Step Up (Part 1 of 3)

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Title: Step Up
Part: 1 of 3
Pairing: Reid/Hotch
Characters: (in this part): Reid, Rossi, and Hotch; (in the whole story): Reid, Hotch, Rossi, Jessica, and a cameo by Jack
Rating: (this part): T; (entire story): M
Warnings: Slash, angst, some fluff (not really in this part)
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds - there'd be some boy-kissing in every episode if I did!
Note: This story is done.  I just need to post it in three parts because it's pretty long and I'm still editing parts 2 and 3

Summary for the entire story: Reid's mother dies.  As Reid struggles to deal with it, Hotch has to decide whether or not he should act on his feelings.

Summary for this part: Reid loses his mother and fears losing himself; Rossi makes a discovery and a decision; and Hotch finds out just how quickly things can change

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Calm - Chapter 4/15(?)

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Title: Calm - Chapter 3
Author: obscuredmemory
Word Count: 4.7K+
Ratings: NC-17, overall; PG-15, this chapter.
Warnings: This story will have profanity, slash (man-on-man sex), sexual situations (mostly consensual, one non-con, no explicit details for the non-con), adult content, violence, frightening situations, descriptive details of torture, etc. Basically everything in a usual episode of CM, with the added bonus of consensual sex.
Spoilers: Epi. 100 (5x9 - 100) and much before that.
Pairing: Aaron Hotchner/Spencer Reid
Summary: Something had changed in the BAU. Dr. Spencer Reid could tell. He didn't know, however, just how much things were going to change because of one case file. Hotch/Reid, MC.

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds. Full disclaimer in chapter one.

Chapter 4
Chapter 1