A/N: Just a little short piece I wrote for a challenge on the Boneyard. It had to feature B&B in an established relationship and July's prompt specifically had to have Booth or Brennan shirtless and water had to be involved somehow. Hope you like!
For Bandbi, she knows why!
The sun was streaming down on Dr. Temperance Brennan as she sat on the end of the dock, her feet wading in the water. She loved it here, when Booth first suggested buying a cottage she had scoffed. But she had grown to love it and now she couldn't imagine spending her summer anywhere else.
Not that she spent the summer here, not by a long shot. But they had three weeks of summer vacation, plus they often drove up here on the weekends. It wasn't that far from the city and it was definitely worth the drive.
She heard a board creak behind her and she smiled, knowing he was coming down the dock to see her.
"What's this I see?" he teased, coming up behind her. "The great Temperance Brennan not doing any work?"
She glanced up at him and shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand. "That's Dr. Temperance Brennan to you."
He grinned his infamous charm smile and sat down next to her.
"Whatcha doing out here all by yourself?" he said, nudging her gently.
"Just thinking." She replied. "Don't worry, it's nothing bad."
"Good." He said. She had become far too pensive for his liking lately.
She glanced over at him and smiled. He was handsome, devastatingly handsome as Angela said. Right now he was wearing nothing but his bathing suit and like always, he took her breath away. He put his arm around her and she leaned into him, enjoying his comforting embrace.
"Mmm…" she sighed as she snuggled closer.
They fell into a comfortable silence, the waves gently splashing against the dock. She kicked her feet in the water, enjoying the cool feeling against her legs. She could feel him staring at her, his gaze trying to penetrate her mind, like it always did.
"What?" she asked.
"You okay?" he replied.
She nodded and looked down at herself.
"You're beautiful." He said, pressing a soft kiss to her temple as he ran his hands over her rounded abdomen.
She snorted. "I'm six and a half months pregnant Booth."
"As I said….beautiful."
He tilted her chin until her lips were an inch away from his. Slowly he pressed his lips against hers and she felt tingling throughout her body. It was like this every time. She opened her mouth, giving his tongue access and when he sucked gently on her bottom lip she let out a soft moan. He moved his lips away from her mouth, kissing her jaw line up to her ear.
"Love you Temperance." He whispered softly.
A solitary tear fell down her cheek and he kissed it away gently.
"I love you too." She replied, kissing him once again.
He lift up her t-shirt until it resided under her breasts and he ran his hand over her stomach once more. Leaning down, he pressed his lips softly against her belly and whispered, "Love you too."
She closed her eyes and smiled.