Emily has been keeping a secret, several actually. And they're all starting to come out. Wall by wall, the protective shield Emily created for herself comes crumbling down. Secrets have a way of affecting everyone, and this one was no different.

It's the start of senior year for six students. It's also the start of new friendships, rivalries, and relationships. Everything will change. MULTI-CHAPTER. The whole team will make an appearance. Please R&R! Rated T to be safe. Hotch/Emily JJ/Reid Morgan/Garcia WINNER: 2012 PROFILER'S CHOICE AWARD: BEST ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

The team posts personal ads on a matchmaking website for Emily and Hotch who start exchanging emails with each other, not knowing the identity of their 'perfect match'. Now complete.

Hotch and Emily have both left the BAU for their own reasons. As a last-ditch effort to glue their little family back together, JJ asks them to do something that will carry more significance than any of them ever would have expected. Rated M according to FFN's content guidelines. Contains some adult language and themes. COMPLETE.

Universe A: Story 1 of 3 - My version of Hotch & Prentiss' lives in canon, starting with their 1st meeting when he worked for her mother, taking them through mid Season 4 where things go AU. Colleagues to friendship to romance. 2010 PROFILER'S CHOICE CM AWARDS: Best Characterization of Aaron Hotchner; Best Characterization of Emily Prentiss; Best Het Romance; Best Overall Fic (tie)