Cassiopeia anon

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• 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

  07 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 Cassiopeia anon

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,410

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  143

  Bookmarks:

  25

  Hits:

  1,689

• 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

  13 Jul 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
  • I have come to the conclusion that this probably deserves to be tagged;
  • Slow Burn
  • i think
  • Fanfiction is my throne and the timeline is my footstool

  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 Cassiopeia anon

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  21,242

  Chapters:

  9/?

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  52

  Kudos:

  116

  Bookmarks:

  35

  Hits:

  2,208