"She looks at me sometimes, and I feel... inadequate, you know? Like I'm wearing some costume of someone she loved, but I'm not him. Don't have those memories, those experiences she had. I know its gotta be the same for you, maybe even harder for you cause she sees you like me, like her parent and I know you don't..." Bones just left it at that.

He finished his drink, put the glass down and refilled it, "Took us a lot longer in her universe to finally- get together. Just... strange." Leaning back in his chair, he chewed on his lip and thought, his mind jumping from one topic to another. "Christmas gonna be different this year," he said suddenly, a definite somber note in his voice.