The season Finale of Castle was last Monday and this is a one shot song fic that I wrote. I thought the song fit the premise of the episode and the promise Castle and Beckett had made to always stand by each other. I hope you like it!
Note: I do not own anything, the lyrics are Bruce Springsteen and Castle belongs to abc.
We said wed walk together baby come what mayThat come the twilight should we lose our wayIf as were walkin a hand should slip freeIll wait for youAnd should I fall behindWait for me
He had always planned on waiting for her, for that wall to come crumbling down around her. In his head he had always thought it to be some instant wildfire that had no control and would eventually die out. Making the promise to wait for her had become a maze, you think you are almost to the finish line when the path splits off in two completely unknown directions. He knew she wasn't an open book, that's what made her so amazing, but he hadn't anticipated the locked secrets of Kate Beckett to be the thing that drove him away.
We swore wed travel darlin side by sideWed help each other stay in strideBut each lovers steps fall so differentlyBut I'll wait for youAnd if I should fall behindWait for me
When he had promised to stand beside her the thought of loosing her had been enough to keep him on her heals. She had needed someone that could be there for her and she could be there for them, he had always thought of himself as that person, the person who was willing to dive into it with her. But now all that was gone.
Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and trueBut you and I know what this world can doSo lets make our steps clear that the other may seeAnd I'll wait for youIf I should fall behindWait for me
They had fallen apart, gotten lost along the way to forever. He couldn't wait any longer. The pain of knowing she had lied to him more than what he could handle. Yet, all he could do was think of her, that smile, the way she smelled, her laugh. All of it, and for once in his life it weighed him down. Everything reminded him of her where ever he went. His own daughters speech had brought images of her come flooding back to him.
Now there's a beautiful river in the valley aheadThere neath the oaks bough soon we will be wedShould we lose each other in the shadow of the evening treesIll wait for youAnd should I fall behindWait for meDarlin I'll wait for youShould I fall behindWait for me
She knocked on the door, her clothes and hair socked from the rain outside. She knew they had fallen apart from each other over these last few months, but hanging onto that ledge made her realize that the person she was looking for to fill that void in her chest wasn't there to be here hero. The thought that she would never get to see him again had scared her. When he opened the door she could feel her heart pounding.
"Beckett, what do you want?" He asked.
"You." She replied walking across the threshold and into his arms.
The kiss was all her doing, he pushed back and she apologized. For lying, for not trusting him, for falling behind, it was all in the apology… She loved him, he was her solid ground, He would always stand by her as she decided where to make her next stand.