A/N : Hey guys, so I came up with this fan fic, mainly because of my love for these supporting characters….Don't get me wrong, I am completely obsessed with all the caskett love that's going around just as much as all of you, but I just feel that we don't get enough Lanie time, she is an amazing character and I feel that her relationship with Espo is something worth exploring into more..

So basically this is a Lanie-eccentric based fan fic, one-shot for now, however if requested I will try my best to extend it… Please R&R,

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of these extraordinary characters, they strictly belong to the genius Andrew. and ABC (anyway if I did, I probably would have not written this XD )

Xoxo D

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Lanie unlocked the door of her apartment and stepped inside, it had been an extremely draining day at the precinct, five bodies had arrived and she had been busy with autopsies and paperwork for the whole time. Closing the door behind her and making sure to lock it, she sighed, running her fingers through her hair, Lanie made her way to the fridge, it was empty… just like she predicted. Not only was she now starving but her fridge had run out of food too, urghhh, that was just great..

Lanie had just finished freshening up when she heard a knock on the door, she dragged her tired feet to the front door and was surprised to see the guest who was hidden behind a large box of take-away pizza, " Javi ?"

"What are you doing here?" said Lanie opening the door wider to allow Javier to enter. "Delivering you a cheese and tomato, pepperoni flavoured dinner." Replied Javier In a matter-of-fact manner. "Yeah, I can see that, but why the hell would you wanna do that?" "Because, I was hungry and I ordered pizza and I knew your fridge would be empty so I came here to share my dinner with you." Said Javier, placing the box on the kitchen counter.

Lanie looked at the box, she could feel the saliva in her mouth oozing out, licking her lips discreetly, she faced the detective who was busying himself with setting the table. "I bet some wine would make this taste even better."

The duo had devoured the pizza in a few minutes and were currently sipping their glasses of wine, "So..." said Lanie, taking a quick sip, "How are things going on between you and Ryan?" "Great, it's gonna take a while to patch things up completely, however we will definantly work things out." Replied Javier, his thumbs fiddling with the empty glass. Ever since the break up, things between Lanie and him had been slightly awkward but they were getting better by each day. Lanie stood up and gathered the empty box, she held out one arm to Javi, "You know, I've got a bottle of beer in the fridge, you can help yourself to that if you want, I know you are not the greatest fan of wine." Javier grinned, handing the empty glass to Lanie.

" Oh hell no !" laughed Lanie, they were catching up on things when Esposito mentioned about the ' caskett' rumour that was circling around the precinct . "I'm serious! Detective Hastings spotted Beckett and Castle holding hands on the way up to the precinct, I told her that was just an optical illusion, I mean, come on man, if they were dating, I am pretty sure Castle and his big ego would have flown the signs announcing the news by now right ?"

Lanie took a sip, "They are totally together, I've seen this post-sex glow from Kate since the beginning of last week, I pressed her for details and she shot me down, and the best part was, Castle wasn't even jealous." Esposito softly shook his head. "This reminds me of when we were trying to hide our relationship." Lanie cleared out her throat; smiling softly, all the memories flooding her mind. Esposito carried on joking about the couple's useless efforts of hiding their new form of partnership with Lanie only half listening; her mind still spinning with thoughts.

Lanie pushed the labelled autopsy file into one of the vacant drawers. Taking a deep breath, she shut her eyes, exhausted from the day before. Esposito had left her place at around 11 and Lanie spent the next hour or so, catching up on the dishes before finally hitting the hay. "Lanie?" Her eyes flapped back opened, oh, Thank goodness, she thought, it was only Beckett. "Hey girl, what's up ?" said Lanie, trying to hold it all together. " Lanie, you look terrible, did you not get any sleep last night ?" said Beckett, her kind eyes bearing into Lanie. "You know me, I was busy…." Her hands busying themselves with rearranging the files, "Lanie, come on, it's me." Said Beckett, Lanie turned her attention towards the brunette, "I'm tired, nothing new…" " We're friends Lanie, you know you can talk to me about anything and everything…" replied Beckett almost immediately.

"Yeah, we are, but the last time I recalled us 'talking about everything and anything' you didn't mention about you and writer boy." Snapped Lanie, Beckett sighed, she knew it. She had known it all along, she should have told Lanie about her and Castle from the beginning; it was only going to blow up in her face anyway. "Lanie…" "No, I don't wanna hear it. When I get back in order, we'll open the bubbly to celebrate, but right now, I'm exhausted, so please Kate, just go." Beckett stepped closer to her friend, gently pulling her arm, "Hey, let's bring you home okay? You really need to rest." Lanie shrugged her off, "Nuh-uh, I aint going anywhere, I'm good, please just let it go." Beckett sighed, Lanie was being her typical stubborn self, and there was nothing she could do about it. Beckett knew the only person that could possibly help her was Esposito, she pulled out her phone and made the quick call, he answered almost immediately. "Yo Beckett, What's up" "Espo, hey… Lanie needs you." That was all she had to say.

A/N: So what do you think? It's just a short thing I came up with, I'm loving season 5, however, I feel that Lanie should really get more screen time; I love it when Lanie and Beckett have their girly conversations!

Thanks for reading !