A/N: Just a little plot-bunny that wouldn't leave me alone. This is set in Season 5, and Castle and Beckett are dating!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Castle. *sigh*
CHAPTER 1: Through The Underwear Drawer
Ref. Castle Season 1 Episode 10: "A Death In The Family"
"Mother, I'm not poking through her underwear drawer, I'm investigating her mother's case."
Richard Castle woke up to the aroma of coffee surrounding him like a warm blanket. Blinking sleepily, he tried to rub the remnants of haze out of his eyes. Jeez, he felt so damn tired. What time was it? He glanced at the clock.
6:14 AM.
Someone needed to explain to Katherine Beckett the meaning of 'sleeping in'.
True, years of police training had influenced her body clock. Still, how could someone leave the comfort of their warm bed at such an obscene hour? In November, no less! And then made coffee to ensure that every other sensible person in the house who was sleeping, would be jolted awake!
Really, Castle said to himself, shaking his head.
The smell of coffee was irresistible. He should know. It was one of his ridiculously overpriced imported coffee packets, which he had given her. He was surprised when she took it without protest. But then, Kate Beckett loved her coffee. She would savor the scent, closing her eyes and letting it assault her senses. Then delicately pucker her lips around the rim of the cup, take a sip, let out a barely audible moan as it went down her throat.
Great, now he was awake too, and unable to go back to sleep. He sat up, grudgingly letting the covers fall away from him as he picked up his clothes and searched for his socks. His eyes roamed the room lazily, taking in the details of Kate's simple but tastefully furnished room, till they suddenly settled on a half open drawer.
Never one to resist poking his nose in somebody else's business, especially when that someone was Kate, Castle walked over to the chest of drawers. Kneeling down for balance, he reached out to pull the drawer out a little and gave it a tug.
And almost got a heart attack.
This was Kate's underwear drawer.
Jesus, was she trying to kill him?
He was so dead if she caught him. Castle tried to ignore the gruesome images of torture that his overactive imagination came up with.
Discreet. He was going to have to be discreet.
Which meant he couldn't just dump the contents of the drawer onto the floor and rifle through them to his heart's content. Plus, being the control freak that she was, she probably had them arranged in meticulous piles and would notice at once if he messed them up.
Cautiously peeking out of the bedroom, he tried to see whether the coast was clear or not. He couldn't see her in his direct field of vision, but he could hear water running in the bathroom just off the hall. Good, a shower should keep her occupied for a while. Although it wouldn't be a bad idea to enjoy Round 3 in there with her, all steamy and wet—
Focus, Rick. Underwear. Right.
Castle tiptoed back to the bedroom, surveying the open drawer. Dropping to his knees again, he peeked in.
As he had presumed, her stuff was in neat little piles, arranged according to occasion and colour coded too.
The first pile was for everyday wear, mostly practical cotton, with some silk, in blacks and whites, with an occasional splash of red. Nothing he hadn't already seen.
The next pile was more flirty and feminine, for days she felt extra girly, he supposed. There were a lot of bows and frills, and the colour palette was limited to baby pinks, blues and mauves.
The last pile nearly made him choke on his own saliva. Really, Kate Beckett was going to kill him. He stared at the things, trying to get his mind out of the gutter. God, he never would have guessed that she could be so… Wild. Sexy as hell, but wild. Because this last pile oozed sex appeal. The craziest colors of the rainbow, with patterns in neon hues and every animal print possible, the itsy-bitsy little pieces of fabric that couldn't possibly leave anything to the imagination…..
He needed to have a talk with his cardiologist.
Castle thought back to the numerous times they'd gone undercover. Was this what she'd been wearing underneath those soft satin dresses that made her mile-long legs seem never-ending? God, he'd come so close during those operations, especially the one during the lottery-ticket-winning millionaire case, to just pushing her up against some wall and having his wicked way with her—
"Castle?"
Castle almost broke his neck, whirling around to face Kate.
Kate, in a bathrobe. With still-damp hair cascading down her shoulders.
Kate, who looked ready to skewer him to death, all sparks and fire smoldering in her eyes darkened with anger.
Kate, with cheeks flushed a delicate shade of rose pink.
Kate, sexy as ever, but willing to put a bullet through his brain right now.
Castle could only stare at her, eyes almost popping out of his head.
"What are you doing?" She's so going to kill him.
"I – uh – I was, uh, -" Richard Castle, Master of the Macabre, author of 26 bestsellers, struggling to form basic words and gaping like a fish.. Oh my God, she couldn't wait to tell Lanie about this!
"It was open!" Castle finally managed to splutter out a complete sentence.
"So?" She loved watching him squirm under her gaze.
"I wanted to see what was in it," Castle's tone was petulant, like a little schoolboy's. "I didn't realize you had me set up for a heart attack!" he finished, indignantly.
"Great, next time I'm over at your place, I'll just barge into your room and start looking through random drawers."
"Hey, I didn't barge in here! I was – sleeping! YOU woke me up at 6 o'clock! On a Saturdayyy!" he whined.
"Want coffee?"
"Huh?" Castle was stumped at her sudden change of topic.
"Coffee? Really good coffee…" said Kate, waving the cup she'd been holding, under his nose, lips curling into a smirk.
"Uh, yeah. Sure. Coffee sounds good." Castle stood up and started following her to the kitchen.
"Castle?"
"Hmmm?"
"Shut the drawer."
"Oh, right. You know, I'd never have pegged you as a bow-and-frills-on-zebra-prints kind of girl."
"Says the man who sleeps in hot pink Spongebob and Patrick boxers."
So, it felt REALLY good to get that out of my system, it wouldn't stop bugging me! I plan to update every week about Castle poking his nose into other aspects of Kate's life! But only if you guys like this one! So please do R&R! Cheers!
Luna
