A/N: Thank you for joining me on this new journey! I want to start by letting you know that I will be putting all signing in ' ' apostrophes while all talking will be in " " quotes. It makes it easier one, for me so I don't have to type out the motions of all the signs as they happen. Would take ages, and two, it will help you my faithful readers differentiate between the two easier and hopefully quicker. I also wanted to let you know that, no I am not deaf, so I by no means know everything but I have been into American Sign Language since I was little, plus took two semesters of it in college. Please correct me if I am wrong, or have ideas that would or could make their life easier.

She waves her hand in front of his face trying to get his attention. The couple had been at a crime scene a few years ago when a bomb went off and took their hearing. Kate can hear some things with the aid of two strong hearing aids but her husband Castle is completely deaf. With this accident, their world had been turned upside down. Castle could keep writing because as he puts it "you don't need ears to write", but Kate, she fought for her job. She tried to convince her bosses that she was fit for the job. That she could continue to work crime scenes and speak for the dead, even if she couldn't speak herself.

'What?' Castle signs furrowing his brow as he moves his hands in front of her.

'TV to loud!' Kate can hear the TV and she knows he can't. That's why he has it up. He likes to think he can. Rolling his eyes, he reaches for the remote and turns it down like he was told.

'Can you not read subtitles?' Her raspy voice groans as she finishing signing and points to the words on the TV. Castle ignores her turning back to his show. Seeing the lights flicker Kate gets up and slowly walks to the phone picking up the TTY and starting to type. It was Lanie, and she wondered why she did not just text her. All her friends knew to send her text messages as they were easier to deal with. Adding to the pile of eye rolls she sighs and types on the keyboard telling the receiver to tell Lanie to just text her. Moments later her phone is blinking and buzzing and driving Castle insane. Getting up he grabs the phone and walks into the other room angrily and shoves it at Kate.

'Answer!' He signs the madness in his face quite evident. Taking the phone, she checks the message and quickly replies to Lanie, giving her a yes to a girls night. The two had not had one in a while and with the way Castle was acting tonight she was ready for a girls night.

'Lanie-I-girl night' she signs with one hand showing him her phone with the other. He's nodding an ok as he leans in for a kiss. Pulling away moments later he signs an 'I love you' leaning in for another kiss. Signing an 'I love you' back Kate pulls away and looks into her husband's eyes. They need to go to bed soon because Kate has work in the morning but she knows Castle will stay up all night blaring the TV and Kate will get no sleep because even in the bedroom she can hear the hum of the TV with her hearing aids. She wants to take them out at night, but she's afraid her alarm won't work and she will be late for work, or worse, not hear the smoke alarm. Their home has been deaf proof since about two years now when they found out that their hearing would not be getting any better. There had been a chance that one or both of them might regain their hearing but as you can tell that did not happen. She has no need to worry because the house is deaf proof, but she does. When her alarm goes off the lights flicker, and the bed vibrates. I don't know many people that wouldn't sleep through that. It did not take long for the couple to learn sign language. Even less time for her friends to learn and continue to learn some basic signs. Lanie was the best. She's learned a whole bunch of signs and phrases to keep in touch with Kate, although when going out the two just liked to use a chat app and text each other back and forth. It made it easier so the pair could chat faster and more accurately.

Letting go of her husband Kate walks back over to the TV and turns it off. She wants to bring Castle to bed with her. She wants him to not stay up all night like he has been. She knows he does it because deep down inside he still is hurt at the fact the two had lost their hearing. He knows he's deaf but sometimes he thinks he's not and tries to turn the TV or computer up to see if he can change his hearing. That maybe closing his eyes and wishing will work. Pulling on her husband she drags him to bed and quickly changes before climbing in. Turning off the lights Kate snuggles next to Castle trying to get herself to sleep. She knew it wouldn't take long for her to fall asleep because she had, had a long day at work. Finally last year after being put on a case temporarily Kate showed them she had what it takes to get her job back. Captain Gates' main concern was communicating during an interrogation, but Kate showed that was no issue. Since being a cop Kate had learned to read lips at an early age, she could hear low tones with her hearing aids and most definitely could yell at a perp with her raspy voice. Kate had been tested with this case; it was a pretty big one. Gates had figured she could do it but wanted to make sure for real before she brought Kate back.

