 In Season 2 his FBI colleague Special Agent Tim "Sully" Sullivan asks him for "advice" on how to woo Bones, Booth tells him simply that he will not "help [him] get my partner into bed".Booth has a habit of intimidating, confronting or competing with anyone he believes to have a sexual interest in Brennan.He is extremely protective of her, and is often defensive of her to the point of physically assaulting those who pose a threat to her safety.