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1. One Way or Another by boobear37

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   12 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Spencer Reid/Original Female Character(s)
   • Penelope Garcia/Derek Morgan
   • Aaron Hotchner/Original Female Character(s)
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss
   • Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Emily Prentiss
   • David Rossi
   • Jason Gideon
   • Elle Greenaway
   • Slow Burn
   • Yearning
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Eventual Smut
   • He's a virgin fr
   • 3 PHds and he's dumb as shit
   • At least he's pretty
   • fake identity
   • spy behavior
   • Super international super spy (the backyardigan way)
   • Mutual Pining
   • ragebaiter/ragebaited
   • she cowgirls the fuck outta him
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Obsession
   • Hallucinations
   • Fluff
   • Banter

   Summary

   She didn’t get a choice in her forced retirement. She didn’t get to choose what headstone stood marking her empty coffin. Or the ones that marked the graves of the very real bodies of her coworkers.

   All she had to show for her old life was a vendetta and a dead girl.

   At least she’d had a couple of years before everything went to absolute shit.

   SERIOUS slowburn!!

   Starts in season 1 of criminal minds and continues through the series. Slight plot changes but they're pretty self explanatory. All rights belong to the show and the creators.

   Series

   • Part 2 of One Way or Another

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   39,426

   Chapters:

   8/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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