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September 09- ETA: My f'list is getting huge and I feel like I'm missing out on things! As of right now, I'll only add back those people I feel I know pretty well. If you're here for the fic, I'm so glad you stopped by! It's all public, so browse away and enjoy!

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( Fics or it didn't happen... )

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right
-Max, The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

( Books and Movies of 2009 )

Title: A Moment, A Love, A Dream, Aloud.
Rating: pg
Word Count: 1,169
Characters/Pairing: Booth/Brennan
Spoilers: General through early season 4.
Disclaimer: Bones belongs to Fox, Hart Hanson, et al.. Title comes from Temper Trap's Sweet Disposition which you really should listen to while reading this because it will set the mood. So, right click, open in new window, and LISTEN.
Author's Note: For the lovely billpickle who is my NaNo buddy and Music/Bones!BFF.
Summary: They go through spurts where their cases are few and far between. She prefers those times, actually. Those spurts are the times when they truly see one another. Defenses down. He is not the cool, calculating agent who simmers with a dangerous determinism. She is not the stoic scientist, steeling herself from the horrors of what they investigate. He is a man and she is a woman. And they are friends (plus a little extra).


( So stay there, cause I'll be coming over... )

Title: Cause I Never Met A Soul Like The One I Was Missing
Rating: pg
Word Count: 284
Characters/Pairing: Booth, Booth/Brennan
Spoilers: tag for 5x07 The Dwarf in the Dirt
Disclaimer: Bones belongs to Fox, Hart Hanson, et al.. Title comes from Cory Chisel's Born Again which just feels so Booth to me.
Author's Note: FACT: SHIT JUST GOT REAL, Y'ALL. Also, I have to be up in 3 and a half hours but this was so epic how could I not write this tag?! Also, you need to read THIS stunning tag by the lovely thegryphin. It will knock your socks off.
Summary: He has a family. And families aren’t just built by one person. No, it takes two. (It also takes two to tango, but, right now, this is about so much more than dancing.)


( And we all lose ourselves in the end... )

Apparently, NaNo is my muse for Bones-fic. What can I say?

Title: If You Only Do This, Hear Me: 'I Am On Your Side'
Rating: pg
Word Count: 889
Characters/Pairing: Booth/Brennan Friendship
Spoilers: Through 1x22 The Woman In Limbo
Disclaimer: Bones belongs to Fox, Hart Hanson, et al.. Title comes from Susan Enan's On Your Side. The line about Brennan's heart blatantly stolen from Ha Ha Tonka's gorgeous Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart.
Author's Note: Because I haven't written old-school B/B in a while and I miss them.
Summary: And for a moment, she thinks that there’s more to this than she realizes. But then, he’s just being nice to her because her mother died and that’s what people do. And if there’s anything Booth knows how to do, it’s what people do.



( If you're feeling tired and weary, let me carry you a while... )

Because AA Bondy rocks my world. And Bones made me a gooey, fluffy mess tonight. And I really don't want to write for NaNo because things like quotas are hazardous to my mental health. Also, I need icons of that last scene, like yesterday.


Title: These Are The Stars Raining Down From The Sky [1/1]
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 578
Characters/Pairings: B/B
Spoilers: tag to 5x06- The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from AA Bondy’s I Can See The Pines Are Dancing.
Summary: He’s sure he’s smiling stupidly at her right now. He knows the look- that absolutely dumbstruck in love look he gets around her sometimes (which he catches in his reflection every so often- in mirrors, windows, once in the shiny napkin holder on their table at the diner). The thing is, he doesn’t want to turn it off. Half-speed. Full-speed. It doesn’t matter what speed he’s at...


( These are the arms you fell into. I am a fire and I must burn today. )

New Ha Ha Tonka session @Daytrotter

You're welcome.

Title: Standing Quiet
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 522
Characters/Pairings: B/B UST.
Spoilers: tag to 5x02- The Bond in the Boot
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title from David Gray’s Transformation.
Summary: She must admit, this Booth- this determined man she’s been seeing in the last few weeks- has sparked something in her.


( Change is calling out, I can feel its breath. )

Title: Lay Your Head Where We Begin and End
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg.13
Word Count: 5,016
Characters/Pairings: B/B UST.
Spoilers: post ep for 5x01- Harbingers in the Fountain
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. I also do not own J. Tillman’s song Earthly Bodies.
Author's Note: This story (as well as my firstborn child) is dedicated to the lovely labsquint who helped me to stay calm and recover this file after my computer ate it. A million thanks, hon! Also, thank you to billpickle for looking this over and helping me tweak a few things!
Summary: “I just mean that it’s okay with me if things change. Not- there shouldn’t be this pressure to get back to something. People are always changing. We should allow for that.”
“I think we’re doing an okay job of that,” he says.



( ”And )

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!


Hey, West Virginia, how'd you enjoy your visit to The Plains? Oh, not so much? Well, suck it. Welcome to the SEC, bitches.

Dear Gene Chizik.
I love you. Also, you're a badass.
Love,
Margaret


Dear Trooper,
Never stop being awesome. (or drinking Red Bull prior to the game).
Love,
Margaret (and the rest of the Auburn Tigers)


Dear Auburn Defense,
Thank you for intercepting 4- no 5- no wait- 6 WV passes. Now, try and play better defense overall.
Love,
Margaret


Dear Tommy Tuberville,
We still love you, but this year is going a lot better.
But seriously, there's no need to hang out at a Bama game. PLZ to be refraining from that in the future.
Love,
All of Auburn

one.
Going to see 500 Days of Summer (finally!) with the girls from work tomorrow night. SO.EFFING.EXCITED.


two.
Countdown to Auburn Football: 5 days.
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!
Countdown to Margaret and Melissa's (aka one-half of the fabulous Suite 314/315) Triumphant Return to the Plains: 12 days.
I'm dusting off my pom poms, planning out our tailgaiting menu, and practicing Bodda Getta. Ah, I love the feel of Saturdays in the Fall. :)


three.
My sister (styromgalleries) is hosting a Health Care Forum at her university tomorrow. She's organized this mo'fo all by herself as a way to give community members and local doctors a way to come together to discuss the proposed health care bill. So proud of all her hard work. If y'all would, please send good thoughts her way!

