Written to fill a prompt on castlefanficprompts. "You found me drunk and crying in a bathroom bc my ex dumped me and then you brought me to a taxi and insisted to give me your number so you'd know that I got home safe and then we start texting a lot AU"
May 6th
K (1:40am): I'm home I'm fize
K (1:43am): Fine*
R (1:44am): Okay I'm glad
K (1:53am): Yeah
R (10:23am): Hey are you okay?
K (1:43pm): Yeah thanks for putting me in a cab again
R (1:46pm): No problem
R (3:12pm): how's the hangover?
K (3:34pm): I've been worse
R (3:51pm): Okay do you need anything?
K (3:56pm): Why do you care?
R (4:05pm): Bc I'm hungover as well
K (4:12pm): Well, I'm fine
R (4:21pm): Okay then, have a good Saturday
K (4:31pm): Yeah you too
May 8th
R (11:23am): Hey:)
K (11:57am): Are you a stalker?
R (12:06pm): No, the guy from the bar just called me bc they found your wallet
K (12:14pm): Dammit I have been looking for it all over
K (12:16pm): Wait why did they call you?
R (12:17pm): Cause they know me and saw you leaving with me
K (12:19pm): Not an unfamiliar event huh?
R (12:21pm): You want your wallet or not?
K (12:23pm): Yeah where do you live?
R (12:24pm): One meeting and already asking for my address
K (12:27pm): Oh please, do you know Remy's?
R (12:28pm): Yeah?
K (12:29pm): At 3pm don't be late
R (12:31pm): Kay
R (6:09pm): I wouldn't have pegged you for the strawberry milkshake kind of girl
K (6:12pm): Oh and why is that Mister Castle?
R (6:15pm): Oh just seeing as you downed whiskey without even as much as blinking an eyelash
K (6:17pm): Oh and a girl can't do both?
R (6:18pm): No of course you can
K (6:19pm): Glad we straightened that up
R (6:35pm): So…
K (6:40pm): What?
R (6:42pm): How are you?
K (6:46pm): You literally just saw me
R (6:50pm): Come on I am just trying to make conversation
K (6:52pm): Why?
R (6:53pm): You intrigue me
R (7:01pm): No but seriously I'd love to get to know you
K (7:02pm): Nothing to know
R (7:04pm): Oh yeah, so when I found you in that bathroom stall crying that was for no reason at all
K (7:05pm): You don't get to know about that
R (7:06pm): I'm sorry Kate
R (7:10pm): You still there?
R (8:23pm): I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up
R (11:45pm): Goodnight, Kate
May 9th
R (12:23pm): Hey are you still mad?
K (2:04pm): You're not important enough to be mad at
R (2:04pm): Okay I deserve that
R (2:09pm): For what it's worth I really am sorry
K (2:11pm): I know
R (2:15pm): Can I make it up to you?
R (2:16pm): I could buy you milkshakes
R (12:18pm): In 10 minutes?
R (3:12pm): Thanks for showing up again
K (3:15pm): Well I showed up for the milkshakes
R (3:16pm): Of course
K (3:17pm): How's the chapter going?
R (3:19pm): Good (if you consider watching cat videos for hours on end progress)
K (3:20pm): Wow
R (3:21pm): I am a true writer
K (3:22pm): Clearly
May 15th
R (4:23pm): How's training?
K (5:12pm): Strained my ankle on the punching bag
K (5:26pm): Are you imagining me working out now?
R (5:27pm): Yeah
K (5:27pm): Predictable
R (5:28pm): Still hot
K (5:31pm): Goodnight castle
May 16th
R (11:49am): How's the ankle?
K (12:01pm): Good I am keeping it cooled
R (1:23pm): Are you on duty today?
K (1:25pm): Why?
R (1:26 pm): I may or may not be trying to hide from writing
K (1:27pm): How does that involve me?
R (1:29pm): Milkshakes in 10?
K (1:31pm): Okay
R (5:58pm): Hey Kate
K (6:02pm): Yeah
R (6:04pm): I really am sorry about your mom and I'll do whatever you need me to
K (6:06pm): It's fine
R (6:07pm): No it's really not
R (6:08pm): And I hope that you'll find those responsible and make them pay, you'll be a wonderful detective
K (6:09pm): Thank you castle
R (6:32pm): Do you know temptation lane?
K (6:38pm): Yeah why?
R (6:40pm): My daughter just turned it on
K (6:42pm): I am watching too
R (6:44pm): Really? So full of surprises
K (6:45pm): Oh yeah so many layers to the Beckett onion
R (7:02pm): Why does she always yell at the guy in Spanish, he doesn't know Spanish
K (7:03pm): I think it's power play
R (7:04pm): I think she is just confusing him
R (7:05pm): It's also turning him on apparently
R (7:12pm): Wow okay plot twist
K (7:13pm): Oh really Castle, I saw that coming miles away, are you sure you're a writer?
R (7:14pm): You wound me
K (7:15pm): It's my aim in life
R (7:26pm): Why did they end on this cliffhanger?
