They were all called back to DC, urgently and without any question. Hodgins, Booth and Bones, all of them were the victims of the Gravedigger and, apparently, somebody shot her. Not that any of them were unhappy with it, but it happened right in the crowd, with Sweets, Cam and Caroline right in the middle of it and none of them could ignore it, they had to come back. For Hodgins and Angela, it was coming back from the eight months of bliss in Paris, where Angela was finally free to create art instead of reconstructions of those whose lives were cut too short. For Booth and Brennan, it was both disturbing and exhilarating. On the one hand they both were excited to see each other again, on the other, they knew that whoever killed Taffet will bring more trouble than not. Besides, Brennan was concerned with the news that the lab was on the verge of collapsing and Booth was concerned with the fact the Cam was about to lose her job. Yes, it was time for them all to come back.

As agreed, Booth was waiting for Bones at their spot. He was nervous, even though they kept in touch as much as they could, it still wasn't the same, not even close. And even though they were on the same page about each other, eight months apart was still a challenge. For all his confidence and bravado, Booth didn't know what he was supposed to say or do. What do you say to the love your life after all the declarations and eight months of separation? A lot of his fellow soldiers had girlfriends or wives they came back to, but Booth never had that. The last time, when he was sniper, he had nobody who was waiting for him, this time, he hoped that she did.

He was looking around trying to spot a familiar face, but didn't see it. He was exhausted and excited at the same time, even if she rejects him again and won't come here, the least he can do is go out to get drunk.

'Booth,' he heard a soft voice behind him. His head snapped to the source of the voice and his face broke into a huge grin. She was here, clearly exhausted, in some old, slightly messy outfit, with bangs and no makeup, but it was Bones. She came to meet him and it was the happiest day of his life. It was like in old movies, before any of them knew, they dropped their bags and in a long few seconds, were in each other's embrace. He was trying really hard not to crush her, while Bones didn't make such an effort. She hugged him with such ferocity, like she never did before, not even when he saved her life after being blown up.

They broke their embrace and were grinning happily at each other. He really wanted to say something, something meaningful and romantic, but his mind went completely blank. Of course, it was Bones who got there faster.

'I think we should go to my place, it is much closer than yours.'

'Are you sure, Bones? I mean we haven't seen each other in awhile,' despite this being his wildest fantasy, he still needed to be sure they were on the same page.

'That was an agreement, Booth, unless, of course, you don't want to,' she said carefully.

'I do,' he assured her immediately taking her hand.

'Then let's get a cab.'

When the car arrived, Booth hesitated for a second. How many times, ever since their first case he let her go home alone, how many times he wished he were besides her and now, after months of anticipation, he was finally invited in. He found himself right next to her and his body tensed as soon as he felt her hand on his knee, he put her head on his shoulder the same way she did after his failed attempt to ask her to give them a chance. But this time was different, this time it was a promise, an unspoken vow between them, he took her hand in his and pressed a soft kiss to her head.

Despite thinking about this very moment practically all eight months apart Booth wasn't sure what to do. His first instinct was to grab Brennan and kiss her until he passed out but he knew her very well, the pyramids were better with change than she was and of he pushes too hard, who knows what will happen, he wasn't sure he can take another eight months apart. And whatever was about to happen was a huge change, even for Booth.

'Booth, maybe you should shower first, I will order us some food and then we can…talk and,' she didn't finish her sentence just smiled at him. It was so weird, they were both capable and confident adults, tops in their respective fields, but right now, Booth felt like a teenage boy waiting for his crush.

'Yeah, yeah, thanks, shower sounds great,' he was on the plane for god knows how many hours, he was exhausted and excited, so maybe this pause was something they both needed.

Brennan heard the shower working and tried not to think about Booth being naked and all wet, staying in her place. She was so nervous that it was starting to get to her. It was ridiculous, she had many sexual partners and she was completely confident in her abilities and judging from what she observed over the years about Booth and his sex life, he was a skilled lover too. But this was different, this was what Angela was telling her about, when you are in love, everything seems different.

She ordered Thai food just as she told Booth she would and waited patiently for her turn in the shower, she needed it just as much. Her body was aching from the uncomfortable position on her plane and to be quite honest it's been awhile since she took a proper shower. When Booth emerged, he was wearing nothing but a towel and a smirk. Cocky bastard, he was gorgeous and he knew that and that made Brennan want him even more. But she couldn't be the first one to give in. This was their thing, their game, challenging one another and if he wanted to play it this way so be it, she learned to be dispassionate about anything, including him, if sometime ago it was a problem, today, it was her advantage.

'The food is here, I need to clean up as well, make yourself at home,' she said as calmly as she could. This reminded her of situation a couple of years ago when she stormed into his bathroom and he was completely naked, wearing his ridiculous bear hat.

'You know, Bones, you should have just joined me in there,' he said putting his most charming smile and she licked her lips unconsciously, he, of course, noticed it and his smirk became even more infuriating.

'I must admit that I am not a big fan of shower or tub sex, so, no, thank you.'

'Who was talking about sex? You always say that our society wastes too much water! I was just trying to be considerate about our planet!' he tried for innocence but failed miserably. Cocky bastard.

'Booth, if that is your way of seduction,' she said still trying to win the game. 'It's not working, eat up and wait for me.'

'Oh, I will,' he said huskily. He watched her disappear from the room and smiled to himself, he still got it. He noticed, of course the blush on her cheeks and the way her eyes became large and focused on his body, he knew he was attractive and he definitely was never modest about it. He needed today to be perfect and if Bones wanted to play, he is in. Looking at the food he thought it wasn't such a bad idea to fill himself up. He knew they had a case and they needed to be at Jeffersonian first thing tomorrow morning to deal with the Taffet case, but this night was theirs, they waited long enough.

'Booth,' he heard Brennan's deep voice about twenty minutes later, she sure took her sweet time in the shower, once again, the woman wouldn't just make things easy for him. 'Could you come here please, I need your help with something.'

Booth sighed, damn it if something broke in the bathroom and Bones was trying to make him fix it before…well, anything, he is going to explode. But maybe she was just as tired of waiting as he was and wants him in her bedroom, which he didn't resent one bit. He gathered all his willpower and tried not to think that Brennan was just in the shower, all warm and naked and wet and…

'Holy crap,' was all he managed to breath out. Whatever he expected to see, he definitely didn't expect that. She won, completely and in one move. Just like always.

She was lying on her bed completely naked and exposed, touching herself gently, her face had a winning smirk mixed with pleasure she was giving herself and Booth just lost it. Before she could say anything else he was on top of her kissing her lips, her face, her full breasts and then his head went down to where her fingers were just a few seconds ago. It's been a very, very long time since he was intimate with anybody so he had to give her all the pleasure he was capable of before he could be inside of her. This was better than any dream he ever had, any fantasy, it was worth every moment he waited for her. He licked her and kissed her and she was trembling under his touch until she fell apart completely calling his name. Before her pleasure wore off, he was already inside of her, in one swift strong move and he could swear he saw the stars at this very moment, he moved inside of her, he tried to be gentle, to pace himself but he was only human after all and this was Bones, so he was going harder and harder and since Bones was nothing but encouraging, he felt that she needed it too. It was fast and a little primal and it was perfect, when he reached his own peak, he was sure that this what heaven felt like. He didn't wait until Bones finished, so he reached with hand between them to give her what she wanted, a few strokes and she fell apart around him and the world seemed better than ever. Yes, this was definitely worth waiting for.