's hands.

    Or he could kill Philipp Dowd with a single headshot and prevent this whole thing from going wrong. He just needed to get the guy's attention far enough away from Hotch that he could take the gun out of his ankle holster and take his shot. That was all he had to do; a simple plan that took him about five seconds to construct, path to resolution.

    He was never one to put his fate in other people's hands. His CIA career proved that well enough.

    Spencer started talking before Hotch could.

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    09 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    Instead of answering, he levels a glare at the other man, lips pulled into a tight line that only seems to confuse his young agent more, whilst Emily jeers in the background.

    “Just like that, IQ of 187 is slashed to 60.”

    Get it together, Hotchner.

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    23 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 30

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    “Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.” - Pierce Brown

    Almost six months after suggesting that Spencer meet Derek's family - officially, as his boyfriend - Derek finally makes good on that invitation and takes his partner home for his mom's birthday and some early Christmas festivities. Spencer has nothing to worry about...except for Derek's family possibly secretly hating him, and Derek's sister who didn't take the whole 'straight with exceptions' things very well, and making the best possible impression despite being weird under the best of circumstances, and the amount of stress and trauma-reliving that Derek has been under lately, and probably freezing to death before he ever makes it out of O'Hare Airport, and at least a dozen other things he doesn't know to worry about yet.

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    22 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    After things didn't go quite as slow as he had planned with Max, Reid showed up on Morgan's doorstep in Chicago at 1 am with a question only his big brother could answer: Is it still a flashback if you're not sure it ever actually happened?

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    04 Nov 2025