After a short hiatus from this universe to work on another fic I couldn't help myself, I needed to be writing this story again. This story won't have any major plot, mostly just family moments and a fluffiness.

Chapter One

Kate woke up a little after seven, to whimpers coming from outside their bedroom. She opened her eyes to see Rick walking into their bedroom, their six week old son tucked safely between his arm and chest.

"Someone is hungry I think." He smiled down at his fiancé, "I already changed his diaper, but his puckered lips are insinuating he might be looking for his mommy."

She laughed as she sat up, lifting her shirt up over her head, revealing her bare chest. Castle gently laid the baby in her arms, and he knew what was going on. His head was swiftly moving around as he searched for her nipple, and she placed it in his mouth, helping him get comfortable as he began to suckle.

"He was really hungry, weren't you bud?" Kate whispered to him as she swept her hand over her sons head.

"I love that you just get completely naked when you feed him." Castle laughed.

"It's easier, and it's not like I have anything to hide, we are in the privacy of our bedroom."

"Yeah, well I think I'm gonna go take a cold shower, get myself under control." He teased as he headed towards the bathroom.

It had been six weeks since her son was born, and today was her post-natal appointment. She had to fight Castle off once last week, when he had a little too much eggnog, but other then that he had been pretty good. She looked down at her precious baby boy as he continued to eat. She had never thought of herself as a maternal person at all, but things had changed over the last year. Meeting Castle, who already had a small child, and then getting pregnant had turned her life around.

She noticed that the baby had stopped suckling on her breast so she switched him to the other side and he started up again. His eyes were drooping almost as if he was about to fall back to sleep when Castle came out of the bathroom and startled him when he flung himself down on the bed to watch the baby eat. Carter immediately started to scream and Kate glared at Rick.

"Sorry I was just trying to watch." He apologized as he ran his hand over the babys arm.

"Yeah well could you be a little softer next time. He was almost asleep Rick."

"It was an accident, sorry." He got up and went into the closet to get dressed.

Kate stood up and helped Carter latch back on as she slowly rocked him back and forth; before Rick was done dressing Carter was asleep.

"See." He said as he walked out of the closet, "No harm done."

"We have a baby in the house now, things just need to be calmer, I don't want him to be stressed."

Rick leaned in and captured her mouth, running his tongue over her bottom lip as he let go. "I love when you go all mother hen on me, but he's fine."

"Oh you love mother hen?" she laughed, "Gosh it's so weird that I'm a mommy now."

"Weird? You had 9 months to prepare."

Rick sat down on the edge of the bed to slide his socks on.

"Yeah but it wasn't real until I held him, and this.." She pointed down to the baby still nuzzled against her bare chest. "This is the craziest thing ever, he can survive solely on my breast milk."

"Yeah, it is a little odd isn't it? I mean I wish I could survive off your breast."

"Oh, shut up. Here, take him so I can get showered and ready for my appointment."

"Oh that is today isn't it?" Rick softly took the sleeping baby from her arms.

"Like you didn't have a countdown on your phone. Just because the doctor gives me the all clear doesn't mean you're getting lucky tonight Rick."

"I know, and it's not like I can persuade you with a nice glass of red wine either if you know what I mean." He winked as he walked out of the bedroom.

She shook her head as he left. Even though she warned him that she might not be ready to resume their intimacy, she was really just teasing him. She couldn't wait to get that part of them back. She had felt ready for a few weeks now, and even though she read online that most women started back before the six weeks, she wanted to wait it out. She wanted to make sure she was fully healed and on birth control. No chances were being taken at another surprise baby. She loved Carter, but two kids was enough for now. She wanted to finish school and get married and then they could plan the next pregnancy.

Xx

"Well Kate, you've healed great and it looks like you haven't gone against the 6 week rule which is very rare for me to see." The doctor laughed as threw away her gloves and started to write on Kate's patient form.

"So.. sex is back on the table, my fiancé will be very pleased to hear that."

"I'm sure he will. I would recommend you invest in a little lube, things don't go back to complete normalcy after having a baby, not for a while anyways. You might even be a little sore the first few times, until your body adjust."

"Lube? Really? We've never needed help in that department before."

"Yeah well, your body was also not recovering from pushing out a 7 pound baby before."

Kate looked down to the baby sleeping in his car seat. "Yeah, you're right. So can you insert the iud today so that I am protected immediately? I mean, I love my son, but I want to wait a while until I have another."

"yeah of course that's something we can do today. It starts working immediately, and you aren't ovulating anyway so I don't think there is any immediate chance of pregnancy."

"Okay."

Xx

When Kate got home, Alexis and Rick were watching tv. She took Carter into their room and put him down in his bassinet before making her way back to the kitchen to get a snack.

Rick snuck up behind her and slid his arms around her stomach, attacking her neck with kisses. "We get the all clear?"

"Rick…."

"What? I need to know when my wooing can start."

"So you only want to woo me when you know you're getting some…. How romantic."

"No, I just don't want to get you or myself riled up when I know that sex isn't on the table. I've had my share of blue balls in the last 6 weeks or so."

