Title: If I Could Go Back (Part Three of Four)
Author: lilalanor and ce_jour_la
Fandom: Criminal Minds with a touch of CSI: New York
Rating: PG-13/M
Pairing/Characters: David Rossi/Aaron Hotchner, Jason Gideon, ensemble, Mac Taylor, Stella Bonasera
Summary: It’s the day of Derek’s high school graduation, and Jason Gideon is standing at the bottom of the porch steps, trying not to hope.
Timeline & "Spoilers": This is set in the CM Kid-Verse future, roughly seven years after Gideon left. General spoilers for the rewrite of all five seasons of Criminal Minds and some for the S5 rewrite in particular.
Warnings: Language, themes (references to violence, abandonment, general trauma, sexual innuendo)
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds (the concept and otherwise) belong to Bernero and company. We own nothing, make no profit, and do this for the fun of the enterprise.

( He didn’t do it to hurt you, either, Papa, but the point is that he did. )

This fic has been finished at the time of this post; part four will be posted in ten days' time.