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1. our paths joined by accident (but we walk along together by choice) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & Jack Hotchner
   • Jack Hotchner & Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner & David Rossi
   • The BAU Team & Aaron Hotchner
   • Jessica Brooks & Aaron Hotchner
   • Maeve Donovan & Spencer Reid
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Spencer Reid
   • Jack Hotchner
   • David Rossi
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Penelope Garcia
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Jessica Brooks
   • Haley Hotchner (mentioned)
   • Other(s)
   • The BAU Team (Criminal Minds)
   • Maeve Donovan
   • Spencer Reid does not work for the BAU
   • Professor Spencer Reid
   • Romance
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • Eventual Smut
   • Soft Aaron Hotchner
   • Soft Spencer Reid
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Bottom Aaron Hotchner
   • First Time Bottoming
   • other sexy things (very vanilla I think)
   • Top Spencer Reid
   • Safe Sane and Consensual
   • Domestic Fluff
   • First Dates
   • First Kiss
   • Cute Aaron Hotchner
   • Assertive Spencer Reid
   • Shy Aaron Hotchner
   • Rossi ships it
   • Bisexual Spencer Reid
   • Pansexual Aaron Hotchner
   • I'm really breaking the mold with that tag frfr /j
   • this is written by an AroAce author who has never experienced romantic or sexual attraction
   • I'm sure you can understand the issue with me writing this fic
   • they're in LOVE your honour
   • Tags may change over time as I remember vital things that need to be tagged and kick myself for forgetting them
   • Nervous Aaron Hotchner
   • Protective Jack Hotchner
   • Protective Aaron Hotchner
   • Protective Spencer Reid
   • David Rossi is Aaron Hotchner's Parent
   • Parental David Rossi
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • My tradition of waffling jovially in the tags
   • no beta we die.
   • Insecure Aaron Hotchner
   • Aaron Hotchner has self-worth issues
   • From the tags you'd think I hate this man but I'm just labelling what they're too scared to mention in canon
   • Idiots in Love
   • ooc probably (you can't stop me)
   • author would like to remind readers that while I tried my hardest to have Jack be relevant I have no idea how children act so sorry about that
   • I have come to the conclusion that this probably deserves to be tagged;
   • Slow Burn
   • i think
   • Fanfiction is my throne and the timeline is my footstool

   Summary

   Aaron Hotchner thought that the professor who started showing up at his local library was interesting, but not much more. Spencer Reid had every intention of going back to his University's library as soon as its renovations were done.

   Then the two talked, and suddenly those plans changed.

    

   Or; Spencer is a single uni professor, Hotch is single FBI agent-- they quickly fall head over heels.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Cassiopeia anon

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