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1. Shadows And Light by The_Grey_Lady_Weeps

   Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 May 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Aaron Hotchner/Original Female Character(s)
   • Aaron Hotchner & Jack Hotchner
   • The BAU Team & Aaron Hotchner
   • Aaron Hotchner
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Jack Hotchner
   • David Rossi
   • Derek Morgan (Criminal Minds)
   • Emily Prentiss
   • Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
   • Penelope Garcia
   • The BAU Team (Criminal Minds)
   • Slow Burn
   • Aaron Hotchner Is A Good Dad
   • Secret Relationship
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • The BAU Team as Family (Criminal Minds)
   • Found Family
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • You have watched Criminal Minds you know this is going to get dark
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mutual Pining
   • Forbidden Love
   • Jack Hotchner is traumatized
   • everyone in this fic is traumatized
   • Dealing With Trauma
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Workplace Romance
   • minor canon divergence because the criminal minds writers don't do continuity
   • Miscommunication
   • Grumpy/Sunshine
   • Whump
   • hurt/severely delayed comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • hard of hearing Aaron Hotchner
   • HoH Representation
   • American Sign Language

   Summary

   Hotch agreed to not fight Strauss when she added an eighth agent to the team. He did not agree to like said agent. For SSA Victoria "Tor" Beauregard, having everyone like her is the key to her survival. If they like her, they won't look closely enough to see the shadow looming over her past. So, whatever it takes to get her grumpy boss to like her, she will do it. Even if it means staying late every night to help him with his paperwork.

   The story is completed at 65 chapters with 1 bonus chapter.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   557,399

   Chapters:

   66/66

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