066. Complicated – rated K
Set between season 6 and 7. My take on a scene we were robbed of.
A/N: this one seems to have turned into a sickening ball of fluffiness…
They are sat in Angela's office, Brennan sipping at a mug of warm herbal tea. Her stomach has been playing up again; she's not sure if it's the pregnancy or the topic of discussion.
"I think I should tell him. I should tell him, right?"
The slight teasing note in Angela's tone is not helping her situation. "Oh, most definitely."
"Yeah." Brennan takes another sip. Barely meeting her eye, she mutters, "Um, how?"
"How?"
"Yeah. You know. How should I say it?"
This time, Angela's tone has softened. "It's really not that complicated Sweetie. You just tell him."
"I just tell him? Just like that?" There must be more to it than that. Something this big cannot be preceded by the word just.
Angela is not so easily swayed. "Yeah. You know, you go up to him, look him in the eye and say, 'Booth, I love you.'"
Unnoticed by the two of them, Booth takes that moment to announce his presence. "That's really nice and all, Ange, but I'm in love with Bones."
It shouldn't come as a surprise to her. It really shouldn't. But it does. All she can manage is a soft, "Oh."
Booth hears it and gives her a little wave and a grin. "Hey Bones."
"You love me?"
"Well, yeah." His voice has taken on that aww, shucks quality only she normally gets to hear. It brings confidence to her own once more.
"You love me."
Booth sighs. Striding over to her, he kneels so he is at the same eye level. "Of course I love you, Bones."
Brennan smiles. "Hey Booth?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too."
Angela was right; it really wasn't all that complicated after all.
tbc