Title: Scars
Pairing: R. Castle and K. Beckett
Summary: Established relationship, Castle sees her scars for the first time.
I had known for a while now that something had been holding her back, but even as I worried over every possible scenario this particular one had never occurred to me before.
Kate Beckett was a beautiful woman, drop dead gorgeous, and no matter what I would always desire her and want her completely.
For her to believe and feel that the scars she bore would be hideous for me to look at made me want to grab her by the shoulders and shake her very hard. But instead I went with a more gently route.
"These aren't some hideous blemishes Kate." I said softly, a small smile on my face as I stared into her eyes.
"Yes they-"
I didn't let her carry on further, instead I kissed her lips lightly, and my fingertips lightly traced her surgical scar.
"These, they mean you here, that you survived. That you alive and that is all that matters to me." I said softly, not looking away from her eyes.
"They don't take away from your beauty, they part of it, they add to it." I said quietly, before leaning down.
I trailed soft open mouthed kisses along the scar on her ribs, before moving to the one that had nearly caused my heart to stop when she first received it.
The small round scar that had almost taken her away from me, I pressed my lips to it softly.
Looking back up into her eyes, I offered her a small smile before capturing her mouth in a passionate kiss.
Scars or not she was beautiful to me and that wouldn't ever change.
FIN.