Fic: 30 Random Kisses (1/30)
Chapter 1: Cold
They had spent the majority of the day in the field, staying late to finish collecting evidence before the expected blizzard blew in. By the time they finished it was long after nightfall and they were the only ones remaining at the scene. The forest was silent except for the whistle of wind through the trees and leaves crunching as Booth paced behind her.
Finally, Dr. Temperance Brennan moved to stand up from the near-frozen ground where she had been kneeling for the better part of the last 8 hours, her knees giving an audible popping sound. Her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth, offered her a hand, which she refused to take, and quickly grabbed her kit, ready to go home for the night.
“Come on Bones, it’s freezing out here!” he complained while he waited for her to stretch her back. Not that he minded waiting too much, it gave him the opportunity to observe his partner’s lithe frame as she tried to warm up her joints for the long walk back to the SUV.
The temperature had been dropping steadily since the sun went down, and a light snowfall had begun to fall amongst the trees. Grabbing the last of the equipment, he placed his hand on the small of her back and led her out of the forest.
Walking quickly and carefully with their flashlights on the ground in front of them, it still took almost 30 minutes to walk back to the SUV. All the while the snowfall was growing heavier and the wind was blowing faster. As quickly as possible with his numb fingers, Booth put the equipment in the back before helping Bones open her frozen door.
Giving her a sideways glance, he noticed her shivering, the light from the full moon giving a bluish tint to her lips. With a smile, he ignored the warnings going off in his head and leaned in to capture her lips with his own, his arms wrapping themselves around her smaller frame. He had wanted to do that for almost two years, and the wait was definitely worth it.
Angela had always sworn their first kiss would be full of fire and passion, but that was far from the truth. Their first kiss was light and sweet, barely a brushing of lips, full of promises of many more. The kiss warmed both of them through, thawing their frozen joints and muscles, and causing them to forget they were standing in the middle of a blizzard, miles from the nearest city.
Pulling back slightly, still in his embrace, Bones looked up at her partner, who was finally something more, with a small smile. “As much as I love kissing you in the snow, I’m going to lose some toes if we don’t get out of here soon.”
Booth offered her a laugh and a smile before opening her door and helping her in, then hurrying to get his own door unstuck so they could get out of the cold.