Hey everyone! So this is a post Secret Santa fic, and it's my first fic ever posted online which is why it's pretty short. But before I continued I wanted to get some feedback, like if I should keep it going (and you're interested) or if I should work on something new. All comments and criticism is more than welcome so please leave them below! Hope you enjoy it :)
Wrapped in each other's embrace, Kate couldn't believe Rick Castle lived up to his word that he wouldn't be getting his girlfriend a present for their first Christmas together. Or so she thought.
Castle pulled away from their hug and Kate wished he hadn't. She'd never felt safer than she did when she was in his arms. It was finally like home again. She couldn't remember the last time someone had made her feel this way.
All within a split second she flashed back to the dirty bomb incident, and how she experienced so many emotions in only a matter of a day or two. Like when Castle ripped out all of the wires and saved the world.
Then they were back at the precinct and were telling their colleagues about the whirlwind adventure they had just been on. Both secretly knowing that had Castle not taken action, they wouldn't be alive, and they never would have gotten the chance to admit their desire to be with one another.
It was evident in the way his eyes pierced hers as they spent what they thought were their last moments together near that van. And then in the hall Castle was about to say something to her, but was taken aback when he saw Josh coming up from behind her. And as Castle headed to the elevator, Josh hugged her.
Right now, in Castle's loft celebrating Christmas, which she hasn't done since that horrible night some January's ago, she can tell the difference in the hugs between these two men. She felt almost nothing with Josh, and in this moment she realized that it was Castle's arms that she never wanted to leave.
"What are you doing, there?" Kate questioned as Castle reached under that magnificent tree he had put up.
She still couldn't believe the way the loft was decorated! But it doesn't surprise her that he would go all out for this holiday. After all, Castle was known for big gestures. He even out does himself for smaller occasions, like when they were investigating that jewel thief the year they met, and he sent that beautiful red gown to her apartment.
"Well…" Castle hesitated "... I know you said not to get you anything. But after our talk in the break room I thought, you're celebrating Christmas for the first time in years. You should have something under the tree to open. No. You deserve to have something."
Martha and Alexis had just finished cleaning up their dinner they had just had, leaving Castle's plate and placing a new one for Beckett on the table next to his. Having previously opened their Christmas gifts, Martha interrupted to say that she and Alexis would be going on with their plans so that Castle and Beckett could have some alone time.
As Castle put his mother and daughter's jackets on them, Kate couldn't understand how someone could be that kind to her, and mean every word. Sure, she'd been in other relationships but Castle was different. As he shut the door and turned around, she just stared at her with the most awestruck look. He started walking towards her and reached out for her hand.
"I…I didn't get you anything, though," she said, now coming to the realization that she hadn't brought anything from her dash over from the precinct.
Castle just looked at her and laughed while brushing her hair away from her face and behind her ear.
"I'm looking at my gift right now."