fic: draw an invisible picture for me

[bittereternity]

Title: draw an invisible picture for me
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Aaron Hotchner & Spencer Reid, past Reid/Maeve, past Hotch/Haley, mentions of Hotch/Beth
Words: ~3.8k
Warnings: for season 8, everything up until Alchemy. Mostly friendship and/or pre-slash, depending on how hard you're squinting and whether you have your slash goggles on.
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Comments

[kuriadalmatia]

I like the banter Hotch and Reid have. Reid's confession that he changed because of Maeve being in his life, not taken from it, was especially poignant.

Thanks for sharing!

[bittereternity]

Yeah, I always thought that Reid would only be this broken up over Maeve's death if his life was actually improved by her being in it in the first place.

Thanks so much for reading!

[blythechild]

Reid's socially obtuse segues skirt the line between offensive and hilarious. I don't know how you do that, but its genius. This particular Hotch/Reid dynamic is fascinating to me - they have so many unspoken rules governing this relationship that its miraculous that they manage to speak at all. This makes Reid's grief counselor choice even more interesting ;)

I'm jealous that you've managed to nail down such convincing character patter and English is your second language. This is me over in the corner being pouty... *pouts*

I loved this ♥

[bittereternity]

Heh, I can't picture them actually having heart to hearts about their lives, but I think the boys might do a fairly good job of skirting around their issues and making them slightly apparent at the same time! Unfortunately, I spend a lot of time googling various words because sometimes the spelling just doesn't 'look right'. :|

Thank you so much for reading, and I'm so glad you liked it because your writing is all kinds of amazing and I'm in constant awe when I read your stuff.
♥

[blythechild]

Awwww! ♥

The Mutual Appreciation Society meeting will now come to order...
;)

[daylyn]

This was marvelous. I really liked how your portrayed all the pitfalls of their relationship and still show the connection that they had. Excellent and utterly enjoyable fic.

[bittereternity]

Thank you so much for reading! ♥

[skimthesurface]

LOVED it!! Hotch's inner dialogue was great and the last line sure seemed to indicate pre-slash WITHOUT the need to squint. Would love to read more.

[bittereternity]

Thank you so much! haha, the boys sure love each other, they just don't know it yet. ;)
♥

[eiffelicious]

I love this so hard! Flirtation through irritation is awesome.

[bittereternity]

Isn't it always? *g*
Thanks so much for reading!