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1. all these gardens full of snakes and fruit by masterwords

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

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

   15 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & Derek Morgan
   • Aaron Hotchner/Derek Morgan
   • Aaron Hotchner & Kate Joyner
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Kate Joyner
   • Sean Hotchner
   • Haley Hotchner
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Jessica Brooks
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Controlling Spencer Reid
   • Abused Aaron Hotchner
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Post-Divorce
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • mutually assured destruction
   • Drug Addiction
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Domestic Violence
   • Rape/Non-con Elements
   • Rehabilitation
   • spreading the hotchgan agenda everywhere i go
   • Vomiting
   • Aaron Hotchner Has PTSD
   • Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Canon-Typical Violence

   Summary

   In a moment of pure desperation, Hotch & Reid make a big mistake and now they just have to hold on tight and hope that they can survive the fallout.

   - or -

   The one where Reid abuses Hotch.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   60,544

   Chapters:

   20/20

   Comments:

   139

   Kudos:

   125

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