So.. My first ever Bones fanfic, I'm not 100% sure how it turned out but I kinda like it:)
I'm probably gonna write about what happened previously that night or something like that for chapter 2, if you guys wanna read more?
Inspired by The Widow's Son in the Windshield (3x01), among other random stuff..
Hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

I lie awake in the darkness, listening to her breath. I can feel her chest heaving softly against mine as she lies on top of me, her silky hair splayed across my chest, her face nuzzled safely against my neck. She smells like shampoo, mixed with her sweat and a hint of some deliciously flowery perfume. Purely her.

I move my hand from where it was resting on the small of her back to caress her arm softly, eliciting a tiny moan from her soft lips into my neck. She murmurs in her sleep, shifting her head slightly as I let my thoughts drift…

I've got to be the luckiest man who ever walked on this earth. I've waited for five years for this woman to be mine, for me to be hers, completely. And tonight she's in my arms, sleeping soundly like a little baby.

I think I loved her the minute I met her, even though I didn't know it back then. Her sparkly eyes, charming smile and that sassy attitude swept me off my feet like a hurricane. I'd lost before I had the chance to back away from the fight.

Today, I see that that sweet surrender is what made my life. She makes me complete in every way possible. One moment changed everything, and I finally found what I'd been looking for all my life. It took me five years to understand who she really is, to get to this point where I know I can't live without her. She is my life.

It hasn't always (most of the time, actually) been easy, being in love with a woman who doesn't believe in love. An independent, strong-willed, amazingly smart, undeniably beautiful woman, who thinks she can get through anything. Who thinks she needs no one.

But she opened up to me bit by bit, I earned her trust and she earned mine through years of partnership, coping with everything from embarrassing high school memories to near-death situations.

We unraveled each other without even noticing it at first. And once we did notice, it was too late for either of us to turn back. And so we went on with life, the trust between us slowly building, becoming unbreakable.

Tonight I decided I'd waited long enough. I had to know if she felt the same way about me as I did about her. So when she showed up at my apartment, casually knocking on my door with the usual takeout Thai in hand, dazzling me with that smile as she always did, there was nothing I could do to stop myself.

After shutting the door behind her, I pulled her against my body, our foreheads touching, our eyes never breaking contact. Her breath deepened, but she didn't flinch. I brushed my lips to hers, and she answered my kiss softly, running her fingers through my hair. "About time," was all she said before she let me lead her to my bedroom.

And now, four hours later we're here. She hasn't run away, she hasn't freaked out. She lies here, her limbs entangled with mine, sighing against my chest as she starts to stir.

"Seeley… Are you awake?" God please, don't let her be thinking about leaving, I pray as I kiss her shoulder, my hand still moving tenderly up and down her arm. "Yeah."

"Good. I've got something to tell you. It's important," she states, suddenly fully awake, as she props herself up on her elbows, looking at me intently. Here it goes…

Shit, I should've known this would bite me in the ass. She didn't believe in love, I knew that, I'd always known that. Why was I selfish and stubborn enough to believe I could change her? She was Bones. My Bones.

"Actually… Why are you awake? I'm not going to leave, if that's what you're afraid of. I swear," she tells me with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, brushing her delicate fingers across my chest. I think I see a tear forming in her eye, and she gives herself away by the way her eyes flutter hurriedly, trying to fight back the tears.

"Hey… Bones. What's wrong," I kiss away the single tear that escapes her eye, lazily stroking my hands up and down her back.

"It's just I… This makes no sense, I don't understand. I can't describe it, and it scares the hell out of me, Seeley. I'm not used to this. Having, you know. Feelings like this. I… I think I love you," she finishes softly, her voice barely audible.

Another set of tears fill her eyes and this time she lets them run down her face as she shuts her eyes and presses her face into my chest, pressing herself tightly against me as if she's afraid I'll disappear if she lets go.

"Bones. Baby, it's ok. I know you're scared, but it's going to be all right. I promise you," I place my hands on both sides of her head, and gently lift her lips to mine, feathering her lips with loving kisses, my thumbs gently stroking her tears away.

"I love you so much it makes no sense," I whisper against her lightly trembling lips, "you're my life, Temperance. We can do this. I know we can."

After a moment she pulls away slightly, and lets her fingers run through my hair as her still slightly misty eyes gaze into mine with sudden serenity and strength.

"Yeah. I mean, we have to hold," she winks at me, a small smile spreading across her face at the memory.

"Exactly. And we will hold, we're the center," I tell her, brushing away a strand of hair from her face.

She presses herself back into my chest, kissing that spot just below my ear, and rests her head below mine, wrapping her arms around me.

"The center."

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