Disclaimer: sadly I don't own Bones, the closest I get are my DVDs

A/N it's been a really, really long time since I wrote a Fic and this is my very first Bones fic. Please let me know what you think.

A/N 2 ok so there's not much of a case in this one. It's just going to be BB fluff. It takes place at the close of a case, before the court proceedings.

WHEN YOU KNOW.

The lab was quiet. The lights were dimmed everywhere with the exception of the security station and a single light burning from the only office door not locked tightly for the night.

Dr. Temperance Brennan had been behind her desk for the past six hours. There were police reports and crime scene photographs covering every inch of her desk surface. She had been pouring over the documents endlessly in order to be fully prepared for her testimony. She had a court date in a week's time and she'd started cramming late that afternoon.

She was so engrossed in re-reading her own report that she didn't notice the shadow looming in her doorway.

"Do you ever sleep?"

she gave a start at the sound of the voice but breathed easily when she realised who had spoken.

"I have to make sure everything's ready. What are you doing here anyway?"

with a slight chuckle Booth stepped further in her office and placed his hands flat on her desk. He leaned over and looked her straight in the eye before answering her question.

"Well you see, I knew you'd be here Bones. I came to make sure you don't spend all night in this office" he began stacking the documents and slotting them back into the folder. "you know all this stuff already so why bother going over it all again?"

"what if there's something I missed?"

"there's nothing you missed, you wrote most of this!"

she didn't often give in to the FBI Agent but this time he had a point. She had just spent hours reading her own words. She did know it, she was just….

"obsessing, that's all you're doing Bones!"

he'd done it again, finished her thought without even knowing.

As she watched him finish clearing her desk she couldn't help but wonder when he had gotten so in-tune with what she was thinking.

Once all of the papers were away and the file was neatly pushed to one side of her desk, he looked up to find his partner deep in thought.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

"hm?" she looked confused as she returned her mind back on track

"you were thinking about something, I could hear your brain ticking, care to share?"

"Booth, you can't hear someone's brain working!"

with a shake of his head and a quiet laugh he pushed back from her desk, standing straight.

"it's a figure of speech Bones, come on, let's go. This place is spooky at night"

"you're afraid of the lab? It's just the same as before….only dark"

"and quiet. It's too Quiet Bones" he was glad to see her pick up her bag from beside her desk and start to move around towards the door.

He grabbed her jacket from the hook and held it out to her. He half expected her to shoot off into her rant about his typical alpha male tendencies; that she could quite easily put on her own jacket. To his surprise she simply slid her jacket on and gave a half smile as she continued to the door.

"so, are you going to tell me or not?"

they had left the lab and were now making their way through the halls towards the car park.

"tell you what?"

"whatever it is that has you so preoccupied"

she was quiet for a moment as they walked. A few minutes passed before she stopped dead and turned to him. He almost slipped on the polished floor as he reacted to the unexpected stop.

"do I ever say anything you're thinking?"

now he was completely confused. "what?"

"has it ever happened? Let's just say you're thinking about a case or something, have I ever said what you were thinking as you were thinking it, or just before you finished thinking it?"

it took him a moment to process the question. His partner was looking straight at him with bright blue eyes that always made his breath catch in his chest.

"sure Bones, you do it all the time" it was true, recently she always seemed to be reading his mind,

Temperance looked thoughtful for a moment then carried on walking towards the parking area.

"when would you say it started?"

"what?"

"this thinking thing, when would you say it started? We haven't always had it have we?"

"No Bones, it's just because we've been spending so much time together. I guess we've bonded."

His words made her stop in her tracks again. She watched as Booth carried on a few steps before he realised that she was no longer beside him. He turned looking confused. Had he said the wrong thing? He knew that there we some things that he couldn't say without making her bolt like a frightened dear.

"what? It's not a bad thing Bones. It makes us better partners," he paused and took a step closer "better friends" he gently placed his had on her shoulder and smiled. He half expected to find himself thrown to the ground. Brennan didn't like to be touched. He was pleased to see a small smile take hold of her lips and she started moving again.

A/N ok short and sweet.

I have a few ideas where to take this but I'm sure really where it will end up.

Please review and let me know .

I'm a bit sketchy as to if I am getting the characters right. But then again, early days. We shall see.