The Bet
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“What’s all this, Aaron?” Rossi asked, puzzled, but definitely intrigued.
“The entire team agrees that Reid and JJ are bound to end up together; it’s just a question of who gives in first.” Hotch nods to the screen.
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A bunch of snapshots/oneshots of the BAU team betting on who'd slip up first; JJ or Reid?Part 1 of "The Bet"
Reformatted it from an ongoing series because the order got confusing.
Can be read as a one shot.Series
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all these Halloween costumes (and I’m the one hiding behind a mask) by blacksesamebean
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
10 Nov 2025
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Their plastic Jack-o-Lantern baskets bounced around with the funny clunking of individually-wrapped candies that the kids had charmed from parents, grandparents, and the occasional begrudged teenager. Leading the small crowd was the biggest kid of them all, a lanky 6’2 Pied Piper-like figure with an animated toothbrush mustache, telling them age-appropriate spooky stories. Spencer knew that Hotch would not forgive him if Jack couldn’t sleep because of a particularly gruesome story he heard during Halloween.
Watching him from afar, JJ had figured out Spencer’s blindside.
He wasn’t just good with kids— he was a natural with them.OR
JJ and Reid take 3 year-old Jack Hotchner trick-or-treating.
Part 2 of "The Bet"
Reformatted it from an ongoing series because the order got confusing.
Can be read as a one shot.Series
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green’s an interesting color on you, Jennifer Jareau by blacksesamebean
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
10 Nov 2025
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Penelope watched as JJ seemed to shrink, the 5,000 kilowatt sunshine in her eyes dimming as she began to doubt what she meant to Spencer.
“Now I can’t help but wonder if he does the same for her.”
It broke her heart.OR
JJ hates seeing Reid and Lila on the tabloidsPart 3 of "The Bet"
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tell the Saint of lost souls where to find me by blacksesamebean
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
10 Nov 2025
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“The first night back in my apartment, I spent two hours in the shower just scrubbing the dirt and blood from underneath my fingernails,” she started.
“By the end of it, my fingers started bleeding, and I couldn’t tell if it was my blood or dogs’ blood. Or yours.” she stared at him apologetically, her tone broken with shame. Her eyes bore into him, taking in every detail of his willowy frame, as if it were the first — or last — time she saw him.
“You really scared us there, Spence,” she choked. “You scared me.”OR
Nobody's asked JJ how she's been after Hankel.
Part 4 of "The Bet"Series
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some part of me must have died (the first time that you called me 'baby') by blacksesamebean
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
21 Nov 2025
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“The best approach would be to go undercover and profile the wealthy investors who attend these events. Try to scour information from them, by pretending to be one of them,” Spencer nodded.
“Exactly,” Hotch agreed. “This is where you come in.”
Spencer’s head snapped to Hotch. “Huh?”
“Don’t worry, this is a two person job,” Hotch reassured him, earning a cautious nod.
“JJ will go with you.”
“Huh?”OR
JJ and Reid go undercover as a couple, and they're pretty good at it.
Only if they were just as good as hiding their feelings.Series
- Part 5 of The Bet