Pictures of You (Double Drabble #38)

[only_more_love]

Title: Pictures of You (Double Drabble #38)
Characters:  Booth
Series:  All That Lies Between Us
Rating: PG
Timeline:  After The Mummy in the Maze.
Spoilers:  None
Prompt Table:  Romance
Written for:  drabble123
Prompt: #1 (Infatuation)
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.

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Dead leaves crunch under Booth's shoes as he steps off the sidewalk and into Barnes & Noble.  He breathes deeply, letting the warm air push the November chill from his lungs. 

The kid's section is his first stop, and he finds three books for Parker.  Afterward, he heads for the cash registers.

On impulse, he veers toward the mystery section.  When he finds what he's looking for, he sets Parker's books on a shelf.  Then he tucks his gloves into his coat pocket before grabbing Bred in Bone. 

The hardcover book is a solid weight in his hands.  She looks out from the back flap, her gaze turned toward the left.  It's her--only not.  Her mouth quirks in the briefest of smiles, and as he traces it with his index finger, a flicker of jealousy dances up his spine.  What did the photographer say to coax that secret smile from her?  No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get. 

A glance at his watch pulls him from his thoughts and pushes him toward the front of the store. 

The pretty blonde cashier smiles as she hands him the bag, but he barely notices. 

Author's Note:  I'm so happy the WGA strike is officially over. :)

Comments

[witchofthedogs.livejournal.com]

No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get.

*nods sagely*

[mdemvizi.livejournal.com]

The pretty blonde cashier smiles as she hands him the bag, but he barely notices.
True sign of whom Booth is in love with.

I'm so happy the WGA strike is officially over. :)
Oh yeah! I so miss Bones.

You write Booth so well :)

[makd.livejournal.com]

No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get. Ah, Booth - so true, so true. :-)


The pretty blonde cashier smiles as she hands him the bag, but he barely notices. :-)

I love Booth in love. :-)

[tidbit2008.livejournal.com]

Hee, cute. I likey muchly. Another for the mems ;) Thanks for sharing!

[http://users.livejournal.com/alderaan_/]

Her mouth quirks in the briefest of smiles, and as he traces it with his index finger
It’s so cute *sigh*

What did the photographer say to coax that secret smile from her? No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get.
Oh, poor Booth, he is jealous. I love this xD

Besos

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

What did the photographer say to coax that secret smile from her?
Hopefully, Booth will not react in the same way as the Duke did in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess. (http://www.usp.nus.edu.sg/victorian/authors/rb/duchess.html)

[pipergirl07.livejournal.com]

Lovely little drabble. Thanks so much for sharing :)

[fangirlgonewild.livejournal.com]

Cuteness! I love that he's jealous just from looking at a book. That's when you know you're in over your head - inanimate objects are driving you crazy.

[elena1701.livejournal.com]

What did the photographer say to coax that secret smile from her? No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get.

There's something just so adorable about completely-in-love Booth, even if he's probably not quite aware of his feelings. Don't you just want to hug him?

[pharmduh.livejournal.com]

I loved this, it's very telling. Poor Booth, I wonder if he knows why he feels that way or if he hasn't acknowledged it yet.

[buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com]

oooh nice :) I so have to get to the bookstore again lol

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I love that he's jealous of the smile. I wonder how did the photographer manage to snap it?

[sarabones.livejournal.com]

+.+ Too much love in that finger!
Completely romantic :D Loved it.

[killmotion.livejournal.com]

He goes straight to the picture. :D Of course the blonde doesn't matter. A man in love is a man in love! Brennan > all other women.

[freevortex.livejournal.com]

*does the happy dance because the writer's strike is over*

But that still means... it will be awhile before new Bones. *cry*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_missmargaret_/]

It's her--only not.

I love this line.

No stranger should get the kind of smile he'd worked for months to get.

And this one. It's interesting to think of Booth picking up her book in a bookstore like anyone else would. But knowing her... I've always kind of wondered if he sees her in a different way when he reads her books.

[her-lovelyheart.livejournal.com]

SO MUCH LOVE!!!!!!!

[amilyn.livejournal.com]

FANTASTIC re: the smile.