xviii.

“Not to brag or anything, buuut…”

“But what, Emily.” And, already, his eyes are beginning to roll.

“I *so* knew.”

“Mm. How? Do tell.” She appreciates that he doesn’t even try to offend her intelligence by playing dumb about what he knows she’s referring to, even when he doesn’t necessarily want to hear it.

“Body language 101, really. First ( Read more... )

xiv.

On the days that follow, Hotch’s commitment to getting the case solved as soon as possible molds into a composed frenzy; and he’s bitterly grateful his not-so-secret fallout with Haley is what the team is betting on to make sense of his especially obsessive demeanor.

He’s also thankful Jason is not there to read him like a beginners’ recipe ( Read more... )

ix.

“Do you think you can do this, guys?” Morgan asks Hotch and Reid after Garcia only half-jokingly proposed they pretend to be a gay couple to lure in the former UnSub and, much to her own surprise, was taken seriously.

Thanks in no small part to Prentiss’ encouraging suggestion that the age difference between her boss and youngest teammate, ( Read more... )

v.

“What. You think you’re the only person around here who reads books?” When he catches Reid’s all-too-amused smirk over the shield of his own cards, Derek can’t help starting the one jet conversation he’s pretty sure he’s going to regret at some point or another.

“No, but… you never want to talk to *me* about books.”

“You think I’m sending her the ( Read more... )

Title: “Strangers On A Plane”

[Yep, shamelessly paraphrasing the title of one of my favorite Hitchcock movies: “Strangers On A Train”.

Go watch it. NOW!

Um, ok, you may reid the story first. ;-) ]

Author: me_and_thee aka Nic/Nickee/Michela

Pairing: Hotch/Reid. What else?!

Rating: R / FRAO?

Genre: canon.

Disclaimer: All characters depicted in this story ( Read more... )