As soon as his brother walked in, Seely Booth began to see images in his head, memories of arguments with his brother over joining the army, over his younger sibling's drinking problem, over this partner of his named Bones.
Jared saw his brother recognize him and grinned inwardly, feeling some of the tension knotting up in his stomach release. Then came a wave of guilt that was the only one that Booth recognized. But, in a way, that wasn't entirely true.
Along with the complete memories of his brother, Seely also remembered bits and pieces of information about his other colleagues. Not many details, but enough to make him more comfortable in talking to them. Angela, the artist who was mixing up emotions between her ex-boyfriend Hodgins and her ex-girlfriend Roxy. Hodgins, the secretly rich bug expert who believed in conspiracies everywhere and was still in love with Angela. Zach, the kid genius that helped a serial killer based on logic alone. Cam, their boss and his on and off again girlfriend. Sweets, the psychologist that was always trying to read too much into things.
Of course, not all of these details were laid out for him, but Seely Booth was an ex-sniper who even after brain surgery was capable of inferring. Wait, he was an ex-sniper? Learn new things everyday…
But he didn't remember much about his own partner. Only that she was deeply embedded in her work and never really showed any character or excitement unless she was worked up about something. And that she was beautiful. Really beautiful. Oh crap, he thought. I'm practically in love with someone I can't even remember enough to talk to as if I normally would unless it comes out involuntarily. This is going to be like a high school crush… what was that like again?
"Hey, Booth. Remember me?" Hodgins asked jokingly, already knowing the answer. He tried to hide his feelings about being forgotten by one of his best friends. It didn't happen everyday, you know. Booth surprised him by saying aloud some of what was going on in his head.
"Yeah, Hodgins the bug guy. You still king of the lab or is it Zach? He then paused and thought for a while. A confused expression came over his face. "What's king of the lab?"