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foxy-eva · 4 months
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Spencer Reid x Aaron Hotchner Holiday Headcanons
for @coastalchutoy as part of my New Year's Celebration
After Spencer finished knitting the scarf for his Doctor Who cosplay he starts working on a Christmas sweater for Aaron. It takes him a long time since they spend a lot of time with each other and he wants to keep it a secret, but he finishes it right before the holidays.
Aaron is genuinely happy about the surprise and wears the sweater every chance he gets.
To everyone's surprise, Aaron actually wears the sweater to the holiday party at the BAU (even though it is hideous).
Aaron knows that Spencer didn't really celebrate Christmas as a child due to his mother's illness, so he really wants him to feel loved around the holidays. They spend as much quality time as possible.
The first time Aaron and Spencer go on a walk to look at all the decorated houses in the neighborhood, it warms both of their hearts to be able to spend this time of year together.
Spencer quickly becomes part of every holiday tradition Aaron has with his son. Spencer is there to decorate the tree with them, to go visit Santa in the mall and to bake cookies.
Even though Spencer helped packing all the present, he still displays a similar child-like wonder in his eyes as Jack when the whole family enters the living room on Christmas morning.
On New Year's Eve Spencer confesses to Aaron that he had never had a New Year's kiss before. Of course that would change that night.
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Author's Note: I made this post for my current celebration. Please note that I don't usually take requests for mlm ships!
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moonydanny · 10 months
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I can't post this on (my) twitter, but I've been thinking and I have this Hotchreid headcanon that...
There's no doubt in my mind that if Hotch saw Spencer's style change after prison with the power suits, the messy curls and the stubble, he would go FERAL.
'Cause don't get me wrong, Hotch adored Spencer in his comfy sweater vests and converse 'cause it was just so Spencer... but the confidence and edgyness that Spencer gets after prison are just sooooooo sexy.
And I hate that our pretty boy had to endure prison and I'm sure Hotch would've hated it too, but just look at these pics and tell me Hotch wouldn't go weak at the knees, mouth dry over him. I DARE YOU.
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Like, imagine if Rossi had invited Hotch to his wedding with Krystall and he'd shown up and seen Spencer looking like THIS after not seeing him for three years.
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I'm telling you, FERAL.
Sorry for the quality of the last two photos I legit took them of the tablet screen.
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observaureium · 11 months
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hotch is a nerd too okay. a secret nerd. he and reid go on dates to the library and talk about their analyses on books and he loves listening to reid ramble on uninterrupted outside of work. like in canon whenever reid says smthn very verbose hotch translates it to help bcuz hotch!!! understands him!!!!!! they have a non-verbal secret language (hotch uses his eyebrows and spencer quirks his lips)
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shroomje · 1 year
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Hotchreid Headcanons ♡ Spencer x Aaron
Warnings: mentions of children cases, mentions of dilauded, mentions of kinks, autistic spencer reid
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Hotch cooks for Spencer because spencer never had the chance to learn growing up
But sometimes hotch will tecah him recipes
Hotch knows cases with kids in them make spencer extra sensitive so he makes sure theres plenty of chances for spencer to be by himself and always makes sure they room together on those cases
Spencer has a cat that naps in Hotch's home office so hotch is always covered in cat hair
Hotch washes spences hair, especially when hes really upset
Spence has sensory issues and Hotch makes sure hes alway comfortable
Spence writes in the margins of books before lending them to hotch, annotating things, and writing hotch little notes
Puppy/master kink (pup Spence/mstr. Hotch)
Spence always bottoms
If Hotch is gone, Spence will use one of his t-shirts as a pillowcase
Hotch will watch some of Spencers nerdy shows just for him
I can't stress this enough: Hotch washes spences hair and gives him little scalp massages 💞
Spences cat is basically their second kid
Jack LOVES spence
They play pretend together
And spence teaches him magic tricks
Hotch got rlly nervois when meeting Diane as Spencers boyfriend for the first time
Sometimes, Spence goes nonverbal and Hotch needed to learn how to deal with that
Spence is more susceptible to "shutdowns" rather than "meltdowns" and its Hotchs job to help woth that
Idk but theyre real cute
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airisu25 · 10 months
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HotchReid the narcissist conversation
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By the time of season 2, Hotch and Haley's fights had been a regular thing. Jack's one then, they started to need more bonding activities for the kid besides eating and bathing. Meanwhile, the team was struggling after the fisher king case.
