Disclaimer: I do not own Castle although I wish.
A/N: Still fairly new to fan fiction. I've been reading them for years but after I watched Castle, I had story ideas that I just had to write down. I had started one and then this popped into my head. Please read and review. Thanks.
The game started as a result of writing out our wedding vows. After all, when you are to marry a world famous author, you can't have the standard vows that have been used time and time again. But you can't fix writer's block even if it is less than a month before the wedding and you haven't written down more than a few words and what you do write sounds corny as hell. After about a week of hiding from each other we decided to sit down and figure our vows out together. It was a Thursday when Rick came out of his office and I out of the bedroom and decided that two heads could be better than one.
"How's it going?" I ask as we head into the kitchen and I immediately get food and begin to make us a couple of sandwiches and chips.
"Everything I come up with is so corny and I really don't want us to be that couple. Absolutely nauseating at their own wedding."
"I agree. I want it to be personal but fun."
"You guys still having trouble with your wedding vows?" Martha comes waltzing in the room like only an actress can. I motion to the stuff to see if she wants a sandwich but she just shakes her head.
"Yeah, we want it to be different but nothing ridiculous."
"Well you, Katherine, are already a step ahead of the last two. He didn't write vows for either one of them. Wait a minute… what if you were to list all the things you love about each other and then say them during the ceremony? Or read each other's list? Oh Richard!" She begins excitedly. "That would be simply marvelous. Maybe you can make a game of it."
" Well if she were to list all the stuff about me that she loved then I wouldn't get in a word at the wedding." I see his hand moving towards my chips and I slap his hand. He pulls back his hand playfully pretending the light tap was a hard smack.
" Well you two are making this harder than it needs to be. I'm heading to the studio now we're running lines for The Glass Menagerie." She gets up and gives us both a kiss on the cheek and then grabs her purse and leaves.
When the door closes behind her I continue the conversation that we just finished. " You know Rick, I think that would be a cool idea. We can each write out ten and then we give each other one every other day. Y' know like one for me one day and then one for you and then finally one for each of us on the day of the wedding." I say getting excited about the idea.
"And collect them and read them aloud during the ceremony." His eyes brighten and he reminds me of a little kid.
" But nothing dirty Castle." I say giving him my look. "Our parents and Alexis are going to be there."
" I'll try to refrain myself." He says as he gets up from the table and pulls me into his arms. "But I make no promises." He nuzzles my neck and I bite back a sigh.
"So who will go first?" I pull back from him and look him in the eyes.
"Rochambeau?" He raises an eyebrow and begins to form a fist with his right hand.
"Sure loser goes first " I agree. I make a fist of my own and get ready "1... 2… 3… SHOOT!" My hand automatically flattens as Rick's stays the same. I smile at him. " I win"
"Don't worry, I let you win so you get a head start on all the reasons why you love me." He breaks out his smug smile which makes me want to kiss that smile off of his face or hurt him and even after a year together I still can't tell which I would rather do more.
"You're right. I will need some time… time to try to think up 10. I mean gosh I can only think of maybe five." His smile falls and I know that I got him right where I want him. "Castle? I was just kidding…. I could probably make it to ten." I give him a quick peck on the lips and then move away from him towards the living room.
"Cute" I turn back at the sound of his voice and wink. He's just so easy sometimes. He finally follows me into the room where we spend the rest of our day on the couch watching old TV show reruns really making the most of our lazy day at home. By the time that we went to bed I couldn't wait to start this game and I already knew what my first was.