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 Author has written 8 stories for Madam Secretary, and Criminal Minds. About Me: I like red wine and margaritas, coffee, and a good charcuterie board. I consider chips and guacamole a balanced dinner. Currently in a Aaron Hotchner/Emily Prentiss spiral. I ship: Criminal Minds: Emily/Aaron: Fun Fact: I joined FF for these two back in 2011. The first fic I ever posted on here was an H/P. It was SO BAD and I cringed when I recently rediscovered it on a flashdrive. EEK. The Affair: Noah/Helen ER: Abby/Luka Madam Secretary: Nadine/Mike B Newsroom: Sloan/Don, Will/Mackenzie |
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The Blue Skies We Wait On by LetMeWalkTheEarthWithYou reviews
Companion piece to "The Color In Anything"/Collection of random snippets posted in no chronological order/Emily&Aaron/Past/Present/She doesn't fit into his neat world consisting of laws and rules and rights and wrongs. She's everything he isn't, and he's everything she never wants to become. And despite what he might think, it has nothing to do with her age.
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 37 - Words: 40,757 - Reviews: 63 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 49 - Updated: 10/3 - Published: 7/3/2017 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss
Pictures at an Exhibition by pillar-of-salt reviews
Tumblr saw them first. Drabbles and short fics, archived.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 29 - Words: 37,466 - Reviews: 59 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 24 - Updated: 9/27 - Published: 3/17/2018 - Elizabeth M., Henry M., Nadine T, Mike B.
The Color In Anything by LetMeWalkTheEarthWithYou reviews
Multi-Chapter-Story/-"Are you happy?" For the second time that day Spencer catches her by surprise. "Aaron is," Emily answers softly. Her dark eyes glistening in the sunlight that's breaking through the clouds, and for a moment he remembers the first time he saw her walking into the office. "Most days," she adds quietly. "That's enough."-/Emily&Aaron/Emily&Spencer
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 16 - Words: 53,010 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 39 - Follows: 60 - Updated: 9/26 - Published: 12/12/2016 - [A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss] S. Reid, Jack H.
The Darkness That Follows by LetMeWalkTheEarthWithYou reviews
Season5/ DARK/ EmilyPrentiss & AaronHotchner/ -"It's not a BAU case," Emily states the second Aaron hands her the file.-/ DARK theme
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,983 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/4 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss - Complete
I Saw The World Burn by LetMeWalkTheEarthWithYou reviews
Season5/DARK/AaronHotchner&EmilyPrentiss/-When Jessica leaves town, Aaron tells her to take Jack with her. Just for a while, he assures her and promises himself that it's for the best.-/dark&twisty
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,420 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/3 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss - Complete
Close Enough by pillar-of-salt reviews
Nadine and Mike B have both worked in Washington a long time. They know each other better than one might think.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 23 - Words: 57,305 - Reviews: 137 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 27 - Updated: 8/12 - Published: 7/12/2017 - Nadine T, Mike B. - Complete
let's ride the vibrations (i don't need nothin' else but you) by pillar-of-salt reviews
It's been almost three years since their break up, but Mike doesn't have any practice interacting with Nadine as his ex-whatever-she-is. And now he not only has to share a hotel room with her, he has to share a bed too. Because why should anything be easy?
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,159 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/11 - [Nadine T, Mike B.] - Complete
Extraordinary Hazard by pillar-of-salt reviews
Nadine goes to Nice instead of Jay. Nadine gets abducted instead of Jay, too. A revisionist insert for 3.20.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,130 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 7 - Published: 8/2 - [Nadine T, Mike B.] Elizabeth M. - Complete
Bad Guy by pillar-of-salt reviews
"It's not that I assumed you were sleeping with him. It's just that this would've been easier if you already were." Elizabeth needs a favor. Pre-series AU.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,519 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 6 - Published: 3/28 - Elizabeth M., Nadine T - Complete
No One Has to Know by pillar-of-salt reviews
The one thing they always got right was the sex.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,737 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 2/27/2019 - Published: 2/5/2019 - Nadine T, Mike B.
