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Again sorry for the lack of updates, I didn't realise how much I missed this story and I had an ace time writing this chapter, so I hope you like it!!

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Remembering

Temperance woke to see Parker's sleeping form; she wished she could erase the nightmares of the past week from his memory, no one deserved to go through that, she was grateful the fact that the bastard didn't torture Parker. She propped herself on her elbow and brushed his blond hair out of his face, deciding not to leave until he woke. She heard a shuffling noise behind her, panic ran through her veins but as she turned, the room was empty. Confused to what had caused the noise she looked down, to see Booth sleeping on the floor wrapped in a duvet, a smile came to her lips as she watched him wake.

Booth woke to a pair of beaming blue eyes staring at him and he knew he would want to see those eyes every morning for as long as he lived. "Hey, beautiful" he smiled and moved up to her level to place a kiss upon her lips, they both deepened the kiss but broke apart as they heard Parker rouse from his sleep. Smiling into each others eyes they looked at the young boy smiling at them. Temperance never in her wildest dreams thought that she could be this happy just by waking to the company of those you loved, feelings she had never felt before ran through her telling her this is what she wanted. All previous prejudices and fears of domestic family life blown away by this simple moment, she looked at Booth and Parker and the happiness emanating from them, she smiled and for once she lost herself in the moment.

After lounging about the cartoons were calling for Parker, and Booth's stomach was growling for breakfast. Temperance sat in the lounge with Parker as he watched the cartoons after a few minutes she went to join Booth in the kitchen. She watched him as he got everything ready 'Lucky Charms' for Parker, a fresh fruit salad for her, steak and eggs for himself and she saw the coffee pouring through the filter, she smile to herself everything was perfect. She walked into the kitchen until she was behind Booth, she wrapped her arms around him from behind and planted a kiss on his shoulder, he turned and kissed her back only breaking the kiss to turn off the hob and put his breakfast on his plate.

Normally the lack of productivity would irritate Temperance but today she looked at the clock 11am, and she was just settling down for breakfast, she wasn't thinking about all the work she had missed neither was she in no rush to be at the lab. She missed the lab but the need to be there had now evolved before it was to escape into her microcosm of science excluding the real world and escaping her lonely apartment. Now it seemed as if the lab was her job and she now had a reason to be in the real world that wasn't going to kill her, she looked at her fruit and smiled, and thought that life couldn't get much sweeter.

They finished breakfast; Parker excused himself and returned to the television, Booth began to clear up and Temperance made her way to the shower, she wasn't allowed one yesterday because the dressings couldn't come off, now she could wash more of the remnants of the previous week away. Brennan found her shower essentials and a fluffy towel; she closed her eyes and breathed in the steam allowing that and the rhythmic pattering of water droplets to relax her. She opened the shower door and loved the feel of the warm water running over her body; she began lathering the shampoo into her hair. She turned to see the fogged shower, the memories of her torture flooded back and her tears started to fall, she was no longer in her warm relaxing shower but the cold tank struggling for her life. She sank to the shower floor, holding her knees up to her chin, sobs attacked her body as she remembered and felt.

Parker ran to his bedroom to fetch Sponge Bob before the next cartoon started, when he heard sobs coming from the bathroom. He knew he wasn't allowed to enter so he ran to his Daddy.

"Daddy, I think Dr Bones is crying"

"Are you sure Bub, where is she?"

"In the shower"

"Okay, you go and watch TV and I'll go and see if she is alright"

He watched him go back to the TV before hurrying to the bathroom, he hesitated his hand hovering above the handle, then he heard her sobs giving him the courage to enter. He grabbed the towel, turned off the shower and in one swift movement wrapped her in the towel and began carrying her to his bedroom. He held her as she clung to him as if her life depended on it, crying into his shoulder, he uttered comforting words and rubbed circles in her back, her cries stopped as she fell to sleep, he slipped her under the covers and lay next to her. His heart fell as he struggled to give her peace, he couldn't find the sonofabitch that was responsible he couldn't give her closure, but he wouldn't stop until he did.

He felt Temperance stir and instinctively gave her a sight squeeze to show he was there.

She looked up at him, her eyes still puffy from her tears "Thank you"

"You don't need to thank me Temperance"

She smiled and nestled her head on him shoulder.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

She gave a slight nod, but didn't start to talk yet, obviously trying to figure out how to explain what had just occurred "I was in the shower, I turned ... and then I was back in the tank... struggling, I couldn't breathe and then I thought of not seeing you and Parker again and I broke down..." she propped herself up and looked at him "I was scared Booth" another tear made its way down her cheek.