K (7:27pm): To keep you watching
R (7:28pm): Don't talk to me with your logic
K (7:29pm): Okay they do it solely to destroy your life
R (7:32pm): More likely
K (10:34pm): Goodnight Castle
R (10:40pm): Goodnight
May 24th
Unanswered call by Kate Beckett, 12:56pm
R (1:23pm): You called?
K (1:24pm): Yeah can you call back?
R (1:25pm): Yeah
K (11:12pm): Thanks for coming again
R (11:13pm): No problem but Kate
K (11:14pm): Yeah
R (11:15pm): Don't you think that maybe he should try doing AA or maybe rehab?
K (11:17pm): Don't you think I tried everything to get him to do this?
R (11:18pm): I'm sorry
K (11:19pm): Yeah me too
R (11:23pm): Are you watching the re-runs of Temptation Lane?
R (11:46pm): Should I call
K (12:01am): Yeah
June 2nd
R (5:11pm): Hey Kate, just for research, but if you were to kill someone with a scalpel how would you go about it?
K (8:23pm): I can send you my friend Lanie's number, she's a ME
R (8:45pm): Cool thanks
K (8:50pm): No problem
June 10th
K (8:45am): Castle I found him passed out today, I don't know what to do can you come to the hospital? We're at Presbyterian
R (9:00am): I am on my way
R (9:05am): It will be fine we'll figure it out
K (9:07am): How close are you?
R (9:08am): Five minutes
K (9:10am): Okay
June 17th
R (6:23pm): It's weird being at the loft again
K (6:50pm): Yeah the apartment feels empty too
R (6:52pm): He'll be back soon, Kate, and rehab will really help
K (6:55pm): I know
R (6:57pm): Want me to call?
K (7:02pm): Don't you have writing to do?
K (11:23pm): Thanks for calling again
R (11:30pm): No problem , I missed your voice
June 28th
K (2:25pm): The doctor just called, he's doing well apparently
R (3:11pm): That's good news
K (4:02pm): Yeah it is
R (5:38pm): Want me to come over for Temptation Lane tonight?
K (5:52pm): Won't Alexis miss you?
R (6:02pm): She ditched me for her friends
K (6:03pm): Poor you
R (6:05pm): Yeah I'm really suffering
K (6:10pm): You can come over
R (6:11pm): I'll bring popcorn
K (6:14pm): I don't like popcorn
R (6:16pm): What is wrong with you?
R (6:17pm): Are you even human?
June 29th
R (6:45am): Still not over you not liking popcorn
K (7:01am): Get over it, Castle
R (8:02am): BUT POPCORN
K (8:06 am): CASTLE
R (8:09am): Okay
R (8:10am): Enjoy training
K (5:23pm): This was the most dull session of them all, like, did you know that we're not supposed to hurt suspects if we can avoid it?
R (5:32pm): Wow
K (5:40pm): Yes a thrilling session
R (5:51pm): Want me to come over and do something thrilling with you?
K (5:52pm): Why does this sound like a booty call?
R (5:53pm): Get your mind out of the gutter
K (5:56pm): What do you have in mind
R (6:01pm): Making pasta?
K (6:02pm): Still sounds like a booty call
R (6:03pm): You have a very dirty mind, I like it
K (6:10pm): Just get over here
R (6:12pm): Be there in twenty
July 22nd
K (12:12pm): Hey the doctor called and said he'll be released soon
R (12:14pm): That's fantastic news!
R (12:32pm): Isn't it?
K (12:45pm): I don't know
R (12:46pm): Why?
K (12:50pm): I'll be going to work soon, like not just training but full- on duty, I don't want him to spiral back because of me
R (12:51pm): It will be okay, Kate, we'll take care of this
K (12:52pm): Thank you
R (12:53pm): For what?
K (12:54pm): For saying we
R (1:00pm): Well you are my best friend of course I'll be there with you
R (5:23pm): Everything okay?
K (11:23pm): Yeah, goodnight
July 23rd
K (3:02am): Cassle
R (3:05am): Kate are you okay?
K (3:10am): Im drnk
R (3:11am): Where are you?
K (3:12am): I love you
R (3:13am): Kate?
R (3:17am): Kate, where are you?
R (3:21am): Are you okay?
R (4:23am): Kate please answer my calls
K (11:23am): Hey castle I'm sorry about last night I'm okay
R (11:24am): I'm coming over
K (11:25am): You don't have to
R (11:26am): Fight me
K (11:30am): Castle please stay home
R (12:02pm): Open the door Kate I am not kidding or I will kick it down
K (12:03pm): You'd kick yourself down
R (12:03pm): Kate
K (12:04pm): Okay okay I'm coming
R (12:05pm): I like the sound of that
K (12:06pm): Shut up castle I am not alert enough for inappropriate sexual innuendos right now
R (3:21pm): You kissed me
K (3:22pm): Yeah
R (3:23pm): NO BUT YOU KISSED ME
K (3:24pm): Yes I did castle please don't make a big deal out of it
R (3:25pm): IF I COULD USE BIGGER CAPSLOCK I WOULD BECAUSE YOU KISSED ME TODAY
K (3:26pm): Yes and may I remind you that you kissed me back?
