Cross over with ER. You can watch on youtube a search stana katic ER and watch both parts to understand but you dont need to to understand the story. Enjoy. Review.
This last case had been emotionally draining for them all; but, unbeknownst to the rest of them it was harder on one Detective Kate Beckett. This case strikingly resembled her own life. A coma patient waking up after years asleep lost in the dark abyss, only to be woken up to the nightmare known as life.
"Yo Beckett, we're gonna head out for drinks. You want to join us?" Esposito asks. She sighs internally honestly all she wanted to do was take a nice bubble bath and have a nice big glass of wine. But, she had been skipping these ends of the case outings lately and of course she could use a drink so she hesitantly agrees.
She catches up with them at the old haunt, she had to go home and freshen up first. Her heels clicked across the floor as she approached their usual table.
"Ah Beckett, just in time. I was just explaining to the boys about-" and that's all she really heard of Castle talking. Her mind was elsewhere.
More specifically her mind was on the man who had just walked into the bar. He looked like… No it couldn't be he lived all the way out in Chicago. There was no way he was here in New York.
She was pulled out of her reverie by the calling of her name. "Beckett you ok?" Ryan asks.
"Yea, sorry just got lost in my thoughts. What were you saying?" she replies offering a small apologetic smile.
"I think someone has the hots for you." Lanie says. After her and Espo got back together she has been joining them for drinks again.
"What? Who?" Kate asks.
"Mr. Tall dark and handsome at the bar. Ever since he walked in he keeps glancing over here." Lanie says with a smile.
Kate looks around trying to spot the guy Lanie is talking about. Kate lets out a gasp. No way in hell could she believe her eyes.
The world seems to slow down as the man once again turns toward her, his eyes widen as the link eyes. She rises out of her seat and as if on autopilot walks right over to him.
Before any words are exchanged she's in his arms.
"Blaire, is that really you?" the man asks unsure.
"Ye-yes, what are you doing here?" Kate asks her voice wavering with emotion.
The man in question picks her up and swings her around. "I'm here for a medical conference. I had heard that you moved to New York, but I couldn't find any other information on you."
"That's, that's oh my god I don't even know what to say." Kate replies laughing at the end.
He smiles at her before squeezing her shoulders, "How are you?"
She rolls her eyes, "Is that the doctor in you asking or the friend?"
"A little bit of both." He replies honestly. She didn't expect anything less from the man who was always honest with her even when it hurt.
"Better, a lot better. Thanks to you." he doesn't reply, only giving her a hug again.
She hears someone clear their throat behind her, Kate turns around and sees her friends waiting expectedly. They look ready to pounce if this man was there to harm her.
"Come meet my friends and we can catch up." She offers. He agrees and follow closely behind her.
"Guys this is Luka Kovac, Luka this is Ryan, Lanie, Rick, and Javier." Kate doesn't even realize that she is still clinging to his arm, Castle of course does. Jealousy flows through his veins, he questions who this man is and why he can make his Kate smile like that.
She shoos Ryan over so that her and Kovac can slide into the booth.
"Wow, so New York?" Kovac says as more of a question.
Kate nods in reply, "Yea, I needed a change of scenery. A fresh start and a new life."
"Well look at you, boy have the times changed. And, you're doing much better I see."
She gives him her patented Beckett thousand watt smile, "Of course, all thanks to you."
"So how do you guys know each other?" Lanie asks, curious. She's the only one with enough balls to come out and face the wrath of Beckett.
To everyone's surprise she just smiles and replies vaguely, "From around."
A look was exchanged around the table.
"So Luka how have you been?"
"Great, married with kids." He replies. She smiles and squeezes his hand.
"Good for you." she takes a sip of her drink before turning and looking at him, her eyes shining with excitement, "I caught the men who killed my mom."
A huge smile graces Kovac's face. "Congratulations, I always knew you had a fire in you."
"You always did believe in me, and never did give up. Thank you for that." Kate replies. Seriousness in her tone that lets the others knows they are missing a giant piece of the puzzle. Or in Castle's case a missing piece to the Beckett onion.
"You always were a fighter, even with the odds stacked against you. You overcame so much. What do you do here in New York?"
"I'm actually a homicide detective for the NYPD."
"And what about Justin?" Kate gives him a look.
"Long gone and moved on. I haven't talked to him since the day I found out he had gotten married." Kovac gives her hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Justin? Who the hell is Justin and why haven't you told me about him?" Lanie asks her best friend.
"Justin was a long time ago, in a whole other life." Kate and Luka share a meaningful look.
"So, on the other hand tell me more about the case."
Kate smiles at the change of topic," Well, I stayed in Chicago a year than I followed some leads about the case and they lead me to New York. The only legal way to follow it was to become a cop. So that's exactly what I did. I actually caught the man this year. After all those years I got the man who caused me so much pain."
"Well in that case a celebration is in order a round of drinks on me." He gets up to order but quickly turns to Kate, "Unless you are still wanting that joint you didn't get all those years ago." She lets out a throaty laugh.
"Times change my dear doctor, times change."
"I'll be right back." He says.
As soon as he leaves all eyes are on Kate.
"So Beckett, who is this mystery man that knows so much about you?" Ryan asks.
It's Lanie who snaps her fingers repeatedly," I know I have seen him somewhere before you have a picture of you with him at your apartment don't you?"
Kate opens her mouth to answer but her mysterious friend returns right as she was about to answer.