Introduction
This is a short introduction to my new series. It will be a multi-chapter epic contained under one title. The chapters will be clearly labeled within the story but may span more than one chapter for length. My goal is to post whole story chapters at one time even if they span more than one chapter. This means that several chapter may be posted on the same day or span several days in a row. At the end of a chapter/episode, there is the possibility for long delays.
I am not sure if this should be called an AU or not. It will be Reid and Hotch friendship/father figure in nature so this doesn't totally fit with canon. I am going to follow the episodes starting with Gideon leaving. There may not be a chapter for every episode but I am going to review them as I go along. The story has a main outline but I am allowing things to be a little fluid while I review the in between episodes that I have not plotted yet. There is also the possibility that I may have some chapters that contain things that will happen between episodes.
There will be some dialogue taken directly from episodes. For the most part, these will be a couple of lines here or there. Typically, it will happen when I am incorporating a scene from the episode that will not work unless I use the dialogue as it was given. Because my intention is to use as little as possible of the original dialogue, it will not be indicated in any special formatting.
If you have ideas for episodes I have not completed yet, feel free to send ideas. However, be aware that I tend to be at least two episodes beyond what I have posted. When I finish a chapter, I will send it to beta 1. While she is reviewing it, I am already working on the next chapter. When it comes back, I review her comments and then send it to beta 2. I may still be working on the next chapter or I may already have started the next one and send on a new episode to beta 1 while beta 2 is reviewing. Typically, I will post a chapter after I review it from beta 2.
I have been working on notes for this series since shortly before I posted my first fic "Time of Need." I hope you enjoy this series and since it will be a long process and no current end in sight, I will have other stories that I post along with it.