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Temperance Brennan couldn’t believe she let her friends and coworkers drag her out tonight. She was perfectly happy spending her night in limbo. But here she was.
“Bren cheer up and lets have some fun. Your bones will still be there tomorrow!” Her friend Angela said.
“Yeah Dr. B you haven’t been out with us in a long time.” Hodgins said.
Angela and Hodgins had been dating for about six months. Brennan wasn’t surprised, when they all started at the Jeffersonian a year ago they quickly became comfy with each other.
“Guys I’m bored can we play a game or something?” Cam spoke up and said.
“Okay um.. OH truth or dare.” Angela said laughing.
Everyone sighed but agreed to play.
“Okay Angie truth or dare?” Hodgins asked
“Dare of course.”
Hodgins laughed “I dare you to take a shot of tequila.”
“Lame” Angela said rolling her eyes and walking back from the bar with a few tequila shots just in case they needed them.
After about two round everyone was starting to get a little comfy.
Just then Angela noticed a group of guys across the bar sitting at a table. There was four of them. She got a sneaky grin across her face. “Brennan truth or dare?”
Brennan usually did truth but she had already done that twice and the alcohol was making her a little more confident. “Dare.”
Angela’s grin widened. “I dare you to go to that table of men over there and pick one randomly to kiss.”
Brennan’s eyes got wide. “Ange.”
“Pay up sweetie or its a shot of our choosing and you won’t like what I pick for you.”
“Ugh! Fine.” Brennan looked over at the group. “I can pick any of them?”
“Yep.” Angela sat back cuddling into Hodgins.
Brennan took a deep breath and got up. She couldn’t believe she was about to do this. She looked at all of them sitting there. There was one that really stood out to her. Dark hair, dark eyes, broad shoulders. He laughed. He had a nice smile. Taking one more deep breath she stopped and tapped him on the shoulder. “Excuse me.”
He turned around to face her. His smile faded slightly but was still present on his face. “Uh hi.”
All the other guys at the table were looking at her which made her nervous. “Look I am playing truth or dare with my friends over there and I was dared to kiss one of you guys” she said pointing to all of them.
“Wow and you picked me? I’m honored.” The man said.
“Yes well okay here it goes.” She leaned in and grabbed his face with her hands. The kiss wasn’t quick but it wasn’t long either.
The other guys at the table were hollering and Brennan’s table was clapping. She pulled away quickly and turned around heading back to her table trying very hard not to blush.
That kiss was… wow.
Brennan sat back down and quickly took a drink of her drink.
“So sweetie how was it? Because it looked pretty hot from over here.”
“It was fine, who’s turn is it?” Brennan said quickly trying to change the subject.
The game quickly died down and by then the bar had gotten a lot more crowded. Brennan excused herself to go to the bathroom. Just as she was exiting she felt someone grab her arm and pull her away.
She was just about to yell at the person when she saw who it was.
“Do you usually grab random women by their arms in bars?”
“Do you usually kiss strangers?”
He had a point. She didn’t know how to respond to that. He smiled at her. “Its been over an hour since you kissed me and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. “
If Brennan were being honest she hadn’t stopped thinking about it either. She just looked at him then down at his lips.
“I think I’m going to kiss you again.” He said leaning in closer.
Brennan met him half way. The kiss was different the second time. This one was hot and kept her wanting more. His tongue asked for permission and she gave it to him. After awhile he pulled back both of them needing to catch their breath.
“Wow.” They both said at the same time which caused them to smile.
“What do you say we get out of here?” He asked.
Going home with a stranger in a bar? That was something Temperance Brennan didn’t do but she wanted to. For once she wanted to just live on the edge. “Okay.”
“Perfect, do you need to grab anything? Tell your friends bye?” He asked
“No, I have everything I came with and I will just text Angela.”
“Okay.” He smile and pulled her out of the bar.
They made it to his apartment pretty quickly. He only lived a few blocks from the bar.
As soon as the door closed she crashed into him. He quickly matched her pace. She was intoxicating. He had never felt this strong of a pull toward anyone before.
Her hands trailed down the front of his shirt. She stopped when she got to the hem slowly pulling his shirt up and over his head.
She could blame the alcohol for this but that would be a lie. She wanted this, wanted him. The smell of his cologne was enough to driver her insane.
After her shirt found its way to the floor he wrapped his hands around her thighs and she wrapped her legs around him.
He walked her to his bedroom. He gently laid her down on his bed. He was being so gentle. It took her by surprise a little bit. The intensity of it all.
It didn’t take long and the rest of their clothes found their way to the floor.
“Are you sure about this? If you’re not we can stop.” He said
She looked at him for a moment. “Don’t stop.”
He pushed the hair from her face and then tucked it behind her ear. He reached over in his night stand grabbing a condom out of it. He paused to look at her one more time before their bodies connected.
After they laid there both of them exhausted from the events that just took place. After her heart rate started to go back to normal she slowly pulled herself out of his bed. She started gathering her clothes.
“Um may I use your bathroom?”
“Yeah of course, it the first door on the right.”
“Thanks”
She quietly closed the door behind her and locked it. She looked at herself in the mirror she felt… she didn’t really know what she felt. She had never felt something like that before. Stop it Temperance. You don’t even know his name. Just then her phone vibrated pulling her out of her thoughts.
Angela: Brennan if I do not hear from you in the next five minutes I am calling your dad. You’re freaking me out here!
Brennan sighed. She texted her back.
Brennan: I’m fine Ange. I will be home soon.
She quickly used the bathroom and then got dressed. When she went out to gather her shirt from by the door she saw him in the kitchen.
“Hey, um are you hungry? I can make you something to eat.”
She grabbed her shirt putting it on. Did she want to stay? Yes. No. She was arguing with herself. “Um I should really get going. Angela has already texted me five times.” She said giving him a shy smile.
“Yeah of course. I understand.” He said rubbing the back of his neck with is hand.
She turned around to leave. “Wait!” He said pulling her back around toward him. He kissed her hard. It was a desperate kiss.
When he pulled back he rested his forehead on hers. “You never told me your name.”
“I know.” She said pulling back slightly. She kissed him one more time and then before he could even process she was out the door.