No Need for Rationality by ylime620 reviews
"My rational mind knows that it's safe to go home. But I just can't. Not yet." "Well, you can stay as long as you like. No need for rationality." (Episode tag for 2x15)
Madam Secretary - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,344 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 10 - Updated: 11/4/2018 - Published: 8/3/2018 - Matt M., Nadine T, Daisy G. - Complete
The Truth That You Deny by LetMeWalkTheEarthWithYou reviews
Season 5/DARK/Aaron Hotchner & Emily Prentiss/ "Is something wrong?" Aaron asks, and Emily turns, watching the dark sky outside the window behind him. Black and empty, the stars all gone. "No," she whispers. "Everything's fine." She stopped searching for stars long ago./ dark theme
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,709 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 5 - Published: 2/18/2018 - [A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss] Jack H. - Complete
Unspeakable Things by oliviahotchner reviews
Hotch and Emily are kidnapped in the middle of a horrible case. In the hands of their unsub they'll have to do things they never imagined doing with each other. After their rescue they'll have to face the emotional scars from their abduction and the consequences of their acts. Will they be able to go on? How will they help each other with their recovery?
Criminal Minds - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 26 - Words: 89,035 - Reviews: 371 - Favs: 210 - Follows: 278 - Updated: 1/31/2018 - Published: 7/18/2016 - [A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss]
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down by pillar-of-salt reviews
"Tell me three things you like, even if they aren't good for you, proper, or decent." Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,218 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 11/19/2017 - Published: 10/16/2017 - Nadine T
One Last Drink by pillar-of-salt reviews
"It has been my great honor to serve you." Nadine and Elizabeth, allies in every sense of the word. 2.12 through 4.03.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,868 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/29/2017 - Elizabeth M., Nadine T - Complete
Taking Hits by pillar-of-salt reviews
Taking a bullet for the Secretary certainly wasn't in Nadine's job description, yet here they were. Post-S3. No character death, I promise.
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 5 - Words: 16,087 - Reviews: 58 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 9/11/2017 - Published: 6/13/2017 - Elizabeth M., Nadine T - Complete
What Comes After by pillar-of-salt reviews
"'What's gotten into you,' Nadine asks, and he doesn't exactly know, except to think fleetingly that she looked really great in that dress tonight." Mike, Nadine, and a state dinner - and what comes after. Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,061 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 2 - Published: 9/9/2017 - Nadine T - Complete
Unwinding by pillar-of-salt reviews
Nadine unwinds alone after a long day at work. When Mike walks in on her basking in the afterglow, he gets a little jealous. Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,889 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/7/2017 - Nadine T - Complete
Business with Pleasure by pillar-of-salt reviews
"Nadine, you sound like you're breathing kind of funny. Are you okay?" The Secretary calls Nadine at an inopportune moment. Mike, of course, couldn't care less. Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,858 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 4 - Published: 6/27/2017 - Nadine T - Complete
Just an Experiment by pillar-of-salt reviews
'And while she is sorry that Mike is hurt, she is not sorry for what she did.' Mike and Nadine work through some things after the little tiff in her office. Spoilers for 3.23. Part two is just pure smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,304 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 5/25/2017 - Published: 5/23/2017 - Nadine T - Complete
I'll Think About It by pillar-of-salt reviews
"Mike? Step back in my office for a second. We still have some things to discuss." An insert for 3.21. Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,537 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 3 - Published: 5/7/2017 - Nadine T - Complete
The Naberries by madame.alexandra reviews
In the fledgling New Republic, Princess Leia continues to explore the complexities of where she comes from, and who she is. She tries to make sense of the past; she endeavors to decide what's in her future, and she spends time immersed in the perspectives of a dead woman's family. An installment in the Identity universe. H/L; AU.
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 144,436 - Reviews: 218 - Favs: 107 - Follows: 87 - Updated: 4/14/2017 - Published: 2/1/2017 - Luke S., Leia O., Han S., Bail O. - Complete
Identity by madame.alexandra reviews
A distress signal reaches Coruscant after the Empire's demise, claiming to be the beacon of Bail Organa. What would the reappearance of Leia's adoptive father mean for her life in a post ROTJ context? What would he think of Han Solo, and what could he tell her about the dark shadow of her heritage? H/L; AU.
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 32 - Words: 369,062 - Reviews: 894 - Favs: 423 - Follows: 294 - Updated: 11/24/2016 - Published: 4/30/2016 - Luke S., Leia O., Han S., Bail O. - Complete
Where It Belongs by xin79 reviews
And what if its too premature, what if he is not ready, what if you are not ready? An M/N fanfic.
Madam Secretary - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,692 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/24/2016 - Complete
Dark Matters by dantsolo reviews
AU. Han and Leia admit their feelings the night Han has rescued Luke on Hoth. The next morning, Han leaves for Tatooine, before the Empire attacks. Leia is captured. Now, Han must save Leia in every way possible...
