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only_more_loveTitle: Home Delivery
Character: Booth, Brennan
Rating: PG
Spoilers: If you watch the show, you can read this.
Word Count: 200
Disclaimer: Bones and its characters belong to FOX, not me. This story is purely meant to entertain. No copyright infringement is intended.
Thanks and hugs to all who've commented on previous chapters. :) If you're a veteran, you have my eternal gratitude and respect. Thank you for your service, and Happy Veterans Day.
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Home Delivery
He answers the door wearing jeans and a long-sleeved t-shirt. Brennan tries to envision a younger Seeley Booth – a soldier; the image doesn’t materialize.
“This is for you,” she says, and thrusts the package at him. The words are abrupt, unceremonious, dropping between them with a thud.
His eyes widen. Even as she turns to go, his free hand shoots out to stop her. “Hey, wait a sec.” Foil crinkles as he retracts it. She searches his face, warmed by his crooked smile. “It’s a pie.”
“Apple, to be exact,” she says.
“You made this?”
“Yes.”
“Thanks, Bones.”
“You can’t say that.”
“Huh?”
“Thank you is what I’m supposed to say,” she explains.
“You’re talking past me, Bones.”
She sighs. “It’s Veterans Day.”
“I know.”
“So this pie is my way of conveying my thanks to you, a living veteran.”
Booth’s eyes soften. “What? No lecture on the anthropology of war?”
“Not today.” She smiles.
“I know you say you hate pie, but you’ve gotta make an exception today. Come in, will ya?” He scratches his neck, looking away. “Unless you’ve got other plans…”
“I don’t.”
“Good.” He tugs her inside. “‘Cause I just made a fresh pot of coffee.”
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:04 pm (UTC)I think this was wonderful, and I can hear their voices in my head! I loved this line: Brennan tries to envision a younger Seeley Booth – a soldier; the image doesn’t materialize.
but this one was my favorite: “You’re talking past me, Bones.” I can hear the loving exasperation in his voice and see his expression in my head. You capture the two of them so perfectly. Thanks so much for sharing this!
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:44 pm (UTC)I can hear the loving exasperation in his voice and see his expression in my head.
Yes, "loving exasperation" is exactly it. Oh, how I love those two. They talk over and past each other and yet, somehow, they just work. ;)
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:15 pm (UTC)My favorite: Booth’s eyes soften. “What? No lecture on the anthropology of war?”
“Not today.” She smiles.
Perfect. :)
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-11 07:19 pm (UTC)"What? No lecture on the anthropology of war?"
She will surprise him always :D
Lovely. Like always.
Besos
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:46 pm (UTC)Hugs, my dear. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:24 pm (UTC)I am always moved on this day.
This was perfect Brennan and Booth. I loved this:
“Thanks, Bones.”
“You can’t say that.”
“Huh?”
“Thank you is what I’m supposed to say,” she explains.
That seemed spot-on Brennan :)
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:49 pm (UTC)On the news they showed the last three surviving British Great War vets. Incredible!
I imagine that was pretty amazing to see.
That seemed spot-on Brennan :)
Yay! Thank you; your opinion means a lot to me. :)
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Date: 2008-11-11 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:04 pm (UTC)Another great one!
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:51 pm (UTC)Man, I wish someone would show up at my door with a freshly-baked apple pie. *g*
Thanks, Space!
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-13 04:52 pm (UTC)And thank you very much. Your comments never fail to brighten my day. ♥
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:14 pm (UTC)I can't wait for tomorrow!
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:54 pm (UTC)Which is now making me ponder the growth of fictional characters.
*g* That is always fun. It's pretty neat to see how they've all changed over the seasons...
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Date: 2008-11-11 09:11 pm (UTC)I can see Brennan making a pie and going to Booth's house and giving him pie to say 'Thank you.' You just have amazing characterization.
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:55 pm (UTC)Thanks for commenting.
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Date: 2008-11-11 09:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-11-11 10:07 pm (UTC)You capture them so perfectly.
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Date: 2008-11-13 04:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-12 12:02 am (UTC)“Thanks, Bones.”
“You can’t say that.”
“Huh?”
“Thank you is what I’m supposed to say,” she explains.
Oh, you've nailed it. This seems like exactly what Brennan would say to him. Thank you for sharing this with all of us!
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Date: 2008-11-12 12:20 pm (UTC)Lovely!
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Date: 2008-11-14 01:32 pm (UTC)*g* My lips are sealed.
As always, thank you for reading and commenting!
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Date: 2008-11-30 03:46 am (UTC)It says so much when you make something for someone that you don't like yourself.
Absolutely!
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