R (3:27pm): Yes of course I did
K (3:28pm): So why did you leave?
R (3:30pm): You were still a little loopy from last night and I didn't want you to make choices you might regret
K (3:32pm): I wouldn't have regretted it
R (3:33pm): You say that now
K (3:35pm): No Castle this wasn't some kind of hazy decision I made in the spare of the moment , I have been thinking about doing this for weeks
R (3:37pm): So have I
K (3:38pm): So why did you leave?
R (3:40pm): I will be back tomorrow, if you want me to
K (3:41pm): okay
July 24th
R (11:23am): So?
K (11:30am): So what?
R (11:34am): Forget or continue?
K (11:40am): Just get here
R (11:41am): I am in front of your door
K (11:41am): Needy
R (11:42am): Shut up
K (11:42am): Make me
R (11:42am): I intent to once you open the goddamn door
July 26th
R (4:23pm): I am still aching all over
K (4:24pm): Getting old Castle huh
R (4:25pm): No just, that thing you did, I just, wow, Kate, wow
K (4:26pm): Yeah
R (4:27pm): You're awfully sure of yourself
K (4:28pm): I am that good
R (4:29pm): Yes you are that
September 2nd
R (7:12am): Wanna come over again?
K (7:13am): Haven't left, I'm in the kitchen, where is the cereal?
October 28th
K (12:45pm): My car broke down can you come pick me up? I am on my way to pick up my dad
R (12:50pm): Yeah send me the address
R (5:23pm): It will be fine Kate, I promise he looked very good and I can tell, I'm a writer
K (5:30pm): I know yeah
R (5:32pm): Do you?
K (5:40pm): No
R (5:41pm): You will learn to trust him again
K (5:42pm): I hope so yeah
K (5:45pm): But castle?
R (5:50pm): Yeah?
K (5:55pm): Thank you
R (5:56pm): For what?
K (5:57pm): For being someone I can trust
R (5:58pm): I love you
K (6:01pm): Why do we have this habit of telling each other important things in text messages?
R (6:03pm): I don't know but I remember you moaning my name last night, that felt very important too
K (6:04pm): I hate you
R (6:05pm): No you don't
K (6:06om): I know
R (6:07pm): Goodnight Kate, I promise it will be okay
K (6:08pm): Don't promise something you can't keep
R (6:09pm): I'm not
November 5th
There are police sirens ringing through the air of the night and she thinks about all those on duty today. She's glad she wasn't called in, glad that his arms are still draped around her waist and face buried in her neck.
"Hey you awake?" He whispers against her still slightly damp skin.
"Yeah,"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Do you really need permission?" It's whispered on the hint of a smile that seems to seep into his skin almost seamlessly.
"It's about the night we first met," she tenses up a little at the memory of it. At the images of dirty bathroom stalls and wet, green paper pressed against her forehead and tears that were louder than the laughter from the bar.
"Okay," he catches the hesitance and runs his hands along the rugs of her spine, paying special attention to each one of them until eventually threading his fingers through her hair.
"You don't have to tell me, but I never found out what happened that night to upset you and Alexis asked me to tell her how we met and I thought about it again and you really don't have to tell me but just-"
"Castle," she interrupts him, lips pressing against the soft point at his neck where his pulse is drumming rhythmically.
"Yeah?"
"You're rambling, and," her breath ghosts across his skin for a second, "my boyfriend left me that night." She laughs a little and her breath collapses at his neck.
"It sounds so pathetic now and I just-"
"It wasn't even about that," she breathes him in for a second, waits for him to tuck her in close like he always does. "He told me I got too consumed in my mother's murder and that he couldn't be with someone this insane."
"Kate-"
"No, he was right, I did stumble in too deep but what matters is that I got out."
"Yeah you did." His lips press against her forehead and then travel lower to punctuate her own.
"Thanks for being there, Castle," she breathes against him and her breath stutters across his chin and along his jaw line and her body is so soft on his chest, so neatly aligned with his own curves and he thinks that as a writer, he is grateful that their combined lines manage to form a stanza of tangled bodies and easy breaths.
"I didn't really do anything."
"Oh but you did," she almost laughs, "I mean yeah, I got better once I decided that it was time to. But you don't even know how many times I was crying when I texted you and how many times I stopped because you made me smile."
He just kisses her then and hopes that his flesh on hers can convey all that he is trying to say.
He's thankful that he found her in this bathroom stall all those months ago. And he is thankful that he slipped her his number on a piece of toilet wrap.
Because this, her in his arms with her lips against his neck and her hair splayed across him, is more than he ever believed possible.
AN: So obviously this is a bit different from what I usually write. I hope you like it and I hope it made sense bc I am not sure at all whether I made sense of what happened in between the bits of messages.
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