Title: Pain
Rating: K+
Word Count: 244
Spoilers: The Wannabe in the Weeds :)
Disclaimer: Obviously not mine.
A/N: I'm still in shock. Yeah, really. Amazing. I hope you enjoy my interpretation of the... events... of the episode.
"Booth!" she screams, and he hopes he never again has to hear his name fall from her lips with fear.
It's cold, so cold, and his knees are giving out and he's falling… but then she's there, catching him, and he hits the ground softly, graceful in his defeat.
He figures that God will bring him home if He's ready, but as he struggles to draw his next breath, he prays for another chance to live.
"I'm here." A hand slips into his, and he knows it's her.
He also knows that he can't leave her, not now, not when they have so much left undiscovered…
"You shouldn't have done that," she says quietly, brushing her fingers gently over his as she sits next to his hospital bed later that night.
The doctors tell him that he'll be fine, that there will be no lasting repercussions from stepping in front of her, a human shield, and he's never been more grateful in his life.
"That's too much heart, Booth," she whispers, and he doesn't have to look at her to know that she's fighting back tears.
"Maybe," he replies. "But it doesn't change the fact that I would take a thousand bullets for you if it meant saving your life, Temperance."
He loves her, but he won't tell her, not yet, and his whole body aches as he reaches for her hand and raises it to his mouth, brushing a kiss across her knuckles.
