A/N: So this is a tag to the Witch in the Wardrobe. Loved what happened between Angela and Hodgins and the ending with BB. It turned out a little more angsty then I originally intended. Hope you enjoy, please review.
Happiness:
Love, laughter, friendship, purpose and a dance
They danced together on stage, singing along to Hot Blooded, same as they had danced in her apartment years earlier. They had danced at her high school reunion, they had pulled each other close. They had danced on Washington State after finding human remains in a bear. He had held her close then too.
He had a purpose, to fix his cosmic balance sheet. To protect his country, his friends, his Bones, his son. Her purpose was always to identify human remains; it's why she became a forensic anthropologist. He gave her another purpose, to help him catch murders.
They had started off flirting on that first case six years ago, a steamy kiss almost leading to something more but it didn't happen. They didn't talk for a year, and then a case that needed her expertise came up. They made a partnership, which slowly grew into a strong friendship. He was her best friend, she was his best friend.
She doesn't get all of his jokes, but he does make her laugh. More than she used to laugh. And she is becoming quite amusing and making him laugh too.
She didn't believe that love existed outside of chemicals in the brain when they first became partners. Over the years of their partnership and friendship she has had to re-evaluate her stance on the subject. Love is not logical, it is anything but. And he showed her, helped her believe that maybe love comes first and creates the chemical reactions.
Love, laughter, friendship and a dance are what he uses to define happiness. What he uses to define the happiness that he wants her to have.
She has had dances with him. He has given her a purpose. They had forged a strong friendship and make each other laugh. She knows that he loves her and that she loves him.
She has all the things that he listed, she does have happiness.
But she knows that he does not.