"Castle! This is sweet but I'm going to turn into a whale at the rate you're bringing me food."
"It's good for you" Castle replied, nudging the strawberry milkshake into Kate's hand. "And you're not going to be a whale –" pausing as Kate gave him a look. He probably shouldn't think about how adorable she looked right now but too late. "Okay, so you're going to get bigger—"
Kate arched an eyebrow at him, effectively shutting him up, "Castle, wanna quit while you're already behind?"
"No. No, Kate. Let me finish-"
"Really? I think that's how we got into this situation to begin with" Kate smirked and then looked up at him through her lashes as she took a drink from the straw.
Castle groaned causing Kate to giggle.
"C'mere you sexy little minx. It's your fault I can't keep my hands off you" Castle said as he slid closer to her on the coach, nuzzling into her neck and dropping kisses, as he moved to lay them.
"Castle!" Kate yelped as the shake tipped with her as she slid down the leather. Opening his eyes briefly, but continuing to drop kisses all over, Castle grabbed the shake and tried to put it on the coffee table. Growling in frustration each time the cup failed to land on a solid surface, he gave up and dropped the cup to the floor, freeing a hand to pull Kate closer. Stroking his hand down her side he pushed her shirt up to find warm skin.
"AH! COLD!" Kate squealed, squirming away from his hand and closer into Castle's chest. "Castle."
"Sorry, sorry" Castle sheepishly apologized, pushing the words into her lips with quick kisses and smoothing his hand over her stomach, on top of her shirt this time. Propping himself up on his elbow he looked down at Kate, laying on her back, cheeks flushed, hair spread around her head like a halo. "God, you're beautiful Kate. I know your body is changing, but you're only going to get more beautiful."
Sweet man, Kate thought, giving him a small smile before breaking eye contact to look away. But when she looked down she saw his hand resting over her flat stomach and her vision was suddenly blurry. She couldn't resist reaching out to stroke her fingers over the back of his hand before pressing her fingers between his.
"Kate?" Castle's voice was soft as he spoke into the shell of her ear, nudging her a little with his nose.
"Hmmm" she hummed, blinking up at him, the small smile still playing over her lips.
"I mean it."
"I know you do, I know" Kate said softly, bringing her hand up to cup the side of his face, thumb slowly stroking his cheek before turning on her side to snuggle closer, tucking her head under his chin, arm banding around his back.
She liked this, the quiet moments they had together. All three of them. She squirmed even closer at the thought, tangling their legs and crowding Castle further into the back of the couch. She could never get close enough. "We made a baby."
Castle smiled, blue eyes crinkling before dropping a kiss to the top of her head and cocooning her in his arms. Yeah, he was going to love the next eight months.
