Disclaimer: I do not own Castle
Chapter 1
It had been a rough day for her at work. Kate Beckett was exhausted and all she wanted to do was reach home and drop dead in her bed in the arms of her man, her husband, her Castle.
But not before snuggling with their three year-old Alex and putting him to sleep with a soft lullaby hummed in his tiny ears...
She was driving home now and her hands ached to even hold the wheel… her entire body was craving some kind of relief... and she knew just the right way to get it… all she needed was a hot bath and Castle.
When she turned the key in the loft's door, she expected to be greeted by her three year old and her better half. What she didn't expect was to find the entire living room in a mess, Castle nowhere to be seen, toys strewn all over the floor, the TV blasting with 'Transformers' playing on it..
And among all this mess, sat her three year old, blue eyed boy giggling and waving out a toy at her "Mommy!" he said…
"Oh baby... where's daddy?"
Kate threw her bag on the couch and reached down to carry her son in her arms... even though every muscle in her body hurt… she felt no pain when it came to holding her baby boy.
"Daddy witing". Alex was in that phase in a kids life where pronouncing the 'R's was too much effort.
"Daddy left you all alone here?" Kate asked her son, while walking carefully through all the mess in search of Castle.
She was tired and now utterly angry with Castle for leaving their child unattended in the living room to go and write in another room…
what if he tried to climb somewhere and slipped what if he went into the kitchen and touched something sharp, what if he had to swallow something tiny and choke... Kate didn't want to think of the possibilities... and that made her even more angry at the irresponsibility Castle was showing by leaving Alex unattended.
He'd never done this before and it shocked Kate. And she didn't even want to begin with the mess all over the living room.
"Rick?" she called out while walking to his study...
on getting no response from him she called again nearing the door now
"Castle... where are you?"
Alex had snuggled his tiny little face into the crook of his mother's neck and sucked on his little thumb... a habit he had picked up whenever he was sleepy…
Kate's hand was rubbing soothing circles on the little boys back... an action that came to her without her knowledge whenever Alex laid his head down on her shoulder. 'Motherly instinct' she'd call it.
Kate pushed the door open to find Castle sitting at his desk, his laptop open in front of him, but his head down on the desk, with his eyes closed. If it wasn't for the soft gruff sound of his breathing, Kate would have panicked.
But instead she simply walked in a few more steps and called out to him louder this time "Castle!"
He sat up with a start and his eyes opened wide, then he rubbed them a bit and looked in Kate's direction and then back at the laptop screen in front of him and exclaimed to himself
"That's it! I got it"
his fingers started flying over the keys in front of him, and his eyes were trained on the bright screen in front of him.
"Castle... I'm talking to you!"
Without looking away from the screen he said "yea... just a minute Kate…"
Kate sighed in frustration... "Castle we need to talk!"
"I'll only take another minute Kate… just hold on okay!" all the while his fingers moved over the keys like they were making love
Kate turned around and stormed out of the study and into Alex's room. Castle was getting on her nerves tonight for some reason and she wanted to sort it out with him right now... so she laid Alex down in bed and tried to calm her nerves down for him… she tucked him in, cozy under his blanket and the tired little boy was trying to fight the sleep that was coming to him..
"Mommy, I love you"
"I love you too honey, now stop trying to stay awake and close those blue eyes..."
she smiled at him… and then leaned in and placed a soft kiss on the little boys forehead... his skin soft and smooth under her lips… the strong inhale she took of him was filled with a fragrance so innocent it made her heart melt…
"I love you" she whispered again.. And her son entered through the portals of dreamland.
Kate walked back into Castle's study... thinking up ways to talk to him without losing her cool... she's been having a bad day ever since the minute she stepped into the precinct today... she didn't want to start a fight with her husband now too…
AN: Things might get a little OOC.. but i still hope it'll keep you glued :) let me know what you think in a review :)
