A/N Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Kate Beckett and Rick Castle, they belong to Andrew Marlowe. Slight spoilers for 5x04.

Kate closes her eyes takes in a deep cleansing breath and lets it out slowly. She opens her eyes and takes in her surroundings. She is sitting on a bench inside the holding tank at the Hamptons police station. She is sharing her seat with a man passed out from an apparent crystal meth intoxication and Castle on the other side of him. She tries to raise her right arm to run her hand through her hair except she can't because her arm is cuffed to the side the holding cell. Cuffed! And really is that necessary? She thinks to herself. As if she is going to go anywhere while locked inside these four caged walls like an animal. Frustrated by that, she leans against the bars and rests her head and reflects on the past 24 hours that lead her to this current predicament that she finds herself in. Oh yes, it's all coming back to her now….it is all Castle's fault.

Her work day had ended Friday as promised at 5pm. Quickly grabbing her things she headed out of the precinct to meet up with Castle. She had ignored all the curious glances from the boys as she told them she was leaving for the weekend. Their intense curiosity over her new love life was getting the better of her. She did not know how much longer she was going to be able to keep this new relationship of hers under lock and key. And Castle was making it damn hard. He feeds right into the ribbing with Javier and Kevin. Cracking jokes at her expense. She would like nothing more than to slap the smirk right off his face. But she was not going to entertain them any longer, her weekend had arrived and she was fighting off butterflies in her stomach from all the excitement of a weekend getaway with Castle.

The drive out to the Hamptons was relaxing. The trees were a blaze of fall colors. The bends and curves of the road were giving off glances of the brilliant blue water of the ocean. She longed to go down to the beach and drag her toes in the sand along the water's edge. Finally, Rick pulled the car to a stop in front of a gorgeous expansive home. Stepping out of the car she took a deep breath of salty sea air and glanced across at Rick and smiled. Castle was right, this was exactly what she needed. A weekend away from the mundane life of the city. And it was all hers for the taking. Rick grabbed her hand and led her into his house. Dropping off their bags inside the master suite, he walked her around on a tour of his house. Stopping in the kitchen, he opened a bottle of wine and poured them each a glass and they headed outside. They pulled two chairs to the edge of his property and sat down to sip the wine while overlooking the view of the ocean. They made small talk and Rick traced patterns along her forearm with his fingertips sending shivers down her spine. As it grew dark they went inside and made dinner together.

They finished off the bottle of wine over dinner. Kate got up and cleared the plates and went into the kitchen to start water in the sink. Rick joined her with the remaining dishes and they stood side by side washing and rinsing. Kate finished up the last dish just as Rick leaned down and placed a kiss behind her ear. He continued his path down her neck and spun her around pushing her back up against the sink. She pulled him up against her and rested her arms around his neck and kissed him slowly while running her fingers through the fine hair at the nape of his neck. Pulling apart for air, Rick asked her if she would like to take a dip in his heated pool. And sure why not? They had all weekend to be together, no need to rush things. They changed quickly and went out to the pool deck. Just as they walked inside the gates of the pool deck Kate slid off her robe and took Rick completely by surprise by her lack of swimsuit. Rick swallowed thickly and replied, "you forgot your suit."

Grinning widely she bit her bottom lip and responded, "yeah, I did." And just at that moment a man came stumbling in through the bushes and fell head first into his pool. Everything spiraled out of control from there. Castle could not get the murder case off his mind. Brief as it may be, they were the last ones to see the man alive before he surfaced dead in Castle's pool. Rick felt compelled to help the Hampton PD solve the case. Reluctantly, Kate agreed to help work the case as long as he promised her that it would not ruin their entire weekend.

What had started out as good intention to help the police, ended with them over stepping their bounds and thrown in jail on obstruction of justice charges. Oh the irony of it all. What were they thinking looking into this case? God, she just wanted a relaxing romantic getaway with Castle. She had pictured long evenings alone followed by lazy mornings in bed. Ones that were not interrupted by Martha. Kate is pulled from her reprieve when the man beside her turns over and begins to snore. She glances over at Castle and watches his eyes darken as he looks her up one side and down the other.

Kate huffs at him and says, "Really Castle?"

"What?" He replies.

Kate rolls her eyes at him. "Don't look at me like that."

"Like what?" He replies incredulously.

"Like you can see right through my shirt!" She glares back at him.

Rick tilts his head to the side and replies, "And what makes you so sure, I can't see through your shirt? I have x-ray vision I'll have you know. "

"Is that so," She replies dryly. "Tell me then, what color bra am I wearing?"

Rick swallows thickly, "uh, uh….black?"

Kate smiles at that. She actually is wearing black, but that was a lucky guess on his part. Rick grins back at her and says, " Actually, I was thinking how good you looked cuffed to that cell. And all the things I could do to you being cuffed there."

Kate's heart stutters in her chest and her mouth goes dry. "Let's not go there," she challenges.

"Why not?" He smirks back at her.

She raises her eyebrow at him for that comment. Fine, he wants to play games. Kate tosses her hair and drags her hand slowly down her neck. She continues her path down her chest and pops open the first two buttons of her blouse exposing part of her black bra.

Rick coughs and rasps out, "not fair Kate."

"Fair? Did you just say the word fair to me, Castle? I'll tell you what's not fair. It's not fair that this is your idea of a romantic weekend away from the city. Take a look around Castle, we are cuffed inside of a holding cell of all places!" Kate tries to stand up and pace but she is jerked back down from the momentum of being cuffed.

"God, you are so hot when you are angry," he states as a matter of fact.

Oh the things she is going to do to him when they get out of this current mess they are in. If they weren't separated by a man in between she would reach over and smack him hard upside the head. Being as it may, all his comments of "you are so hot, I can see through your shirt, the things I could do to you being cuffed"…have her so worked up it's not even funny. Since it appears they are not getting out of here anytime soon, she opts for a staring contest instead.

Just then deputy Brady comes up to the cell and inserts his key to unlock the door. "Mr. Castle and Ms. Beckett, my apologies. It appears the charges are being dropped. You are free to go", he says. "If you'll just wait a few minutes, I'll have one of my colleagues give you both a lift back home."