Hello, first things first I am still writing 'Did you know', this is a side project for a friend (she's a slasher), but if you haven't read 'Did you know' check it out *shameful plug* Ok so in my story Vincent is dead, and Hodgins and Angela are back together and she is pregnant, however I have changed the filling in between Vincent's first episode and his last. Trust me it will all make sense, and please give this story a chance, it's started slow but it will pick up pace. Spoilers for 'the hole in the heart', and major reference to 'the he in the she'.
Read, review and enjoy. Plus I do not own bones, I wish I did but sadly I do not.
New beginnings.
Hodgins had been staring at the same sample for what felt like hours, when he was brought back into reality as he felt Angela's arms wrap around him. "I can't believe he's gone."
"I know how much you liked him sweetie." Hodgins sighed into Angela's shoulder, she had no idea just how much he liked Vincent, but then again no one did. He wasn't even sure Vincent knew just how much he meant to him, he would give anything to of been the one comforting Vincent in his last moments of life, to tell him how he felt.
He thought back to the first time he had met the extraordinary young man.
It was a Monday morning when Hodgins first saw Vincent, he was walking up to the platform when he noticed Cam talking to a man, who he could only assume was the new intern. The man was stood with his back to Hodgins, getting closer the doctor noticed how long and lean the man's physic was, with a messy brown mop of hair on top. "Who's this?" Hodgins asked.
"This is Mr Nigel-Murray, new intern. He's done very well." Cam replied taking the report from Hodgins.
"Vincent." The young man finally spoke, interjecting his first name into the conversation. Hodgins snorted, 'Vincent Nigel-Murray' what sort of name was that? And was that an English accent he had detected? How cliché an Englishman, named Vincent. Hodgins knew this kid was going to be annoying.
"He'll disappoint, they always disappoint." As those words slipped from his lips, his mind wandered as he thought of Angela rather than the loss of Zack, this automatically confused him. Of course he meant he would disappoint as in work ethics, this kid wasn't Zack, none of the interns would ever compare. But then why did his mind wander to Angela, and the disappointment that she had caused when she walked out on him. The questions raced around his head, as he angrily shrugged them off.
"I won't disappoint, i have a retentive memory." Hodgins couldn't help but smile at the younger man's goofy smile, his eyes travelling and taking in the younger man's long delicate fingers as Vincent's hand gestures motioned towards his head. Realising he had a smile on his face, Hodgins quickly returned to his scowl as he stormed off, leaving a pouting young man looking to Cam for an explanation.
"Vincent, ignore him, he's not been the happiest of men recently. You are doing an excellent job." Cam squeezed the young intern's arm as she headed to her office.
Hodgins was sat at his desk, with his head in his hands, as his mind rattled as to why he couldn't stop thinking about the young man he had just met. If he was honest he had been a mess recently, firstly he had lost his best friend, Hodgins' hand curled into a tight ball as he hit the desk in front of him, 'dam' why had Zack been so stupid? Why hadn't he noticed? Realising he had caught the attention of everyone around him, he left and headed for lunch. So his life was a mess, losing Zack was bad enough, thankfully he had Angela to lean on, she was his everything but then that headed south. Now he was left with nothing. No best friend, no girlfriend, and his foul mood had begun alienating himself from Dr Brennan and Cam, now he was insulting a new co-worker.
"Dr Hodgins?" what now Hodgins thought to himself, he just wanted to be left alone to eat his lunch in peace. He certainly didn't want to deal with some kid.
"Yes Vincent?" He couldn't explain it, but he felt so agitated just looking at the young Englishman, his hand was bunched into a tight fist as his knuckles began to turn white.
"What happened to whoever worked her before me?"
Hodgins looked at the younger man in the eyes, it was the first time he had really looked at Vincent's facial features. His deep blue eyes piercing into him, rosy cheeks, still wearing that goofy smile under a line of facial hair, Hodgins was sure that the young man had only grown that facial hair to prove he could, to prove he wasn't a youngster. But that's exactly what he was.
It was going to be a long week, Hodgins was looking forward to the rotation which would introduce a new intern for him to insult; hopefully this one wouldn't annoy him so much.