A/N: This started as a fun silly crack fic inspired by a video on tumblr but turned a bit more serious. Set post knock out. Wrote this pretty quickly sorry for any mistakes, I did proofread but I'm human and miss things.
Castle walked into the room if this worked he was so dead, but even if it didn't he would still die. It had been 5 months since she slipped into the coma, the longest 5 months of his life. The image of her underneath him, blood spilling out, and the light slipping from her eyes was seared into his brain.
The nurse walked in shortly after he settled in the chair next to her, his chair. "I'm sorry Mr. Castle, there's been no change. Everyday that passes the chances of her waking up…"
"Damn, I guess it's good I've found a new muse then."
"Excuse me?" The familiar voice filled the room.
Castle and the nurse whipped their heads around eyes trained the detective.
"Miss Beckett, welcome back. I just need to check a few things then I will go get the doctor."
"Castle, what did you just say?"
His eyes lit up, relief washed over him. He could finally breathe again. "You're awake."
"Thank you captain obvious." She shooed the nurse away, struggling to sit up. Finally untangling the tubes she swung her legs over towards Castle.
He leapt up, arms forward to prevent her from falling. "Whoa, slow down there. You're going to hurt yourself."
Sighing, she sat back attempting to ease the shooting pain in her side. If looks could kill he would be sitting in the empty bed next to her. "Tell me what you said."
"I didn't say anything, I swear." His hands went up in defense.
"Don't play dumb I heard you. New what Castle?"
He stuttered, well his plan definitely worked but he never expected her to reach like this. How does he get out of this one?
"You thought I wasn't going to wake up, didn't you? Who is she?"
"I don't know who you're talking about."
"Is she another cop? CIA? FBI? Please tell me it's not Shaw?" Her face fell when she saw him smirking. "There is no new muse is there?"
"No, I only said that to see if you would wake up and it worked."
"I'm going to shoot you as soon as I get my gun back." Her eyes soften, falling to the tube fiddling between her fingers; his words flooded back to her. "If you lied about that does that mean you lied about what you said?"
God what was she doing? She was so broken, but his words replayed in her head over and over again. She needed to know the truth, even if he didn't mean it. It would hurt worse than being shot but not knowing that would drive her crazy.
His eyes snapped hers, was she saying what he thought she was? "Are you saying? You remember?"
Beckett's nod was so slight he barely noticed it.
His eyes hardened, leaning in "Of course I meant it. I would never lie about something like that." Her heart racing as he closed the distance between them, "I'm going to kiss you now, is that okay?" She looked up just in time for their lips to meet. It was soft and gentle, careful not to exert her too much. He chuckled at the whimper that escaped from her when he pulled away.
"Shut up," she tried to sound threatening but it fell flat through her smile.
The doctor came in allowing them to gather some space, everything happened so quickly she forgot all about Josh. Was he even still in the picture? The nurse informed her she was in a coma for 5 months, what person would stick around for that long? Castle did, the man who told you he loved you, the one that was at your bedside the moment you woke up. Right, that was the man she wanted, the one she deserved once she was more but maybe, just maybe she could become more with him.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I knew you liked being my muse."