Dear Bones,
While I was lying here in this hospital bed earlier, listening to you speak to Dr. Jursik with that clipped, professional voice, I wondered what role you would be playing in this whole mess if we weren't involved personally.
After some thought, I realized that you wouldn't be acting any different no matter what our situation was. Last time they found a tumor, you were right by my side the whole time, just like I knew you would be. Just like you were from the beginning of our partnership.
I know you view our early days differently than I do, that I did more for you than you ever did for me but that is so far from true it's almost funny. After we fought that first time, I did a lot of soul searching about the kind of man I was and how different that man was from the one I wanted to be, and I believe that how you viewed me helped that perspective become clear to me. It brought into sharp focus what I needed to do to become that man my grandfather hoped I would be, and I need to thank you for that.
Its amazing how a single meeting, a short moment in your life can change everything and a lot of the time you never even know it. Sometimes it's something as simple as getting caught in traffic long enough to avoid an accident you otherwise would have been involved in, other times it's taking a friend's advice and asking a world renowned forensic anthropologist to help you on a stalled case and ending up finding the love of your life.
I know you still don't believe in fate, but I still do. And no matter what you say, no matter what empirical evidence you try to throw my way, I know that we were meant to be together. Whether we ever got to this point where we could both admit how we felt, admit how much we love each other, we were still supposed to find each other…and I couldn't be more grateful. Whatever the outcome.
So quit looking at me with that worried face and wrinkled forehead and come here and kiss me. Everything will be alright, because you're here and really, Bones…that's all I ever need.
Yours always,
Booth