He liked her hair so she cut it all off.
He's not coming home. He's never coming home. Lockwood took that away.
Kate stands in front of her mirror feeling numb and lost. She can't stop thinking about what happened tonight. She can't stop remembering everything.
Lockwood with his rifle. Kate stuck hiding behind boxes. Castle. Where's Castle? Silence. A body shifts. Shit, this is it. Lockwood made his move. Castle made his sooner.
Castle had jumped in front of Lockwood just in time. Kate was saved. She was able to fire on Lockwood and take him out. But Castleā¦
Castle was on the ground, a gurgling sound every time he tried to breathe. Kate searched for something to use to apply pressure to the chest wound but there was nothing around. The gurgling stopped.
Reality crashes around Kate as she stands in her bathroom, tears drying, new ones falling. She thinks about the kiss they shared to get passed the guard. She thinks about what Castle said to her this morning. He liked her hair.
"Your hair has really grown, Beckett. I like it!"
Surprised and embarrassed, she had laughed it off and continued with the morning.
He liked her hair. He liked her hair long so she cut it all off.