Star Wars - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 41 - Words: 69,940 - Reviews: 649 - Favs: 124 - Follows: 131 - Updated: 6/29/2016 - Published: 2/14/2016 - Luke S., Leia O., Han S., Yoda - Complete
Sunday Mornings by xin79 reviews
Sunday's were always their favorite. More so now than ever. (A fluff, come on give it a chance.)
Madam Secretary - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,185 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 2 - Published: 5/24/2016 - Matt M., Nadine T - Complete
I Need Another Story by Kavi Leighanna reviews
She shouldn't have told him, should have kept her mouth shut. Because now she's condemned them all to death. Hotch/Prentiss (slow burn) - Valhalla/Lauren AU
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 15 - Words: 12,691 - Reviews: 90 - Favs: 79 - Follows: 125 - Updated: 2/27/2016 - Published: 7/7/2015 - [A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss]
4x03 Minimal Loss by harbinger333 reviews
A retelling of "Minimal Loss" from Emily's POV. Details have been changed, but still may spoil key features of the episode. Established Hotch x Prentiss, with M rating for possible later chapters.
Criminal Minds - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,823 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 7/12/2015 - Published: 7/7/2015 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss, S. Reid
Homecoming by Kavi Leighanna reviews
Sometimes it hits him like a ton of bricks. She's really here. She's really home. Hotch/Prentiss. RATING PLEASE! (2015 PCA Winner - Best M-Rated)
Criminal Minds - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 32,606 - Reviews: 242 - Favs: 235 - Follows: 121 - Updated: 10/26/2014 - Published: 4/18/2013 - [A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss] - Complete
Sacrifices and Saviors by babygurl0506 reviews
Chapter 32 "To Hell...And Back" "Nameless, Faceless"/ FOYET CHAPTER is up! He pulled her close and pressed his lips to her ear, "Just think about it, Emily." Her eyes stayed shut as her mouth opened slightly, her hot breath dancing across his neck, "Okay." Hotch and Emily. Begins with 3x02.
Criminal Minds - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 32 - Words: 126,892 - Reviews: 505 - Favs: 203 - Follows: 202 - Updated: 2/8/2013 - Published: 5/15/2011 - E. Prentiss, A. Hotchner/Hotch
Coming Home by babygurl0506 reviews
NOW COMPLETE! "30 months. 130 weeks. 912 days. It'd been that long since he'd seen her face." Prentiss returns. Companion piece to my OS "Say Goodbye". Spoilers for 6x18 Lauren. Hotch/Prentiss H/P Read and Review. Rated for later chapters.
Criminal Minds - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 9,052 - Reviews: 42 - Favs: 51 - Follows: 45 - Updated: 3/30/2011 - Published: 3/20/2011 - E. Prentiss, A. Hotchner/Hotch - Complete
Third Bar by TangledUpLies reviews
It cannot be their end.
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23,502 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 24 - Follows: 2 - Published: 3/13/2011 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss - Complete
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We See No End, We Don't Know How reviews
"Pull over, Aaron." "Are you crazy?" "You all but told me I wasn't just a few minutes ago." Aaron and Emily from the early days of him working for the Ambassador, and onward to present day. Chapter 21 is up/rated M.
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 21 - Words: 54,915 - Reviews: 42 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 38 - Updated: 9h - Published: 8/20 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss
Perfect to Me reviews
What could possibly be taking her this long? Part 2 is rated M!
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,648 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 10/11 - Published: 7/13
Acquiesce reviews
It's a bad idea to even consider something could happen between them. To weigh the odds would be playing with fire. To act upon it - they might as well just throw gas and watch it burn. Part 3 of 3.
Criminal Minds - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 25,505 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 25 - Updated: 8/28 - Published: 6/3 - A. Hotchner/Hotch, E. Prentiss
What Happens In Seattle reviews
What could possibly go wrong when Nadine and Mike end up in Seattle together on a work trip? Chapter 2 is rated M!
Madam Secretary - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 16,829 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 7 - Updated: 7/25/2018 - Published: 7/22/2018 - Nadine T, Mike B.
Not A Chance reviews
Have you been wearing this all night? Nadine/Mike. Smut. Lots of it.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,502 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 6 - Published: 11/24/2017
I Could Never Leave The Past Behind reviews
Nadine and Mike spend one more night together before she leaves. Smut.
Madam Secretary - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,734 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 7 - Published: 10/29/2017
