Kate stood in the alley watching the boys try to take a statement from Harrison Tisdale. He wasn't talking, but that didn't matter anymore; they had the contents of his shredder, not to mention at least something of a confession in front of a detective.

He cleared his throat behind her and she turned to face him.

"Well, guess this is it." Was all she could think to say.

"It doesn't have to be. We could, uh, go to dinner, debrief each other." The innuendo was not lost on Kate, and the image swam in her mind for a second, making her smile.

"Why Castle? So I can be another one of your conquests?" She raised her eyebrows at him, knowing that was exactly what he wanted.

"Or I could be one of yours." His smile was so adorable that she wanted to consider it; actually, what she really wanted to do was kiss it right off his face. If she was honest with herself, a night with this man did sound rather enticing, but she wasn't a one-night stand kind of girl. And yeah, okay, maybe it was a little bit out of spite, but she refused to simply be a notch on his bedpost.

"It was nice to meet you, Castle." And it had been, though she much preferred him as ink. She extended her hand and he took it, and the rejection, gracefully, but not without comment.

"It's too bad; it would've been great." Kate had no doubt, and she just couldn't resist the chance to wipe the smirk off his face after that zinger. She leaned in close, almost cheek to cheek, and whispered in his ear.

"You have no idea." She smiled knowingly before turning her back on him, and then she walked away with a little extra saunter, just to give him something to remember her by.


Rick walked up behind Kate in the alley, not missing the opportunity to appraise her without consequence, and cleared his throat. When she turned there was a second before she spoke in which Rick was blown away, for the umpteenth time since meeting her, by just how beautiful she was.

"Well, I guess this is it."

"It doesn't have to be." He said, knowing it would be, but not going down without a fight, because she was definitely worth a fight. "We could, uh, go to dinner, debrief each other." He knew the innuendo was low, nevertheless, he couldn't resist. The smile on her face was condescending, but he loved it anyway, and at least she hadn't slapped him, yet.

"Why Castle? So I can be another one of your conquests?"

"Or I could be one of yours." Truth be told he knew this woman would never be any man's conquest, and was worth much more than that, was probably worth everything, but he didn't let that show. If all she wanted was one night with him, well, he wouldn't be complaining. He watched her as she seemed to consider, not daring to hope and desperately trying not to drop his gaze to her mouth.

"It was nice to meet you, Castle." He took her hand, wondering if he would ever be good enough for a woman like her. He couldn't stop himself from making one last comment though, even if it was asinine.

"It's too bad; it would've been great." He smiled and almost fell apart when she bit her bottom lip. God she was sexy.

She stepped close, too close. Close enough that he could feel the heat from her cheek on his. And when she spoke, he felt her breath on his ear.

"You have no idea." His stomach disappeared and he had to suppress a shudder as she leaned away, smiling at him suggestively. She turned her back on him and Rick desperately wanted to reach out for her, pull her back in and find out exactly what that meant, but he as frozen in place. All he could do was watch her walk away and smile to himself, an idea forming in his mind where only cobwebs had resided for months now.

A/N: My plan is to try to do a one-shot for each episode, ideally I'l like to get all 105 current episodes done before season 6 airs, but with my schedule that's doubtful. I will try though. None of them will be very long, but hopefully they'll all be satisfyingThey won't all be exactly like this. Most of them probably won't have both Beckett and Castle's perspective, and I WILL try to pick some less obvious scenes, but this one just had to be done.

Please, please, please review, send me PMs whatever, good or bad (especially if you think something is OOC because I would really like to know, seriously, you'd be doing me a favor). If you think this is a terrible idea, or I'm terrible at it, please say so. Compliments are of course always welcome, but if you're still reading this terribly long note, than you deserve the compliment, so thank you.