Since having children Brennan rarely worked late, but their latest case was complicated and needed extra attention. As much as Booth didn't like Brennan being at the lab late at night, he was looking forward to having a guy's night with Hank. Christine was spending the night with Michael Vincent so Hodgins could help them with a school project at the botanical garden. Booth signed Hank out and helped him into his jacket before picking him up, leaving the daycare and bypassing the elevators that they normally took to the lab to get Brennan. This didn't go unnoticed by eighteen month old Hank.

"Momma?"

"Tiger, momma is still working, she'll be home later. It's gonna be just you and me tonight." Booth walked to the SUV and strapped Hank into his car seat, giving him the small toy dump truck he found in his desk drawer that morning. Hank smiled, the fact that Brennan wasn't there momentarily forgotten. Booth quietly drove to the grocery store to get the list of things Brennan had sent him just before he let the Hoover building. He found a somewhat close parking space and carried Hank into the store, and put him in a cart. Booth was quickly got the items on Brennan's list, adding a few of his own. "What do you want for dinner, Hank?"

"Momma..."

Booth chuckled softly, "you can't have momma for dinner, tiger she's working. She'll be home later. Do you want macaroni and cheese?"

"Uh-huh."

Booth moved to the frozen section and picked up a tray of frozen macaroni and cheese and a bag of frozen green beans. Booth grabbed a few more things before heading to the bakery and picking up some chocolate chip cookies. Booth finished shopping, checked out and headed home. When they got home Booth loaded the shopping bags in the small utility wagon Brennan kept in the garage for that purpose and then got Hank out of his car seat and headed inside. Booth pulled the wagon into the kitchen and put Hank on the floor and knelt down to help him take his jacket off. "Momma?"

"Hank, I'm sorry but she's still working. I know you miss her, I do too. She'll be home later. Why don't go play until dinner is ready." Booth slid Hank's arms out of his jacket and hung it up.

"Whrissy?"

"Chrissy is spending the night at Aunt Angela's house. She'll be home tomorrow afternoon…" Hank's lip started to tremble. "Buddy, I know you miss momma and Chrissy, I miss them too, but they'll be home later. I bet if you asked her Chrissy will play with your blocks with you when she gets home tomorrow. That'll be fun won't it?" Hank nodded slightly.

"And momma will do stories and snuggles if she gets home before you go to sleep. If you're asleep when she gets home she'll do extra tomorrow night. Do you want to draw a picture for momma?"

"Uh-huh." Booth helped Hank sit at the counter and pulled out the roll of newsprint and the box of jumbo crayons. He watched Hank start his picture for Brennan before putting away the groceries and putting the frozen macaroni and cheese in the oven. An hour and a half later Booth moved Hank's drawing aside and sat a plate of macaroni and cheese with green beans in front of him. Hank picked up a noodle and ate it. "I'm glad you like it tiger, try and use your spoon." Hank put a few more noodles in his mouth before picking up his spoon. After dinner Booth cleaned Hank up and played with the little boy longer than Brennan normally allowed before bath time, he was trying to give her time to get home before Hank went down for the night. After a bath that involved far too much splashing and getting Booth as wet as Hank was Booth dressed Hank in his firetruck footed pajamas. He grabbed a book from Hank's bookcase before heading to his and Brennan's bedroom to grab a dry t-shirt. "Sit here tiger while I change clothes." Booth put Hank in the middle of the bed and headed to the bathroom. He hoped that Hank would get comfortable enough to fall asleep and he could just put him in his crib. Five minutes later Booth carried a wide awake Hank to the couch to read the book he grabbed. They sat down on the couch and Booth grabbed the blanket from the back and put it over Hank.

"Momma?"

"She'll be home soon tiger." Hank started to cry, Booth rubbed his back and wiped his tears away. After a few minutes Hank calmed down and leaned back against Booth." Let's read for a while…" Booth kissed the top of Hank's head and opened the book. Forty minutes later Brennan quietly walked over to the couch and kissed Booth, he stirred. "Bones!"

