Just a little some thing that popped into my head. Totally, a fair bit daft but in a warm your heart sort of a way. We all know that Booth is totally ALFA male when it comes to bones but what happens when Zack is the target of a beating
You don't get to touch my Squint
Zach is walking through a dark ally way on his way to the crime scene he is walking fast only to get himself to the scene faster he tells himself. He isn't scared he isn't going to get jumped. He repeats this mantra to him self.
As he reaches the middle of the dark ally he hears laughter and it makes his blood freeze, this it not happy and gay laughter it's cold and menacing a laughter that takes him back to high school when people found out he was gay that laughter was followed by a beating that lasted for longer than he stayed conscious.
He shakes himself from those thoughts and put on a face of determination he isn't going to let drunken fools scare him. Time seems to slow as he reaches the other end of the ally he sees what seems to be 20 large and quite frankly scary people all of them looking at him as a thou they were hunters and he the prey.
Zach takes a deep breath to steady him self before he steps out of the complete darkness in to the dark grey of the partially illuminated street. He soon wishes he had stayed put as the cat calls and lude innuendo hit his ears , he jumps out of his skin when a hand grabs his rear and a voice some how right next to him asks
'You lost your boy friend fag?' The owner of the voice is too close and Zack is stuck the voice continues as do the hands that maul him; he feels like a piece of meat and dislikes it. Zack starts to panic, no wait he is panicking he cant get away they are surrounding he can't breath the cacophony of noise is deafening his voice is blocked In.
Agent Booth is at the side of the crime scene, he is pacing and muttering a bout super geeks and them needing watches or being able to read the dam things no one is really sure and no one in there right mind is gonna ask him.
Suddenly he stops pacing like a caged panther and his head springs up then tilts one way like he is hearing some thing in the distance, before any one comment on his dog like actions he is off at full speed in the direction of the ally way. The one every one had trouped down not an hour ago. He rounds the corner of the street and what he sees makes his blood boil. There on the floor amongst his geek equipment and at least 20 pairs of shoes is Zack bloodied and battered a whimpering, simpering mess.
Zach is curled up in a ball trying to protect his face and chest from the pummelling his back is receiving; he doesn't know how he got down there. That doesn't matter right now what matters right now is staying awake till they get board and leave him to sort him self out. Zach has no way of knowing that help has arrived in the shape of one very pissed of and imposing Agent Booth.
Agent Booth is not seen by the group yet, but the imposing sight of this avenging angel would make any lesser man shit him self and surrender in the blink of an eye.
The sounds the group make are silenced and stunned in to statues by the thunder filled voice of
'Stop what your doing or I'll blow you're fucking heads off!! FB FUCKIN I wank stains move away from the boy and hold your hands above your head'
All the men take a gigantic step back all stuttering they weren't doing nothing just having some fun we didn't mean anything by it. Falling over them self to get away from this storming FBI agent's boy, some look like they are going to make a run for it but soon change there minds as the single FBI man turns in to 30.
None of the people involved had heard the commotion of 30 pairs of feet running to back there law enforcement brother up none of them dare move as 30 standard issue FBI revolvers pointed at ether there heads or there legs.
Agent booth move forward his only concern now is the now still and silent body of Zach lying on the floor. Booth moves slowly oblivious to the men being held at bay.
After a few short steps he is at Zach's side trying to get a response but there is no out ward singe of life booth vainly searches for a pulse but in his state of panic he is feeling in the wrong place.
Both looks up at the men who have hurt his squint and with a fire in his eyes that betray his cool exterior he says with a low growl
'If my boy doesn't wake up I'm not gonna be responsible for my actions. NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE TOUCHES MY SQUINT!!' by the time he's finished the sentence he is screaming at the futcher felons. Some one behind Booth down on the ground and the men comply, Just as Booth lifts his head to order an ambulance Zach moves just enough to get his attention a look of pure joy passes over his face as Zach says
'Seely am I alive? Am I really your boy your squint?' Then promptly passes back out.
Booth breaths a sigh and he is summarily booted out of the way by the paramedics so they can attend to the wounded man child on the floor.
Booth moves to help with the reading of marander rights and the cuffing of the offenders. As he finishes his last felon he hears his guys one after the other saying to the people in the back of the FBI van
'Your dam lucky my brother got to you be for me I would have fucked you up for going after my son '
Every comment made reference to Zach being a brother cousin uncle or some family member of all 30 men, Booth stood open mouthed stunned by the way his FBI colleges where going over the top for Zach. As soon as every one was locked in the van or on there way to hospital, Booth made his way back to the first crime scene following the others. As soon as every thing was finished at crime scene 1 and 2 every one headed out to the Hospital to make sure Zach really was alive.
When they (Booth, Bones, Hogins and Angela.) arrived at the hall way Zach's room was on they all stopped in there tracks. The hall way was full of the 30 FBI agents who had run to Zach's rescue. Each of them waiting to make sure (Agent) Booths boy is alive.
Booth clears his voice to get every ones attention and the hall way fall silent every set of eyes is on him waiting for him to speak.
