This is my first fan-fic ever. I've been reading everyone else's work and just got so wrapped up I had to try it myself.
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The below-zero temperatures of the freezer soaked through my thin jacket and my feet half-uncovered because of my heels, were turning a sickening blue color. I looked over at the floor where Castle sat and knew that he felt the chill. He looked so small, his lips bright blue as I'm sure mine were.
He must have been watching me because he said, "I'm okay. Don't worry." But how could I not worry as his words came out shaky and barely audible.
He stood up and walked over to my shivering body rested against the side of the icy freezer. My whole body was immediately made aware when Castle rested his large hands on the sides of my arms. Usually I would pull away, put up some kind of wall to stop his continuous advances, but this time I just let it happen, "I need the silver lining now."
His hands started rubbing up and down on the leather of my jacket, an expression of pity crossing his normally jovial features, "I don't have any." He replied, his voice dripping with fear. I dropped my face to the ground. His strong arms shook slightly as he pulled me into an embrace. My pale hands stayed up by my face while he held me but then wove into his coat as the bitter cold stung fiercely. A sad smirk touched the corner of my lips. I finally let Richard Castle in when we are about to be frozen to death. How twisted things could get, if I could have, I would have laughed at the bitter sweetness of it all. But then the quirk at the corners of my lips vanished. What if all this was happening, him hugging me and me letting him in, expressly because we were in a life and death situation.
My mind reeled as I pushed that thought away and the kiss that happened just weeks earlier rose to the surface with a certain urgency. I can't count how many times I had thought over that magical event and chalked it all up to 'our cover.' In my heart, I knew that the way Castle had looked at me wasn't a rouse and the feeling in my stomach as that cursed moan escaped my lips, wasn't faked.
I was brought back to the situation at hand when Rick pulled away slightly making his comforting warmth disappear with him. His arms were still wrapped around me (probably for his own warmth, I thought facetiously) as he looked at me. Fear, concern and something else clouded his blue eyes.
"Rick..." I began. I wanted to tell him everything. How much his hard-work meant to me, how much him standing by my side helped, how much I cared for him. But before I could finish the sentence, cold took over and I could feel my legs going numb. Slowly, I fell to the ground my fall cushioned by Rick's strong arms. He held me tight against himself and rocked back and forth as he stroked my brown hair.
"I can't feel anything." The statement barely left my lips when his arms tightened around me. I knew this might be my last chance. "I want you to know how much I l..." but then everything went black as I slipped into unconsciousness.