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In the Beginning: A collection of short one-shots (more like drabbles) of Booth & Brennan learning to live together. They are in no particular order. Please let me know what you think!
Author's Note: Since the baby was born in April, confirmed by the adorable baby announcement Fox made, I'm going to pretend that Brennan wasn't showing any signs of pregnancy when Finn started working with the Jeffersonian.
One-Shot # 8: At the Crime Scene
The crime scene was a difficult one which required the help of Hodgins, Cam and their new intern, Finn. Brennan had warned Booth that it was going to take a couple of hours to process the scene, but Booth was getting irritable.
"Don't get so worried, Opie. Dr. B and Booth bicker all the time," explained Hodgins.
"True," agreed Cam. "But this one seems more than usual. I have a suspicion that Dr. Brennan's hormones are out of whack."
"Hormones?" asked Finn in surprise. He was still getting used to the easy going familiarity the team members had toward each other.
"What?" asked Hodgins. "You don't mean?"
"It's just speculation. I'm not the one that can read bones and body structure. I deal with flesh." She looked up from what she was doing in time to witness a sight she never expected to see, well, at least not at a crime scene.
~oOo~
"Come on Bones, be reasonable here. There are plenty of competent people to finish. You need to eat on a schedule, especially now."
"You're being overprotective, Booth. I'm not doing any harm to the fetus by waiting an extra hour to eat."
"Baby. It's a baby, Bones."
"Please tell me you're not going to call our baby, Baby Bones."
"No. She doesn't work with bones."
"At least not yet."
"I'll come up with a more suitable nickname. And you never know. She may become an agent like her dad," he said smugly. "But in order to do that, he or she needs to grow. So, let's go, Bones."
Instead of guiding her away from the scene with his hand at her lower back, he looped her arm through his and started to walk.
"Booth, stop manhandling me." She let go of him and turned to stare at him with her arms crossed.
"What? I'm not manhandling you."
"At least let me talk to Hodgins and Cam before I go."
"What about Opie over there?"
"Only Hodgins gets to call him that. His name is Mr. Finn."
"The squint with the fin."
Brennan glared at him mockingly. "Will you stop nicknaming everyone?"
"You love it. Admit it."
"I will admit no such thing." She was looking at him so challengingly that Booth just couldn't help himself. There had been a couple of nicknames bellowed out in their bedrooms. Even by her, but she claims she either didn't do it or simply didn't remember it. And now there was a stare down fraught in sexual tension in which both were oblivious to the squints and FBI techs still lurking around.
Booth invaded her space and enjoyed watching the surprise enter her eyes. He backed her up until she was pinned between SUV and him. "Booth? What are you…"
But she didn't get to finish asking her question because he was kissing the breath right out of her.
~oOo~
"Damn, that's hot!" said Hodgins.
"Whoa!" whispered Cam in shock.
"I take it that's as scarce as a hen's teeth."
"Should have happened years ago," acknowledged Cam.
"Too bad Clark isn't here to see this," laughed Hodgins.
"Oh God," groaned Cam. "Mental images of what Clark thought they should be doing is not what I need right now."
"I reckon they'd be pining for each other for some time now?"
"It's been, what? Eight years or so?"
"That dog don't hunt. How in tarnation were they able to keep their hands off of each other that long?"
"They have a colorful past that is much too long to tell," Cam informed him.
"Don't worry, Opie. I'll get you up to date on the Booth & Brennan saga."
"Just leave me out of it," Cam said to Hodgins with a piercing look.
"Right. Will do. I mean, won't do. I mean... you know what I mean." He sighed in relief when Cam rolled her eyes with a smile.
"What are you doing now?" asked Cam.
"Taking a picture to send to Ange. Can't take the chance Dr. B. will deny this to her."
Cam laughed. "Good point. But if my instincts are right, Angela knows more than what we just saw."
Hodgins jaw dropped and then a big grin appeared.
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