I know I need to update the night Brennan walked away but this popped in my head. One shot

It has been a long two days for Seeley Booth; Rebecca had said she didn't want him there when Parker was born that her sister Candice would call when it was over. Booth wanted to be there from the beginning, but at least Rebecca was tossing him a crumb, a crumb he held onto for dear life. In the end Rebecca told Candice to get out and call Booth, Booth was there for all of the important stuff. Now they were home, Rebecca had given in and let Booth take them home.

"Seeley you can take Parker out of the car seat and hold him you know."

Booth smiled a bit, "I know, he looked bigger in the hospital."

Rebecca sat down carefully next to Booth on the couch. "That's because the nurses kept him wrapped up like a burrito." Rebecca turned the car seat toward her and unbuckled Parker and handed him to Booth, the baby opened his eyes with the change in position, but saw no reason to fuss. Booth just sat staring at Parker, Rebecca couldn't help herself she leaned in and placed a kiss on Booth's cheek. "You can stay a few days if you want to."

"Do you want me to?"

"Parker needs to get to know his dad. "

"So I would be staying for Parker and not because you need me to?"

"Precisely."

Booth smiled "Okay, why don't you go rest and I'll order us some Chinese in an hour or so."

"Sounds good to me." Rebecca kissed Parker's forehead and headed to the bedroom, only to be woken up two hours later by Booth holding a slightly agitated Parker. "I think it's time for someone to eat our food will be here in a half hour."

"Great, thanks. Give me the baby."

Booth smiled and handed Parker to Rebecca before leaving the room to wait on their takeout. The three settled into a routine of sorts they took turns dealing with Parker's lack of willingness to go to sleep after midnight, but it seemed that Booth had better luck getting him to go to sleep than Rebecca did. When Parker was a half old Rebecca decided that she could hand him on her own and asked Booth to go home, he did begrudgingly. At 3AM Booth's cell phone rang, sleepily he answered.

"Booth."

"Seeley he won't sleep we were doing well; he went down around eight, back up at ten now he's awake and crying. I don't-."

"Rebecca relax I'll be there in 20."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Twenty minutes later Booth found Rebecca rocking a crying Parker."Becca?"

"Seeley, I've tried feeding him, rocking him, the swing walking around, everything short of putting him in the car and driving around aimlessly."

Booth gave Rebecca a small smile."Are their bottles in the fridge?"

"Yes."

"Go to bed, I'll take the couch." Booth took Parker."Hey, Bub what's the matter? Can't sleep?" Booth rubbed Parker's back as he watched Rebecca make the short trek to her bedroom. Booth went to the kitchen and got a bottle and went back to the nursery and sat in the rocker,"Bub you got to go to sleep for mommy, I don't know how much longer she'll let me spend nights here with you. I want to stay with the both of you forever, but your mom doesn't love me anymore, well a part of her always will because together we have you, but I need your mom's whole heart." By now Parker's tears had slowed. "Are you ready to have a snack and go to sleep, little man?"

Parker attacked the bottle and in a few minutes his eyes closed. Booth spent the next two and a half weeks on the couch until it didn't matter who put Parker down at night.