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Bloody nightmares and nice dreamcatchers

He had always been afraid of blood. This dark red fluid with this metallic smell and this odd taste. It had always initiated this urge to upchuck and not rarely he had passed out. Everytime they had to check up it at school, he had to go to the school's nurse not longer after they had started.

Blood had always terrified him and often he had nightmares, in which everything was about blood.

Sometimes he stood on a diving board and wanted to jump into the water and when he looked down, there wasn't any water but the red fluid.

Sometimes he was a vampire and had to bite someone, mostly his dad. That was one of the worse dreams, because he always felt terrible for the thought of hurting his dad.

Sometimes he was in a desert and everytime he saw an oasis, all the water mutate into blood. Everytime his jaw clenched a little harder and started to burn a little more and when he was very close to die, he woke up.

Sometimes he woke up in a casket, lying closely next to a blood covered, dead body. They were trapped in the casket and he screamed for help and pushed against the casket. And when he was about to choke, his dad opened the coffin.

He had a lot of those dreams. His dad had talked with Sweets about that, but he told him that there were human beings, who were scared of blood and so those dreams were normal.

Crying he lay on the couch, still smelling the metallic odor of blood and having the feeling of choking. He didn't know if he should be terrified or angry with himself for being such a baby.

He was a tall boy, he shouldn't cry because of a stupid dream. But hell, they were terrifying and only because he lay on Bones' couch, he resisted the urge to climb into his dad's bed, because tonight his dad lay with Bones in her bed.

He nearly jumped when someone turned on the light.

"Parker? Are you ok?" Bones came to the couch, looking concerned at the crying little boy.

"I…I ha-had a nightmare again." He was still sobbing.

Bones made him to sit up a little and sat next to him.

Seeking protection he leaned into her and she wrapped her arms around the little body. Carefully she caressed his sweaty, brown hair.

"Shht, everything's ok."

He still sobbed a few moments and wished she'd stay with him until they had to get up.

He did really like her. She was always funny, cool and lovable. And -above all- his dad was completely and irrevocably in love with her. He just knew that. He didn't ask his dad or Bones or someone else, because he didn't need to. It was quite obvious, although he was just a boy without any experiences with love. It was just something he felt. Something he'd notice without looking at them. They aired it.

"What was your dream about?" Bones asked quietly in his hair.

"About what they always are about. Blood. I was lying next to this dead, bloody body in a very small coffin and nobody came to save me and just when I was about to choke, my dad opened the casket", he slightly whispered.

"Wow, that really is a bad dream."

"Yeah. Do you have nightmares, too?"

She nodded and he looked up to her; a really surprised expression on his face. "You do?" He asked disbelievingly.

She nodded again. "Yes. You do know about my family, don't you?"

Now it was his turn to nod.

"I'm halfway ok with this, but my brother and my dad aren't my real family."

"Who's then?"

"Your dad is. He's the only one I'm totally trusting and in my bad dreams he's dying on a case or I'm losing him in any other kind of way."

They were silent for a few minutes, in which Parker cuddled up to her and she kissed the top of his head from time to time.

"You're in love with him, aren't you?" He asked suddenly.

She was a bit taken aback and didn't know what to answer him.

Parker silently asked himself he shouldn't have asked her. I already knew the answer; he didn't have to ask her.

"Yes, I am", she quietly answered a several moments later. "And it's a terrifying idea to lose him in any kind of way. How did you know anyway?"

He shrugged slightly. "I just knew it. I think you feel it, when beloved people are in love. I don't know. I just knew it, felt it."

They were silent again for a while.

"You are very alike your dad, you know?! He is always the one with heart and feelings. I'm the more rational one."

Parker nodded. He did know. After all she was all his dad was always speaking of.

"Do you think you can go to sleep again?" Bones asked a couple of moments later.

He nodded again. "Yeah, I guess."

"Ok. Good night, sleep well."

"Thanks. You, too." He cuddled into his sheets again and when she was almost out of the room, he slightly called her name.
"Hey, Bones?! Give dad a kiss from me, ok?" He winked at her a chuckled when he saw her blushing.

A few moments later he was back to sleep.

So, this was number 2. How did you like it ?

I know, it wasn't very B/B, but I think I implicated it. What's the "name" for Bones&Booth by the way ?? ôO

So, anyway....

tbc