#that truly is the purest form of a slow burn with mutual pining

[scoobydoominuscoobydoo]

Okay but- also imagine DAPHNE as the spiderhero and shaggy as the love interest.

Daphne for sure would put herself in danger as a vigilante and shaggy would definitely find himself as someone who needs saving, it could be cute.

Now THAT I can definitely see.

Maybe she sees that he's in danger and needs help so she does her thing and saves him but then he figures out it's her (like her mask got torn or something idk). Then he starts helping her out as her guy in the chair or her Ron Stoppable - whichever one is more appealing. And it is very clear that they have great chemistry but Daph is terrified to mess it up and Shags has yet to identify his feelings as something romantic. I'm talking the slowest of slow burns like completely agonizing. Pining and longing stares and treating each other's wounds because they can't go to the hospital.

But they're too scared to mess it up so they both probably cycle through different love interests before the epic two part finale arrives. In which Shags is identified to be the person she values the most (by the big evil bad guy). So he's in danger and she's trying to distance herself from him and he is not having it and it is very important that this tension manifests itself into a big fight on the roof of a building while it's pouring rain. And they are screaming at each other and the l word gets dropped and it immediately fizzles out and they just stare at each other.

And then Shags takes a step forward and she doesn't move and he says, "I'm with you to the end Daph..." And she knows it's true because he's been with her all this time.

And so she plucks up the most courage she's ever needed (and she faces danger on the reg so this is saying something) and responds, "After... After we beat this guy... do you... do you wanna get something to eat? Like us? Together? Alone?"

And he looks at her blankly for a minute before just smiling the biggest smile ever.

#ask minus scooby #shaphne #imagine kim possible but it's these two UGH #that truly is the purest form of a slow burn with mutual pining

[whosscruffylooking]

The Purest Things: Wingmen (Aaron Hotchner x Female BAU! Reader)

this is based on season 10 episode 10 “amelia porter”

Warnings: None. Pure Fluff.

A/N: I am so beyond obsessed with the mutual pining. Initially, this was going to be one part, but I have to slow burn the heck out of this, so it'll be a few parts. Enjoy!

The Purest Things Masterlist

august 2014

Bookend: "You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever." – Love & Other Drugs

I walk into the jazz club, searching for Rossi. For the past year and a half, we have frequented this classy establishment, bonding over our shared passion for jazz and fine liquor. We come here every Friday unless the job keeps us away. It's a form of escapism that I have grown to cherish deeply. With a job like ours, finding something to look forward to each week, some semblance of a routine is crucial.

I stroll over to “our” booth, but instead of seeing David’s familiar face, it's that of the Unit Cheif. I throw my head back and laugh, “Of all the people I could have expected to see here...you were not one of them.”

Don't get me wrong; I'm not upset to find him here. I could never get enough of him. I see him nearly every day of the week, I have weekly movie nights with Jack, and Aaron and I have been to hell and back with each other over the years.

He shakes his head and smirks, “What can I say? I'm full of surprises.”

“So tell me Aaron Hotchner, to what do I owe the pleasure of your company this evening?”

“David Rossi, ” he emphasizes.

“So you’ve been recruited as one of his wingmen too huh?”

“Apparently so.”

“Well I'm glad you're here.” I slide into the booth next to him.

He glides his cup in circles along the tablecloth, “Me too.”

“May I pry?” I inquire.

He nods, “You may.”

“Why exactly are you here? Believe me, I'm thrilled you're joining us, but David and I have been coming here for over a year. Why'd he invite you now?”

His shoulders tense up, and then he inhales deeply, the tension releasing when he exhales.

“If I'm being completely honest, I think it has something to do with the fact that Beth and I are no longer together.”

“Oh my God, Hotch. I'm so sorry, I didn't know.”

