--A/N: This is my first Bones fanfic, I would really like reviews, for me there is no point in writing if no one is reading. I would just like to think that someone is reading. If you like my writing and you also like the show Standoff, I do have an ongoing fic called Almost Said It, so please check that out, and R&R. Thanks for reading! ---P.s. my writing style is that of an observer, you get no more info than you would if you were watching an episode, ie. I do not write what a character is thinking, just how they are behaving and what they are saying.--

Sully and Booth are in Booth's office. Booth is leaning back in his chair with his feet up on his desk; Jerry Garcia inspired socks just visible.

Sully: "I thought you said you weren't interest."

Booth: "In Bones? No, she's my partner; I care about her, but not like that."

Sully: "Then why did you want me out of the way during the case, you know I care about her, that I had to be involved, taking some sort of action to protect her."

Booth: "We have a good partnership going on and I didn't know how your relationship would affect the case. I know you care about her. Man! I think you two are great for each other."

Sully: "If it was someone you were dating and it were my case..."

Booth (cutting Sully off): "…You would have done the same thing."

Sully: "I dunno."

Booth: "You are my friend, I am being honest with you. You are good for Brennan, but if you hurt her, so help me God, confession wouldn't be able to purify my soul." (he finishes his comment with a leer then a smile)

Sully: "See that is what I am talking about."

Booth: "Sully, I think a good analogy would be an older brother finding out his best friend is dating his sister."

Sully: "Alright, because I don't want to be fighting for her with you later. I don't want you to get hurt, you know I'd win." (he says this with a wink then walks out the door)

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Back at the Jeffersonian Temperance and Angela are working on identifying old remains from limbo.

Angela: "He was just so young."

Brennan: "In many cultures at eighteen he would have been married, maybe more then once with children.

Angela: "He was just a boy, probably still had some of his baby fat."

Brennan: "You know the term baby fat is highly inappropriate, it is actually…"

Angela (cutting her off): "Tempe, I don't need to know, I just mean that he was too young to die. Anyways, how is it having two knights in shining armor ready to rush in and save the day."

Brennan: "Two knights, what?"

Angela: "Sully and Booth you dolt. It was so romantic to see the two of the getting all protective."

Brennan: "I don't need them to be all protective. I can take care of myself."

Angela: "You not needing the protection is not the point, Honey. The point is that you two gorgeous man that care about you, willing to do anything to ensure your well being. Not needing them does not mean that it is not nice to have."

Brennan: "I dunno, I have never been able to need anyone, I have never had anyone in my life other then myself that I could trust. I have always had to depend on me, I don't know if I could ever allow myself to depend on another."

Angela: "It can be awful lonely living your life that way. At some point you are going to have to let someone in, sweetie."

Brennan: "I don't know if I can."

--I know this is really short, but it is just a taste to see if people are interested in following this story line. Write a review, let me know what you think. How do you think Brennan's relationship with Sully will affect her partnership with Booth? --