mini series, in which you experience five different dates with Steve Harrington
• online dating app AU •
my first series coming out very soon! so happy with this 🩵 chapters will be linked below as they get posted
every chapter will include allusions to/or smut, warnings will be tagged accordingly, please keep them in mind
summary: you never believed in the magic of dating apps, but what happens when the algorithm introduces you to a particularly attractive man, who also has a great personality...and other fine qualities?
Summary: Spencer tries and fails to escape the looming present of a serial killer, one that seems to be way too into him. Surprisingly, he ends up liking her more than he should, but because he can't show that, things get... heated.
Tags: unsub!original character, enemies to lovers, serial killers, dubious morality, angst, violence, fighting as foreplay (verbal and physical), (light) blood kink, smut, hate sex, (but also) gentle sex, oral sex, sub!spencer reid & dom!spencer reid (they switch it up), humor, enemies with benefits, denial of feelings, canon-typical violence, love/hate, s4!spencer reid, oc is kinda insane and kind of a stalker but spencer is into it, fluff, forbidden romance, tbd...
MOODBOARD
CHAPTERS:
-> CHAPTER ONE - F.R.
-> CHAPTER TWO - Sink your fangs in (like a vampire)
summary: an unexpected letter announcing the death of roy tillman forces you back to go back to your hometown of lehigh with your teenage daughter after nine years. you want it to be as simple as showing up for the funeral, but the town has a way of sucking you in. or maybe it's your ex husband, and the father of your child, gator tillman. somehow, the burial of roy tillman leads to too many of your old secrets getting dug up, and the resurrection of feelings you thought you had long forgotten.
warnings/tags: 18+ mdni, second chance romance, ex!husband!gator, dad!gator, slowburn, heavy themes of domestic abuse, childhood trauma, mental health and panic attacks, misogyny, death/grief, teenage pregnancy, struggles of young parenthood, small-town secrets, cheating (sorry but for the dramaaa), probably smut eventually, reader and gator are in their early 30s
status: ongoing
"Being back here makes me hot in the face
Hot blood in my pulsing veins
Heavy memories weighing on my brain
Hot and heavy in the basement of your parents' place
You used to be so sweet
Now you're a firecracker on a crowded street
Couldn't look away even if I wanted
Try to walk away but I come back to the start." - Hot & Heavy, Lucy Dacus
⋆.ঌ˚˖ ࣪chapter summary
ch1: back to the old house
ch2: wary as a dove
ch3: last call
ch4: your baby
ch5: the light of the moon
ch6:heaven is here
⋆.ঌ˚˖extras
unspoken words - text messages between you and gator over the years
father's days - a drabble about gator's father's days over the years
friday night lights and pregancy frights - the day you told gator you were pregnant
summary: you've heard about him — the man who on the outside, seems unbreakable but turns into a mess under the covers. you never thought you'd spot him at a hotel bar. what begins as a fun way to tease a tillman turns into a strange alliance that could only be carved in lehigh. in exchange for payment for your services, you use your insider knowledge of the darkside of lehigh to help gator on a case. simple...right?
warnings/tags: 18+mdni, client to lovers?, smut, switch!gator, gator learning to not live up to his dad's expectations, angst, morally grey characters, sex work and related issues (discussions of sa, control and dub con), drugs and drug dealers, toxic love, stalking, misogyny and slut shaming, murder and cover up, violence
status: ongoing
taglist (comment on series masterlist to be added): @thesecretoftheswan, @aecd27 , @bells-bookshelf, @st4rg1rl88, @wolfiee10, @haydensheartt, @kristywidget97, @louisbelongstome28, @beth-mirrorball, @s3xytosomeone, @scaramou, @purplequeen64-stuff, @bluezzzzzz, @lacyiris, @deeplightblue, @steviaorsugar, @literal-tv-menace, @mysticbellie, @artismytherapy05, @bluegardenn, @pinkiepieshepardspie, @maaaachiii
⊹ ࣪ ˖𓂇⊹ ࣪ ˖ chapters
chapter one: big, tough deputy
chapter two: playthings
chapter three: walk of shame
chapter four: blurred lines
chapter five: knights and damsels
chapter six: the hunt, the kill
this is a 13 part series, currently ongoing, updated weekly. 18+ MDNI.
series created on March 4th, 2026
summary: you and your husband, Steve, are inching closer to 40, and as you continue to struggle to conceive your sixth child, Steve cheats out of frustration and stress; only to come home to his dream coming true.
warnings are detailed in each part.
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8
Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11
Part 12: coming soon
Part 13: coming soon
other works: masterlist, navigation, request rules, taglist
Identify problem -> brainstorm solution -> execute. This process has never failed you before. So what if the solution for this particular issue involves getting into a fake relationship with the new professor? It’s a means to an end. Nothing more. But Professor Reid—far too tender, and all too eager for scraps of affection—seems intent to make this harder than it should be.
contents: post-series, fake dating, one sided rivalry to lovers, professor!Spencer Reid, legal age gap (reader 29 and Spencer is 38), prof!reader, she wears glasses and it WILL be referenced a lot, fluff and other romcom-y shenanigans, no use of y/n. Not a series, more of a semi-related universe, but I recommend reading act one together for better context and build up!
