Cerberus / by Crunchysunrises (R)

Title: Cerberus
Author: Crunchysunrises
Fandom: Harry Potter, Criminal Minds
Genre: Crossover, Chosen Family, Muggle POV on Magic
Pairing: Aaron Hotchner/Haley Hotchner, Hermione Granger/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Sean Hotchner/Sirius Black
Length:Medium (22,837 words)

Author's Summary:
When Hermione Granger's parents are murdered custody goes to her mother's sister, one Haley Hotchner.

Review:
I love this fic!  The characterizations are awesome.  I love Hermione-dealing-with-trauma and Harry-coping-post-war, and especially both of them as quietly competent secret war heroes.  I also really like Hotch's point of view on Harry, Hermione, and magic and the insights he has on them from a profiler's perspective.  These two fandoms have very little in common and no compelling reason they should work as a crossover but this fic is perfect.  Sometimes in crossovers with young Harry in them, you get a crossover character who swoops in and knows just what to do to make it all better and it just flops as a story because of it, but that's not what this is.  Hotch and Hermione are really pretty equal as characters, both are really muddling through and the strong character arcs that result really make for a great story.

Cerberus (AO3)

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