Title: The Taste of Hopes in My Mouth
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Silence lends to the voices of ghosts, and some of us have more than others. Introspectively angsty Hotch & JJ, post-“Hanley Waters”, with a cameo from Rossi via text; gen, but can be read as het.
Spoilers: the series as a whole; specifically, 3x01 [“Doubt”], 6x02 [“JJ”], the Ian Doyle arc of 6x13-18 [“The Thirteenth Step” - “Lauren”], 6x20 [“Hanley Waters”]; hints at casting spoilers for season seven
Disclaimer: They are not mine. If you thought they were, you either have intel I want or need more help than I thought.

( It had been Emily who once observed that their job was a double-edged sword. )