"Even now, after spending all this time with you, I'm still amazed at the depths of your strength... your heart... and your hotness" - Castle
"You're not so bad yourself, Castle" - Beckett
A beat, a moment of realisation.
As the music swelled, they moved closer and closer, floating into each others orbit. And then *it* happened.
Their lips met... and the whole world drifted away.
It started slowly, then momentum swept them up.
Rick's lips made their way down Kate's neck to her clavacle and her hands were fighting to undo the buttons on his shirt.
A "Mhmm" slipped from Beckett's mouth.
Breaking away, she looked at the man sitting before her, thinking about all the times she should have just given in "God, how easy it was to just give in...", she thought.
Castle exhaled, taking a breath to remember every aspect of this moment.
The way her eyes twinkled in the dim lighting, how she made him feel like the only guy in the world and her trademark lip bite 'Oh, how he loved the way she bit her lip'.
He pushed her hair back behind her ear, inadvertantly caressing her cheek.
She involuntarily shuddered, her body's way of telling her she wanted this... no matter the consequences.
"What are we doin'?"
"Something I've wanted to do for a very looong time..."
said Castle as he put his arms around Beckett drawing her closer, until their chests met and they could feel the others heart beat.
"Uhm, 'kay"
Beckett couldn't, didn't want to argue, so she gave herself to him wholy.
She let heself fall backwards so that she was now laying horizontal on the couch.
It was Castle's move and he took it, he hovered above her, his knees and arms the only support that kept him from being ON her.
This was the moment he'd been waiting for since the day they met...
Looking down at this extraordinary creature, he noticed a grin forming on her face and wondered if she was having her own 'Moment'.
He didn't have to wait long, Beckett's fingers reached for Castle's mouth lightly touching his lips, he realised in that second that he had a great big smile on his perfect face.
They laughed... and then all bets were off.
Castle kissed Beckett's cheek bone, his chest resting on hers, his hands were behind her head holding it up and off the arm rest.
Kate lifted her head and showed Rick her infamous icecube trick.
Their kisses were looong and deep, their hearts beat in sync and their bodies rose and fell in unison.
While Castle was removing Beckett's flowy purple top, she was unzipping his jeans... lots of shimmying later, only Beckett's shirt had made it off.
Kate tried once again to get those jeans off but only got them as far as just above his knees.
"You wanna move this to the bedroom?" asked Castle.
"Please..." whispered Beckett.