Title:
Sticks and Stones (Double Drabble #37)
Written for:
drabble123 at LJ
Prompt: #5
(Endearments)
Rating:
PG
Word Count:
200
Timeline:
During Season 3.
Disclaimer: Bones
and its characters belong to FOX, not me. This story is purely meant
to entertain. No copyright infringement is intended.
He gave her the nickname during the first days of their acquaintance, before they were partners. When he'd stepped forward and offered his hand, she'd turned her elegant head, and he'd felt her look right through him. The prettiest squint he'd ever seen, and she didn't even see him.
That was all it took for the devil on his shoulder his mother had warned him about to sit up and take notice.
Seeley Booth had never liked being ignored.
Instinctively, he'd known he could make those cool blue eyes snap. Just like he'd known he'd get Kate Donovan's attention by snapping her bra. It had almost been worth the visit to the principal's office--and the subsequent kiss of his father's belt.
Here was this woman in love with logic, reason, and science, and he'd known exactly how to take her from zero to sixty in ten seconds.
He still did.
But the joke was on him. Because what had begun as a means to irritate an irritating woman, had transformed into something more dangerous.
Who knew when it had happened? Maybe around the time she stopped saying, "Don't call me Bones," and started responding like that really was her name.
Author's Note: I sincerely hope no one took Revelations: A Parody seriously. I don't write that badly unless I'm trying to. If you're unsure about the definition of a parody, here it is: "A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule."
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