Hotch and Reid had always hit off since the beginning. He was Spencer's mentor, senior, role model in many perspectives. But they also shared dry humor, nerd culture, old souls, and just overall respect and admiration for each other. That led to the many many debates and arguments just for the sake of knowledge and entertainment between them.
In one of the fights, Haley accidently called Hotch a narcissistic because his devote for the job and the title hero (she later then apologized because we all said horrible things in a fight, but the deed was done).
He couldn't let it go and it came up in a psychology discussion with Reid. He didn't out right say it, but Spencer could read between the lines that Hotch was seriously considered he was saving people for his own ego.
To Reid, Hotch was one of the most selfless people he'd ever known including Marie Curie. He just went out of his way, using all the data, statistics, observations, interactions he had of the man to defend Hotch against, well Hotch (he was too angry to track down where this thought had came from). He even dared to bring up the religious household and bottomline abusive childhood due to the outburst emotion. He did that with such passion, anger, and protectiveness Hotch had never witnessed in the past 5 years they'd worked together. Remember in the early seasons, Reid always approached the victims and suspects with this soft young innocent kind way of his, not the passive aggressive and confidence he's gained within the next years.
So at this point their relationship was still platonic and professional with a healthy dose of trust and connection. Therefore, they both was surprised by the blatant deep adoration Spencer just showed. While Hotch didn't know what to do with the butterflies set free in his stomach, Reid was confused and embarrassed. Let's say it's a strangely important moment for both of them. And that's how Reid was so sure Hotch would remember it and get his message. All that trust and hope ended up with the shortest hug Reid has had with the team throughout the 15 seasons but also the first he initiated.
"I knew you would understand."
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grahamobrien13 · 11 months
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S6e12 Hotch x Reid headcanons (I guess these are headcanons.. sort of)
• Spence has been having this headache that feels as if it'll never end.
• Hotch can tell that something is wrong. He's been wearing sunglasses everywhere, and he winces at the light.
• When Spence goes back into the interrogation room, Hotch asks Morgan if Spence is okay, and Morgan says he is, but Hotch knows Spence is in pain.
• After apprehending the suspects and saving the two men he was holding hostage Spence tells Hotch he "pretended" to have a headache, and that's when it hits him.
• of course Spence had a headache! How could he not have seen it. It all made sense now.
• As soon as they were on the jet, Hotch was quick to make a cup to tea and sit on the couch next to Spence.
• Spence sipped the tea and the warmth helped dull the ache just a little.
• Hotch turned off the lights that were nearest to the two of them and once Spence finished his tea, Hotch helped him to lay down.
• He rested Spence's head in his lap and carefully massaged his temples, along with running his hands through Spence's short hair every so often.
• Spence relaxed enough to fall asleep like that, thankful that his boss/boyfriend was there to help him through this.
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reasonablerodents · 4 months
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What's a lie Hotch and Reid believe about each other?
This was fun!! Decided to do just sweet idiot relationship stuff as well as Sad Stuff bc. It’s me.
And bc I have soooo many different verses where they’re in a relationship in many different ways, then this is just for like. Post-Haley divorce getting together and staying that way verse, so basically any of my NICE fics lmao.
•Hotch snores, and it drives Spencer crazy. Spencer, however, also snores- Hotch just tells him that he doesn’t because he knows that Spencer would probably implode if he realised.
•Spencer always says he likes The White Album because it’s Hotch’s favourite. He first realised it was a bad move when Hotch bought them tickets to see a tribute band perform the album in full, but he’s too committed to the lie now to admit he has an irrational hatred of Paul McCartney. (“It’s the eyes, Morgan, I just can’t trust him, he looks as though he’s always plotting something.”)
And now for the Sad Stuff!
