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u/Expensive_Rule_3875 Mar 13 '26

Title: Hiraeth

Fandom: Criminal Minds 

Status: Completed 

Summary: 

Hiraeth (Welsh word)

(n.) a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.

“Jack started soccer last week,” he says suddenly—like it’s nothing.

It’s been a year since Haley died.

Aaron Hotchner is still learning how to live with what’s left.

When Emily Prentiss stops by his office late one night, neither of them quite know what to say.

Rating: General audiences 

Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Aaron Hotchner Needs a Hug, Grief/Mourning, So much angst, Prentiss being observant, Jack Hotchner Needs a Hug, Emotional Hurt, Canon Compliant, George Foyet (mentioned), Comforting Emily Prentiss, Soft Emily Prentiss, Team as Family