When Aaron Hotchner meets Maizy Tibbs for the first time she is definitely not what he'd expected. He soon finds himself attracted to Jack's young school teacher and struggles against developing a relationship that he considers inappropriate with her. Everything he learns about Maizy only intrigues him further; from her own tragic past to the difficulty she's had garnering and maintaining meaningful relationships with the opposite sex. When the unlikely news of Maizy and Reid's developing relationship hits his ears he has to decide if he's willing to back off or go for the woman who intrigues him. Hotch/OC/Reid

** 2013 Profiler Choice Award Winner for Best OC-Driven fic on fanfiction.net.