Booth was irritated. It was stupid, ridiculous and stupid once again, but he couldn't help it, he felt jealous and annoyed. He finally got Bones to marry him, so every single straight male on the planet knew that she was not available anymore but still, men keep on hitting on her! Of course, it was understandable and Booth trusted her completely and usually it didn't bother him. He was so very touched by her definition of their relationship, even though he didn't understand it at first, only Bones can manage to compare them to some Nemo thing and it would the most adorable thing in the world, but still, he was extremely annoyed by this Cuban guy!

First of all, he was way too direct about his intentions, who does that to a married woman? Flat out asking her to sleep with him! Second, the way Angela and Cam gushed about how hot he was, was kind of annoying too. Third, he was a forensic anthropologist, brilliant and arrogant basically a Cuban version of Bones and it made it all even more irritating. He knew that he was being ridiculous, but he just wanted to see what was all the fuss about. And maybe, just maybe to show Bones' husband in the flesh, so to speak. And maybe, just casually mention that he used to be a sniper.

At first, it was all innocent, he decided to drop by the lab, to pick up Bones for lunch and to say hi to other squints, after all, he had done it hundreds of times. Bones was still busy with cataloguing stuff, so he went to the lounge to catch up with Cam, Angela and Hodgins. When getting to the lounge he noticed an addition to the usual gang, a tall, handsome, clearly Cuban man, who was now telling some amusing story, entertaining his audience.

'Hey,' greeted Booth everybody.

'Hey, big guy,' smiled Angela. 'Where is Brennan?'

'She is finishing up, asked me to wait for her here.'

'I don't believe we've met,' introduced himself the annoying intern. 'I am Dr Fuentes a new intern.'

'Yeah, I know who you are. Special agent Seeley Booth.'

'Nice to meet you, are you working with the lab?'

'Booth is our liaison with the FBI, he brings us cases and deals with the bad guys,' said Hodgins.

'Ahh, I see,' smiled Fuentes. 'I heard that Dr Brennan is married to the FBI agent, do you know him?'

Cam and Angela smirked, while Hodgins looked like he won a lottery. Those three loved a work gossip. Booth simply looked at them and all three of them tried to look normal. Sometimes he felt like in the kindergarten.

'Booth is Dr Brennan's husband,' said Cam trying to ease the situation.

'Ahhhh, I see,' said Fuentes slowly. He glanced at Booth and was clearly a little nervous. Booth knew that he can be intimidating if he wanted to, so he decided to have a little fun, after all this guy did bring irritation.

'Yeah. By the way asking married women to have sex with you is not the best idea, pal. Not in this country,' he didn't say anything else just stared at the guy heavily, he knew that this was enough.

Three heads turned to Fuentes and Booth found a small satisfaction that the guy was now sweating, he knew it was a petty move, but he couldn't help it.

'You asked Dr Brennan to sleep with you?' asked Hodgins, he was almost snorting with laughter and then stopped. 'Or did you hit on Angela?'

'He did not ask me,' smirked Angela and looked at Booth with a glint in her eyes.

'Well, I was just…' Fuentes was now blushing heavily.

'Are you ready, Booth?' he heard quick steps behind him and noticed Bones rushing towards them. All the gang now was focusing on her. 'Is everything OK?'

'Yeah, yeah, I was just saying hello to your new intern,' smiled Booth charmingly, but Bones wasn't fooled. God, this woman knew him way too well.

'Booth, are you here to demonstrate your alpha male trait and intimidate Dr Fuentes? I can assure it is not necessary, I already told him flat out that he and I will never be involved.'

'What?' he tried to sound offended but didn't fool anybody. 'I was just being nice. Tell her, Cam!'

'Nope, you are on your own, Seeley,' nodded Cam. Angela and Hodgins were now laughing quietly. Bones rolled her eyes grabbed his sleeve and dragged him away.

'Let's go home, after nine years together, you think I don't know when you are jealous?'

'What? I am not jealous! I am just looking out for you, I didn't know that was a crime!'

'Booth, I can take care of myself,' she repeated for the hundreds time. 'And stop marking your territory, I am a free woman and can do whatever I want!'

'I am not marking anything, I was just being protective of my wife…' the rest of the conversation disappeared into the corridor, when the couple disappeared completely Dr Fuentes sighed with a relief.

'Dude, you got out easy!' giggled Hodgins.

'Yeah, hitting on Brennan with Booth around, that was bold, even for you,' added Angela.

'To be fair, I did not expect her to be married to….' he was trying to find the right words, so Angela decided to help him.

'To a 6 feet tall, big, muscular, FBI agent with a sniper training?'

'Just so you know, it bothers me tiny bit when you get all you descriptive about Booth,' grimaced Hodgins, Angela just rolled her eyes.

'Yeah, I definitely did not see that. But I was just speculating on our mutual attraction,' Fuentes was clearly trying to wiggle his way out of this.

'Word of advice,' Cam stood up, getting ready to leave. 'Don't say things like these in front of agent Booth, they have this epic love story going on spanning over ten years and he will shoot you.'

'True,' Hodgins and Angela joined Cam. 'Hey, remember, way before they got together, whenever Dr B brought a date, Booth would become all broody and annoyed? Man, sometimes I miss those times, it was so fun to watch them, they were so dense.'

'Yeah, the only two people who didn't know what was going on between them were Booth and Brennan, I, for once, am happy that their dance is over,' said Angela glancing at her husband.

'Oh, come on, Ange, remember how fun it was? We had the pool going on, on when Dr B and Booth will get together,' told Hodgins to Dr Fuentes.

'Yeah? And who won?'

'Nobody,' said Cam closing the door. 'It took much longer than expected. But I suggest we stop gossiping about our friends' personal lives and go home.'

'You are no fun,' grinned Angela.

'I am fun, but I am also your boss, see you all tomorrow. Except you, Dr Fuentes. As soon as we require your assistance once again, I will let you know, but I hope next time you will not go beyond your professional responsibilities. Got it?'

'Loud and clear,' nodded Fuentes. Yep, he had a zero shot at romancing Dr Brennan. Apart from her being unreceptive to his charm, which was a rare occasion, because Rodolfo knew exactly how hot he was and her very intimidating husband, Dr Brennan had an all-time vigilant army of friends and co-workers who clearly were the fans of the couple. Well, he could admit the defeat.