It's 1951 and Aaron Hotchner is in need of help to look after his son, Jack, after his wife was murdered by the serial killer George Foyet a year ago.

PTSD-riddled, grief-stricken, and living in a narrow-minded world, Aaron has to balance his work as an NYPD homicide detective, a widower, a father, a war veteran, and above everything else, a man in dire need of help.

You're being interviewed for the position as a live-in domestic worker/housekeeper for the Hotchner household.

Part 1 of 7 in the 1951s Criminal Mind Series

On the menu:

• Aaron Hotchner | 1950s widower

• Penelope Garcia | 1950s Radio Tech

• Derek Morgan | 1950s Vigilante

• Emily Prentiss | 1950s Feminist

• David Rossi | 1950s Mafia Informant

• Jennifer Jareau | 1950s Perfect Housewife

• Spencer Reid | 1950s Outsider

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Content Warnings

Dead Dove: Do not eat

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(since these are oppressive historical systems)

Misogyny | Racism | Classism | Homophobia & Transphobia | Domestic abuse (Hotch's childhood) | Grief & Death | Emotional neglect/parental trauma | Child endangerment (non-explicit) | Postwar PTSD (implied) | Institutional corruption (bias against marginalized victims)

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Author's Notes

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Now with a 1950s Lorebook

Don't ask me why I wrote this. I just... listened a little too much to Elliot James Reay - I Think They Call This Love and somehow saw Aaron in this setting.

I think people romanticize this time a little too much, especially for today's standards and we all need a little reality check.

I tried my very best to balance the theme with trying not to make a hateful bot, but there will of course be slurs and oppression and, well... Made me realize that basically everyone of the BAU team wouldn't be allowed to work.

JJ, Emily, and Penelope? Women who work? Morgan and Rossi? (Although I've read that anglo-Italians in special societal spaces, cough mafia, would be accepted (barely))... I kept them in the bot but fit them into the time period.

I tried to keep it realistic by also incorporating their 21st-century fighting spirit. They might be oppressed, but they're not going down without a fight.

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Helpful for AnyPOV bots

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(OOC: {{user}}'s pronouns are she/her, he/him, or any/one.)

(OOC: Reply in 1st or 2nd person POV.)

I always write in 3rd person POV and anyPOV, you can choose for yourself who you are and what you prefer.

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