"Oh god." She pulled his arms from around her waist and escaped to the fridge.

"I'm assuming that's a no for sexy time. Well, I have an old college buddy that is in town and wanted to know if I would get a drink with him this evening. Would that be okay with you? I'd be home at a decent hour I promise."

"What time is a decent hour to you?" she asked, pulling the carton of strawberries out of the fridge.

"Whenever my fiancé wants me home…." He shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't care. Go, have fun with your friend."

"You really don't mind?"

"Nope. You could probably use a break. You've been cooped up with me and a newborn for 6 whole weeks."

"So you aren't going to get mad at me if I come home late?"

"No, I'm not going to be mad at you Rick, unless you plan on doing something you know I wont approve of." She turned to look at him, an almost threatening look on her face.

"I wouldn't dream of doing anything you wouldn't approve of." He placed a kiss on her cheek, and she grabbed his hand as he started to walk away, pulling him back in for a deeper kiss.

"mmmmmm." He moaned as they broke apart, "I have missed those kinds of kisses."

"You'll be getting them more often now that I know everything is fully healed."

"So you're saying we can." He nodded towards the bedroom.

"The doctor said everything was fine, but I still want it to be on my terms."

"Of course." He nodded profusely, a smile splayed across his face.

"I'm serious Rick, I just don't know if I'm ready yet."

"You act like we've never had sex before. What's the big deal?"

The baby started to cry from the other room so Kate started to take off towards their bedroom, Rick grabbed her hand, stilling her so she couldn't escape the conversation.

"If something is wrong Kate, you need to tell me."

"I'm just nervous okay, I mean I just pushed a baby out of there, I'm scared it's going to be different for you."

"Different for me?"

"I don't know." She shrugged, "I have to get the baby."

"No, he can cry for a few minutes, he'll be fine."

"Stop Rick, I just don't want to do it yet." She jerked her arm away and started off towards the bedroom again to get the baby.

Rick stood at the kitchen counter for a minute before deciding if he didn't push the conversation now he might not get another chance to find out what was really going on. So he made his way to the bedroom, walking in as Kate took her shirt off to feed Carter.

"Kate, I love you, you know that right?"

She looked up at him and simply nodded.

"and making love to you will always be special to me, and I'll always take care of you."

"Rick, I know that. I…" She paused. "The doctor told me things would be different, and that we should probably use lube, and It just makes me really nervous. I don't want it to hurt, and I don't want you to feel like you can't turn me on. Because I want to have sex with you, but at the same time my sex drive is just not there right now. I wanted to plan something romantic for tonight, and now I'm chickening out, I'm scared."

"Scared of what? That it will hurt? We can use lube and we can go really slow. A lot of foreplay might be necessary."

"I'm scared of a lot of things. I don't want to feel different to you now that I've had a baby, and i…"

"Wow. Stop right there. Kate you and I are going to get married, and we are going to have a few more of those down the road I'm sure. Your body is going to change a little bit, but those changes are not something I will ever be worried about. I want to make love to you because I love you, and there is nothing that will change that."

"I know, but you're not the one that's insecure, I am."

"I understand that, but as your partner it's my job to make sure that you know that you are the most beautiful, perfect person in my eyes."

"You do make me feel beautiful babe, it's not that."

"I just want you to be comfortable Kate, and if that means we have to wait a while, then I'll wait. It might be very impatiently." He laughed, gaining a grin from her as well. "But, I'll wait."

"You aren't going to go searching elsewhere tonight, right?"

"I'm gonna let that slide and hope you're joking."

"No, I'm not, I don't want you to get bored with me, or tired of waiting."

"Kate, if we never have sex again, I still would never cheat on you."

"You promise."

"Yes, I promise babe." He took a seat next to her and placed a kiss on her shoulder as she rocked the baby back and forth to calm him down.

Xx

Rick met his college buddy Brett at the Old Haunt at seven and by 10 o'clock they were both wasted.

"Brett, I should really get out of here."

"Oh, don't do that to me Ricky, I haven't seen you in two years and you're trying to run out on me before midnight, the night is still young."

"I have a fiancé at home, and two kids bud."

"Yeah, your fault, not mine." Brett teased as he downed another shot of whiskey.

"She's perfect."

"Who? The fiancé?"

"Yeah the fiancé, she is amazing, and beautiful… God she is so beautiful."

"So this ones the real deal, not some girl you got pregnant."

"Well, I did get her pregnant, but I love her. The beginning of our relationship was stressful, but I knew from the first time I met her that there was something more there… She is the one."

"You sure about that? Because there is a few blonde ones at that table over there that keep eyeing us."

Rick glanced over and sure enough three blonde girls were staring back at them. One of them waved and he waved back, and before he knew it they were joining them at their table.

"Brett we shouldn't."

"Lighten up, we'll flirt a little and buy them a shot, and then you can leave and I can take over. I need a wingman."

"30 minutes, and then I'm out."

"Fine, fine."

