season 5, between Final Frontier and Swan Song; lunch date at Remy's
(Kate)
It's still so surreal to her. They're coming up on their six month anniversary, and some days she still can't wrap her mind around the idea of dating Castle.
This could just be any other day, and to anyone on the outside looking in it is. They've does this a million times; eaten lunch at Remy's in the middle of the week. Eating burgers together while Castle makes up life stories for the other patrons, Kate indulging him and occasionally stealing fries from his plate.
They've been on this very date so many times, before they were ever dating, while they were dating other people, that she's certain it looks like nothing has changed. This is a routine for them, one that she cherishes, and she loves that, even in the ever shrinking privacy of their relationship, they can still have this.
"Kate?"
She's pulled out of her thoughts, looks up to meet his curious gaze. "Yeah?"
"You okay?" he asks. "You completely spaced out for a minute."
She can feel the blush staining her cheeks even as she smiles. "I'm good, Castle. Just thinking."
"About the case?"
Kate shakes her head. "About us," she says softly.
He nods. "Only good things, I hope," he teases.
She takes his hand, squeezes it reassuringly. "Yeah, Castle," she says. "Only good things."