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Brennan POV

It had been 2 days without him. 48 hours. 2880 minutes, but who was counting? The man hadn't been out of my head since he left my apartment that morning. I was completely exhausted, insomnia taking its course. I was in the man's arms for one night, and now he's gone, I can't sleep without him. What was I going to do?

Two days before

I pick myself off the floor where I had fell after the door had closed. Had he really said those three words? Or was I imagining that? I really think he did. Didn't he?

'I love you'

Yes, he had. I'm sure of it. Had I replied? Oh god, the man will be gone for six months and I haven't told him! I haven't told him that I love him. Always have, always will. I stood there looking straight at that photo that he had showed me the night before, and it brings tears to my eyes. Would we ever be that happy again? Would he come back? I forced myself to think positively. I was going to be optimistic, even if it killed me.

I slowly make my way back to my bedroom, deciding that hitting the day head on might push away the feelings of complete and utter

abandonment. As I walk through into my bedroom I see the bag lying on the floor. I remember the time when it had come to be at my house, a late night after being in the field and we had both decided that we would go to the nearest apartment and sleep. He had brought spare clothes in the car and I remember laughing at him.

"Gotta be prepared Bones"

I laugh slightly at the memory.

I make my way over to the bag, and open it slowly, pulling a shirt out. I bring it to my nose and smell. I smell his scent, the scent of Seeley Booth. I don't know why I had done it. I suppose I thought it may have brought me some comfort, but sitting in my bedroom that morning, all I felt was sadness.

Present

Work is weird without him. Another agent came by this morning, a special agent Krentz? Kratz? Kran? I don't know, something along those lines. I gave him a nod in greeting then excused myself and returned to my office. I had decided the day before, to exclude myself from FBI cases. The feelings were still too raw, and I just couldn't do it. I was in early this morning, getting ahead of paperwork and doing limbo cases were a priority for me now. Anything to keep me from thinking about Booth was a plus and right now, that's all I wanted to do.

It wasn't until early afternoon that Angela decided to make a visit. I hadn't been out of my office all day, and it was having a positive influence on my work. I had managed to complete a whole case worth of paperwork and even work on my next novel.

"Hey Bren, just wondering if you knew what happened to Booth? I mean, I thought this Kranz guy was just helping out, but he says he's our primary FBI guy now"

"Ah, it's Kranz? Was wondering about his name" I didn't want to get in this discussion. Not today, not when I had been going so well, I hadn't thought about him for over a few hours.

"Well? Do you know about Booth?"

I finally looked up, and recognised a sign of worry on Angela's face. I came up with a quick answer, that would hopefully get her out of my office quick and without too much comment.

"Booth was selected for an undercover thing for six months, says he'll miss us, and he'll be back before you know it." I looked up briefly, plastered a fake smile on my face, then looked back down to my work.

"Oh... Okay. It's just I thought he'd say goodbye to us"

"He didn't have time, said goodbye to Parker then went, do you think you..."

"Ohh poor Parker. Who sent him on this thing? I'd love to get to them."

I sighed, got up from my seat and started to push Angela out towards the door.

"Angela, I've got some stuff to do, so talk to you later? Yeah thanks."

I sat back down on the chair behind my desk, and reached down to pull out the second drawer. Inside, the drawer contained photos of Booth and I. I picked one up and looked at it. His smile was so damn cute and those eyes. I could stare at them all day. I had a sudden thought about what he was doing at that exact moment. I half expected him to walk in the door with that huge smile on his face and invite me to lunch. My stomach growled with hunger, but I didn't want to eat. I wanted to... no... I needed to work. I put the photo back in the draw and continued with the latest paperwork.

I was left without an interruption, which I was very grateful for, all day. Angela had said a quick goodbye, but I could already sense she knew something was wrong. I hadn't been out of the office all day and I didn't want to. I couldn't go home, too many reminders of him, and that night. I could stay here, but I had slept on my couch the previous two nights and it was anything but comfortable. The only option left was his house. I had a key, I could get in alright, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to go there. Maybe, just maybe being in his place, around his things would offer me some sort of help, some comfort.

I nodded to myself, knowing it was the only option, so I walked out of the lab and to my car and headed towards his apartment.

As I walked in, I took a deep breath and put my bag on the floor. I looked around and walked to the fridge, grabbing a beer and sat on the kitchen chair. I took a long gulp, before putting it on the kitchen table and making my way to his bedroom.

Photos were everywhere, mostly of Parker. I saw one of myself, smiling and looking to the right of the camera. Again, I was reminded of how happy I was before he had gone. I sat on the bed and heard a ticking sound. I opened one of the top drawers of his cupboard and found the culprit, his watch. I looked down into the draw and was about to shut it when I found an envelope.

With my name on it.


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