Hello all who subscribed! Here it is, the second and LAST installment of my "two-shot". I think it's more fluff than the first chapter, and a little more maturely themed, so "viewer discretion advised" and blah. Hope you enjoy!
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Hodgins was sitting at a table talking to a member of the archeology department when she approached.
"Jack, have you seen Brennan?"
"Um, not in a little while, no." the last time he had saw his superior was when he was talking to Booth. "Why?"
"I can't find her anywhere. Nick and I-" Hodgins interrupted her thought with a groan and an eye roll. But she continued anyways. "Nick and I were going to find her and that man she was with... Roy I think... and go get a drink or two. But we can't find her OR Roy." Hodgins glanced over to a table across the room to see the man that Dr. Brennan had been with in plain view. Angela must've not looked very hard.
"I think they went outside, why don't you go check there?"
"But it's freezing and I'm wearing a strapless dress." Angela was kind of hoping that her ex would volunteer to help her look, but he just sat back with drink.
"Get your coat, then." Angela scowled.
"Can't you come with me?" she finally asked in a whiny voice.
"Why doesn't 'Nick' come with you?" he said 'Nick' in a very sarcastic way that annoyed Angela.
"When I was looking for Brennan and Roy I kind of lost him, too." Hodgins could have sworn that he saw Nick out of the corner of his eye buying drinks with another very beautiful woman, but didn't say a word. Hodgins sighed and set his drink on the table, saying a farewell to the man that he'd been talking to.
"Okay, get your coat."
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Magic.
That's what the kiss was. Magic.
When they broke apart, their breathing was heavy. Booth's eyes twinkled in the dim lighting, and Brennan realized she wasn't cold anymore. Booth Doggie was securely under her arm.
"I've always wanted to do that," Booth said finally.
"Me too, Booth. Me too" Brennan pressed her cheek to his warm chest and let his heartbeat lull her. Booth's arms went to her back and cradled her there. His chin rested on the crown of her head.
"I love you." The words came tumbling out of his mouth. They were barely a whisper, but they were still there.
He loves me. Brennan thought, stunned. But what really made her weak was her next thought:
I think I love him, too.
"I know that my brain is programmed to be attracted to you, but I've never realized how strong that attraction was." she tried to hide her emotions in logic, but it wasn't working. And that terrified her.
"I know." Booth said in to her ear. "I know you know that. But..."
"But what?"
"But, do you love me?" Brennan looked up in to her partner's eyes, which were full of something she couldn't fully comprehend. Worry, maybe?
"Booth, I-"
"You're not ready." Brennan's face was almost unreadable, but Booth detected a hint of sadness in her blue eyes. "Well, just know that when you're ready, I'll be there. Right by your side." Booth smiled down at her, and she smiled back, cuddling Booth Doggie to her side.
"Hey, what do you say we skip the rest of this and go back to my place?" Booth offered.
"Why?"
Booth just smiled and climbed in the car, with Brennan and Booth Doggie in tow.
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"God, they're not here!" Angela and Hodgins had been walking around outside for about a half hour, and had found no sign of their friends. They had given up and were stopped in the courtyard, where they were sitting on a bench. Their breath rose out of their mouths in wisps of white smoke.
"Can we go in? It's freezing out here!" Angela was complaining loudly about the cold.
"Well maybe we have to get closer." Hodgins put his arm around his ex and before she could push him away, hugged her to his chest tightly. "Any better?"
"Yeah, actually it is a little bit better. Why are you so warm?"
"Well while you've been shivering in a strapless dress, I've been sweating in this jacket. I'm pretty sure it's wool." he felt Angela relax against his chest. Hodgins looked down at her, and in to her warm brown eyes and just about melted.
Because he had just plain forgotten how beautiful Angela was.
He leaned his head in until his lips were millimeters from hers.
"Jack-"
"Shh, baby. Trust me." his lips caught hers in a delicate kiss. But after the first kiss, they both needed more. Their kisses grew more frantic and their breathing grew heavier. Hodgins loosened his tie-or rather Angela did it for him-and Angela threw off her coat.
It wasn't until they heard a fellow partygoer who had stepped out for a smoke yell across the courtyard "Get a room!" that they broke apart.
"I'd almost forgotten..." Angela stuttered. "How good you taste."
"Or how good your hair smells."
"Or that your beard tickles my chin every time you kiss me."
"Or that your eyes make me almost melt every time." Hodgins smiled and Angela smiled back, white puffs coming out of her mouth. "Come on, let's get out of here."
"My place?"
"Your place."
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Brennan woke up. The room she was in was too small and dark to be hers. By the lighting outside, it was obviously still night, and the street lamp lights shone through, casting the room in to an orange glow.
Where am I? she thought, panicking. She sat up in bed, back against the head board and knees drawn to her chest. The blanket was wrapped around her naked torso.
But then she remembered.
Smiling, she looked over at the man next to her. The man that had admitted just a few hours ago that he had loved her. The light shone off his bare back, making it a pinkish orangey color. His hair was messed up and his chest rose up and down in sleep. He seemed to be almost smiling.
Chuckling to herself, she remembered the events of the night.
They almost fell through the door, just a tangle of limbs and frantic kisses. He kissed her desperately, and she responded.
In the bedroom, he had her stripped to her underwear in an instant, and she was fumbling with the buttons of his dress shirt. He cupped her breast and caressed it, making her moan. Her hands found the part of him that was responding most to her touch.
Finally, they had managed to throw the rest of their clothes in to a corner of the room, and fell laughing on to the bed. He kissed up her jaw, to her lips.
"Are you sure?" he whispered against her lips.
"As sure as the fact that a heart attack is serious." Booth smiled at the joke, no matter how bad it really was.
She put her lips to his again, and together they became one, breaking the laws of physics over and over again.
"Bones?" Brennan looked over to see her partner blinking in the yellow lights of the street lamp. "What are you doing up?"
"Just... thinking." Brennan looked over to the nightstand, where Booth Doggie sat precariously on top of a book. He had not been forgotten, but had been, like their clothes, thrown aside carelessly. She leaned over and picked the stuffed toy up and cuddled it to her chest. "I really do love your gift, Booth. His face reminds me so much of yours."
Booth propped himself up on an elbow. "How so?"
"He has your brown eyes, and prominent brow. And he looks like he's standing tall and strong, like he's protecting me. Like you do. And I like that." she nuzzled her face in to Booth Doggie's soft fur, so it tickled her nose.
Booth smiled widely and snuck his arm around Brennan's waist, pulling her to him. When she was level with him, his hand went to her chin, and tipped it up so he could capture her lips with his in a light kiss.
When he pulled away, Booth laid his head down on the pillow. Brennan turned the other way so he had her back to him. He curled his arm around her waist and cupped his body around hers.
"Goodnight, Bones." Booth whispered in her ear. "I love you."
And then he heard it, an almost inaudible sound, but Brennan clearly said; "I love you too, Booth." she turned her head and smiled at him. He laid a tiny kiss on the back of her neck.
Soon, they had fallen asleep, curled around each other, with Booth Doggie wrapped tightly in Brennan's arms.
And Booth knew for sure that she would never let go.
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