Brotherly Love?
By wired2damoon
Chapter 9: Thai Food and Terrorists
A:N THE PREVIOUS 8 CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN VERY SUBTLY EDITED TO TIE INTO THE RECENT EVENTS OF SEASON 3, THEREFORE THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FROM NOW ON. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY READ THESE CHAPTERS, I DON'T FIND IT A MAJOR NECESSITY TO RE-READ (AS THEY ARE ONLY VERY SMALL CHANGES) BUT YOU CAN IF YOU WISH.
Okay, technically I'm breaking the rules as I promised my mother (I am only 17 folks and still live under her roof) that I wouldn't update any of my stories (that includes both fan fiction and my own original work) until my exams are over. Now seen as they haven't even started I'd like to point out that I'm quite literally risking my life (and important study-time) for my reviewers, so feel special people lol
I know in the first chapter it says "set sometime at the end of season 3" but I am now officially changing that from now on. It is now based early season 4.
Hope that's okay with everyone again, thankies to my reviewers especially B&Bforever for her amazing reviews, but of course I love each and every one of you…okay…that was such a Barney the dinosaur moment…cough moving on…
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones, yada yada yada, if I did, Booth's ass would be mine and I'd have sunk Sully's ship…
"Brennan", the anthropologist muttered into her phone as she sat comfortably on her living room couch frowning at her computer screen. The Kathy and Andy sex scene just didn't sound right as she read it over and over in her head…
"Hey Temperance, is this a good time?" came the sweet, subtle tone of her ex-boyfriend-Sully.
Typical! Just as I'm writing a steamy scene between my anthropologist and her FBI lover, my ex-FBI lover decides to call me…Temperance thought to herself as she began to form a response.
"Hi Sully, I am just in the middle of some writing but I can spare a few minutes…" Temperance replied, feeling a tad nervous as she heard him chuckle quietly.
"Same ol' Tempe, hard at work…" he responded affectionately, his teasing smirk evident even over the phone.
Hoping she did not sound rude Temperance spoke again, "sorry Sully, was there something you wanted to talk about? Its just that I do have a lot of work to do…"
As she trailed off she instantly knew how that must of sounded to the man that just spent nearly two years away from her and was desperately seeking contact but it was too late to take it back.
"Uh…right…sorry…" he mumbled, sounding utterly uncomfortable and slightly hurt, "I was just wondering if you were interested in meeting up soon, you know to…catch up?" he finished hurriedly, his voice half an octave higher then normal, Temperance noticed.
Her frown deepened at these words.
She could not decide if she was ready for this.
When Sully left she was deeply wounded, and she did not desire to end up like that again.
Was she ready to bring up the past and be potentially hurt once more?
Fortunately she did not have to answer her own question as suddenly a knock sounded from her doorway.
"I'm sorry Sully, someone has just arrived at my door. Would I be able to call you back tomorrow? I don't know how long they'll be here and I don't want to keep you too late…" she trailed off feebly, hoping her pathetic attempt to end the awkward conversation would stick.
"Uh…sure Temperance, that's fine…I'll talk to you tomorrow then", Sully replied awkwardly yet still firmly enough to put his point across that he would most definitely converse with her tomorrow, one way or another.
"Bye", she muttered abruptly, before snapping her phone shut, setting her lap-top aside and standing up, creeping closer to her front door to peer out her peep-hole and into the hallway.
There, standing idily in the hallway, unaware that he was being watched, stood her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth, holding what appeared to be too large paper bags.
Rolling her eyes to the ceiling (but still allowing herself a small smile) Temperance unlocked her door and held half open for her partner to step inside.
"Booth, its mid-night, what are you doing here?" she asked in mock-annoyance as her partner stood gawking at her.
Unbeknownst to her, her partner eyes were now drinking in every inch of her as she stood facing him, her hands on her hips.
"Hey Bones, its nice to see you too." Booth replied sarcastically, shaking his head slightly as he took in her appearance, amazed at the fact that even though she was wearing baggy pyjama bottoms, a plain black t-shirt, fluffy slippers with her hair pulled back into a messy pony-tail she still managing to look extremely adorable.