Thirty minutes turned into three hours and before Castle knew it he was way too drunk. He glanced at his phone, it was 1am, but no missed calls or text from Kate. Figuring she must be asleep already, he went ahead and paid the tab, and told Brett he was leaving.

"already man."

"Dude, I tried to leave at 10, its now well after midnight. I'm gonna get a cab."

"Would you like to share?" one of the blondes who had introduced herself as Amanda asked flirtatiously.

"No, I need to get back to my fiancé, and kids. But Brett buddy it was nice to see you, let me know next time you're in the city."

"Of course dude, and congrats on the new baby."

Xx

Kate was on the couch watching tv when she heard Rick rattling his keys outside the door. She hadn't been to sleep yet, although she had told him it was okay to stay out late she was still worried about him. When he came through the door she could tell that he was more then just a little under the influence.

"Hey babe." She stood up and walked towards him.

She was wearing the navy blue nightgown that Lanie had bought her, which she was a little unsure of at first, but after much deliberation she felt that she didn't want to wait any longer, she trusted him to be careful and respectful of her body.

"You're up? And you're dressed like that…" his eyes roamed her body.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and placed a kiss on his neck, "I wanted to surprise you and honestly I was about to give up and go to bed.. it's pretty late Rick."

She continued to place kisses on his neck, taking his ear lobe into her mouth as he babbled on. "I know, I'm sorry, Brett and I got carried away, I tried to leave around 10 and then he made me stick around and be his wing man. Which I don't think I'm any good at anymore. One girl even tried to leave with me after I had shown pictures of my newborn son. I forgot how desperate some women are."

"The only woman you should be worried about is trying to seduce you right now and you wont shut up."

"Oh, you want to have sex?" he looked shocked as he pulled his head back to make eye contact with her.

Her only response was to kiss him, so she did, and he quickly deepened it, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Bedroom babe.." she laughed as they broke apart.

He grabbed her ass and hauled her legs up and around his torso, making his way to the bedroom. He lowered her to the bed and crawled in over her, pulling her legs apart so he could rest between her thighs.

"It's not working?"

"what?" he asked as he propped himself over her.

"Things aren't moving along down there, this is what she warned me about, and I we don't have any lube."

"Hey, calm down." She was becoming panicky and he could tell that she wasn't ready, "Kate, if you aren't ready we don't have to."

"I want to, but she was right, my doctor told me things wouldn't be the same quite yet."

"We will wait."

"I want to do it." She pulled him back down over her and kissed him again.

"Well let me run down to the pharmacy down the street, I'll get some lube and we can try."

"It's too late, and you're drunk. I should have been better prepared."

"Okay, well let me go down on you, and we will see if I can help things out a bit."

She nodded in agreement, she was willing to let him try.

He pushed her nightgown up her body as he made his way down, kissing her breast and stomach on his decent, he pulled her panties off her legs and unlike any other time he had done it they were completely unsoiled.

He pulled her legs apart, and ran his tongue through her folds. It felt amazing just to be touched by him, and after a few minutes of work she could feel herself loosening up for him. When he felt the moisture, he slowly ran his fingers through her folds, his tongue still working on the bundle of nerves. He slid one finger in slowly and he could feel her tensing up immediately.

"Slower Rick."

He obeyed, and slowly pumped the finger in and out until she told him to add another. He slowly pumped a second finger in and within minutes she was moaning.

"I think I'm ready."

He kissed her pubic bone on the way up, running his hands up her sides until he was resting above her.

"You sure?" he asked and she nodded, running her hand behind his neck and pulling him into a kiss.

He pushed his pants off his body and she palmed him through his boxers, shoving at them to get them off quickly. When he was fully naked he ran himself through her folds, spreading her over him before slowly positioning himself at her entrance and sliding in.

"Slower Rick."

He kissed her as his hand ran between the two of them, working on her clit as he slowly pulled himself out and pumped back in.

"You okay?" he asked as he continued to pump in and out slowly.

"It hurts."

"You want me to stop?"

"No, just keep going slow, it's getting better."

He continued to move slowly over her and within a few minutes she was thrusting her hips upwards into him.

"Okay you can speed up." She urged him and he did, still trying to be as gentle as possible.

"Harder." She begged, as she ran her hands over his ass, shoving him into her.

"You sure?"

"Do I sound unsure?" she laughed, and he began to pump harder and faster.

"Does it feel okay Rick?"

"Babe, you feel amazing," he kissed her, "what do you need."

"Play with me a little more." And he ran his hand down between them again, his thumb making small tight circles over her clit.

"Just like that." She moaned as he continued to pump into her, "I'm almost there Rick, are you almost there, I want us to come together."

"You just tell me when, because right now it's taking everything in me not to let go."

He continued to work on her and as soon as she started to tighten around him, he let go, spilling into her.

He ran kisses over her shoulder and neck as he rest above her before pulling out and resting to her side, pulling her body into his.

"That was amazing Kate."

"Yeah, you weren't too bad yourself, and thank you."

"For…"

"For being sweet and making sure I was comfortable."

"That's my job."

He pulled the blankets up over them and she ran her legs in between his. She loved this man more then anything and was happy to make him happy.