Amazing!

I did enjoy it. And I agree. The lady few minutes of each episode are my absolute favorites. Having a few end in this manner would be excellent. You should assist HH with his duties on the show!

Hi Heather,

Wow...just wow...so explosive and intense but balanced out with the tenderness of them.

Have to say I kinda liked that they were so unlike most fics where B&B "become one". I read those sometimes and think - ok that is just impossible to do that...Hahahaha! It wasn't this monumental thing, it was just two people who love and care deeply for each other.

Thanks so much Heather,

Cindy

WOW.. just.. wow! Thats amazing... totally loved it.. and can totally see it happening that way.

You write Booth so well. I loved that he wrote his as still annoyed with Sweets, angry at both Sweets and Gordon Gordon and wanting to be alone with Bones to deal with their issues together... Writing in the complexities of the emotions that the characters would feel based on their back stories is a brave thing to do...this is what makes your stories worth reading...its not flush...its the good stuff ;0)

Cute and hot - great story :)

I absolutely agree that they should end an episode like this - and then leave them happily together, please Mr Hanson!I promise I'd watch every night!

Thanks again...

I loved Mayhem. One of my absolute favorite episodes, hands down. I like that you made Booth's reaction one of extreme anger, like it would've been if they had actually showed it. And amazing, that you had him throwing the plates. And bringing them together for comfort, but having them know it was the right thing. All very, very good.

Very good. Very sweet ending. I could appreciate the way he lashed out with the dishes and punching a hole in the wall. (Felt like that myself at times.) With all the pent up anger he has had to deal with within himself, I could see him going off like that over something that had happened to her, because he knew what it was like. Loving her like he does... yeah the thought alone was enough to send him over the edge. That was plain to see on his face when she burst out with what I imagine is just a small portion of her story. I'd love to see a fic. based on what else she went through and how Booth helps her through. **Hint Hint** ;)

Great job! I love these one or two chapter stories where a multitude of things can happen and it doesn't drag on. I like long stories too as long as they are short chapters. lol I'm to impatient and I'm sure I miss out on a lot because of it. I just can't wait to get to the part that makes you feel warm inside and about as content as the characters are when a fic. is finished.

Thanks bunches. I really got into it.

It’s cute how Sweets was following Wyatt like a puppy, and they’re having philosophical discussions within seconds. I also enjoyed (if that’s the right word) how Booth was so pissed, for instance, “f-ing shrinks.” I love angst, and I can certainly see how he wants to be alone with Brennan, but I could also see the emotions going more toward relief and bonding, and hanging out with the shrinks rather than wishing they’d butt out of their business.

I love how Booth has that vision of a young Brennan with the dishes. I love how they were more concerned about the other person. I love how they sleep together and how she cries afterward. Heartbreaking. Awesome.

Wow! Amazing tag for Mayhem on a Cross. I could really feel all the emotions Booth was feeling and it's totally in character for him. He's protected her so much in the four years he's known her that it had to hurt to know that there was a time when he wasn't able to rescue her. His rage at her foster parents really fits. His anger at Sweets and Gordon Gordon being there fit as well,especially considering he really didn't seem to want for Sweets to hear what Brennan was saying about her foster parents. The only reason he even said anything about his past in the episode was because of how she was looking at him,absolutely heartbroken.

And his tenderness torwards her and the fact that he never wants to hurt her is sweet.

Why can't they end an episode like this, indeed!

Wonderful little story. Probably my favourite post-Mayhem story among the many I've read. Thanks for writing and sharing it with us!

I really like how well you capture the tension and anger simmering in Booth. I'm not sure the sex works for me, though the snuggling/comfort does. I really like (and totally agree with) Booth's realization that Brennan has NEVER told this story before to anyone; I thought ED definitely played it that way and I likd how you wrote his response to that.

Wow... that was intense! and hot! and, as ever, well written. Kudos.

Wow you really got the anger and emotion in the episode to continue in waves into this story.

I love how the rage turned so quickly into passion...and then tenderness.

Beautiful!