"Shouldn't Hank be in bed?"

"He kept asking for you all night, I knew he wouldn't go down easy in his crib so we sat out here and read. He finally gave in about ten minutes ago. I told him when we came home that if he was asleep when you got home you'd give him extra cuddles and stories tomorrow night."

Brennan smiled, "I can do that. I'll go put him in bed." Brennan gently lifted Hank into her arms and headed down the hall to his room. When she came back a few minutes later, she found Booth in the -kitchen. "There's leftover macaroni and cheese and green beans if you want some."

"That sounds good, I didn't take a dinner break." Brennan sat on a stool at the counter.

Booth shook his head and began heating the leftovers for Brennan. "How's the case?"

"I still don't have a cause of death or weapon, there's no trauma and the tox screen came back clear…. I suppose they could have died of natural causes, but if that were the case they wouldn't have been buried…"

"Could it be one of those natural burials like that one case we had a few years ago?"

"I don't think so, the grave was too shallow even for that…"

"You'll get it Monday, Bones." Booth sat the plate of food in front of Brennan, she took a bite of the macaroni. "This is good macaroni and cheese, Booth. It's not as good as mine, but it's good."

"Thanks, Bones. It's one of the premade frozen ones. I used to buy them all the time when Parker was little. It was the only kind of mac and cheese he'd eat because it was the kind Rebecca bought. I was going to make chicken, but Hank had already asked for you twice and I decided to not have a dinner battle on top of him wanting you. He was not happy at all when we got home and you and Christine weren't home."

"Aw this is the first time I've not been home at bedtime that he remembers anyway. I should have come home and got him in bed and went back to the lab."

"He was fine, Bones. He was a little upset, but it wasn't anything major. He drew you a picture, he can give it to you in the morning. I've got a hockey thing with Wendell in the morning why don't you spend the morning with Hank? He'd enjoy it. I'll pick up Christine on my way home."

"I'd enjoy that too."

"Then that's what we'll do."

B&B

The next morning Hank woke up while Brennan was getting ready, instead of making him wait for her Booth went in and got him from his crib. "Momma?"

"Momma is home, tiger. She's getting ready so she can spend time with you while I'm at my hockey game." Hank smiled and laid his head on Booth's shoulder. Booth carried Hank into the kitchen and started to put him in his booster seat. "Momma!" Booth turned and saw Brennan standing in the kitchen, he quickly picked Hank up and handed him over to Brennan. "Good morning, sweetheart." Brennan kissed Hank's cheek. "Miss you…"

"I missed you too, Hank. Did you have fun with dada last night?"

"Uh-huh. Whrissy?"

"Christine will be home later, she's spending time with Uncle Jack and Michael Vincent this morning. Are you ready for breakfast?"

"Uh-huh." Brennan put Hank in his booster seat and smiled when she saw that Booth had poured a little bit of dry cereal in a bowl and put half a sliced banana on top and filled a spill prof cup with milk. Hank immediately dug into his breakfast. After Booth left for his hockey game Brennan got Hank dressed for the day. "What would you like to do today, Hank?"

"Swing!"

"Okay." Brennan picked Hank up and headed outside. Late that afternoon Booth came home to Brennan sitting on the floor with Hank playing with his blocks. "Hey tiger, look who I brought home…" Hank looked up and threw his block down and ran to Christine. "Whrissy!"

"Hi Hank!" Christine let Hank drag her over to his blocks. Brennan went to stand by Booth. "Did you have fun with Hank today, Bones?"

"Yes, we played outside on the swing set for a while then I got out the bubble maker. After that we had leftover macaroni and cheese for lunch. I read to Hank for a while and he took a long nap in my arms. When he woke up he got his blocks out."

"Sounds like a perfect day…"

"It was. How was hockey with Wendell?"

"Good. We won and nobody got hurt."

"That's good. It sounds like we both had a good day."

"Yeah…"

"Mommy, daddy come play with us…"

Booth smiled and slipped off his shoes before getting on the floor with Christine and Hank, Brennan quickly followed.