Fic: What it Leaves Behind

[travelinthedark]

Title: What it Leaves Behind
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Hotch/Reid
Rating: FRT
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: The day they broke up was a week short of what would have been their two year anniversary. Spencer didn’t feel remotely sorry when Aaron said, “I hope this won’t affect our working relationship,” and he responded with, “Fuck you.” // A

Comments

[impulsiveanswer]

Wonderful story - just the right mix of bitter and sweet. I'm so proud of Reid, who can stand up for himself and take care of himself but still leave himself open to forgiveness. Hotch was a complete idiot, but thank God he was man enough to own up to it and get his boy back :)

[travelinthedark]

thank you. i couldn't imagine a passive reid in this sitatuation...

[daylyn]

You know that I love your writing, right? Seriously love. And this was EXCELLENT!!! The emotions were quite real, from Spencer's hurt defensiveness and his ability to stand up for himself ("Fuck you," indeed, Mr. Hotchner), to Aaron's plain freaking out, his initial avoidance, and then his almost overwhelming regret at this actions. I love how Aaron still has issues to overcome because... yeah... that's pretty damn true. I love the "rawness" here of everyone's emotions -- it makes it quite real and believable.

LOVE your writing. A whole lot.

Can't wait for marriage fic... some day.

ETA: Oh, and calling in sick with tuberculosis... yeah... that's kind of made of win!

[travelinthedark]

thank you so much! you are made of awesome in so many, many ways.

oh and btws i'm moving to humbolt bay in northern california, about 250 miles north of san-fran, so a little more northern than you're used to, but still cali. and i'm incredibly excited.

and the real marriage fic is on its way, slowly but surely. do you need real/metaphorical cookies to encourage the EC??? because i'm still on edge, my friend. still on edge.

<3

[kuriadalmatia]

Very nicely done. I enjoyed the time-jumping and the strong characterizations of both Hotch and Reid. Hotch's insecurity was realistic as was Reid's reaction to him. Thanks for sharing!

[travelinthedark]

thanks for reading/reviewing!

[caseyrachel88]

This was wondeful! I still am rather torn between wanting to kick Hotch's ass for breaking up with Reid in the first place, and wanting to do a happy dance that they're working it out... Lovely job!

[travelinthedark]

i kind of want to kick hotch's ass myself, so i don't blame you :)

and thanks!

[luredin]

Oh. This gave me a stomach ache. A sort of queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach because I was sure that *I* was the one being broken up with---that's how brilliantly you wrote Spence's POV. Loved everything about this!

[travelinthedark]

i'm glad it resonated with out. and thank you <3