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1. We were strangers for way too long by tallciaraa

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

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

   16 Jun 2021

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aaron Hotchner/Reader
   • Aaron Hotchner/You
   • Aaron Hotchner & Reader
   • Aaron Hotchner & You
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Jason Gideon
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Derek Morgan
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • David Rossi
   • Erin Strauss
   • Haley Hotchner
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Pining
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Reader-Insert
   • Age Difference
   • Romance
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Past Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse

   Summary

   (Very) Slow burn between Hotch and Reader - Starting early Season 3 immediately following Gideon's departure - Y/N has just joined the BAU having grown up in London and is immediately attracted to her new boss, Aaron Hotchner, the emotionally unavailable (and newly single) unit chief of the BAU.

   !! Not abandoned - delay due to personal life madness !!

   Language:

   English

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