ACT ONE - the set up
coffee with the enemy
-> Spencer Reid is new but he’s already the university golden boy. Fellow faculty adore him, students worship the ground he walks on, even the administration loves him. You’re committed to your disdain for him—until he offers you access to his collection of medieval literature. [3k]
BESPECTACLED²
-> A phone call from your childhood best friend adds to the stress of midterms. You seek refuge in the library, only to run into Spencer Reid. Somewhere between excel sheets, checking exams, and some accidental flirting, the stress dissipates and your annoyance fizzles into something strangely iridescent. [4.1k]
FACULTY WHISPERS
-> All that attention on university golden boy Spencer Reid hits a peak, only to sour into malicious gossip. You’re not one to defend a man, so you do the next best thing—offer a temporary solution. [3.6k]
ACT TWO - blossoming alone over you
***Fics labeled with 𓍯𓂃𓏧💍will revolve around the wedding reader and Spencer will be attending as a fake couple
FOOTNOTES ON INTIMACY
-> Boundaries are important in any relationship—even fake ones (especially in fake ones). Spencer Reid is very good at sticking to the rules you’ve discussed together, until he does something off script that sends you spiraling. [2.4k]
HARD LAUNCH
-> Spencer doesn’t understand the significance of a social media hard launch. To compromise, he invites you as his date to a faculty soiree, prompting a night filled with nosy colleagues, and PDA you tell yourself you don't enjoy. [6.4k]
I DON'T EVEN DARE TO WISH IT
-> A concerned Spencer Reid shows up at your doorstep when you miss two days of classes, bearing take out and gentle reassurance. Somehow he ends up in your bed. [5.2k]
KISS ME AND I MIGHT DROP DEAD
-> Maybe practicing to kiss your fake boyfriend on your bed isn't the best idea, because now the image of him sprawled atop your sheets is burned in your mind and your lips ache to memorize the shape of his. [2k]
extras:
HONEYBEA masterlist - or a future timeline where they have a daughter
meet prof!reader
fake dating rules!
reasons for writing + diana reid & prof!reader headcanons
a/n: Think of this like a Hallmark movie (which, unsurprisingly, was what I was watching when I came up with this)—middling quality at best, but still (hopefully) fluffy and entertaining. No taglist, this is just my fun lil side project cause professor Reid is a NEED but I am, for better or for worse, too woke to make it x student. So here’s an almost 30-year-old assistant professor reader instead. gif by the best @reidgif
.⋆♱ "YOU IN MY MORTIFIED SOUL MADE YOUR BED AND YOUR DOMAIN; — ABHORRENCE, TO WHOM I AM BOUND AS THE CONVICT IS TO THE CHAIN."
⋅⊰༻♱༺⊱⋅
FAUSTIAN PACT — a pact whereby a person trades something of supreme moral or spiritual importance, such as personal values or the soul, for some worldly or material benefit, such as knowledge, power, or riches.
when spencer reid strikes a deal with an unsub in a moment of desperation, he fails to foresee the consequences it will have for his job, his relationships, and his sanity. and he certainly does not take into account the possibility of a love affair blossoming between himself and his secret "friend."
the behavioural analysis unit are not easy to fool, but you did it, somehow.
for the last six months, you've been living as a fugitive. a wanted woman whom the FBI refuses to give up on until you are behind bars. you're an outlaw, a villain, a murderer. and you are the last person that spencer reid wants anything to do with.
but you want everything to do with him, and so you have drafted a proposal which he cannot refuse: a country-wide wild goose chase, with the promise of a chance to put you away for good. and who doesn't love a good old game of cat and mouse?
⊱⋅.⋆♱ meet unsub!reader here !
⤷ ゛notes ! ˎˊ˗
composed of a series of oneshots; vignettes from various stages of spencer's relationship with unsub!reader ranging from their first meeting to their final (?) goodbye.
the timeline begins in december of 2009, placing it somewhere mid-season 5 after the events of episode 100. this is jesus reid propaganda. however, the bulk of these posts will be set in mid-late 2010 into early 2011, so around the middle of season six.
IN STARLIT NIGHTS, I SAW YOU | 𑣲
when the FBI's behavioural analysis unit set up their base of operations in your place of work, you have to keep calm and pretend that you are not the unsub they are so desperately searching for. you try to keep your head down, but that is a difficult task when a certain genius has taken an interest in you for reasons... unrelated to the investigation. (part one)
SO CRUELLY, YOU KISSED ME | 𑣲
when the FBI's resident genius cannot sleep due to a case weighing heavy on his shoulders, you offer to lend an ear. he seems to believe that the key to solving this case is right in front of him — but he doesn't mean that literally, right? (part two)
GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS | ♰
after fumbling a case in amherst, massachusetts, spencer reid cannot sleep. he is plagued with dreams of the unsub who slipped through his fingers and, as the months pass, it becomes evident that what spencer is feeling goes far beyond simple hatred.
GALATIANS 5:19-21 | ♰
you finally convince spencer reid to meet with you in person with the promise of information on a prolific unsub. but standing face-to-face awakens a violent storm of long-suppressed emotions, and marks the beginning of a love affair that will ruin the both of you, permanently.
I WON'T MISS YOU | ♰
spencer receives a note in the mail inviting him to a valentine's day rendezvous at an outrageously expensive hotel. he is decidedly not going; he wants nothing to do with you and your games, not today. and yet, somehow, he finds himself standing at the door of your hotel suite anyway.
THE GIRLFRIEND PARADOX | 𑣲
when spencer seems more distracted than usual, the team conclude that he must be hiding a girlfriend. they try to get him to crack, not knowing that the reality of his situation is far worse than your typical secret relationship.
"LATE NIGHT?" "VERY." | 𑣲
waking up in the arms of the FBI agent who is supposed to be hunting you is not how you were intending to start your week. you could quite happily stay here all day, but duty calls, and spencer reid is now late for work.
SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN | ♰
spencer reid wakes up to an unexpected guest all up in his business.
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