Alter Ego
By Ralkana

Disclaimer ~ Bones is owned by Josephson Entertainment and Far Field Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based on the novels by Kathy Reichs. I own none of it, but if someone wants to give me Agent Booth for Christmas, I think I could be persuaded.

Comments and feedback to Ralkana47@yahoo.com would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Timeline ~ Takes place in season 1, sometime after Two Bodies in the Lab.

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Temperance flipped rapidly through the channels on her new television. It wasn't really something she'd wanted, but Booth had insisted she buy one during their post-explosion trip to an electronics store for a new refrigerator, and this one had made his eyes bug out with amazement -- and envy -- so she'd bought it.

She had to admit, at least it gave her something to do while she was incapacitated at home with the flu. She was too weak and fevered -- though she'd never admit it -- for working on her novel or any of the work she'd brought home from the Jeffersonian. But...

"How can there be this many channels and there be nothing on -- " Her thought cut off abruptly as she caught a glimpse of someone on the screen. Startled, she flipped right past it and had to scramble back a couple of channels to find it again.

The scene was dark -- too dark -- and details were difficult to make out, but there was something so familiar about those broad shoulders and the... haunting look in those dark, dark eyes. Temperance continued to stare, unaware that she'd moved closer to the television for a better look. She was fascinated -- she was captivated. The bone structure of that face was so similar...

Then she caught a line of dialogue, and she rolled her eyes.

"Vampires," she said with a derisive snort, impatiently clicking the power button on her remote -- but not before one last look at the unknown actor on the screen.