CW internalised homophobia, drug use
•Spencer doesn’t know how much Hotch struggled with his sexuality before (and during the start of) their relationship. It’s not exactly a lie, but an omission of the truth- Hotch had issues with accepting the fact he was attracted to men due to his shitty home life as a child, and didn’t want to bring it up in case Spencer thought he was ashamed of being with him. He got over it, though, and those struggles are just a fleeting memory.
•Spencer told Hotch that he never had any sexual history with Ethan. He’s not really sure exactly why he lies about it, but he feels weird about admitting that they did, especially regarding the time when he missed the plane in New Orleans.
•Spencer says that he’s completely over his addiction, and pretends that he doesn’t still get days where all he wants is dilaudid. He knows he won’t relapse, but he doesn’t want to worry Hotch by telling him how difficult it can be sometimes.
•Hotch is secretly convinced that he’s not interesting or clever enough to keep up with Spencer. If he ever decided to mention it, Spencer would tell him it’s not at all true and his insecurities are lying to him, but Hotch is too afraid that he’d agree.
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ssaseaprince · 11 months
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We deserved to see Spencer and Aaron bonding and having a heart to heart about losing Haley and Maeve. They both felt so alone and needed someone, and they had gone through almost the same exact situation. They could've leaned on each other.
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CM HOTCH/REID HEADCANONS
My headcanon about Hotch leaving in Season 12, Reid's reaction, and trying to have it make some kind of sense.
Disclaimers:
This is the first rewatch of the later seasons I've done since it aired on TV, and I've only just finished Season 12 episode 4 (I do, however, know the early seasons ridiculously well).
From LDSK onwards, I only ever really watched it for Hotch, Reid, and the Hotch/Reid dynamic. I didn't really watch it after Hotch left, but caught bits and pieces because my roomates did.
Yes I know why Thomas Gibson left the show and why they had to suddenly wrap up his character. No, I don't condone violence in the workplace. I also never dove deeply into the behind-the-scenes lore of this show, cast and crew interviews, etc etc. This will purely be relating to the show as it was depicted on screen, and my love for the characters as their own entities.
I am not going back to fully source which eps all my observations come from, cos I'm supposed to be working on an assignment rn and CM transcripts are a ducking nightmare. I just wanted to put this idea out there cos I think we all need a bit of self-soothing after the crap they fed us to write Hotch out of the show.
Also fun story I just came back to finish writing this after being interrupted by what I though was someone trying to break into my house at 4am (heard a noise, gate wide open, can't see anyone but damn, scary. My town's big on crime, too). SO my thoughts may now be even more disorganised thanks to the adrenaline crash headache I'm currently experiencing.
So anyway like I said, just finished watching S12E04 Keeper, during which Reid gets a call we don't hear, is visibly upset by it, and takes a bit of prodding to discuss it with JJ and Rossi. He then reveals that he was just told his mother left her care facility on her own and was found wandering confused around a casino. He takes minimal convincing to head back to Quantico and lines himself up another couple of days off to visit his mum (yes I'm Australian, this is how we spell it lol).
MY HEADCANON: This is when Hotch called Reid to tell him that he was going into witness protection and wouldn't be coming back. (Exactly how much was discussed on the phone vs possibly being discussed/explained later in person is of course open to interpretation, but enough for Reid to know Hotch wanted to say goodbye and to not tell the rest of the team).
I know that his mum's issues are an ongoing valid storyline. But this is why it was also a plausible excuse for Reid to come up with on the spot as to why he was upset.
Another thing that makes it entirely plausible that the phone call was about Hotch is the long, significant staring Reid did at Prentiss as she walked away after they discuss what supposedly happened with his mum. To me that could scream that Reid was actually dealing with something team-related, and was already grieving how it would affect the other members of his team that he's keeping it from. He could have gazed down or elsewhere to communicate his worry for his mum to the audience, but he specifically turned and watched Prentiss leave, looking all angsty.
