Fourteen days of fluff! Booth's little trip into the countryside to get a live Christmas tree doesn't go quite as planned ... probably because there was no plan in the first place.

What if one of Brennan's fans went a little too far in expressing his admiration for her? What if Booth got worried when signs appear that danger is close by? What if this dive into paranoia happened at a pivotal time in their partnership...?

"Nothing happens unless first a dream." Where does that iconic line come from and what does it mean? Here's a semi-poetic little ramble setting it fully in context.

To everyone's surprise, Temperance Brennan embraces the spirit of the season in the weeks before Christmas 2006. A Secret Santa story for Spitfire303. Merry Christmas!

"I didn't think I would like the tub the first time..." -Temperance Brennan

'It's all over now,' she wants to tell him. 'You're going home.' But that would be a lie. It's not over. He's never going home again. Spoilers for the first few minutes of Conspiracy in the Corpse, but nothing about the case or anything that happens after Booth's first morning home.

"Sweetheart, you have no idea what you're up against." While trying to help her husband, Temperance Brennan navigates a complex web of allies and enemies. As the truth unravels she finds she can't trust anyone, and that includes the people she loves the most... Major spoilers for Recluse in the Recliner.

"Your grief for what you've lost lifts a mirror up to where you're bravely working." A series of short vignettes springing from painful moments depicted in The Spark in the Park, combined with science and poetry by Rumi. (Because I can't help myself.)

Estrogen explained why she would chose a brighter shade of red lipstick and Booth, just as unknowingly, would be drawn closer to her by some as-yet undefined mystical force. But could hormones explain what happened that night...?

"Why wouldn't he fight this? He's a fighter." Spoilers for The Big in the Philippines.