A/N - I've been wanting to start wrting for some time now, but just never got around to it for some reason. After watching 'Once Upon a Crime' I thought that might be a good chance to continue a short story from the last scene in the episode. I didn't really know where I was going with this, just ended up writing and this is the end product, so hopefully its not to dreadful! The 'T' rating is just to cover myself if I add any future chapters. Any thoughts or feedback would be great as I'd love to start getting into writing.
Sorry for any bad grammar, formatting or spellings but my version of MS Office as somehow reverted to a trial version and won't give me my starter version back, so I've had to produce this on Wordpad which has no spellcheck! (At least thats the excuse I'm going with).
Disclaimer - I don't own Castle or anything related to it. Im sure my bank balance would be a lot healthier if I did!
"That's sweet" she said with warm smile on her face
"Your right that is sweet" Castle said quietly, surprised as to where his mother was going with this.
"sshhh" Alexis was taking her 'stage manger' role seriously enough to make sure her dad didn't interrupt.
He gave an apologetic look to his daughter "Sorry"
"Now, if Richard has only been able to embrace the role of son, with the same level of commitment"
"And into the woods we go" He said with a look that showed he knew Martha was only just beginning.
Beckett bit her lower lip to hold back a laugh and without realizing it laid her hand on top of Castle's curling her fingers around it. She just felt so comfortable and relaxed with him in the warm atmosphere of his loft that her brain didn't think to much about the action, in fact she'd turned back her attention onto Martha, captivated in what she was saying.
The contact of her hand on his though hadn't gone unnoticed by Castle, the second he'd felt her soft skin on his had taken his breath away and made his heart start racing. He couldn't believe that just a simple act of her holding his hand could have such an effect on him. As he grinned to himself he decided not to mention anything for fear she might pull away once she'd realized the position they were in. So he was happy just to enjoy the contact with her and couldn't help the huge smile on his face as he kept glancing at her while she was fixed on listening to Martha.
In the midst of all of this another Castle was being just as observant, this time it was little Castle, after having to 'sshh' her dad earlier she decided to glance across again just to make sure he was paying attention (she knew Beckett would be, as since she'd got there she'd been leant forward on the edge of the sofa clearly listening to Martha). What she saw however was her dad starring at Beckett with the biggest smile on his face. It was then that she saw Kate's hand on top of Rick's, with that she too lit up with a huge grin thinking that maybe it wouldn't be much longer before these two were together.
At that a small plan hatched in her head to help things coax things along a little, so whilst Kate was paying attention to Martha and Rick as practically drooling over Kate, she stealthily slid her phone out of her pocket, and snapped a picture of them on the sofa with their hands linked. Within seconds she'd already sent it to Lanie, with an attached message saying 'Looks like we'll have something to gossip about tomorrow! Think I might get in on that pool you've been talking about!'
Proud of her accomplishment she then turned her focus back to Martha who was still spinning out greatly exaggerated stories.
An hour later Martha had finished her performance and was at the door saying goodbye to her playwright. Alexis had offered to get another drink for Kate, sensing that her dad would offer but didn't want to get up to get them as it would mean he'd have to remove Kate's hand from his.
"Well I guess I can have one more drink, then I really should be off home" The word home did sound strange to in her mind though, as she said it she felt like she was already 'home', deciding it would be best to investigate that thought later on her own she turned to Rick and opted that conversation would be a good distraction.
"So was that really as painful as you'd feared?" Remembering back to how anxious Rick had been about what Martha might have come out with.
"You still have your gun right?" he joked.
Kate couldn't help but roll her eyes at that "Come on Castle it wasn't that bad, besides Martha seemed to enjoy herself"
"Lets just say I'm glad she stuck to only exaggerating the truth and didn't resort to embarrassing stories" he said with still somewhat fearful look in his eyes, which Kate couldn't help but find a little cute.
"I'm sure I could dig out a few stories to include if you'd prefer" Martha chimed in, having walked back into the room with an evil grin.
At that moment Rick swung his gaze back from Kate to Martha "NO!" he screamed out in a much higher pitched voice than he had intended.
Both Kate and Martha laughed at his sudden reaction.
"Besides mother I'm sure Beckett has heard more than enough of your voice tonight" he came out with in a slightly calmer voice, trying to rescue himself from the situation a little.
"What a charming son you are" Martha said sarcastically.
It took Kate only a second to realize that this was too good of an opportunity to pass up on torturing her partner a little.
"Actually Martha I'd love to hear some more stories" With that she turned back to Rick
"Maybe if I have some embarrassing stories on him, then I can use them to keep him in line at the precinct" A mischievous grin had now formed on her face and her tone was much more teasing.
"Beckett, your seriously going to resort to blackmailing me into behaving" Rick pouted.
"If it stops you playing on your phone all day and gets you helping with paperwork then maybe" She challenged knowing that they'd started on of their little games of banter
"Ah but if I ignore the paperwork and spend my day annoying you instead then maybe I get to see the cute angry Beckett" Satisfied that his comeback would see him win their little game, a smug smile grew on his face while he studied Beckett's face to see if she had a reply.
Kate could feel her face turning red, she needed a comeback and quick if she was going to win this one, then it came to her. "Not cute when im angry at you, remember" simple yet effective. When she saw him open his mouth then close it again when no reply came back she knew she'd won this round.
At this point both had realized that just like when building theory during a case, they'd subconsciously moved closer to each other with their faces just a few inches apart. But neither moved or broke away, as they just starred into each others gaze.
Martha seeing this decided it may be best if, for once, she didn't interrupt so turned back to head to the kitchen to help Alexis, only to find she'd already appeared next to her holding a tray of drinks for them all.
"Another glass of champagne for you to celebrate your performance" she offered handing Martha a glass.
"Ah thank you my dear, though I've a feeling we'll need to save some champagne as we'll soon be celebrating something more special" as she nodded toward the two on the sofa taking the glass from Alexis hands.
"If they ever rejoin us from whatever spell they both seen to be frozen in" that is, referring to them not having moved for the last few minutes.
"I know how to snap them out of it" Alexis winked at Martha as she moved to sit in a chair near her dad's side of the sofa.
Raising her voice slightly, just to enough to make sure they both heard her, she simply called across to Martha who had sat in an armchair opposite her "I think Lanie calls it 'eye sex', says they normally snap out of it on their own!"
And those words were enough to break the spell of the two sitting on the sofa, they pulled apart, Kate finally breaking away from the hand she'd been holding, while her face lit up scarlet blushing. Rick in the meantime was left starring at Alexis in shock jaw hanging open in shock that his daughter had come out with such a thing.
So thanks to anyone that took time to read this, I'd love to hear any reviews or feedback, don't know if I should leave this as a oneshot or try to do a couple more chapters, advice would be worth its weight in gold :)