What's a heck of a lot less plausible:
His mum, who has been in care since Reid became a legal adult, suddenly escaping her care facility, despite having been in care for well over a decade and who now needs even more supervision due to Alzheimer's on top of her Schizophrenia. Yeah, escapes happen, but to make it all the way into a casino and being found in a confused state? When this didn't happen before Reid flew up and got her diagnosed her with Alzheimers? Even though she'd been getting some increased freedoms for doing well on her new meds prior to her sudden worsening with the Alzheimer's onset?
Hotch leaving without saying something directly to Reid first. Yeah, I'm a shipper, and I know Hotch has his son to think about, but I call BULLSHIT. Hotch knows all about Reid's abandonment issues and there is no way he'd want to end up on the same mental list Reid keeps alongside Reid's father and Gideon. When Gideon went AWOL, Hotch returned from suspension, despite the fight he knew it would cause with his wife, because "the team" needed him. Then Haley stressed "no, they need Gideon". Fully believe this was all just about Reid (I also kinda low-key believe Haley had an inkling about Hotch's thing for Reid but anyway). Hotch, Reid and Morgan functioned as a team while Gideon was on leave after the bomber case, Morgan didn't even really want Gideon to come back and would not have been that thrown by his absence. Reid however we all know was very emotionally-involved. And it's Reid that Hotch pulls aside to get his head back in the game (and who then gives them a breakthrough in the case shortly after, at Hotch's encouragement). When Gideon had officially left and Hotch addressed the team about it, he mostly directed what he was saying towards Reid, when he said that he couldn't explain why he'd left the way he did, etc. And when Hotch was trying to decide whether he'd take over as section chief after Strauss left, again he was addressing the team but pretty much turned and spoke directly to Reid when he said something along the lines of "if I decide to leave the BAU, you'll be the first to know". He also saw how much it killed Reid to be lied to about Prentiss (and you can see he felt like shit about it during Reid's assessment). This man. Would NOT. Have left Reid without saying goodbye. That's the hill I'm dying on. On top of that, Hotch is always the most emotionally-compromised whenever Reid is in danger, and he knows it (he let Gideon know he was currently a terrible example of "handling things emotionally" while Reid was being held by Hankel, resulting in Gideon's weak reassurance of "We'll get him"; when Reid got on that train with Elle he tried to stop it then immediately went to chat with the sniper; when Reid was in the cult compound he had to hand off negotiations to Rossi; when Reid was protecting Owen Savage; heck he practically yeeted Morgan out of the way when Reid was trying to talk down Maeve's stalker and they heard a gunshot. Etc etc.). And whenever Hotch gets emotionally affected by other things (eg that defence attorney for amnesia/coma guy, or regarding his brother), Reid is the one who can break through that and keep him steady. Reid is VERY IMPORTANT to Hotch and I don't see him hurting Reid in what to him is the worst way someone could do it.
Reid being so chill about Hotch suddenly leaving without saying goodbye. Goes without saying, yeah? But I'll say it. I get that they've been trying to paint him as more emotionally-mature and that he was able to handle Morgan leaving, but it is SO not the same relationship or circumstance and Reid would not have taken Hotch's departure in stride like that. I get that they also wanted the show and its characters to move on as quickly and as apparently unaffected as possible, but it still clearly flies in the face of proper characterisation. Reid is brilliant and back when he was being held by Hankel, I'm sure he could have found any number of ways to communicate with a specific team member at that moment, but he chose Hotch. He knew Hotch would be the only one capable of putting his ego aside at being "picked to die" and to listen properly to the rest of Reid's message. Once he confirmed that his message was correct and that he was in a cemetery, Reid was so sure that Hotch understood his message and would be coming to save him that he let his guard down for the first time. I think he only picked up that gun and shot Hankel with it in the end to just superstitiously make sure that the bullet never did reach Hotch (and to "free" Tobias, or whatever. Either way Hankel wasn't going for the gun or to use Reid as a shield when he turned to face off with the FBI and any of them could have taken him down easily). They've only been getting closer and closer over the years, on-screen and off (Fist-bump anyone? Always standing close together? Plus Reid's been teaching Jack magic tricks and was the one to get him smiling and laughing after Hotch got arrested by SWAT, which you know would make Hotch even more gooey for him). They're 100% an army of 2/hyper-competent power couple (take for instance the way Hotch and Reid were mirrored against Garcia and Kevin when she referred to her own pairing as the President and Vice-President after the bank blew up?) who can probably achieve 90% of the team's success level on their own. That super-serial-killer chick may have talked about Reid losing a "protector" in Morgan, but Hotch has always been the one Reid has come to or looked to. He was pretty distraught about the idea of Hotch leaving to be Section Chief, not that long ago, too. Also, constant super-crush behaviour which I could list but this post is already very long. Reid would not just immediately go "Prentiss is our leader now, this'll be great!". FFS.
