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1. The Silence We Chose by commatothetop

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Apr 2025

   Tags

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   • Aaron Hotchner/Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/William LaMontagne Jr.
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • David Rossi
   • Angst
   • Infidelity
   • Post-Infidelity
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Rossi is a Wizened Old Oak
   • No Happy Ending but Hopeful
   • Lots of Southern Gentlemanly Guilt

   Summary

   A moment of weakness. A choice they can’t take back. Hotch and JJ are left navigating the silence, the guilt, and the consequences of wanting something they were never meant to have.

   Series

   • Part 1 of In The Quiet Between

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,577

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