58. Arrogant
After their first case she had vowed that she would never work with him again.
He was rude, arrogant, impulsive, and for the majority of that following year she had strongly disliked one certain special agent. But, then they'd become partners, and everything had changed.
He became the single most important person in her life, even if she hadn't wanted to admit that fact. She trusted him with her safety, and her life, and he had saved her on multiple occasions, just like she had him. She'd experienced what life was like without him and she never wanted to feel that loss again. The next time she knew he wouldn't be coming back to her, and she wouldn't be able to handle that. She wouldn't be able to handle the loss of him: her partner, her best friend, the man she loved.
She had never imagined back when they'd first met that she'd fall in love with him, that she'd be lying in his arms after finally taking the leap.
She watched him sleep, sunlight peaking through the gap in his curtains bathing them both in early morning light. She'd barely gotten an hours sleep, content on watching him, fighting back the thoughts that this may be the only time they get to do this. He won't let that happen though. He'll keep the promise he whispered against her skin as they made love.
"We're going to get him, Bones. I am not losing, not now that I have everything to fight for."
She had never imagined how wonderful it would be to be with him, to watch as sleep gave way to the real world, as he nuzzled his face against her cheek before finally pressing a lazy kiss against her lips, breathing his nickname for her into the space between them, a promise of what was to come.