Prompt: Season 1. Beckett has to take care of Castle after getting badly hurt on a case. (Set in 1x07)

"Castle!" Beckett yelled, racing to her knees so she was level with him as he lay on the ground.

She had only caught the tail end of the fight but she had seen enough to know that their suspect had really given Castle a beating and the red marks that were beginning to appear around his eyes and the small trickle of blood that left his nose told her that he had definitely come off worse.

"Castle, can you hear me?" she continued, as Castle began to stir back to consciousness.

"Rick just lie still" she commanded, seeing that he was trying to force his body into a sitting position, luckily this once he actually listened to her.

"Kate?" He questioned, his voice shaky and soar.

"Yeah it's me, just stay still for a moment ok"

"I tried to stay in the car I really did" Castle continued, evidently trying to make sure that she understood that for once this wasn't his fault.

"I know, we got him, its fine. Do you feel ok to sit up?"

Castle took a moment to steady himself before nodding his head slowly.

"Ok, but just do it slowly ok, I'm going to help you, your nose is bleeding slightly so I need you to sit up and put your head between your legs" she instructed him.

"Why detective Beckett I never" he remarked, even at a time like this he was still making inappropriate jokes.

"Castle" she scolded, and he could tell she was serious. With the help of Beckett he managed to slowly pull his body into a sitting position, being careful not to move too much or too quickly. The heat of her hand that gripped his a welcome relief and a connection to the world as his mind continued to spin.

"Ok, put your head down and I'll be back in one second I just need to get the first aid kit, are you going to be ok for a minute" Beckett asked, her voice full of concern.

"I'll be fine, it looks worse than it is" Castle replied.

Beckett quickly went over to her cruiser, pulling the first aid kit from the glove compartment and returning back to where Castle was sitting.

"Ok, I've got some cold compresses for your eyes, your nose doesn't look broken but for now just learn forward slightly and pinch the bridge of your nose, that should stop the bleeding"

Castle did as he was told as Beckett readied the compresses.

"Ok, this might sting a bit" she warned him before pressing the pack to his eye.

She held it there and could only watch as his facial muscles twitched in pain, she could tell he was trying to hide it, he clearly didn't want her to see that he was in pain. She moved the compress to another part of his face, hoping to sooth his eye socket so it wouldn't look too bad in the morning.

Neither of them spoke for a few moments, his adrenalin finally running out as the pain in his face took over. Beckett continued to hold the pack to his face, taking a brief moment to look into his eyes. Although this man annoyed her, ignored her instructions and was forever making up unhelpful theories she did worry for him. He wasn't trained like she was and today he was left vulnerable. He had a family, a mother who loved him and a daughter that he needed to care for. Although she knew he enjoyed following her for 'research' as he kept pointing out, she also knew that it wasn't fair for her to be put him in dangerous situations. Today could have ended a lot differently if she hadn't heard the commotion outside.

"You would have made a great nurse Beckett" Castle quipped and Kate realized that he had probably been speaking to her for a while but her mind had been too preoccupied with her racing thoughts to register his voice.

"I don't think so" she replied, smiling softly.

"No, well I suppose a gun wielding nurse might not appeal to everyone" he chuckled.

"I think you hit your head harder than you realized"

"I'm fine honestly Beckett" he replied sincerely.

"Well you're my responsibility so I'm going to have medics check you over when we get back to the precinct, just to be sure"

Castle smiled at her, although he hated to admit it, he knew that he needed to get checked over, it wasn't every day that he was almost knocked unconscious.

"Well detective I just hope they have as soft a touch as you"

Kate simply rolled her eyes. Richard Castle was going to be just fine.

So I got a few prompts on tumblr and some of them are starting to get pretty lengthy so I have decided to put them into a file on here. This is therefore not a continuous story, it is simply prompts that I fill.

You can find me on tumblr at castlelover47 and leave me a prompt or message me on here. Although I tend to focus on my main stories I may fill a prompt if I get the inspiration or need a break from my regular work.

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