SEELEY'S POV:

"Everything okay, Agent Booth?" Sweets questioned as he walked into my office "You wanted to see me?"

I handed him my phone, showing him the text I'd just received from Temperance…

"What am I looking at, exactly?" he asked as he handed my phone back to me

"This address is one of the houses we looked at buying," I informed him "and she wants to meet me there, telling me earlier that she has a surprise for me."

"Right…" he replied "I don't follow."

I sighed and ran my hands over my face… "We agreed that it'd be equal."

"That what would be equal?" he inquired

"Our future, us buying a house," I informed him "but I think she's gone and done it anyway."

"Bought you a house?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at me

I nodded my head… "What if she has, Sweets?"

"So what if she has?" he questioned "Dr. Brennan's a successful woman with a substantial amount of money behind her. Her buying the two of you a home doesn't mean anything."

"Are you kidding? It changes everything, Sweets!" I sighed

"How?" he asked "Because you feel inferior to Dr. Brennan? From what I know of you and your past, you were brought up to believe the man should be the "man", the one in control shall we say, and in yours and Dr. Brennan's relationship, you're not. She's taken control of something that should essentially either be yours, or both of yours, and that worries you."

"What're you talking about, Sweets?" I inquired

"You believe that you should be the provider," he replied "you should be the one providing a house for you and Dr. Brennan and your inevitable future family, and it seems as though you're not."

I swallowed a lump in my throat… "It's nothing to do with that, Sweets."

"Then what is it to do with?" he questioned

"We agreed to be equals." I informed him "But now…"

"But now what?" he asked

"I told her something about my past when I left the Army last night," I explained "and I feel as though she's done this to protect herself if the past should rear it's ugly head."

"I don't think that's the case at all, Agent Booth." he replied "I think Dr. Brennan just wanted to do something nice for you."

"Then she should've bought me pie." I informed him "I need to go."

TEMPERANCE'S POV:

I climbed out of my car as Booth pulled up and pursed my lips together nervously as he climbed out too and made his way over to me…

"What're we doing here, Temp?" he inquired

"Surprise!" I proclaimed "Welcome to our new home!"

"I was right…" he sighed

"What?" I questioned

"You've bought this place?" he asked

I nodded my head… "Yeah. Aren't you happy?"

"What happened to being equals?" he inquired "Splitting everything down the middle, 50/50? Is it because of what I told you last night? About my gambling?"

I shook my head… "No."

"Then why, Temp?" he questioned "Why have you done this when we agreed to buy a home together?"

"Because I recalled a conversation I had with my grandmother not long after I met you." I informed him "I told her I'd met someone, and could see myself spending the rest of my life with him, that I could see myself marrying him and having children with him, and those dreams are starting to come true, and she told me that when she died, she wanted any money she left me to go towards that future, to go towards building a life for us, and I've granted her wish and it has. I bought us this house, Booth, because we both love it, and because when I look at it I smile and can see my future here, with you, with our child. I can imagine summers in the pool with you teaching our child to swim, barbecues, us sitting on the patio with a glass of wine, watching the sun set. I didn't buy the house with the money she left me because I don't trust you or because I wanted to hurt you, I did it because of the exact opposite; because I love you."

SEELEY'S POV:

"Because I love you."

"I just feel…" I began

"I'm sorry," she interjected "I never meant to make you feel that way. But just think, now the money that we earn can be put towards more important things like decorating our home and preparing for our first child to be born, and we don't have to worry about buying a home. I've put both our names on the lease so we'll both be paying the mortgage and splitting the bills 50/50. Everything else between us will be equal, but if you really want us buying a home together to be equal too, then I'll back out as there's still time and we can find somewhere else."

I shook my head and cupped her cheeks in my hands… "No. This place is perfect for us, and I want us to be settled for when the baby comes so you're not stressing. It's perfect, Temp. I was just…"

"Scared," she replied "I know. Sweets called me."

"And what did he say exactly?" I questioned

"He told me you were upset and that you thought I'd gone behind your back because I don't trust you," she informed me "but now I hope you can see that I haven't done anything of the sort. Everything about this is equal; but I just used my inheritance to buy us a home. Everything else about the rest of our lives together is going to be equal. We're partners, Booth, and I'd never do anything to jeopardise the life I want to share with you. You are my home."

I smiled at her warmly and pressed my lips to hers softly… "I love you."

"I love you too." she breathed against my lips

Temperance has bought them a home; and poor Booth, thinking that she didn't trust him because of his gambling – but everything's worked out fine and they're all happy again, yay! How will the move go?