Aaron looks up at me; the professional man, the profiler I'm so familiar with, is gone. Instead, he looks at me with the eyes of a vulnerable man, someone who loves so passionately and craves that same love in return. This isn't the first time he's looked at me with those eyes, and I pray that it is not the last time. If it were anyone else, the prolonged eye contact would deter me; my glance would dart in the other direction. But, for years, I have savored these intimate moments with him. I'm not exactly sure when this connection began or when it deepened to the awareness we now have of one another.

Most likely, it began shortly after Haley’s death, when I started to spend more time with Jack or those late nights working in the office with him. Maybe it was that time I brought him his favorite coffee and bagel to his house because I knew he wouldn’t feed himself otherwise.

(Aaron’s P.O.V.)

I gaze at her with utmost fascination. She is a mystery I have never been able to solve, a profile I cannot complete. She is whole, a pillar of strength for our team, her family, me, and Jack. Yet, there is a fear within her that mimics a young child scared of the monsters that are both imagined and real. She’s seen and experienced things that no one her age should have to witness. I can see through the worn expression on her face. She’s holding herself together for the sake of everyone around her, but inside she’s slowly falling apart. All I want is to help mend those crumbling pieces and hold her together. She doesn’t realize that she has been doing that very thing for me for the past four years.

In my life, I have had the opportunity to love deeply and freely. But two of those loves stand in realms of their own. The first time I fell in love, it was with an opposite. A precious, symbolic tale of love and loss.

With Beth, I did love her. She gave me the strength to feel something again after Haley died. I found the ability to move forward with hope and recognition that I deserve happiness once again.

The second great love came in the form of a mirror. We share an empathy, an understanding of the fundementals of life and love that shapes our individual values. I was far from perfect when we met; I was detached, damaged, and hopeless. I felt like I was barely a man. Truth be told, I won’t be perfect after the fact either. But, she gives me a sense of realness that I never perceived as possible. And since the day we met before I even accepted the actuality of my affections for her, I strove to better myself. Every day since, and for the rest of my life, I want to work every day to be the man she deserves and needs.

Awakening from my trance, I speak up, “I am grateful every day for the relationship I had with Beth. I truly did love her. I love her still for the person she helped me become. I realized, through her, that I can choose to move forward with my life.”

“You deserve to be happy, Aaron,” she interjects.

“Some time ago, Rossi came into my office encouraging me to start dating again. He reminded me that Haley wouldn’t want me to avoid moving on. Of course, my immediate instinct was to deny that I was guilty of just that. But he was right. He told me that I am no good to anyone when I’m miserable.”

She throws her head back and laughs, “Miserable? No, I wouldn’t call you that. Slightly uptight? Absolutely.”

I gasp, exaggerating a look of offense, “I’m hurt.”

She touches my arm, and I can feel my heart stop for a beat. Something about her touch elevated my heart and soul to another plain. It’s as if her small hand on my forearm revealed the certainty I had been searching for.

I chuckle, “Don’t worry. David and I came to the same conclusion.”

“Phew,” she breathes out a sigh of relief, “Good because I didn’t know how I was going to dig myself out of that hole....but please, continue what you were saying.”

I take a deep breath, “When you and I met I had already lost my entire world. Haley had just recently taken Jack, we were fighting constantly, and then...” I feel my eyes beginning to sting, and I realize that she hasn’t taken her grip off my arm once she squeezes it reassuringly.

“When Haley died, it felt like I was staring into an abyss. After the funeral, you found me alone, in some room that I had escaped to for some solace. But I didn’t feel any relief. And then, you came in. You sat across from me, and we just sat in silence. Somehow though, more was said in that silence than I had ever dared to utter out loud to someone. You didn’t know it then, but you saved me that day. You saved Jack too.”

I hear her short intake of breath and look over to see her lip beginning to tremble.

“Aaron...”

As much as I want to hear her melodic voice speak to me now, when I am most unarmed, a feeling that is entirely foreign to me, I have never felt so driven to yell from the top of my lungs a profession of love for this woman.