Brennan, who had now just remembered her attire, folded her arms tightly across her chest, before turning on her heel and making her way over to her couch (were she retrieved a long, black cotton cardigan) and draped it over herself.
Smirking at her reaction, Booth just closed the door and started making his way to the kitchen, calling over his shoulder, "I brought Thai food…"
"Isn't it a little late to eat Thai Booth?" Brennan asked, following him as he began to lay out plates and glasses for them, banishing a six-pack of beer in her face.
"Bones! It's a Saturday night, we're not working tomorrow, we deserve a break before we start our undercover assignment and its never, never to late for Thai food!" Booth laughed, edging the food towards her before beginning to wolf down his.
Brennan stared at him for a moment, a million thoughts racing through her genius mind.
One caught her attention and she was desperate to share it with her partner.
Suddenly, she broke open a bottle of beer and took a large gulp.
Booth regarded her with confusion for a moment but before he could question her strange action she interrupted him.
"I think Sully wants us to get back together…"
Booth's mouth dropped open…
Jared Booth sighed deeply as he made his way back to his motel room.
It had been one, long, crazy day.
It was one thing to start off the morning with a younger brother insanely pissed off with you for hitting on his so-called "just partner" but it was another thing to get the cold-shoulder for the rest of the day.
He just didn't know what Seeley's problem was. Well, he did, but that didn't mean it irritated him less.
So he may have said that they went on a date, that was technically true, mostly, they had had coffee. Maybe it wasn't a date in Dr. Brennan's eyes but he thought it might have led somewhere…unfortunately it didn't.
This of course made Jared's day a little bit worse.
It seemed after Seeley dragged his partner away to talk in the Autopsy Room Dr. Brennan assured him that she was not dating Jared, nor would she ever.
That was a major bummer, that and the addition of Brennan's ex-lover, this Sully guy. Seeley told him briefly of their history.
It was typical really, man meets woman, man falls for woman, asks her out, they date for a while, have things in common, have great sex, then man decides to leave on a sailboat to the Caribbean…okay so maybe the last bit wasn't that typical but Jared couldn't see why Sully's sudden return mattered that much.
It certainly mattered to his little brother. Jared remembered with a smirk, his brother's face as he saw Sully in Brennan's apartment.
He could always tell when Seeley did not like another human being, but with regards to Sully this was different. It wasn't that he didn't like this Sully character, it was something else entirely…
Something Jared believed had something to do with the good Dr. Brennan.
Jared Booth hadn't quite figured out his brother and his beautiful partner yet, there was definitely something there between them, that much was obvious.
This Sully guy was a problem though, he realised.
As he heaved a deep sigh and sat down on the large, lumpy hotel bed, running his hands through his hair, he made a decision.
He was, by any means going to find out what was going on between his brother and his partner if it was the last thing he did.
And if this Sully guy tried to screw anything up, he would have to go through him.
A swell of something like pride, admiration or sheer love for his brother flowed through him.
He knew Seeley had had a difficult life. With gambling problems, army-horrors, and having a child out of wedlock when your family were strict Catholics…
He Jared, had the opposite.
He felt guilty for that. He was the over-achiever and Seeley never quite matched up.
Suddenly he felt extremely ashamed of himself for trying to date Seeley's partner. He knew he never had a chance with her in the first place, but you can't always blame a guy for trying can you?
Deciding that it was best to leave her alone from now on, and let his brother sort out what ever was going on between them (with maybe a little push in the right direction from his older and wiser brother) once and for all.
Sitting up he crossed the room and began to change for bed.
Just as he was pulling off his shoes a loud knock came from the motel door.
"Who is it?" he called out. When no-one replied and the knocking grew louder and more persistent, Jared rolled his eyes and crossed the room, unlocking the door and swinging it wide open.
His eyes bulged as he saw three large men dressed in all black, wearing balaclavas and banishing large 32 calibre guns, standing in the hallway.
He barely had time to give a strangled yell before several hands reached forward and grabbed him roughly by the shirt and dragging him out of the motel and into the engulfing darkness, three large pistols digging menacingly into his back…
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