i first wrote this one without including the name of Christine's husband and then I went back and realised it needed it, so after much deliberation this microfic was born because i couldn't think of a good enough story for the first time booth and brennan met a boyfriend. also, who doesn't love when two best friends fall in love?
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11. Want
"Since the moment I found out that Bones was pregnant with our daughter I have been dreading this day. When Christine was born I knew she was going to be breaking hearts left, right and centre, just like her mother, but she only ever had eyes for one guy. The first time Bones and I met Michael Vincent he was twenty minutes old."
"I remember when we introduced him to Christine. She was a couple days old and Michael was about eight months, and for several minutes he just lay on the blanket beside her and just stared her down. I think it was clear to all of us in that moment that the two were going to be best friends, and it was tough luck if they didn't want to be 'cause Bones and Angela would have forced it upon them."
"Christine was fifteen when Bones and I came home to find her and Michael fast asleep in her bed, and I swear to you all I almost pulled my gun on him, if it had been anyone else I would have. I realised then if my daughter had to be with a guy I wanted it to be Michael. Sure, there were times when I wanted to kill him, but when he came to me asking for Christine's hand in marriage I don't even think it took me a second to answer."
"Finally, 'cause I'm saving all the embarrassing baby stories for tomorrow, all I want is for my children to be happy, for Christine to be happy, and Michael I will not hesitate to shoot you if you ever hurt her, and trust me, no squint would ever be able to work out what had happened to you after I was finished. To Michael Vincent and Christine."