A/N: This is BB's future. And we all know the path to true love is bumpy. Any feedback is treasured. Any ideas or requests are also treasured.
Booth lay curled up on her couch, his eyes glassy, lost in his own thoughts. She came quietly up behind the couch, and gazed down on him. Her hand shot out slowly, and ran her fingertips through his soft hair.
He didn't react, just shifted out of her touch. Her eyes filled with tears at the harsh words she had used against him, because he had spoken his innermost truth about her. Her voice caught in the back of her throat, unsure of how to make it right, uncertain to speak the unspeakable phrase.
"I love you too," she whispered, as his wounded heart broke into a thousand pieces.
