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1. playing chicken (lessons on yearning) by blacksesamebean

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Mar 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau & Spencer Reid
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Spencer Reid
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Spencer Reid
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Romance
   • Romance
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • No Smut
   • Will they? Won't they? (They will)
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Brief mention of substance use/alcohol
   • Friendship
   • Friendship/Love
   • Yearning!!!
   • Mentioned William LaMontagne Jr.
   • Minor Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/William LaMontagne Jr.
   • Non-Chronological
   • one shots

   Summary

   "Playing chicken": a game of psychological tension; engaging in a challenge to see who is braver; a test of courage

   OR

   A collection of one shots of JJ and Reid hurtling on a years-long head-on collision towards each other

   Language:

   English

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   1,537

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   3/3

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