1 kiss, that's it
It was February the 14th, and everyone knew what day that was. It was Valentine's Day, but for Kate is was a quiet day, Valentine's Day reminded Kate of her mother. Kate just buried herself in paper work, until she heard her Captain call her into his office.
She walked into his office, head down and playing with her fingers.
Cap. Mont: "Beckett, go home. Just take a break."
Kate: "But-"
Cap. Mont: "Its an order, I know you're having a bad day. Go home."
Kate: "Thanks."
Kate headed back to her desk and grabbed her jacket. Castle also knew what day it was and seeing Kate like this burned him. He cared about Kate, more then anyone knows, he may even love her.
Kate headed home, she sat down on the couch, with her arms around her legs. She sat there in silence, then tears started to come out, she barely ever cried and when she does, it had to be about something important.
Kate almost fell asleep when she heard a knock on her door. She looked through her peephole and she saw a ruggedly handsome man with a batch of roses. After all it was Valentine's Day. She opened the door and saw Castle.
Kate: "Hey Castle."
Rick: "Heeeeeey. I saw you leaving the precinct, I just wanted to see if you were okay."
Kate: "You don't always have to check up on me. I'm a big girl, Castle."
Rick: "Okay then, but here have these, its Valentine's Day and everyone deserves a rose."
Kate: "Thanks, that's really sweet of you."
Kate: "Do you wanna come in?"
Rick: "Sure."
Kate walked in with Rick following closely behind. Kate grabbed a vase near by and place the bundle of roses in it. She filled the vase with water and placed the vase near the window. She sat back down on the couch with Castle beside her. It had became really quiet, not a peep out of both of them.
Rick: "Wanna watch a movie?"
Kate: "Sure, I'll pick?"
Rick: "Okay."
Kate: "A classic." Showing the DVD to Rick.
Rick: "Aaaaa! Pretty Women."
Kate: "I watch it most of the time on Valentine's Day. It's my mom's favorite movie."
Kate headed back to the couch and pressed play on the remote. A while later, Castle heard sobbing. He turned to face Kate seeing that there were tears coming out of her eyes. He scooted in closer and asked "What's wrong?" Kate replied "This movies just reminds of memories with my mom." Castle didn't say anything, he simply scooted closer and put his arm around her. Kate just buried her head into his shirt and cried, when she stopped she breath slowly and enjoyed the scent of Rick's cologne.
Rick: "Kate?"
Kate: "Yeah?"
Rick: "The movie is finished."
Kate hadn't notice from all the crying and the scent of Rick's cologne. She moved towards the television and removed the DVD. She sat back on the couch and into Rick's arms again. Rick shifted and moved, but in the end he wrapped his arms around Kate into a big warm hug.
Kate didn't struggle just simply let Rick hug her. Finally she slowly pulled away, but then Kate felt a hand lifting her chin, which made her eyes lock to Rick's. Kate didn't move, she simply just stared into Rick's eye, but then she felt her breath caught there. They simply stared into each other eyes for the next few minutes, until Rick made the first move. He leaned in and kiss her lips slowly and gently, Kate simply went along with it.
She slowly pulled away and said "Slow, Rick, Slow." Rick simply nodded and Kate rested her head on his shoulders and simply fell asleep.
-End Of Story-