and we're down to the final five! for my writer's choice i got my two best friends to each pick words from the other list and i picked three of them to write, word 99 is a continuation of a chapter that i'd wanted to write but couldn't really find a word for, and 100 i haven't even written yet so i should probably get started on that! anyway, the always wonderfully amazing amber (the literal angela to my brennan!) chose the word caught and i was unable to help myself!

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96. Caught (Writer's Choice)

Standing opposite her, all the words he'd written suddenly didn't do her justice, didn't do them justice.

"You know, I worked really, really hard on my vows, but you know, now that we're here— hey, do you remember the last time that we were here, standing right around this spot?"

He watched her eyes light up in recognition, her smile widening even further, and found himself incredibly thankful that the church had burnt down. The Jeffersonian meant something to them, having Aldo officiate meant something to them, it all meant more to them.

"It was right in the beginning, before we really knew each other. I was trying to get away from you, because you were irritating me, and you chased me down and you caught up to me."

He registered the chuckles that came from the gathering of their guests, guests at their wedding. They were finally getting married, after all the heartache they'd gone through they were getting married, she was going to be his wife.

"I said to you: listen, I just have to get all my ducks in a row, and then you said—"

"I can be a duck."

Since the very beginning she'd been his Bones. Had always been able to make him laugh and smile, and she'd given him one of the greatest gifts he could ever ask for. She'd given him a family.

"We have been chasing each other for a long time, been chasing each other through wars, and serial killers, and ghosts and snakes, and chasing you has been the smartest thing that I have ever done in my life, and being chased by you has been my greatest joy."

He watched her eyes glass over, felt his own do the same, resisting the urge to reach out for her.

"But now, we don't have to chase each other anymore because we caught each other."