Finally falling asleep Kate does not wake up until her alarm goes off. Getting out of bed she turns it off and goes to the closet to pick out something to wear before getting in the shower. Pulling her hearing aids out she sets them in the pink case on the counter. That's her clue to Castle that she now is completely deaf. That no sound he tries to make out of his mouth will get her attention. Castle before has tried to speak, and he does a decent job. He's good enough now though that he can order food at our favorite pizza place. That was a big step for him, and I can remember the guy at the counter who we've known for a while now getting all excited that the two of them could communicate. Getting out of the shower Kate quickly dries her hair and face before putting her hearing aids back in. They are water resistant, but she does not like testing that because sometimes the water in her ears causes the aids to make a weird noise that drives her nuts. Finishing getting dressed she comes out to see her husband sitting on the bed as his fingers move wildly on the keyboard. He must have gotten a good idea and wanted to get it quickly on paper. Or should I say screen. Walking out of the room to not disturb him Kate goes into the kitchen to start making coffee. Once it's done, she bring her and Castle a cup to the bedroom in their handled travel mugs. Kate had bought two travel mugs a few months ago when she figured out it was easier to sign with one hand if the mug had a sturdy handle. Flashing the cup in his face Castle looks up and takes it from her smiling. He signs a 'thank you' and takes his first sip from the mug taking in the taste of freshly brewed coffee. Castle could make coffee, but nothing topped the few times a month Kate was up before him, and she makes it. Kissing him, Kate lingers on his lips before pulling away and looking into her husband's eyes.

'I-work you stay here?' She signs to him waiting for an answer from him. He's a little slow to reply as she's only still waking up but a few moments later he signs her a yes and nods.

'Write' he adds pretending he had a pen in his hand and was writing with it. Kate nods and smiles before signing an 'I love you' and kissing him one last time. She pulls away and slips on her shoes before grabbing her briefcase and heading to the front door of the loft. She makes it to her BWM and gets inside checking all around her before pulling out of her spot. Getting to the precinct he gets out and heads inside. She had wanted to stay home but she had paperwork to finish and she knew a body would drop sooner or later while she was here. Slamming her bag on her desk both Javi and Ryan turn at the noise to see Kate falling into her chair. moving hr chair Kate turns to see the boys and their eyes on her.

'Morning.' Ryan signs carefully hoping he got the sign right. He was getting pretty good at remembering the signs but was still a little hesitant sometimes.

"Good job." Kate speaks, her raspy voice sticking out more than ever today.

'Body drop?' She signs looking back up at both of the boys hoping to be able to read their lips an keep in contact with them. It was hard sometimes because she has to keep her eyes on the two of them just to keep the conversation flowing and for it to not keep staling in-between.

'No.' Javi signs shaking his head.

'boring morning.' He sighs chuckling softly. He knows she wont hear him laugh but he does know that she will see him laughing and know hopefully what he is doing.

'Wheres Castle?' Ryan asks finishing up the finger spelling of the man's name.

'Home writing.' Kate signs back not knowing captain Gates was behind her. The woman waits for her to finish singing and taps her on he back with her four fingers. Kate turns feeling the fingers and looks up at Gates.

"Body Drop." She speaks slowly so Kate can read her lips. Gates has learned sign language but Kate has asked her to talk to her when she can so Kate can test her lip reading skills.

'Finally!' Kate signs enthusiastically. Getting up she grabs her things and hurries with the boys to her car and to the crime scene. The three of them arrive and are led under the yellow tape walking over to observe the body on the ground. Her hand ins chopped off and it looks like she's been shot in the back a few times.

"Five gunshots to the back, it appears they wanted something off her hand." Lanie points out looking at Kate to make sure she had understood what she had just told the boys. Kate nods and sighs.

'What would they want? Ring maybe?' Kate signs puzzled as she looks from Lanie to the boys at her right.

"Highly doubt it," She pauses pointing to the woman's wrist.

"See this? if it were for a ring I would think the killer would just cut the finger, they cut the whole hand." Lanie explains Kate watching her lips carefully to take it all in.

Its later now and Kate is at the morgue with Lanie and Ryan looking over the body. Javie had been out canvasing the area with CSU looking for the hand. They figured it had to be close, unless it was the actual hand they wanted. Maybe to get into some secret lab. They had yet to figure that out.

Lanie had been standing over the body talking about the gunshot wounds and how one was from a father distance than the others. Most likely to knock her down before getting closer and giving her three more shots to the chest to finally kill her. It does not take the team long to find the hand. Not to mention the perps finger prints all over the thing. They bring him in for questioning and Kate gets him to confess not long after. It seems as though Kate's new voice when she yells, scares people and gets them confess sooner than normal. She likes it though because it makes her job easier and faster.

Out in the bullpen as the perp is being taken away, Kate is sharing high fives with the boys and the fact that they closed this case so fast. They had learned that yes, he wanted to use her hand to get into a lab but because the hand was dead the machine wouldn't work and so the reason for ditching it.

The day is finally over and Kate treats the boys to drinks before heading home herself. She finds Castle still at his desk in his office writing. She stands in front of him and waves her hand to get his attention before moving around and going to give him a kiss and a hug.

'missed you' He signs at her after she had pulled away from the kiss.

'You too.' Kate signs back and kisses him again. Its late and Kate is exhausted from the day so she asks Castle to save before shutting his computer and heading to bed. She wants to sit and talk with him for a few minutes before fully going to bed but by the time she's in bed she falls to the pillow and is out like a light. Sleeping so she can start the next day.