Letters from Family
Spoilers: All Episodes
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones, I wish I did.
The sun is overhead, the day is clear and beautiful and the waters of the reflecting pool are pristine blue. So he sits there waiting, Booth waits for what feels like hours and it doesn't bother him for once…the waiting.
The sound of his name came in a different form, turning Booth found his son running for him. He bent down and picked up Parker, hugging him as he saw her in the distance walking to him with a smile on her face…his Bones, his miracle in life.
He remembered that smile when he kissed her days after they made that fateful decision to separate and go in different directions of the globe. He had kissed her and pulled her in close, neither caring because the night was theirs…realizing the reality months later.
Sitting in his tent, Booth was writing a letter to his son when a man came in. "Sir, mail."
He took his stack of mail and flipped through it, mostly from Parker and a few from the Hodginses but one stuck out…one from Indonesia. He opened it and read the letter:
13 June 2010
Booth,
I do not know when this will get to you but as you read this, know our lives are about to change…something unexpected from me I know. Enclosed in the envelope is all the evidence you need. I will do my best to keep in safe conditions and everyone is doing their best to accommodate me but I despise their behavior.
This has been going on for centuries, it is not a new event…pregnant women have been working for years. I won't sit by and be a sight while other women are working in the field. I do not need your reminding Booth but instead your support.
The island hospital is fully prepared for such events, as women have been giving birth for centuries on the island, most without help. I'm only a month along so I have months to go. This separation is hard for us and even harder now that our child is preparing to enter this world.
I shall send you monthly updates as mail only comes and goes once a month however I do have wireless internet so once you are settled, we'll link with each other and talk.
Until then…
Bones…and baby.
The news had knocked the air out of him almost literally however the sight of an ultrasound made him smile. It was stupid really, for him to be grinning enough for his soldiers to ask what was going on but all he could say was that he was a father again. He placed that photo next to Parker's picture and went back to his letter to his son, including the fact he would be a big brother soon.
The letters came one by one and he sent letters as well, mostly reminders of not to stress out or get into dangerous situations as well as to eat good and drink a lot of water. He however looked forward to the letters and ultrasound that she went in once a month for because she was part of the excavation team and was required monthly check ups to see if she was sick…they all did.
He prayed for a healthy child, not caring if it was a boy or girl but he secretly wanted a girl, having had a son already. His combat brothers had a pool going, even suggested his coming shore leave shouldn't be wasted and he should fly to Indonesia to see her…he was considering it.
A/N: What next?