Its early morning and they are at the scene of a particularly gruesome murder when Kevin hands me my coffee. Heat radiates from its plastic container warming my cold hands, cheering me up despite the dismal winter weather.
I go to take a sip but the lid is loose and I nearly spill it everywhere. Looking down I notices a clumsy heart etched into the foam. I smile at this but don't think much of it, just a happy coincidence caused by a near miss.
The next time Kevin gets the coffee I remove the plastic lid to check, but am not expecting anything really. After all cops don't usually do this sort of stuff for their partners do they?
So when I see large neat foam heart staring up at me. I assume it must be some sort of joke and drink up before Castle or Beckett sees it, just in case they misunderstand.
As coffee hearts become a regular occurrence in my life the harder they get to ignore, to dismiss as nothing. No matter how many times I tells myself it's just coffee.
I find myself thinking about him late at night, pondering about the coffee and more. Confused I try to interpret every look and touch we share. Trying to grasp the meaning behind the coffee, I can't help but wonder if its love and the more I think about this the more realistic this idea begins to seem.
Painfully aware of what each cup means I begin to dread each cup, and what it symbolises. The more I deliberates over my dilemma the more I realises that I doesn't want to hurt him.
The more I realises how much I care.
The penny drops one morning while Kevin is handing me my coffee, as I stare into his blue eyes I realise I'm in love with him. Surprised I drop the cup, its contents spilling everywhere.
As he bends down to try and mop up the mess using some tissues my eyes never leave myself I act unusually bold, in part due to the empty office I lean down and kiss him.
To my relief he kisses me back passionately.
When we finally break apart I find myself being dragged off for coffee by my handsome new boyfriend.
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