I'm watching Hoda Kotb play table tennis (when did we stop calling it ping pong, btw?) at 10:34 on a Friday morning. Fail.

Title: I Will Not Tell You How I Do My Tricks
Author: Margaret
Rating: pg
Word Count: 555
Characters/Pairings: Seeley Booth
Spoilers: tag to 4x13- The Fire in the Ice
Author's Note: Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for bea_tricks's prompt: booth; the fire in the ice; booth actually does have an alibi for the night of the murder that he reeeally doesn't want to tell
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title from Electric Owls' Magic Show.
Summary: He knows Sweets is back there now. The damn kid has some kind of radar for these things, and he can just feel the kid’s gleeful grin. Hell, he’s probably speed dialing Bones...


( It's yours to suspend disbelief and let it be like this... )

Title: Some Surprise
Author: Margaret
Rating: pg13
Word Count: 1,189
Characters/Pairings: Booth/Brennan, Max Keenan, Parker Booth
Spoilers: tag to 4x11- The Bone That Blew
Author's Note: Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for billpickle's prompt: Booth/Parker/Brennan/Max; "The Bone That Blew"; Post-ep. The four of them go to the diner for dinner
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from The Cake Sale's Some Surprise
Summary: He watches her watching them. He wonders if she’s seeing the same thing he is. The same possibilities.
He imagines years of afternoons just like this one. Standing with her high above the lab floor watching as Parker is fascinated by experiments and the explanations that Max give him.


( Even after all this time, your lips come as some surprise. )

Title: Waiting on the Light To Change
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg13
Word Count: 1,069
Characters/Pairings: Booth/Brennan, UST
Spoilers: tag to 4x03- The Man in the Outhouse
Author's Note: Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for freecityy's prompt: Booth/Brennan, The Man In the Outhouse: Expansion of "you just have to be open enough to see it" when they rush off to dinner.
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from Matthew Perryman Jones's Waiting on the Light to Change
Summary: For all his long looks and soft kisses, Seeley Booth is a serial dater. She’s always known this. Perhaps, for all his charming smiles and little touches, she is just the next woman in a long line of women; the chase made all the much sweeter by being the one that he can really never have. But then she thinks back to the way that he’d looked at her earlier tonight in Sweets’ office. When he’d leaned in, telling her there was someone she was meant to spend her life with. When he’d planted the idea of a future in her head...


( Put your defense down, open up your heart and lay all of it out. Just let go. )

Title: Waiting For The Dark To Make Its Way Back Into Light
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 123
Characters/Pairings: Max Keenan
Spoilers: tag to 2x11- Judas on a Pole
Author's Note: Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for tempertemper77's prompt: Max Keenan, Judas on a Pole - Booth coming to Brennan's aid and letting him get away, from Max's POV
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from Katie Herzig's How The West Was Won
Summary: He watches them in the rearview mirror. Watches as the young FBI agent lays a hand on his baby girl's shoulder. He squeezes his eyes shut.


( I'm leaving in the morning with a paddle and my line... )

Title: Verses Out of Rhythym, Couplets Out Of Rhyme
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 1,418
Characters/Pairings: Booth/Brennan UST
Spoilers: tag to 3x13-The Verdict in the Story
Author's Note: Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for alias_jems's prompt: Booth / Brennan, Verdict in the Story, Booth walks away leaving Brennan and Max on the steps ... later after her family have left Brennan goes to Booth's apartment ... what came next?
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from Simon and Garfunkel'sThe Dangling Conversation
Summary: She sighs, her shoulders dropping and he thinks it’s the first real look he’s seen from her in the last week and a half. Funny, long court cases have never bothered him before. He’d just never really realized what it was like to be on the other side. Especially when he wasn’t supposed to be on the other side.

( Yes, we speak of things that matter. With words that must be said... )

Title: Just To Fall Apart
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 289
Characters/Pairings: B/B UST
Spoilers: tag to 4x06- The Critic In the Cabernet
b>Author's Note:</b> Originally for the Bones Episode Tag Meme @bitesize_bones for zerodetorres's prompt: Booth and Parker, Critic in the Cabernet, before going into the operating room
Disclaimer: Bones is not mine. Title taken from The Submarine's You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie
<Summary: The wires and nurses surrounding his father must make him nervous and she wonders for a moment what kind of mother just allows her son to walk into the middle of that. But then she stops that line of thinking. What does she know about being a mother?


( We Choose Life... )

Title: Time is All Around
Author: _missmargaret_
Rating: pg
Word Count: 684
Characters/Pairings: Bren-trospection, B/B UST.
Spoilers: If you squint, tiny one for Girl in the Fridge. Not sure that's quite considered a spoiler at this point, but hey, let's play it safe. :)
Disclaimer: Bones not mine. Blah, blah, blah. Also, in case you were wondering, I'm not Regina Spektor so Time is All Around isn't mine either.
Summary: When she worked her first case with Seeley Booth, she’d spent most of her time thinking in languages that had words for 'cocky bastard'.



( Cut. Cut. Cut. )