Disclaimer: I don't own Bones, but Joy is mine.
Prompt #42: Recommendation - Camille Saroyan knew she'd played a huge part in the creation of one of the best crimefighting teams in the country.
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Cam Saroyan rarely spoke about her involvement in creating a specific pair of crime-solving partners. She didn't like to toot her own horn, and to be honest, she'd just thought it would only be a one-time thing.
But when six-year-old Joy Booth began asking how her parents how they had first met, Cam had to clear her throat significantly before Booth could make up an excuse. He had the decency to look sheepish when he said, "Actually sweetie, it's thanks to Auntie Cam that I met your mother."
Childlike attention instantly switched from Daddy to Auntie Cam. "How did you get Daddy to meet Mommy?" asked Joy.
Cam gave Booth a smug look as she picked up the little girl. "Well, Daddy needed help catching a bad guy, but he couldn't do anything to find new clues. All he had were bones."
"So he went to Mommy," Joy interrupted with a smile of her own.
"Actually, no. He didn't know your mommy yet." Joy's eyes widened comically, making Cam chuckle a little. "I told him about your mommy, how she was the best at her job. I told him to go to the Jeffersonian and ask her for her help."
The little girl leaned forward. "Then Daddy met Mommy?"
"Yes."
"And they solved the case?"
"Yes," Booth quickly said, drawing attention back to him.
"So then Mommy and Daddy fell in love and got married?" Joy went on expectantly.
Cam gave an apologetic half-smile. "No. See...your mommy and daddy had a fight." She shot Booth an annoyed look. "Then they didn't work together, then they did. They worked together for almost seven years before they had you."
Now Joy looked back at her father. "But didn't you love Mommy?" she asked, completely confused.
Booth did not look very comfortable being put on the spot like that. "Well, not at first," he admitted. "But when I got to know her better, I did fall in love with her."
Joy did not look pleased with this development. Hopping out of Cam's arms, she took off for her mother's office shouting, "Mommy! Why didn't you marry Daddy before having me?"
"Thanks a lot, Cam," Booth grumbled as he took off after his daughter. "Bones, swear to God, it was Cam! Cam started this!"
Well, it's true, thought Cam smugly as she bent over to examine the forgotten brain on her autopsy table. I did start this, right at the beginning. You're welcome, Seeley.
But again, she wouldn't say that aloud. She'd just gotten the two together. Staying together had been all them.
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