This is a set of 55 challenge words designed by a poster at the Bone Yard to get us through the Winter Break....55 Bones-free days. sob
I didn't post the word list, but you'll see them all eventually. :)
I don't own Bones. If I did, I would try to get 50 episode seasons.
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Limbo
There was something to be said for forward progress. It got you through the most important times in your life. Grade school, college, marriage, kids...everything worth anything was predicated on the idea that being stagnant was worse than regression. Special Agent Seeley Booth knew all of this, and yet here he was, hovering in place while waiting for something, anything to push him forward and admit his true feelings to Brennan.
Truth be told, it wasn't all her. Sure, he told those he confided in that he was sure she didn't love him, that she wasn't ready for that kind of declaration from him...anything to mask the true stumbling block that was masked by his almost comical rationale. He was scared to death.
He knew he should have more faith in her, and how far she had come. And he did. But was it enough to keep them together if she decided that they were better staying friends than potential lovers? He hoped so, but the fear still ruled his actions...or lack thereof.
Hope and faith. He lived on them like the air he breathed these days.
Watching her examine the bones of their latest case, he could only take in her measured, precise movements in stoic silence. Arms crossed over his chest like a shield, protecting his heart, eyes following her every touch on the white bones...he knew he was bordering on pathetic. But he couldn't help himself. If he had to choose between being just friends and not having any contact with her at all, he would have chosen the former...at least, he would have a year ago.
But now...he wasn't sure if that was going to be enough. Now he wanted it all. And if he couldn't have it...he could almost see himself walking away. Just like everyone else who had ever disappointed her, abandoned her, left her. He prided himself on his strength, bravery, fidelity and morality, but everything he believed in was being seriously threatened by his love for Temperance Brennan and he wasn't sure how much longer he could let it go on. It was coming time to make a choice.
Because as much as he loved her, living his life in limbo was something he was no longer willing to endure. Even for her.