Anyway we all know the way they wrote Hotch off was bullshit, hence the suuuper-long monologue to explain everything that's apparently happened off-screen, and yeah he'd totally enter WITSEC without even telling the team (until he decided to resign) when Peter Lewis had already hacked it once and killed the person on it before the team figured out who he was after and got there 🙄. All of it is super implausible. But to me, nothing more so than Reid's poor imitation of shock/surprise and almost total lack of emotional reaction. Him knowing beforehand, because Hotch already said goodbye to him, is the only thing that will ever make me be at peace with this crap from an in-universe POV.
This could all be shot to pieces in the next ep lol, but for now I'm just glad my brain has a way to make sense of it.
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wherethewordsare · 2 years
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Good morning. A reminder that though they don't really fight Aaron and Spencer will get into very heated debates over famous cold cases that usually end with them looking into the case files in their spare time trying to prove the other wrong. They actually solve a couple of them this way. The first one they solve like this it was Hotch who got it right and he's about to tease Reid about it but Reid is just standing there. "Aaron," and his face is so soft and so in love. "You actually closed the case. Thats amazing! 🥺🥺🥺 I'm so proud of you"
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vroomvroommuppett · 2 years
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theyofotherwhat · 1 year
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Headcanon post from my insta that I thought I'd share here too bc I think more people might care. If you would like more, tell me :] if people want it enough, I'll make a more detailed post.
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observaureium · 10 months
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im sick and cant leave my couch. i cant dance or even stand up for more than 10 minutes but heres smthn i can do: post about hotchreid. prepare yourselves
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foxy-eva · 2 years
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Criminal Minds Headcanon & Moodboard Masterlist
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Headcanons:
Emily Prentiss
Relationship Headcanons
Spencer Reid
Mutual Pining
First Date Headcanons
Relationship Headcanons
NSFW Relationship Headcanons
Dom!Spencer Headcanons
Sub!Spencer Headcanons
Relationship Headcanons - Pregnancy Edition
Anniversary Headcanons
Taking care of you on your period
Family Headcanons
Dad!Spencer Headcanons
Meeting your Family & Friends
Christmas Headcanons
Meet-Cute Headcanons
Wedding Headcanons
Other
BAU Christmas Headcanons
Hotchreid Holiday Headcanons
Spencelle Domestic Headcanons
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Moodboards:
Missing Spencer Reid while he's working on a case
Walking in a Winter Wonderland with Spencer Reid
Cozy Sunday with Spencer Reid
Playing Chess with Spencer Reid
Spencer Reid Vintage Purple Aesthetic
Spencer Reid & The Color Green
Spencer Reid with Cats and Books
Valentine's Day with Spencer Reid
Spencer Reid in Prison
Spencer Reid Cowboy AU
Professor Spencer Reid x Reader
Road Trip with Spencer Reid
Spencer Reid Wedding
Aaron Hotchner & Wine Red
Club Night with Emily Prentiss
Tara x JJ Date Night
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Other Posts:
Prison!Reid Icons
Spencer Reid Rainbow Icons
MGG in the Moonlight music video
MGG as Wes in Dollface
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lovelybucky1 · 2 years
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Criminal Minds Masterlist
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+ smut
$ fluff
# angst
! dark
hotchreid
headcanons + drabbles
nipple play +
hotch taking spencer's virginity +
aaron hotchner x reader
headcanons + drabbles
camping $
mad hatter !#+
cherry #
series
transfer request $+#
spencer reid x reader
series
strawberry kisses $+#
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lias-fanfic-library · 3 months
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