Title: Crack My Back
Characters/Pairings: canon couples
Genre: Drama/Romance/ Humor
Warnings: none
Episode: post 6x12 Sin in Sisterhood
Rating: T
Chapters: 2/3
Status: complete

Disclaimer: I don't own Bones nor the characters. Just playing with them.

Summary: Hannah makes Booth sleep on the couch aggravating his back in the process. Needless to say neither Booth nor Brennan are happy with her. Or how Thai Massage fixed season six. Inspired by FaithinBones' Hannah Stories. Complete.

AN Thank you for the wonderful reviews and alerts! I'm happy you've enjoyed this so much!

Please note part two is from Hannah POV, thus the use of first names in the narrative. Since I watched the beginning of season 6 only once, I'm taking a bit of artistic license for interpretation of some of the facts and details.

Enjoy!

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Part Two

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Hannah huffed indignantly as she ascended the stairs to the apartment. Really, what was Karl thinking? That scoop was a total bogus! A whole morning wasted. She could have spent it with Seeley. Heavens knew they needed some quiet reconciling time. And she still needed to talk to him. She could feel the change in the wind and she needed to make a decision. Soon.

She searched her purse for the keys, grumbling under her nose. He was probably gone already for work. She wished she had ignored Karl's call. Seeley looked so sweet on the couch, still sleeping in the morning.

Finally, she opened the door and walked inside. She didn't really pay any attention to Seeley's jacket and shoes left near the doors, just walked into the living room, throwing her purse onto the couch.

That's when she heard it.

A moan.

A male moan, one she was kinda familiar with.

And another one.

A moan of pleasure.

"God, Bones- please- do- do that again. It- it feels so good."

And another moan followed.

And it was coming from the bedroom.

"Ahhh… wow. …wow."

She has heard enough.

Marching purposely to the bedroom, she threw the doors open, and stared.

Seeley was laying on his back, still wearing the clothes he had on when she left him this morning. His right leg was bent at his knee with his foot on Temperance's shoulder, his colorful socks bright against her dark grey jacket, while she was kneeling in front of his sprawled form, holding the thigh of his bent leg with her hands. Hands that were very close to a certain part of Seeley's anatomy. Both of them froze staring at her with wide eyes as she gawked at them.

"What the hell is going on?" Hannah asked finally.

"Hannah!" Seeley yelped, trying to sit up, then hissed painfully.

"Booth!" Temperance started, focusing on Seeley.

"Temperance." Hannah crossed her arms over her chest.

"Hannah." The other woman nodded acknowledging her, but her eyes stayed focused on-

"Seeley." Hannah looked back at him, arching her eyebrow.

"Ah, H-hannah, I-I…" he started to sit up once more, and again hissed in pain.

"Booth, don't move, the massage is not over yet, your back is still sore." Temperance said immediately, giving him a look.

"Ah, I-I got that Bones." He whimpered sarcastically, than laid down once more.

"A massage?" Hannah asked puzzled, uncrossing her arms, staring at them.

"Yes, a Thai massage. It combines deep tissue with acupressure. It's quite effective." Temperance explained, putting a pressure on Seeley's other thigh, evoking a pleasant sigh from him, as his eyes closed involuntarily.

"Bones…" he all but moaned pleadingly, trying to get her hands of him.

"Why would he need one?" Hannah asked suspiciously, her eyes narrowing seeing the intimate position and the comfortable way the partners sat in front of her.

"Booth's hurt his back, sleeping on his couch." Temperance replied flippantly, slapping his hands away. "You have to relax." She told him.

"Um, Bones, maybe later?" he asked her, putting his bent leg down finally with a slow measured movement. He hissed slightly.

Hurt his back on the couch? "I-I didn't know." Hannah stuttered.

"Obviously." Temperance turned finally to face her. "Why did you make Booth sleep on the couch? It's not good for his anterior longitudinal ligament." She said, her eyes challenging.

"Bones…." Seeley pleaded behind her, but was ignored.

"I… he never told me." Hannah said, her eyes locked with Temperance's.

"It doesn't matter." Booth tried to intervene.

"Of course it does!" Temperance turned toward him swiftly. "Last time you spent a week on vicodin after hurting your back." She reminded him. Last time?

"Only because you tried to crack it, again." Seeley shot back at Temperance.

"Because you insisted." She replied quickly.

"Because it helped before." He said exasperatedly.

"And it helped again in the end." Her reply was smug, her chin lifting up a little.

It brought a tender smile on Seeley's slightly pained face. "That it did."

Hannah stared at them, totally forgotten. She has never seen them bicker that way. She felt again the wind of change deep in her heart, this time far more persistent than ever.

"I don't understand." She tried to insert herself into the conversation once more, looking at Seeley. "Why didn't you tell me about your back? I'd never make you sleep on the couch then."

Before she could get her answer, Temperance turned and glared at her. "You never should have in the first place."

"Bones…" But again Seeley was ignored.

"No-"

"Leave it, Bones, it doesn't matter." He told her sharply, making her turn toward him once more.

"Of course it matters! Your health matters!" she argued passionately then looked back toward Hannah once more. "And you! Why didn't you come to take care of him after the death of Taffet? He was shot and hurt, and you were not there." Her blue eyes were on fire.

"Bones…" Wariness mixed with warning in Seeley's voice.

"I was on an assignment. I could not just leave it." Hannah replied defensively, crossing her arms.

"But Booth needed someone. Needed you to be there for him!"

Temperance's accusation raised ire in Hannah. "Why? You were there for him."

"I'm not his girlfriend!" she protested.

"But you want to be!"

A pregnant pause followed that outburst. Both Temperance and Seeley looked away from each other, clearly uncomfortable.

"I see." Hannah said finally.

They looked up at her simultaneously.

"I'll leave you both to your massage." She said, suddenly making the decision she really wanted to make but was putting off so far. "I'll be back later for my things." She finished.

"H-hannah…" Seeley started shocked, trying to get up.

But it was Temperance who caught her arm, hopping from the bed with a surprising speed and agility. "You can't leave."

"Why?" Hannah asked looking back at her.

"Booth needs you." Came the simply reply. A plea.

Hannah looked at the man, his wide eyes staring back at her, his head shaking slightly in denial.

"Does he…?" she asked quietly.

"Hannah-"

"I've got an assignment over the seas." She interrupted Seeley, harshly.

"An assignment? You didn't tell me anything about it." She didn't, she wasn't sure what she wanted to do about it. Until now.

Seeley stared at her surprised at this new information, but Hannah continued as if he had not spoken. "I think it would be better if I took it."

"But Booth…" Temperance tried once more, and Hannah looked back at her.

"You can take care of him, like you always do. I'm not needed here."

"Don't say that, Hannah." Seeley pleaded, trying to get up, and hissing in pain.

"Ever since you told me of Temperance's confession, things have been different between us. I tried to ignore it, I get it, it was a tough situation considering your unusual friendship and partnership. But… but you've withdrawn, Seeley. It affected you. It affected you."

"No…"

"Don't deny it. I hear what you mumble in your sleep." She shot back, but felt no satisfaction at his sudden flush and avoidance of Temperance's eyes as the said woman looked at him with curiosity.

"I think it's for the best for all of us that I take the assignment." She finished.

They looked at her once more.

"Crack his back again, Temperance. So he can be whole again."

And while she was aware that the Anthropologist was not so good with innuendo and double meaning, she knew that Temperance got what she tried to say this time. Seeing her nod, Hannah turned and left the partners alone.

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End of Part Two

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