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bitingdrivers · 19 days ago

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I kinda miss my wife.... (Bones au) 🥹

hi anon!! sorry it took me so long to answer!!

thank you for thinking about them!! i miss them too! so much!! i think about them so much, but i think the au is on a little hiatus currently. i have so many ideas and plans for bones Max and Daniel, and i really hope that one day i will get to write a big full fic for them!!

for now, here's a little ficlet i wrote (literally just finished it and didn't even reread it so please excuse me if it's bad lol) i started watching X Files recently and got inspired, so here you go

“So, which kind of alien is it? Green or gray?” Daniel asks, leaning to look over Max’s shoulder.

“This is of course not an alien, Daniel,” Max says, mentally rolling his eyes. Daniel has been pestering him with this since they both got called in here – the entire 4-hour flight and however long it took them to drive to this spot in the middle of the desert.

“Of course it is!” Daniel objects, pointing at the remains, “Look at…”

“Her,” Max supplies.

“Look at her! Her face is all wrong and weird, and she has a space suit!” Daniel says. His eyebrows climb above the rims of his sunglasses.

“This is very rude, Daniel. If your corpse was left in a desert in 40 degrees, your face would also look like that,” Max replies.

Daniel huffs, “And the space suit?”

“Probably some kind of special wear, like my jumpsuit,” Max says.

Thankfully, he’s not wearing one today – they put up a big tent to cover the remains, but even in shade, Max has already sweated through his white t-shirt. He can’t imagine how hot Daniel most be, bound by stupid FBI rules to wear a suit when on duty. He left his jacket in the car, now standing in light-gray slacks and a white shirt, sleeves rolled to his elbows. Max keeps getting distracted by the way his tattooed forearms glisten with sweat.

He clears his throat, looking down at the body again. “It’s hard to tell, the coyotes and carrion on birds shredded the fabric too much. We will know when Charles can look at the body.”

Above him, Daniel hums. “Yeah, you’re probably right. If this was an actual alien, it wouldn’t be us working this case,” he says, a smirk playing on his lips.

“What? We are the best, who else would they ask?” Max asks, confused. There is no other team like them, Max would know it there was.

“Mulder and Scully,” Daniel replies, like it’s supposed to mean something to Max.

Max’s confusion must show on his face, because Daniel grins mischievously.

“You know-,” he says, then whistles a short melody.

Max blinks at him. “I don’t- What is phew phew phew phew phew phew? Who are Mulder and Scully?” he asks, trying to whistle the same tune.

Daniel laughs. “They are a lot like us, actually. I’m Mulder – a very handsome, very cool FBI agent who believes in aliens,” he says, running his hand through his sweaty curls. “And you’re Scully – a doctor who doesn’t think aliens are real.”

Max rolls his eyes at him. “I never said I don’t believe in aliens. I just don’t think these remains are alien. And why are you handsome and cool, and I’m just a doctor?” he asks.

They are getting distracted from their work again, keeping not only themselves, but other cops and technicians here, in the middle of the desert under blazing heat, but this banter with Daniel is too fun. Watching Daniel’s face crinkle in delight and hearing his honking laugh is always lovely, but being the one to provoke it is even better.

Daniel puts his hands on his hips. “Well, she’s uh…very beautiful too, and smart,” Daniel says, looking away.

Max feels his cheeks heat up, but chooses to believe it’s the desert heat. “Well, she is not that smart if she doesn’t think aliens are real,” he says, not thinking.

Daniel taps his fingers on his belt, unclasps his gun holster, then closes it back.

“No, she’s very smart. Without her, Mulder wouldn’t be… wouldn’t be as cool, probably,” he says, meeting Max’s eyes.

Max feels the energy between them change, but doesn’t know what to do with it. He can’t think of what to say, so they are stuck looking at each other – Max, kneeling at the ground near the remains and Daniel standing above him, both sweaty and flushed from the high desert sun.

Thankfully, they are saved by an FBI technician coming up to tell them that they are finished with sweeping the area and should probably start packing evidence for the lab.

They get distracted by packing, so Max remembers to look up Agent Mulder and Dr. Scully only when they are waiting at the airport for their flight back.

“This is a show? You said they were real people, Daniel!” he says, exasperated.

Beside him, Daniel laughs. “I never said that! I thought you knew it’s a show.”

“I didn’t! And how could you say I’m like Scully? She’s a medical doctor, Daniel!” Max points out. “I can’t believe it, we’ve been working together for a year, you must know the difference by now.” He shakes his head disappointedly.

“Hey,” Daniel says, holding up his hands in surrender, “In my defense, it’s an old show, I forgot what kind of doctor she is.” He shrugs.

Max squints at him. “Fine, I will forgive you for now,” he says, “But only because you were right, they are very similar to us… Although, she has a gun and I don’t.”

“She’s also a woman, and wears suits, if you haven’t noticed,” Daniel says, slumping further on his seat and closing his eyes.

Max shrugs. “Both pretty achievable.”

“You will not be getting a gun, Max,” Daniel asserts.

Max rolls his eyes, huffing instead of thinking of a reply. It’s no use anyway, Daniel is too stubborn. Instead, he busies himself with replying to messages from Charles and Lewis, asking when he and Daniel will be back in Washington.

He finishes typing a message for Charles when Daniel speaks up again.

“Do you wanna watch it?” he asks, opening one eye to look at Max.

“The show?” Max asks, locking his phone.

“Yeah, on the flight.”

Max hums. “Okay,”

Daniel nods, “Cool,” then goes back to his nap.

#oughh my little pining repressed guys!!!#you would get surprised how much work gets actually done considering these two always flirt whenever they are togehter lol #they watch the first episode and Max argues the whole time that scully is right and these things could have a rational explanation #they put on the second episode and both fall asleep midway through with Daniel's head resting on Max's shoulder :)#bones au #maxiel #my writing #asks #anonymous

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