So I figured since everyone is putting up a morning after story, one more wouldn't make a difference. Seriously though how awesome was that episode?
Disclaimer: Andrew is doing an awesome job so I'll stick to my fantasies. All mistakes are my own.
His eyes slowly opened as the sunlight slowly made it's way across the room and onto the other occupant of the bed. The sunlight hitting her in just the correct angle making her look even more peaceful. He let out a small stretch and took notice of the parts of his body that were still a little sore, smiling to himself slightly. He moved from where he was lying on his back to onto his side, reaching out his hand and slowly tracing it up and down her arm. She let out a small moan and shifted towards the heat his body was providing.
"Morning." Castle said softly.
Her eyes slowly blinked opened and she turned towards him, the sheet from the bed just covering her. She pulled it up slightly and a smile came to her face.
"Morning."
He raised his hand and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear before leaning down slightly and giving her a small kiss. Before anything could start the ringing of a phone came from across the room. Castle looked towards it and sighed softly.
"Trust a body to ruin this moment."
Kate looked at him and bit her lip debating whether or not to tell him. "That won't be a body." She said softly avoiding eye contact with him.
He looked down and looked at her, he moved his finger to cradle her jaw and moved her head so that she was then looking in his eyes.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Yesterday…" She started off, she took a small breath in and started again. "I still haven't told you the full story but, I resigned."
"Kate?" His eyes searched hers for any signal that she was joking but he found nothing. "You can't, you love that job."
"But I realized I loved you more. I couldn't lose you over it."
Her phone started ringing again and she still made no attempt to answer it, as soon as it started it stopped. They were both silent for a few minutes before he made an attempt to move.
"How about I make breakfast and we talk?"
Kate slowly nodded her head, sitting up clutching the sheet to her closely. Castle reached down and picked up the boxers and shirt that had been discarded the night before. He handed the shirt to Beckett and she gladly took it.
"Thanks." She slipped it over her head and watched as Castle stood and put his boxers on before going to his drawers and taking out some sweatpants. He put them on before heading for the door to his study.
"You want some coffee?"
"Keep this up and I'm going to owe you more than one hundred."
"It's just my way of keeping you around." He smirked before walking into the study and towards the kitchen.
Kate stood up and moved to pick up the clothes that been threw halfway across the room, she bent down and picked up her trousers and took her phone from out of the pocket. She unlocked it and noticed the missed calls were from Ryan. She also had texts from Lanie, she locked the phone not wanting to see and threw it onto the bed. She folded up the trousers and picked up her shirt before folding that up. She placed them both on the bed and ran a hand through her hair trying to make it more presentable. She adjusted the shirt so that it fell to her mid thigh and brought the collar of the shirt to her nose before smelling it.
She knew if Castle saw her now he would be smirking but she secretly loved the way he smelt. She heard her phone ringing once again but ignored it before walking into the study where she heard a voice.
"Just tell me if she's here Castle, I can't find her anywhere." She looked through the bookshelves and noticed Lanie was stood in the middle of the living room with Castle facing her.
She saw him look over her shoulder and his eyes met hers, he gave her a slight questioning look as if asking whether he should tell Lanie she was here. She moved towards the door and took a breath before moving into his line of sight more properly.
"I'm here Lanie."
Lanie turned around and took in her appearance, before turning her eyes back to Castle and then landing back to Kate. She let out a breath.
"Thank god, I've been trying to find you everywhere."
"Well you found me." She gave a small shrug. "Can you give us a minute?" She asked looking at Castle.
He nodded moving into the kitchen. "Coffee Lanie?" He asked.
"Tea, please." She said walking towards Kate. "What the hell happened? I got a call from Javi last night telling me you resigned."
"Do you want to take a seat in the living room and I'll be back in a minute." Kate said.
Lanie nodded and went to take a seat and watched as Kate went back into the bedroom and Castle moved around the kitchen. Taking in the appearances she knew what had happened but wanted to hear it from Kate. Castle came and placed a mug in front of her and a mug of coffee next to her for Kate.
"Have you eaten?" He offered. "I'm making breakfast and you're more than welcome to have some."
"I won't be long, I wouldn't want to spoil your morning." She smirked. "But thank you anyway."
He shrugged before moving back into the kitchen, moments later she heard footsteps and then the couch dipped as Kate took a seat next to her. She picked up her mug of coffee before inhaling the aroma deeply.
"So what's up Lanie?" Kate asked, sounding as if nothing was wrong.
"What's up is my best friend just quit her job, before disappearing without a trace and making everyone worry about her."
Kate took a small sip from her mug before facing Lanie again. "Well then first off I'm sorry for making you worry, but as you guessed I had other things going on."
Inside Lanie was doing a small happy dance and smiled. "We'll talk about that later girl but, did you think we weren't going to fight for you? You can't just leave like that."
"Lanie I know it might seem like a spur of the moment thing, but I realised yesterday that there are things I can't lose. This past year I've been working with a therapist to not let my mother's murder define who I am and it's worked."
"Kate, don't do this."
"Lanie my mind is made up, I'm not going back."
Lanie let out a small sigh and placed her empty mug back on the table. "Obviously I'm not going to get through to you so I'll just let you enjoy the rest of your morning." She stood up and made her way towards the door. Before she opened it she turned and faced her. "If I haven't said it already I'm happy for you Kate." With that she turned and walked out the loft.
Kate finished her coffee before picking up both mugs and taking them to the kitchen. She let out a laugh when she noticed what was for breakfast.
"You're very welcome Rick." She grabbed a pancake from the plate and took a bite out of it. Just as he finished and turned off the stove the house phone rang. He picked up the phone from where it was sat on the kitchen counter.
"Castle." He answered. He listened for a few seconds before turning to Kate. "It's Ryan." He passed the phone to Kate but she refused to pick it up. "Kate you know that's he going to keep ringing until you answer him."
With a sigh she picked up the phone. "What's up Ryan?" After a few minutes of listening she replied. "Fine tell her I will be in later today to finalise it." She hung up the phone and placed it back on the counter.
"What was that about?" Castle asked taking a seat at the counter and picking up one of the pancakes.
"I have to go in and sign some paperwork to make my resignation final."
"Kate are you sure this is what you want?"
"As long as I have you I'm sure." She said taking a seat next to him.
A/N: I'm not going to force you to review, but please?