206 Bones, Cam Saroyan, Temperance Brennan, Seeley Booth - G
Title: 206 Bones
Author: SephirothFlame
Fandom: Bones
Rating: G
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Cam Saroyan, Temperance Brennan, Seeley Booth
Warning(s): N/A
Spoiler(s): N/A
Prompt(s): fanfic100 , "047. Heart", Table
Word Count: 194
Rants: I realize now that Brennan's hatred of psychology would include a disbelief of conditioning. Bite me.
Summary: Do we love because we have a heart, or because we're told that's what hearts do?
Disclaimer: Bones is copyright of it's respectful owners
Cam weighed the organ in her hand, squeezing it gently. The heart was light and felt tacky as it stuck to her latex gloves. Had they always felt like that? She couldn’t remember.
“I wonder if it’s natural to feel pain in our hearts, or is that a feeling we’ve inherited from our society?” She asked aloud, examining the organ closer.
“Does it really matter?” Booth asked, and Cam smiled at him and shrugged. “We love because we have hearts. That’s all that matters.”
“Yeah,” Cam agreed, nodding her head.
“That’s not right at all,” Brennan interrupted, not bothering to glance up from the skeleton she was examining, but the other two turned to look at her. “The heart serves to pump blood through the body. Love isn’t a thing, anyways. It’s a series of socially conceived conditioned feelings caused by chemical reactions in the brain.”
“Well, the chemicals reacting in my brain feel the same way about you,” Booth replied, a goofy smile on his face.
“I seriously doubt that,” Brennan replied, not even casting a glance in his direction.
“Ouch,” Cam said, a wry smile on her lips.
“No kidding,” Booth snorted.