Written for the "50 Words/50 Phrases" fanfic challenge at Bonesology. You should go there to read all of the rules but basically, you choose two characters, take the list already given of 50 words and write one sentence for each word (five words can be up to five sentences) and each sentence should be a self-contained idea. Trust me, it's more difficult than it sounds.
Words marked with an asterisk use more than one sentence and the words are bolded where used in the sentence.
Some of these will become one-shots. I already have a few ideas in mind but feel free to drop me a note if you have any favorites!
(I didn't write "Hodgins and Booth" every time because sometimes, the names didn't fit within the structure of the sentence. You should assume they're talking to each other, even if the name is absent.)
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BOOTH/HODGINS:
*1. Heat
"Be still!" Hodgins ordered as Booth tried to sit up. "The heat will draw the poison out."
2. Telephone
Booth and Hodgins froze, panic visible on their faces as they stared at the ringing telephone.
3. Review
"I was misquoted in that review!" Hodgins insisted as Booth loomed over him.
4. Snow
"And this one time in Montreal," Hodgins grinned at Booth, "it was just me and a Swedish bikini model, with four feet of snow outside."
5. War
"This," Booth promised, leaning threateningly over Hodgins, "means war."
6. Lunch
"Hey!" Booth exclaimed, "I'm eating lunch here!"
7. Time
The same thought occurred to both men . . . where had the time gone?
8. Boycott
"What are you going to do, boycott it?" Hodgins laughed.
9. Eyes
They counted to three, closed their eyes and stepped out.
10. August
Oblivious to the children creeping up behind them, the two men snoozed in the hot August sun.
*11. Bake
"I say we go old school," Hodgins shrugged. "Bake a cake with a file in it."
12. Bones
"How would you like it if I called Brennan 'Bones'?" Hodgins asked Booth pointedly.
13. Pajamas
"Men do not buy other men pajamas for Christmas," Booth insisted to Hodgins.
14. Crashed
"I didn't think it would be a big deal if she crashed at our place," Hodgins explained to Booth.
15. Foreign Film
"The last time we let them decide," Booth argued with Hodgins, "we ended up at a foreign film festival."
16. Life
"Because that's what makes life worth living?" Hodgins guessed shrewdly, his eyes on Booth.
17. Tradition
It had become a tradition and despite their yearly protestations, neither Hodgins nor Booth ever really considered ending it.
18. Sales
"Yea, well, shoe sales don't distract Bones," Booth grumbled.
19. Birds
"I warned you about the birds," Booth laughed, as Hodgins stomped over to his car.
20. Inhale
"Yea, sure," Hodgins winked, "you didn't inhale."
21. Truth
Arms crossed in identical poses, Booth and Hodgins stared the culprits down, and waited for the truth.
22. Traveling
"That's not my idea of traveling," Booth grumbled, with a grimace that blamed Hodgins for the entire fiasco.
23. Mother
"Angie's mother would have loved me!" Hodgins insisted loudly.
24. Recipe
It was a recipe for disaster, and both Booth and Hodgins knew it.
25. River
Without hesitation, they jumped into the river after it.
26. Scared
"No," Hodgins shook his head, "I'm more scared of Brennan."
27. Leaves
Leaves crunched underfoot as Hodgins and Booth tramped through the woods.
28. Free
"Bathroom's free!" Hodgins yelled into the living room.
29. Newspaper
"I'm telling you, man," Hodgins insisted somewhat unsteadily as he watched Booth fill their glasses again, "it was in the newspaper!"
30. Walk
"Let's take a walk," Hodgins suggested, jerking his head toward the doorway when he caught Booth's eye.
31. Apricot
"Never again," Booth vowed, holding his head in his hands as he looked up at Hodgins blearily, "am I drinking your homemade apricot brandy."
32. Disgusting
"That," Booth pointed at the jar in Hodgins' hands, "is disgusting."
33. Frost
Teeth chattering, they woke up to find frost coating the tent.
*34. Stars
Hodgins looked over Booth's shoulder. "Needs more stars," he advised.
35. Feed
"Is it feed a cold, starve a fever or the other way around?" Booth asked Hodgins.
36. Siblings
"I often wished I had siblings when I was growing up," Hodgins admitted to Booth, as the two men stood watching from the window.
37. Fantasy
"In what kind of fantasy world are you living?" Booth asked Hodgins incredulously.
38. Airport
"If we're not at the airport by 6:00pm, we'll miss our plane," Booth insisted.
39. Music
Booth could barely hear Hodgins over the music throbbing from the speakers.
40. Mail
"Beats sending it through the mail," Hodgins shrugged.
*41. Love
"What can I say?" Hodgins laughed. "I'm love's bitch, baby."
42. Sunday
When Sunday arrived, Booth and Hodgins were ready.
43. Fog
Until the fog rolled out, they were stuck.
*44. Slow
"Slow! I said slow!" Booth yelled at Hodgins. "What part of slow didn't you understand!"
45. Dollar
"Yea, well," Hodgins grumbled to Booth, "if I had a dollar forevery time I heard that, I'd be rich again."
46. Ants
"You're about as welcome as ants at a picnic," Booth snapped at Hodgins.
47. China
"When is Brennan due back from China?" Hodgins asked Booth.
48. Morning
His "good morning" lost in a loud yawn, Booth slid the coffee pot across the table to Hodgins.
49. Emergency
"I wouldn't ask if it weren't an emergency, man," Hodgins insisted to Booth.
50. Baby
"Would you rather I called you 'baby'?" Hodgins teased, enjoying Booth's discomfort.
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What? I slipped in a little bit of Spike there?
Yes. Yes, I did.
Thanks for reading!