Initially amazed that she admitted to feeling frighten and finally let the last of her walls crumble for him. He caught the tear with the pad of him thumb and kissed her lightly "You don't need to be scared Temperance I will always catch you when you fall"

No more tears fell, she looked into his loving eyes "I love you, Seeley" she called him by his forename it felt strange but so right at the same time she quickly dismissed the thought as his lips captured hers, maybe she would call him by Seeley more often.

After the events of the previous week Cam had closed the lab for a day to give every one a break, Hodgins became irritable as he couldn't do what he wanted do on the case. Now Hodgins sat at his work station trying to find the sonofabitch and he knew that if he did that he would truly be Kings of the Lab; at that thought he became a little sidetracked then quickly got back to the task at hand. Adrenaline ran through his veins as he looked at his findings, the final file loaded.

He leant back in his chain and yelled "Bingo Baby" and quickly picked up the phone.

"Hello"

"Is that you Parker?"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"I'm Hodgins a friend of Dr Bones, you know the Bug Guy"

"With the really cool beetles"

"Yeah and I have some new ones you'll have to see them sometime. Is your Daddy there?"

"Yeah I'll go and get him" He could hear the faint yelling of "Daddy" down the phone line and smiled to himself.

"Hello"

"Hi Booth, I think I have you know who"

"You sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure, bugs and slime never lie, well actually it was the snake but anyway, what do you want me to do?"

"I'll call Cullen and I will come down to the Jeffersonian now, great work Hodgins I really appreciate it"

"No problem Booth, see you in a few"

Ever since he and Dr Brennan had been buried alive he felt as if he was in her debt because she saved his life and gave him a life time of happiness with Angela, now he felt that the debt was somewhat repaid. But he knew it was deeper than that, after what they had been through and because of the little he knew about her past he would do anything to stop her pain, any self respecting friend/brother would. A smile came to his face as he imagined his reward from Angela for catching her best friend's torturer.

Booth arrived at the Jeffersonian and went straight to Hodgins' workstation the difference of direction felt strange to him as he automatically began walking to Bones' office. He saw Hodgins sat at his computer looking at something; he knocked lightly to announce his presence.

"Hi Hodgins, what have you got for me?"

"The kidnapper used the snake Acanthophis Pyrrhus otherwise known as the desert death adder, you can't buy these in the US, so I started checking out zoos in the area to see if any of them have the snake, and guess what, Reston Zoo had a Acanthophis Pyrrhus stolen last week. I called them and they sent over images of the thieves on CCTV and Angela is putting them through her computer, so we should get a match soon."

Booth smiled at the squint "Kings of the Lab" he held out his knuckles.

Hodgins beamed and hit his fist in return "King of the Lab"

The two made their way to Angela's office as they waited for a match; they talked about Parker and Brennan and then moved onto lighter topics. The computer beeped, they walked over hoping for a result.

"Mark Griffiths and Jason Briggs" she remained silent as she read the rest of the information "Ones and only child and the other has a sister" they hopes began to fall "wait a minute both are under the employment of Richard Williams" as soon as the name slipped from her lips Booth whipped out his cell phone ordering them to arrest Richard Williams.

"How do you know it's him?"

"I arrested his brother a couple of years, explains why we didn't search though his file, family members are only considered threats for three years after the arrest and then they are deemed as harmless. I should have known"

"Booth, there was no way you could have anticipated this and know it was him out of all the people you have arrested. But we got him and that's what matters" Ange smiled softly seeing his defeat.

"Thanks, both of you; I'm going to go back to Bones and Parker"

"Aren't you going to the arrest?"

"As much as I would like to, I don't think I could be responsible for my actions" But I do know other ways to make him regret what he did, inside state walls, but he decided she didn't need to know that.

"See you later"

"See you; say hi to Bren for me"

"Will do"

Booth returned home to find Temperance and Parker snuggled on the sofa watching 'Happy Feet' the credits began to roll as he entered the room. Parker had fallen asleep on Temperance's shoulder, then she looked at him slightly worriedly "Is everything okay?"

"Better than okay, we got him"

He saw the relief fill her face "You sure"

"Yeah Hodgins matched the snake to a robbery which was organized by Richard Williams"

She nodded and pulled him in for a kiss "Thank you Seeley"

"You shouldn't be thanking I was partly to blame"

"Not in my book, if anything you are my... how is it Angela puts it 'my knight in standard issue body armour'" They looked into each others eyes and their lips met again.

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