I haven't written anything in at least five years. And I wasn't really planning to but I had this idea so I didn't have much of a choice.
English is not my first language but I tried my best. If I made to many mistakes feel free to let me know and I will stop. If someone is interested in doing the beta reading for me please let me know :)
About this story: I had this idea after the last episode (S03E04). This story takes place somewhere in the future. Castle talks about his memories of the past to someone very important to him. It will be a little fluffy sometimes.
Enjoy XD
Back then
Chapter One
Richard Castle woke up at night. It took his eyes several moments to adjust to the darkness. When he could see enough in the dark he looked around to see the woman he loved sleeping next to him. He didn't notice when she came home hours before. There were days when she had to work late and even if he asked her every time to wake him up when she's coming home, she never did. She was always quiet and sneaked into bed beside him.
Castle looked over at the alarm clock beside her side of the bed. There wasn't an alarm set. And this means they could sleep in in the morning.
A little snore escaped her mouth. It was something new to Castle. Most nights it woke him up and he was sure it was the reason he was awake now. She never snored before and if he'd tell her in the morning, she'd deny it and tell him he was making it up to annoy her.
Softly he removed the sheet from her body, careful not to wake her up. He crawled down the bed some inches and raised her top a little bit.
"Hey there, little Peanut. " he whispered to her stomach.
"Did you make mommy snore again? Don't you worry I won't hold it against you because it's really cute. But don't tell her I said that."
Castle looked up at the sleeping woman. He couldn't hide the smile on his face when he looked back at her still flat stomach.
"I'm really impatient to finally meet you. I'm pretty sure you'll be beautiful just like your mommy."
He looked up at again and kept speaking softly to her stomach.
"If I had a time machine I would meet you right now." He couldn't hide his smile at his next thought. "I'm sure you're rolling your eyes right now, aren't you, Peanut?"
"There was this case once and I was pretty sure there was a time traveling killer. I was wrong at the time, but it could have been possible. You should ask Alexis, I told her everything about it back then. I believe that was around the same time Alexis fell in love for the first time. She will probably tell you all about it when you're old enough. I hope she will wait till you're old enough for that. If you ask me, you'll be old enough in around 25 years. "
"Do you want to know a little bit more about the case with…"
"Castle? What are you doing?"
He looked up into two tired eyes watching him.
"Nothing."
He yawned while he let her top down again and crawled back up in bed so he laid face to face with her again.
"You were talking to my stomach again, weren't you?"
"No." He tried his best innocent smile, not sure if she would see it in the darkness.
"The baby can't hear you anyway. It's way to small right now."
"Oh come on, you don't talk to Peanut at all?"
He noticed the smile on her face when he named their baby. Castle knew without a doubt that she loved their baby with her whole heart. She was just a little afraid to get attached this early. In her family was history with miscarriage at an early stage of the pregnancy.
They had their first doctor appointment just four days ago and even if the doctor told her everything looked perfect so far, she couldn't ignore the fact that there was a chance that something could happen because she wasn't twenty anymore.
"Go back to sleep. I just came home two hours ago and I'm really tired. And I can't sleep with you talking all night."
"Did you at least get all your paperwork done?"
She nodded and smiled. "Yes and this means I get tomorrow off. Now go back to sleep."
She turned around. Castle took this chance to cuddle closer. He gave her a kiss on her cheek while he spooned her. "I love you, Kate. Good Night."
She was almost back to sleep. Her response was only a mumbling "Luvyoutoo."
He cuddled as close as he could and put his arm around her on her stomach. Richard Castle couldn't hide his smile when he noticed her hand on her stomach as well. He cupped it and closed his eyes.
Thanx for reading.
Please let me know what you think about it.
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