It was Tuesday evening, and the sun was setting over the harbour, where Temperance stood before taking the final few steps to Sully's boat. She hadn't moved in ten minutes, hadn't let her presence be known to Sully. She just needed to breath in the sea air and think. She had chosen this, chosen Sully, he was the logical choice, but there was something screaming inside her saying that she was making a huge mistake.

No, this isn't a mistake, Sully is a good man. I need to make this work. She took a deep cleansing breath and took her first step forward.

"Bones!" She heard an echo in the distance, at first thinking it was her mind playing tricks on her, but turned when the voice repeated her name. There, Booth was running towards her, Brennan's voice caught in her throat. Booth stopped right in front of her "Booth, what's wrong? I'm not working anymore –"

"Screw work." Booth said, clasping her hands in his. "Here's the thing... don't go."

"What? Why not?" Brennan asked impatiently, slightly worried that something was wrong with Angela or Hodgens or something.

"I need you to stay, it wouldn't be the same without you." He confessed, still slowly gasping for breath.

She sighed. "But it would be the same if I stayed. With Sully, I have a relationship that's moving somewhere. I won't deny I have feelings for you, Booth, but I can't put my life on hold for you when I know nothing's going to happen." Bones admitted, suddenly wishing he hadn't come at all.

"Bones, I spend all of yesterday thinking about this, about you, I couldn't think of anything else." He admitted, smiling self-consciously. "And of course I have feelings for you. Why do you think I've liked Sully less since he started dating you? He saw that I liked you and I didn't believe him until I thought I'd lost you to him." He confessed.

She stood dumbfounded, though sighed as she took all he said in. "Doesn't change your rule though. We will never be together Booth, you've declared it impossible. Besides, you have lost me, I'm with Sully now. I will always be your partner and if I don't leave, I won't be able to accept that that's all we'll ever be." She said this with a tone of sadness in her voice.

"If you left, I wouldn't be able to get over you. Stay, be my partner." Booth almost pleaded.

"I can't. Knowing all I'll ever be is your partner makes it harder to stay. I need to get away." Temperance sighed, how had her life come to this?

"Bones," He cupped her face in his warm hands and leant in to kiss her. She responded, giving into him, feeling everything she expected to: warmth, compassion and comfort. Softly, he pulled away, keeping her close, whispering, "I can't let you go."

Brennan slowly opened her eyes, hardly believing that Booth had kissed her. For a few moments, she couldn't form words. "I… now? You chose to do this now?" Her confusion turning to anger.

"Better late than never?" Booth offered, smiling innocently.

"No, Booth, this is… impractical, this wouldn't work. Inwardly, we both know this, we just have to be adults and –" Her rambling was cut off by another unexpected kiss, this time short and forceful.

"Bones, be quiet." He smiled.

She grinned. "Ok." She wrapped her arms around him, feeling him pull her hips closer to his, comforted and slightly scared by her feelings. In his embrace, she felt everything she'd never felt with Sully, and everything she'd imagined with Booth. She had never really needed to decide, it was Booth who had to cross the line and find her at the finish.

As the sun set behind them, feeding purples, pinks and oranges blaring in the sky, and Booth's lips on hers, Brennan knew that this was to be a whole new beginning to their relationship and one she couldn't wait to start.

THE END

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