I begin to speak again, and I am immediately interrupted by Rossi, accompanied by the jazz singer hooked on his arm.

“La mia bella ragazza! Finalmente sei arrivato,” he says, kissing the top of her head. She blushes slightly, her eyes flickering to me briefly.

“You are a sight for sore eyes my dear. Is she not Aaron?”

I take a sip of my drink, glancing at y/n, her beautiful y/e/c sparkling back at me. How can anyone put into words just how beautiful she is?

I nod, “She is indeed.”

I’m suddenly made aware of the absence of her touch on my arm. How can someone’s touch both simultaneously have such a stronghold on you and also set you free? Regardless of the reason, I long to savor that feeling once again.

“Well,” she inches out of the booth, “I’m going to get a drink. Can I get you boys anything?”

We shake our heads in unison. Rossi suggests that his date join her.

He places his hand on my shoulder, “So? Any progress made?”

“I don’t want to overwhelm her. There’s so much I want to say. But I feel like I’ve put her through enough already. I’m an old man Dave. I’m a widower with a son. The damage I’d be asking her to cope with, the burden I’d be subjecting her to...”

David clears his throat and slips his phone out of his pocket. He swipes through some photos in his camera roll and lands on a photo of y/n and me. It’s from a cocktail party he hosted a few years ago. Jack, y/n, and I are sitting on the grass in Rossi’s backyard playing with dandelions. I can still hear their laughter filling the air: Jack’s squeals and y/n’s child-like giggles. We felt like a family. I would give anything to relive those moments of genuine bliss, to feel that sensation of being complete, heart, mind, and soul once more.

“Sometimes,” Rossi begins, “when people are destined to be together, their love grows over an undetermined span of time. It could be months, weeks, even years. You both may feel the shared pain of this rollercoaster called life and the hurt that comes from being separated from one another, but this helps you better grasp the priceless value and purity of the love you share. There is no easy road to love. Anyone who claims otherwise is doomed to be plagued by the mediocrity that is a false sense of security. The path you are on, Aaron is the one walked by the greatest lovers in history. In layman’s terms, don’t screw this up.”

#criminal minds #aaron hotchner x y/n #criminal minds headcanons #criminal minds angst #aaron hotchner x you #aaron hotchner angst #aaron hotchner imagine #aaron hotch x reader #aaron hotchner #hotch x y/n #hotch x reader #hotch x you #spencer reid headcanon #spencer x reader #spencer reid angst #spencer reid x y/n #aaron hotchner fanfic #aaron hotchner series #aaron hotchner x fem!reader #aaron hotchner x reader #Aaron Hotch Hotchner #spencer reid fanfiction #spencer reid x reader #derek morgan

[moonshinelouis-archive]

what are your favorite fics? like the ones that mean the most?

here are all the fics i have downloaded on my phone and reread often:

unbelievers (136k, E, enemies to lovers, footie) OBVIOUSLY i have to start with my love, my life, my light, one of the first fics i read, genuinely so well-written and developed, with the subplots my heart always craves. i could write analytic essays about one (1) line off this fic, i swear to god.

walk that mile (150k, E, college au, roadtrip au, enemies to lovers) this author!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everything they write has my heart, but this!! this fic is my happy place. characterization is worth dying for.

the second hand unwinds (50k, E, exes to lovers, time travel) i cannot believe such genius was written in my lifetime. seriously, best-ever. 

amor victorious (38k, E, abo a/a, pining, internalized homophobia, friends to lovers, gender identity) oh my goddddd i love everything by nina but this one Especially. this hurts. also nonbinary harry :’)

blend into my favourite colour (20k, T, love square) this is another absolutely GENIUS fic. this is so fluffy and i always feel better after reading it  

just call me inspiration (52k, E, pining) i literally cry reading this fic but like..theyre happy tears. really happy tears.

