So, a little fluffy fanfic designed to put a smile in the face of Caskett shippers ;)
Set in Rise, but you probably know that already ;)
Enjoy! ^^
Everybody is gone, Castle
"The guy who shot me, is gone
Dick Coonan, gone
Hal Lockwood, gone
Montgomery, gone
My mom, everybody is gone, Castle", she said to him, her eyes filling up with tears.
Seeing the hurt in her eyes and the pain in her voice was almost unbearable for Richard Castle. All the suffering she went through the last few days… But he couldn't deny how hurt he felt. She said she'd call him, she didn't. He saw her slip away from him, to a point where he had to tell her the truth before she was gone... If only she had listened to him… He could sense she was about to break down, but she wouldn't while he was around. Maybe it was time for him to go and leave her alone with her thoughts.
"Maybe I should get going", he said.
She sniffed.
He made his way to the door.
"Castle?", she said.
"Hmmm?", he said.
"D… Don't go", she said, "N-not now…", she sniffed, "Please?".
Was she really begging him not to go? He'd never seen her let her feelings out to him that way. She seemed so fragile. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Are you sure?", he said.
A sniff. "Yes", she said, "I… I think I could really use someone right now".
"Okay, then I'll stay as long as you need", he said.
He sat in the couch, looking at her debilitated form. She let herself fall on the couch, a little bit away from him. He could see the tears dripping from her eyes.
"Hey…" he said, his heart breaking just by looking at her.
She sniffed.
"Just so you know… Not everybody's gone… You still have me", he said, "I'm still your partner, through whatever that comes".
This seemed to calm her shaking for a while.
"As long as you need, I'll be your back up", he said, "Every time you need it".
A sniff. "Thanks Castle... It really means a lot…. ".
"Always", he said with a warm smile.
"I… I've been having these… Nightmares lately… About being shot…", she said.
"Shhhh", he said.
Unnoticing, she let herself fall into him, a gesture that surprised him in a pleasant way.
He caressed her hair gently, letting her calm down. He took a deep breath, feeling the scent of her hair, and sensing her warmth against him. How long he'd waited for this… He kept caressing her hair until he felt her relax a bit. A bit too much, he thought… That's when he heard relaxed breaths.
"Kate?", he whispered.
No answer, just deep relaxed breaths.
He smiled and kept caressing her head gently.
She mumbled something softly.
She talked while sleeping! He just couldn't figure out what. Not noticing how sleepy he actually was, it took minutes of watching her sleeping before he fell asleep.
"I love you, Castle", said Kate Beckett in her sleep.