'Guys what's going on here? You don't all need to be here do you?'Booth smiles at them not sure whether to laugh at them for being softies or yell at them that there are crimes to go and solve.
A large African American agent from the back speaks over the top of the other agents to say
'What do you expect us to do Seely He's your boy isn't he? We got to look after our own don't we?'
'Well I guess you think so but the man in there isn't my son. Parker is 4 not 24 that in there is Zach one of Bones' squints.'His eyes twinkling. Again the agent from the back speaks up to say
'Well I'm still staying that boy took a beating for coming to help us he isn't gonna be left for a moment.'
Bones looks at Booth and just says
'You really are a knight in standard FBI issues body armour.'
'Your damn right I am Bones like I said no one hurts my squints ever' Booth said before making his way to Zach's door .
As Booth walks through the door he takes in the sight of Zach's broken body it seems almost as pale as the hospital sheets he's covered with. Only the savagely dark black and purple bruises show up against as a contrast.
Booth can't tell if Zach is awake or not his face is swollen and bruised beyond recognising.
'Zach I'm sorry for not being faster I thought you where just being slow. When you get outta here I'm gonna teach you how to defend your self this wont happen again I promise.' Booth couldn't tell if Zach heard him or not he made no movement to say he had or not.
Booth stayed all night the others came and went the entire agent came in to sit with Zach and Booth none of them stayed long. In the end only two agents stayed the night one was Booth the other was the large agent who spoke up to Booth in the hall way.
Agent Samuel Zachary sat with Booth the whole night not saying any thing till around 6 am when he had built up enough courage to ask the question that had been burning in his mind since he saw Zach put on to the stretcher At the scene. He takes a deep breath and just comes out with
'If Zach isn't your son is he your boy friend then?'He flinches as he finish
Booth whips his head round so fast he almost falls off his chair, he looks at Sam wide eyed with a half smirk on his face.
'No ha ah Sam no he not my any thing I think I was just over whelmed when I saw what they had done to him. Do I want to ask why you want to know?' said Booth trying not to laugh at Sam like he was a loon. Sam looks around and then looks at Zach
'He's cute, I'm gay and I heard he got beat up for being gay' Sam says quickly hoping he has just said some thing really stupid.
Booth looks right at Sam with big round eyes and says
'It's cool Sam, but I didn't know Zach was I mean is gay, but um er I guess you know I'm not in the way yea? But I warn you now you better look after him or the others wont have time to hurt you the squints will get there first.'
Zach has been awake since before Booth said he wasn't his son and heard everything and although he couldn't see who thought he was 'cute'. It made him feel better and he hoped when he could see again the guy might be cute him self. He did know that his crush on Booth was over. It didn't change the fact Booth was there that it had been Booth who saved him and from the sound of it Booth had been by his bed all night.
A few days later Zach was allowed home and back to work but he was restricted to light work and no field work for over a month.
One week latter
Every one was back at the lad even Zach who even though he limped and favoured his right arm was getting work done.
Booth and Sam walked in to the medical lab with a plan of action. Booth went to distract Hogins, Bones and Angela, wile Sam tried to ask out Zach.
Sam walked up to Zach Pretending that he needed to ask Zach more questions a bout the attack. It was easier then Sam thought to get close to Zach and ask him some really simple questions.
When Sam thought Zack was relaxed enough he came out with
'Zach do you think your sexuality had any thing to do with the attack? ' Sam hopes that Zach will answer in a way that will let him know for a fact that he is as he hopes interested in men he holds his breath waiting for an answer.
'I don't think that they knew I am gay Agent Zachary but I find people often don't need a reason to attach any one.' Zach said with out looking up and in his usual monotone voice.
'Sam busts out with
'I'm not really here to interview you Zach every one who attacked you is behind bars there really isn't much more you can tell me un less you wanna go out with me some time ?'Sam looks down and blushes hoping that Zach isn't gonna be mad.
Zach is stumped his mouth opens and closes with nothing being said before Zach finds his voice and says
'You mean me? The geekest geek there is? The guy who got beaten up not a weeks ago? Not that I mind or any thing but Sam your way hotter than well anyone and I'm sure you could do better.'
Sam looks at Zach like he's lost his mind then kiss's him soundly pulling Zach's body close to him. Pulling back slowly from the kiss Sam says
'From where I'm standing you looks kinnda hot and any how I like little a geekie in my man' Zach is limp in Sam's arms as Angela walks back out and Sequels very VERY loudly at the sight of a huge African American man holding Zach as any man would a woman. This startles Sam and Zach and they cling to each other and look around until they spot the now bouncing Angela. Zach is the first to pull him together and speak
'Angela do you have to squeal so loud as to make my boy friend squeeze me till I can't breath?'
Sam gasps at Zach before he says 'Zach you mean that? You want to go out with me? I mean you wanna go for lunch?'
Angela has run back in to the others and told them what's happening but before they all get back out again Zach and Sam are disappearing out of the lab one arm round each other.
AN
What do you recon? Was this a waste of time? Do you want more?