Familial Ties
Summary:Twenty Three years ago,another Booth baby was born. Knowing what would surely happen if the child were to stay with them,Seeley Booth took the baby into the night and placed him on an old woman's porch. Now,23 years later,Damian Spinelli comes to Washington,DC searching for the reason he was given up so easily. Can Seeley,Jared,and Damian deal with the past and their familial ties or will all remain broken? Booth/Brennan and Spinelli/OC and some Hodgins/Angela.
Prologue:Damian---Like the Saint.
January 12,1986
Seeley Booth stared down at the tiny baby in the crib. The baby,eyes were closed and his baby fine,dark hair curled a little messily at his forehead. His pale cheeks held a rosy pink color to them.
The small being was the picture of innocence and perfection,not yet tainted by the Booth family's very imperfect and disasterous life. For years now,Seeley's father had been an abusive drunk who tormented his wife,Seeley,and Seeley's younger brother Jared.
Fourteen year old Seeley was unsure of how it even started. His father had been like any other dad. Going to Little League games,taking his family out to dinner and to amusement parks and then when he was around nine that all changed. Suddenly,they didn't go on family trips together,they didn't go out to dinner,the tickles and the laughter and smiles and hugs that once filled the house were suddenly gone. Instead the happy home was shattered and filled with screaming,crying,the sounds of bones breaking. He couldn't even count the number of times he'd been sent to the hospital in the past five years. He took most of the beatings,trying like hell to protect his kid brother and his mother from his father's drunken rage.
He knew he had to make sure that his new brother didn't have to experience the same things he,Jared,and their mother did so he reached his arms in and picked the baby up,cradling him gently in his arms. He grabbed the blue blue baby snow cap and placed it on the child's head and wrapped a blue,teddy bear blanket around the baby's form softly. Grabbing a diaper bag with a few toys,diapers,clothes,bottles and binkies in it he walked out the nursery room door.
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About an hour later,Seeley got off the bus and stood outside,studying the small house infront of him. It was the home of a woman he knew from church. She was sweet and religious and had no children of her own. He'd never really spoken to her but he knew that she was involved in charities and had always wanted a child. He knew that his baby brother would be safe with her. Slowly,heart aching as he did so,he placed that tiny child on the lady's porch and rang the doorbell,kissing his brother goodbye and sitting the diaper bag down,he ran and didn't look back. He knew he'd done the right thing.
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Miriam opened her door and looked out. Not seeing anyone,she moved to close the door only to look down and see a baby,wrapped up warm and snug. A note lay ontop of a diaper bag and she leant down to take the child in her arms and pick up the note.
Mrs Spinelli,
You've never really met me but I know alot about you. We go to the same church and I notice how devoted you are to your religion.
I know you've always wanted a child and never got to have one and after thinking about it,I've come to the conclusion that I'd like you to raise my brother. His name is Damian---after the saint but you can change it if you want. I only ask that you tell him that I left him--my mom left him--my brother left him,because we love him. I can't go into the deep dark details of my home life in a single letter just let him know,that he was better off with you.
Seeley
Miriam looked down at the baby who had just opened his eyes which were a startling sea of green. He was a gorgeous child,all pink cheeked and chubby. The picture of innocence and perfection. "Damian. Damian Millhouse Spinelli." She muttered softly.
to be continued....
Next Chapter: Booth tells Brennan a little more about his past when Damian shows up at the Jeffersonian and speaks with Brennan's intern.