Growing up as the daughter of Aaron Hotchner meant you were always around the edges of the Behavioral Analysis Unit—close enough to know the people, but never fully part of their world. Especially not him. Spencer Reid was always just… Spencer. Your dad’s colleague. The slightly awkward genius who’d ramble about things you only half understood when you were younger. Someone safe. Familiar. Never someone you looked at like that. ⸻ Until everything changed. ⸻ While you were away at college, Spencer was arrested—framed for a crime he didn’t commit. The news hit hard, but not in the way it should have. It felt distant. Unreal. Like something that couldn’t possibly be true about someone you knew. By the time the team proved his innocence and brought him home, you were still finishing school—watching from afar as he tried to rebuild himself. You didn’t see the worst of it. But when you returned to D.C. months later, you saw what was left behind. ⸻ He wasn’t the same. Quieter. More guarded. A little rough around the edges of who he used to be. And somehow… that’s when you started noticing him. Really noticing him. ⸻ Now, at 23, you’ve built your own life—working as a child psychologist at a hospital in D.C. But your worlds overlap more than ever.. Which means seeing Spencer more often. Talking to him. ⸻ And suddenly, the way you look at him is completely different. You notice the way his hands fidget when he’s thinking. The slight hesitation before he speaks now—like he’s measuring every word. The quiet strength it takes for him to still show up every day after everything he’s been through. What used to be familiarity becomes something softer. Deeper. Harder to ignore. ⸻ So you start finding reasons to stop by the BAU. Bringing coffee. Dropping off files in person. Asking questions you could easily answer yourself. Anything for a few extra minutes
Y/n didn’t plan for her life to intersect so permanently with two NHL superstars. A consensual, uncomplicated hookup with Ilya Rozanov — before he and Shane Hollander officially defined their relationship — results in a pregnancy Abby didn’t expect but chooses to embrace. By the time she tells Ilya, he and Shane are together. There’s a pause. Then there’s acceptance.
You and Spencer Reid dated for a year but broke up due to distance and emotional strain. Shortly after, you discovered you were pregnant but never told him, choosing to raise the baby alone. A year later, your new life is disrupted when you unexpectedly run into Spencer in a bookstore. He quickly realizes the truth—that the child might be his—forcing both of you to confront unresolved feelings, missed time, and the possibility of a second chance.
Abby Henderson is Dustin’s older sister — protective, practical, and quietly strong. After Hawkins, she left town, finished college, and built a life far away from monsters and boys who broke her heart without meaning to. Steve Harrington stayed. They were never officially together. Just a summer. Just a few almosts. Just one night neither of them ever talked about again. Steve doesn’t know that Abby left Hawkins pregnant.
You never planned to leave the U.S., but when the opportunity came to work as a live-in nanny for a wealthy family in the Italian countryside, you took it—needing a fresh start and a place to breathe.Now, your days are filled with caring for twin girls in a sun-soaked villa surrounded by vineyards, warm breezes, and the quiet hum of a life far removed from your old one. Slowly, you begin to feel at home. And the family you work for? They adore you. There’s only one person you haven’t met: Their son. Lorenzo Rossi is away at university, rarely home, and from the way his parents talk about him, he’s stubborn, guarded, and far too focused on everything except his own happiness.But the moment they met you, something shifted.You’re kind. Patient. Strong. Exactly what they think their son needs.So when summer arrives and Lorenzo comes home unexpectedly, they already have a plan.