take our bodies higher (21k, E, pining, sex operator harry) this is genuinely the best, fluffiest fic surrounding sex that i’ve ever read. tenderness levels unmatched

the o/o series (17k, E, exes to lovers, canon compliant, abo o/o) ahhhhh this series has my heart. so hot

the florentine letters (118k, E, 1930s, treasure hunting) this author overall satiates my need for action/mystery stories and they do it so BEAUTIFULLY

there’s such a lot of world to see (125k, E, doctor who au) action, doctor!louis, time travel, ziam, well-developed, enthralling plot…..yes please!

now in a minute (150k, M, 13 going on 30 au) the way this author weaved the original plot into a 90s gay rom-com so beautifully…. forever yell

when you say you love me, know i love you more (2k, E, body worship, h/c) THIS IS THE SOFTEST PUREST FIC AND I LOVE IT

tired tired sea (113k, M, healing, slow burn) i just love slow fics with lots of description and fluff and this is truly so perfect.

things have gotten closer to the sun (50k, E, exes to lovers) aka the solar flare fic. i like pain

falling again (15k, E, exes to lovers) flufffffffffff and ex sex!! love love love. and pet names :’’)

never gonna dance again (55k, E, spy au, ballerina au) this fic has such an original plot and the characters are so soft :’) this was also one of the first fics i read so it’s buried deep in my heart.

back to you and tennessee (57k, E, 1950s/60s, alcohol and drug abuse, healing) this fic fucked me up and put me back together like no other and tis so underrated :(

pretty please (with sugar on top) (113k, E, abo a/o, sugar baby harry, PINING) there is nothing i devour faster than pining. i read this fic in like. one day.

in dreams (23k, E, punk louis) its dolce, you know the drill.

where your lips land (12k, E, tkg au) the,,,,,,,, softness,,,,, im died

got the sunshine on my shoulders (124k, E, exes to lovers, childhood sweethearts) the domesticity of it all!! the sweetness!! but i love how slow-paced it is, really walking through all the issues and resolving them, internally, and just

grenadine sunshine (18k, E, canon compliant, gender identity) so Maybe i only read this today but SILL this fic means the world to me.

my heart, in a deadly rhythm (42k, E, spy au) this is just….. everything… it’s so sweet and violent and…. i love it, i love this author.

for you, i will (i don’t believe in magic, but) (17k, E, spy au) the softness!! i love how this story is told, too. beautiful writing.

bitter tangerine (119k, E, exes to lovers) so get this. i love this author, i love exes to lovers, i love pnw fics. boom! + some ex sex ;)

per aspera (10k, E, canon compliant, bdsm) the poetics of this fic!! i love it

wild love (140k, E, friends with benefits to lovers, pining) ahhhhhhhhhhh everything is so good and fluffy and beautiful and then it turns into probably the angstiest thing ive ever read.

hush. (41k, E, internalized homophobia) this fic means so much to me :’(

no pressure, no diamonds (42k, E, spy au) this is possibly the hottest fic ive ever read omg. also i feel like its something louis would write in just call me inspiration so my heart glows

like cabbages and kings (60k, E, alice in wonderland au) i love action and fluff, what can i say.

tell me this is paradise (15k, E, girl direction) ahh omg. pwp turned fluffy; i love wlws.

fever started long ago (7k, E, sick fic, exes???) this is so gooooooooood

teenage dreams in a teenage circus (50k, E, sixth form) this is one of those fics in which louis is friends with gemma and gets a crush on harry and its fluffy and soft and cute and funny.

horizontal like a quarter to three (8k, E, kink discovery) this fic is hot and sweet

we’ll be seamless (52k, E, mutual pining) this is such an original plot

to the ends of the earth (68k, E, exes to lovers, canon compliant) aka idaho cabin fic. sometimes all you need is snow and pain, and this delivers.

#anon #mel.ask #this is somewhat in order #ficrec #there are soooooooo many ive yet to read tho #like only those i have downloaded makes twice this list