Title: When Booth Met Brennan
Author: QueenThumbs
Fandom: Bones
Rating: K - suitable for all ages
Pairing: Booth/Brennan
Disclaimer: This work is purely for fan entertainment. I do not own these characters. Seeley Booth, Temperance Brennan and "Bones" are property of FOX Broadcasting. This is a work of fiction and the events herein are not based on any real events, or people, living or dead. Also, please don't sue me…I don't do well in jail and I have no money.
WHEN BOOTH MET BRENNAN
by Queen Thumbs
FADE IN:
DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE
of an elderly SEELEY BOOTH and TEMPERANCE BRENNAN.
They are seated side-by-side on a loveseat, facing the camera.
BOOTH
Right from the beginning, I knew Bones was The One.
BRENNAN
I took a little convincing.
BOOTH
Seven years of convincing!
BRENNAN
Seven years, four months and eight days, to be exact.
BOOTH
We met through work. I was an agent with the FBI investigating an old murder case.
A colleague suggested I get a fresh opinion from a forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan.
BRENNAN
(smiles wistfully)
Which is me.
BOOTH
She was the best in the world.
(They look at each other.)
BRENNAN
But you didn't know that at the time.
BOOTH
No. But it's true.
BRENNAN
(To camera)
It is.
BOOTH
We solved the case and the guy was caught.
BRENNAN
But then we had an argument over some evidence. I slapped him!
BOOTH
And we didn't see each other for nearly a year.
BRENNAN
13 months less a week. But after that, we spent five years as partners solving murders.
BOOTH
And I was madly in love with her the whole time.
BRENNAN
That whole time.
(She gazes at him for a moment.)
So was I, but I couldn't admit it. I wasn't very good at relationships, and I was afraid
to change the best thing I had.
BOOTH
The first time I spoke up, she turned me down. She thought our work as partners mattered
more than how we felt.
BRENNAN
It scared me, and I started focusing more on my research.
BOOTH
I dated a few other women, but I never really moved on.
BRENNAN
Then his grandfather died.
BOOTH
That was a bad time.
BRENNAN
(Reaches over and takes his hand.)
He wouldn't leave his house. So, I went to find him one day.
BOOTH
She let herself in. Then she took my hand, led me to the couch, and laid my head in her lap.
BRENNAN
I never left after that.
BOOTH
She never left, and we've been together 47 years.
BRENNAN
(She looks at him.)
40 years, Booth.
BOOTH
I count from when we met.
(He looks at her. They hold the gaze for a couple of beats, slight smirks on their faces.)
BOOTH
47 years.
(Brennan sighs, links her arm around his, and turns to the camera, smiling contentedly.)
FADE TO BLACK