Booth opened the door and stopped short.
Brennan was sitting on the floor in front of the couch, with her shirt off, trying to lace herself into a corset. The corset that used to be at the bottom of his hidden box.
He glanced around, and yep, she'd found it.
"SO." He said, coming in and shutting the door behind him, putting the cardboard tray of takeout containers on the coffee table. "Need some help with that?"
"Yes." Brennan squeaked.
"Stand up." He moved around behind her and hauled on the strings, bringing her up against him, her back pressed to his chest for a second before he stepped back and tied the knot.
She let out a whoosh of air. "Thanks."
"Turn around."
She did, slowly.
He sat down in the chair and smiled. "Looks good on you."
And it did. It nipped in her waist so much that he almost believed his could link his fingers around her waist, and his fingers itched to try.
"I saw it was new, so I didn't think you'd mind. I've always wanted to try one on, though I've seen the damage they did to the skeletal structure of young girls in the 18th century.." She began.
He grinned. "Yeah, I was in the uh.. Store, and I saw it, it's the same colour as your eyes you know, and on sale." He swallowed. He'd never thought he'd actually get it ON her, he'd just bought it as a memory aid, the exact colour of her eyes when she looked at something, or someone she wanted…
She reached for the food boxes. "I'm starving!"
"Find anything interesting?" He asked. "I mean, beside the corset, which has matching underwear by the way."
She opened a box and reached for the chopsticks. "Some pictures of us, a couple porn films, both girl on girl and girl with guy, or guy with several girls, Playboy collection, some Hustlers, a new jar of strawberry body jelly, your Tarzan loincloth, a miniscule black dress which I'm assuming isn't yours because it would never fit you.."
Booth choked. "You found a dress?"
"Yes." Brennan smiled. "Did you forget you had it?"
"Let me see!"
Brennan reached behind the couch and pulled it out, tossing it to him.
He held it up, and then smiled. "I did forget. Thanks Bones!"
She squinted at him. "Whose is it?"
"Mine. Well, I bought it. Parker used to love silky fabrics, and he had this blanket.. Anyway, I forgot the blanket at Rebecca's, and she went out of town, and Park was having a fit, so I took him to the mall and bought him something silky. Parker used to drag it around like a baby blanket, when he was about.. One, I think.. Are you sure it's a dress? I thought it was a shoulder wrap?" He studied it intently.
Brennan laughed. "Do you want me to model it for you?"
"Yes. It's so wrong.. But Yes."
They stared at each other for a few seconds.
"So.. Find anything good at my house?"
Booth reached into his pocket and pulled out the magnetic tongue stud. "This looks interesting."