13 Bookmarks by jenhrding
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went looking for a creation myth (ended up with a pair of cracked lips) by em_prentiss for leavemurph
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
25 Feb 2025
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“Hey. Stay with me, Hotch.” Emily says sharply.
His eyes snap open. The latex of her gloves is entirely coated in his blood; she digs her hands further in and draws a wheeze from him, her brows set in firm, dark lines that say you won’t die on me today.
Or, Emily and Hotch weather a tornado.
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20 Jul 2026
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"She had stood on a stage in front of her entire team and sung a song that was unmistakably about wanting a man who was with someone else… and she had looked right at him while doing it."
Aaron brings Beth to the team's karaoke night, and Emily makes a questionable decision in response.
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- Part 2 of golden hour
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10 Jul 2026
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till our fingers decompose (keep my hand in yours) by em_prentiss
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
09 Nov 2024
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Aaron and Emily take a late night trip to the grocery store, and a secret she's been stifling finally bursts free.
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29 Jun 2026
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Aaron Hotchner does the crossword every Thursday.
But today, he is stuck at twelve across.or, the one in which Emily is a linguist and Aaron can't help falling for her.
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26 Jun 2026
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Aaron reaches behind him for the blanket draped over the back of the couch. “Are you dressed well enough?” He murmurs, his voice mellowing to the same tone he uses with the kids—loving, faintly chiding—as he folds the blanket around her shoulders, tucking it so that it curves around the lines of her body.
Emily rolls her eyes. “Uh, yeah—”
“Mommy, Daddy, look!”
“It’s snowing!”
Or, the Hotchners greet the first snow of the season.
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26 Jun 2026
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jumped in feet first and I landed too hard by em_prentiss
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
02 Aug 2025
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She looks frazzled, one thread away from fraying, as if she were a month fresh from Paris and not about to join an innocuous, sun-soaked pool party.
Aaron watches her throat jerk as she swallows. “It shouldn’t be this hard.” She grits out. Each word forces itself through her clenched jaw, rough and dragging. She heaves in a breath, white-knuckling her arms. “It’s just a stupid wrap. I can take it off. I can wear a bikini.”
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25 Jun 2026
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Some love stories are beautiful. Some are cautionary tales. For a few people, they are both.
A young Hotchniss AU that spans from the summer of 1990 to Season 4.
Now complete with epilogue.
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16 Mar 2026
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After Paul Welton's funeral, Rebecca considers the state of affairs that is her life and the possibility of more.
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21 Feb 2026
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All the Dreams You Never Thought You’d Lose by SequinSmile
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
29 Jan 2026
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The panic is familiar, an old friend wrapping its hand around her throat as she tries and fails to calm herself down, her throat immediately dry as she continues to stare at the box of tampons, wondering how she’d managed to get herself into this situation again.
Emily, Aaron and an accidental pregnancy.
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It was going to be fine.
It was only a few days. A few days pretending to be the girlfriend of her best friend. Over the holidays. While simultaneously pretending she wasn’t hopelessly in love with him.
She was screwed.
A Young Hotchniss AU
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a little less conversation and a little more touch my body by leavemurph for jenhrding
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
08 Dec 2025
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Then she speaks. "What's he talking about?"
He can't tell if she's talking to him or to the whole table. She has that way of speaking, broad, inclusive, a leader addressing the room. He waits, hoping someone else will jump in, just to buy his heart a second to slow down.
"Oh, you know exactly what he's talking about," Rossi says, waving a hand like he's shooing a fly.
"Come on, let's not put Aaron on the spot again," JJ chimes in, her voice gentle.
"Oh, right. That." Emily's sigh is perfectly casual. She sets her glass down. "Really, Aaron, don't sweat it. People say all kinds of things when they're drunk."
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08 Dec 2025
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Twenty-five pairs of eyes, and they give the microphone to the woman with the conventional balance of someone who absolutely does not give a damn about convention.
Hotch watches her take the stage in a pantsuit.
He tells himself the pinching in his chest is irrational.
Under the crisp white linen of the tablecloth, Beth's fingers find his and link them. He turns to meet her questioning look and is met with a smile tugging at the corner of her lip. He swallows hard, a dry click in his throat, and forces his attention back to the front, to the wineglass held with unnerving steadiness in Emily's hand.
"Good evening, everyone, good evening." Her voice is this nauseating amplified purr. "One minute of your attention, thank you."
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or the one where someone thought it was a good idea to hand emily a mic at hotch’s engagement party.
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04 Oct 2025
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i’m on waves, out being tossed (is there a line that i could just go cross?) by leavemurph for jenhrding
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
18 Sep 2025
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"You cannot engage in arguments. You cannot project any emotion that isn't a genuine reflection of your current state toward the other. The bond interprets disdain or hostility as a continued rejection, and the physical symptoms will worsen."
Hotch nods. "What is the treatment?"
"Proximity. Affection." She shrugs. "The bond is a living thing. It needs to be reminded of its purpose. That's why the beds are attached. You will remain in close physical contact for the duration of your recovery."
Emily's head whips around. "You're joking."
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18 Sep 2025