Title: How they saw it Happen
Chapters: 6
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Setting: Throughout the series
Genre(s): Romance, Angst
Character(s): Booth, Brennan, Angela, Hodgins, Zack, Cam, and Sweets.
Pairing(s): Booth/Brennan,
Beta: Claps for TealTalitha1030, for the awesome beta job! I really appreciate the advice you gave me!
Disclaimer: Special savings end Saturday. Oh, and Bones is the property of much richer people then me. If I owned it, I would be bankrupt.
Summary: "Everyone had a different opinion on how it would happen, but they all agreed that it would." A series of one shots from different people perspectives showing how they see Booth and Brennan getting together. Starts with Angela.
I always thought they'd be fighting. It wouldn't be their usual bickering either. She'd be furious and he'd be just as mad…
"For the last time Bones, I don't care!" Booth shouted across the lab to Bren. The squints were cowering in the corner, and I was shaking. This argument had pushed the limits of Booth and Brennan's trust in the other. None of us knew what started it, but I sure as hell hoped something would finish it. Soon.
"You cannot just come into MY lab, and demand MY expertise whenever the hell you feel like it Booth!" Brennan screamed back. "I cannot stand you thinking you have some claim over my life! We are partners – just partners – so you cannot tell me that the person I am seeing is not the right person for me! Any say you might have in that left years ago when you drew that god forsaken line between us!"
"So you seeing Martin now are you?" Booth spat out the other man's name. "What ever happened to 'satisfying biological urges'?"
"What happened to 'making love', to 'everything happens eventually'? You've been saying things like that since I first met you, but whenever I get close to finding someone to share that with, you drive them away!"
" I drive them away? How do I have any say over you?" Booth had closed the distance between the two partners and they stood toe to toe as they traded insults. "You know what? I don't even want to know! If you can't pick up on the subtext behind my words, it doesn't matter to me."
"Fine." Brennan said, and turned to walk away. I thought the fight was over. She moved across the platform, before turning back to face Booth. When she spoke again, her tone way softer, but still icy. "What exactly is the subtext behind your words?"
"There you go again! Always wanting to know more! Always sticking your nose into places where it doesn't belong! Do you really want to know? If I tell you, you can't be angry with me and you can't run away. You still want to know?"
"Just tell me!" Tempe said, growing angry again. Booth hesitated, before storming up to her, grabbing her and pulling her in to his chest. In one fluid movement, he grabbed her lips with his and kissing her senseless.
Brennan froze at first, while I tried to contain a squeal. We watched as she relaxed into Booth's arms and kissed him back. He dropped his arms and wrapped them around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Bren lifted her arms and ran them across his chest and up around his neck, pulling his mouth closer, tilting her own to gain a better angle.
They broke apart, and lent their foreheads against the others. Both were smiling but I could see tears in Brennan's eyes.
"Bones, I'm sorry I got angry, but that is why I don't like seeing other men with you. I love you, Temperance Brennan, and I should have said something earlier."
Bren smiled and opened her mouth to reply…
A knock on the startled me out of my daydream. I looked up, and out of the corner of my eyes I saw the others in the room do the same.
"Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth?" A man asked. He would have been in his early forties. He had creases on his forehead and around his eyes, and a sprinkle of grey hairs around his temples. He looked confident, but I could see fear in his eyes…
To Be Continued.
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