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1. steal a few of my breaths for a minute by chaseyourstars

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Derek Morgan
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Elle Greenaway
   • Jason Gideon
   • Haley Hotchner
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Guilt
   • Emotional Infidelity
   • The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
   • Mutual Pining
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Umbrellas
   • Protective Aaron Hotchner
   • Stubborn Spencer Reid
   • Minor Aaron Hotchner/Haley Hotchner
   • Derek Morgan & Spencer Reid Friendship
   • Tags will be added
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • rated m for violent themes

   Summary

   Trying not to love each other is like trying to go through life without a single breath of air. Impossible and the most painful route to death.

   Letting themselves love each other is selfish. But then, everyone deserves to be selfish in life, if only for a little while.

    

   (A canon rewrite in which Aaron Hotchner and Spencer Reid fall in love, fall apart, and everything in between)

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   English

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