Booth and Brennan didn't first meet at American University during the Gemma Arrington case. This story is AU.

After the loss of a promising journalism career, the Reader is involved in a late-night car accident where she is rescued by a handsome stranger. That stranger turns out to be none other than Steve Rogers, and her life will never be the same again.

When Brennan returns from Maluku to discover that Booth had moved on, her heart aches. As everyone around her gains new relationships and new life, she begins to feel she's missing something. What no one knows is Brennan is haunted by a decision she made back in Maluku, and in order to set things right, she has to return. When she comes back to D.C., everything changes. AU