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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" They lay in each others arms for how long, Booth didn't know. But he would enjoy every second of it, even given the situation. Poor Bones. His Bones. Without realizing it, he softlyspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spankissed the top of her head. Her sobs turned to sniffles as he lightly stroked her hair. br / /p
p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "Booth?" A question that felt like it held a million answers. He felt himself release a puff of air that he didn't realize he was holding. Bones continued, looking up at him. "I… I think I love you."/p
p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"span style="font-style: italic;" I think I love you./span Was he dreaming? Did his soulmate really just admit that she loved him?/p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "What did you say?" He asked, not trusting his own style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "I love you. I think I have for a long time, but my fear got in the way." she answered. "and then today…it could have been you that answered that phone. I could have lost you again, and I just can't. I can't." Before Booth knew what happened, her lips were pressed against his, her tongue sliding along his lower lip, begging for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHe reciprocated passionately, but quickly ended it, much to both of their discontent./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "Bones, we need to talk about this. About us. I love you, too, but…"he started, before she interrupted him./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "So what's there to talk about?" she asked, fingers curling in the hair at the nape of his neck, leaning up again to capture his lips with hers./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" And he was lost./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" They lay in each others arms for how long, Booth didn't know. But he would enjoy every second of it, even given the situation. Poor Bones. His Bones. Without realizing it, he softlyspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spankissed the top of her head. Her sobs turned to sniffles as he lightly stroked her hair. br / /p
p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "Booth?" A question that felt like it held a million answers. He felt himself release a puff of air that he didn't realize he was holding. Bones continued, looking up at him. "I… I think I love you."/p
p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"span style="font-style: italic;" I think I love you./span Was he dreaming? Did his soulmate really just admit that she loved him?/p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "What did you say?" He asked, not trusting his own style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "I love you. I think I have for a long time, but my fear got in the way." she answered. "and then today…it could have been you that answered that phone. I could have lost you again, and I just can't. I can't." Before Booth knew what happened, her lips were pressed against his, her tongue sliding along his lower lip, begging for style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHe reciprocated passionately, but quickly ended it, much to both of their discontent./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "Bones, we need to talk about this. About us. I love you, too, but…"he started, before she interrupted him./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" "So what's there to talk about?" she asked, fingers curling in the hair at the nape of his neck, leaning up again to capture his lips with hers./p
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p style="margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" And he was lost./p