Sorry for that formatting mistake. Thanks to Hope03 for kindly pointing that out! This is supposed to be a possible one-shot that could happen in 7x11.

"What?! No! They can't do that to us! You're as much a part of the team as me and the boys are!"

"Kate…" Castle began.

""NO! They can't… they… why would they do that? Why would they take you away from me?" Kate murmured, fighting back the tears that were starting to form in her eyes.

Rick stepped up to where Kate was standing and started to soothingly rub his hand up and down her arm. "They're not taking me away from you. I'm still going to see you all the time, after all, we are married and we do live together. I just won't be able to see you at work."

"But that's… that's our job. That's what we do. It's our thing. And they're just ripping it away from us? No! I don't care what they say. We'll talk to the mayor, get him to do something for us. We will fix this, and you will be back on the team."

"Beckett…" he began again.

"No. We cannot give up on this Castle! You know what the hours and risks of this job are! Before you know it, we'll hardly be seeing each other, and then our marriage is gonna start to…"

"Kate." he cut her off. "Me not working at the precinct is not going to destroy our marriage. We love each other and we will spend every moment when you are not at work together. But sweetheart, there's nothing we can do. You heard what she said: 'I'm not longer permitted to work with the NYPD'. The Mayor and the DA are behind this. I'm sorry babe, but it seems like we have no other choice but to give in." Moving his hand from her arm, Castle reached around Beckett's body and pulled her towards him for a hug.

"That's not fair," Kate chocked out. "I don't want you to leave".

"Neither do I, Kate," he whispered as he held his wife close to his chest while silent tears ran down his cheeks. "Neither do I."