The Knight in the Grid
What was Booth thinking when Brennan kissed him after he arrested her brother? I haven't actually done that part yet but I will.
Don't worry. I will.
Well this is my first fanfic. Mainly cause I haven't either posted or finished the other ones... Anyway.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Unfortunately.
Chapter One
Chapter One is from Booth/Brennan's point of view. I switch to Brennan's halfway. Don't worry I will go from Booth's pov later. Hope you enjoy!
He just had arrested her brother. He had first arrested her father and now he had arrested her brother.
Why does he keep arresting her family members? Why does he insist on taking away what little family she has left who are actually trying to get back into her life?
These were the questions he wished she would ask him, no more like, scream at him. Anything would be better than the silent treatment she was giving him right now.
They were on their way to the local station to turn Russ Brennan in. Russ was in the backseat. She was in the passenger seat beside him, staring out the window. She hadn't said a word since he had arrested Russ. Nothing, except the small protests she had made against Russ' accusations of lying.
The entire vehicle was silent. He could feel Russ trying to burn holes into the back of his head with his eyes. Booth didn't really care about this all that much, but he couldn't help thinking that he had the wrong Brennan's attention.
She said she didn't care. Both her father and brother abandoned her when she was fifteen. She had no reason to not want them in prison. Except for the fact that they were her family. He knew that she was torn between this foreign emotion of not wanting her family in prison and the fact that she knew he was only doing his job.
He was torn just knowing that this was causing her pain. Or at the very least, worry. He hated seeing her like that. Like she just lost her family all over again. He was the one doing this to her.
He quickly changed lanes and made a right turn.
"How do you feel about a compromise, Bones?" He asked. She turned away from the window with curiosity in her eyes. Ah, yes! He had piqued her interest.
"What do you mean, Booth?"
"Where are we going?" Russ asked from the back seat. Brennan's eyes were clearly asking the same question.
"You'll see," was his response. He clenched his jaw and continued to look out onto the road ahead of them. As long as they didn't run into anyone he knew, they'd be fine.
They arrived at the hospital where Russ' soon-to-be-daughter, Hailey, was staying.
She understood. She understood what Booth was doing. She understood the risk he was taking if they were caught there at the hospital. If Booth was caught within a mile radius of her brother, and he hadn't arrested him, he could be at risk of being fired, or at least suspended without pay.
She had been walking behind Booth and Russ. Booth was guiding Russ inside of the hospital. Russ was still in handcuffs. Which was understandable, considering her brother was still a criminal.
She stopped walking.
He was doing this for her. She stood there, in the middle of the main hospital waiting room, letting the words sink in.
He wasn't doing this because he felt bad for Russ, understood where he was coming from as a father, or even just wanted to let Russ be there for his girls. He was doing this for her.
Wasn't he?
"Come on, Bones. Stay with me here," Booth called over his shoulder.
She snapped out of her reverie and followed her partner and her brother into the elevator.
The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. Usually he would do these types of things for her. Then again, he could just be relating with her brother. Booth always was able to do that. It was something she didn't understand, but was slowly learning about.
But letting her brother see his little girl, her niece, was very risky. No matter the reason behind it. Although, she would like to know, just the same.
The elevator doors opened. She followed Booth down the hall to Hailey's room. She stayed slightly behind Booth as he freed her brother from his handcuffs. She then stepped into the room and watched as Russ embraced Amy and walked over to Hailey.
Watching all three of them together, Brennan saw the family that she hadn't had for the past sixteen years. That was what Russ was struggling to do. Make his own family. Booth had just given him that.
She wanted to thank him.
She turned to Booth
"Thank you."
"As far as I'm concerned, I caught him here fifteen minutes from now," he said as he rested his forearm against the doorframe.
That was Booth. He would brush off any sort of praise or gratitude.
No, she had to show him some other way.
She reached up and brushed his cheek with her lips.
"Thank you."
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