A/N: 10 themes used to take various pictures of the relationship between partners Javier Esposito and Kevin Ryan, in Castle-my latest and greatest obsession. Enjoy, and sorry to my friends who are used to RvB/PFL stuff from me and/or don't watch Castle! (If you don't, then go watch it now!) These themes belong to British-Prophetess of DeviantArt, by the by. Enjoy!

1. A Million To One

It was a million to one that Ryan felt the same way about Javier as Javier did for him. But still, it was nice when work was slow to just stare off into the distance and imagine...

2. Under The Night's Sky

Standing there, under the night's sky, it was easier to believe that Esposito didn't just view him as a friend. Easier to believe that, when his partner looked at him with glazed eyes, it was for a reason other than the many, many beers he's consumed that evening.

3. Bells Of Peace

They called it the "Bell of Peace". Castle's idea, of course. Whenever Javier, Ryan, and/or Castle got into an argument, you just had to ring the little silver bell to put an end to it. Javier thought it was a stupid idea. That is, until he had swiped it from Beckett's desk and rang it in the middle of an argument with Ryan. Sprawled on the floor afterwards, naked and completely spent from Ryan's sneak attack, he thought vaguely that he'd have to send Castle a bottle of something expensive to thank him for ever coming up with the idea.

4. For Your Information

"For your information, I am fantastic in bed!" Kevin wished that he could take those words back the second he said them, in retaliation to some smartass remark that his partner, Esposito, had made.

Of course, that thought flew completely out of his head when Esposito cocked his head in a very un-Esposito-like fashion, and said in a husky voice, "Prove it."

5. Part Of My Natural Charm

Irritated that the third girl he'd hit on that night had been more interested in Ryan, Javier had thrown up his hands in defeat. "Why? Why do they always go for you!"

His partner smirked with his stupid face. "It's must be part of my natural charm," Ryan quipped, tucking the slip of paper with Girl #3's phone number written on it into his pocket to join the others.

Javier rolled his eyes and turned toward the bar, gesturing for yet another shot of tequila. The young, blonde, blue-eyed bartender made his way over and poured the shot. After Javier had downed it, he made to pull out his wallet, but the man waved his hand away. "It's on the house," he said, winking and with his smile quirking wickedly, and then made his way over to another customer.

The Hispanic detective looked over at his partner when he heard a choking noise. He pounded Ryan on the back for a moment then, when his lungs were clear, grinned.

"It must be part of my natural charm."

Javier spent the rest of the night thinking about how he'd rather see that wicked expression in completely different pair of baby-blues...

6. Note To Self

Note to self, Kevin thought. Never make an extremely sexual innuendo about your partner, whom you're secretly sweet on, when your girlfriend, boss, and crime-writing friend is within earshot. You get some very strange looks.

7. You're Not The One For Me

Javier could barely believe it when Jenny hadn't accepted his partner's proposal. He could believe it even less when he later heard the two in the break room, talking.

"I'm sorry Kevin, I really am, but you're not the one for me." Javier nearly stormed in there to give that bitch a piece of his mind, when her next words stopped him dead.

"And I'm not the one for you. Don't think I haven't noticed," she continued sadly. "I know that you love me, I do. But you don't love me the most, and I think I deserve better than that. I'll always love you Kev, and you'll always love him."

Javier peeked around the corner to see Jenny kiss Ryan on the cheek, then whisper, "Now go get him."

Javier Esposito waited around the corner for a couple minutes after the blonde woman left, before heading into the breakroom. To cover his tracks, Javier grabbed a cup of coffee. "What's up, bro?"

He turned to look at his partner, whose expression was equal parts devastated and hopeful.

8. Mornings Are Unbearable

Kevin Ryan decided that mornings after one-night stands were unbearable-especially when they involved your partner, whom you weren't supposed to be attracted to, because that was against regulations. He tried to play it off as completely indifferent, and decided that mornings were doubly unbearable when your one-night stand, who was your partner, was also a detective. Esposito's eyes were all too knowing, in Kevin's opinion.

9. Need Something In Return

He left his wallet in his desk and felt ridiculous when he leaned over the counter to brush his lips against the cashier of the coffee shop's own. Then the barista's. Then those of the girl who made all the coffees...

Ah, shit! Um, I don't have my wallet with me, but I can run and go get it. I'm a detective, so I'm not just saying this.

No, it's cool. It's on the house, but we will need something in return.

Seeing his partner's expression—smug and holding up his wallet for all to see—crumble when he returned to the station with coffee for all four of them and with cherry-red lipstick all over his lips and cheeks, was priceless to Javier.

10. If You Do That

Kevin was holding Esposito's wallet out of his reach, reveling in the adorably frustrated look on his partner's face, when it suddenly changed into something oddly calculating.

He shifted uncomfortably under his partner's scrutiny, then held his hand out pathetically for Esposito to take the wallet back, hanging his head now that his fun had been ruined.

"If you do that, bro," Esposito said coyly, "I won't be able to do this."

Then—to his partner's eternal surprise, not to mention gratitude—Javier Esposito lunged forward, pressing his lips against Kevin's and reaching out to pluck his wallet out of the other man's hand.

They both looked around when all sound in the precinct ceased, and Esposito stepped away quickly and self-consciously. Kevin then grinned slyly. "If you do that, then I can't do this."

Then he pushed his Hispanic partner roughly against the desk, and crushed their lips together. When Esposito's began to respond, sliding his tongue into Kevin's mouth, neither noticed how everyone in the precinct either handed over money or received it from another.