Fanfic Recs

Tony has a point system for the times he can get Steve to be less than perfect.

"I’m trying to like you, Tony. You’re just making it very hard."

After contracting an Asgardian virus, Tony starts forgetting things. And people. And Steve.

Tony isn't the type of person to pine quietly.

There's no "I" in "Avenger."

"The most he'd ever cared about anything remotely related was his uniform, which, beyond the stylistic, was pretty necessary. But now his suit comes from a lab far more advanced than the basement of a Brooklyn antique shop, and the only decision he really gets to make is if his pants are too tight. (They were, but he doesn't really think they changed them. He doesn't know why, but he thinks that might have been on purpose.) That being said, he doesn't know what he's done to deserve the double take Tony gives him as he walks in the room."

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

There will be other cases, other crimes, other killers, but there will also be other nights like this, other shared cups of stale coffee in the morning, other places to be comfortable.

Reid never asks him to come, and he never turns him away. They play cards, watch TV, eat dinner (Hotch eats, Reid picks, grazes). They talk about everything except for what’s important, but that’s okay, because there’s not much to say that they don’t already know.

Dave looked down at the infant, automatically taking him when Jason maneuvered him into Dave's arms. "I'm not father material!" he protested, even at the infant - as Spencer - seemingly snuggled into Dave's arms and closed his eyes in contentment.

“It had all started when Spencer found himself marching to Hotch’s office. Well, really, he awkwardly moved on crutches to Hotch’s office, but he did it with purpose, so it was sort of like marching.” Sometimes, the start of a relationship does not run smoothly.

What if Reid hadn't managed to kick his Dilaudid addiction? What if he needed a job on the side in order to afford his habit?

It's only a bottle of wine; she has no idea how it ended up like this.

When the apocalypse came, they scattered, but a team is always a team. Prentiss, Reid and Hotch hit the road to answer a call from help from JJ and Will in New Orleans.

A tragedy pushes Reid beyond what he can deal with, and things only get worse when he's connected to a string of unsolved murders in Nevada. Hotch, meanwhile, deals with his crumbling marriage, and is left picking up the pieces when another member of the team vanishes.

Now, he no longer told the others. Didn't tell anyone about the meals left on a semi-regular basis, never a pattern but predictable all the same, showing up after a particularly bad case. Didn't tell them about the sinful sheets that had appeared on his bed, blushing even as he sank into high count softness, thinking about the provocative note found on his pillow. Sleep naked for me.

Hotch goes to talk to Reid, and it doesn't go how he's expecting.

Aaron is frozen inside.

Reid's been kidnapped. Hotch does his best to buy him time for the rest of the team to get there.

In an alternate reality, Spencer Reid was falsely incarcerated for a series of murders, including his mother. After a BAU investigation clears him, Reid follows through on his application. This is a series of stories working towards a Hotch/Reid relationship, slow development as Reid has some major issues to overcome.

He slowly put his hand over the top of Aaron's, fingers pressing in between where Aaron's fingers were spread. That got his attention. Aaron's gaze turned towards him again and Spencer drew back like he'd been burned, almost flinching. Aaron's brows drew together.

To avoid what Reid fears the most, he just might have to give up the one thing he’s realized he desperately wants.

“Hey guys!” Jeff’s voice is just as upbeat as it was when he was telling the entire conference room about the wonders of community stewardship and his volunteer work as a ‘Big Brother.’ It’s also just as loud, and Hotch wonders if the guy realizes he doesn’t have to shout at people who are less than five feet away from him. “Are you ready to come up and add your ideas to the aspirations board?”

After "The Uncanny Valley", Reid starts to withdraw from the team. Hotch searches for the cause.

What if Spencer Reid was the unit chief of the BAU and Aaron Hotchner joined the team after the Boston bombings? As Hotchner adjusts to his new role in the elite profiling unit, he faces challenges not only from UnSubs but from Gideon, and the little matter of Hotch having a crush on Reid.

It is love. Aaron is certain of that. Why else would he be on a trip that could best be summarized as a “tornado stake out”?

When Aaron's Master expresses his desire to show Aaron off to other Doms, Aaron realizes that it's something he wants as well, although he's fiercely private and protective of their relationship. Yet Morgan's harsh comments about Aaron's trust issues make him want to prove his ability to trust not only to his Master, but himself.

An unusual case brings unusual people together.

There’s something nearly cozy about the soft light of the office lamps, the comfort of the expensive leather chairs, rain noisily pattering against the windows. Something is building, something small, sweet, and hopeful here in the midst of darkness and destruction.

Five ways the team noticed Hotch and Reid's relationship.