AN: Castle doesn't belong to me, I wish it did.
Spoilers for 2x18 "Boom" and later. All mistakes are mine.
This Man Waits
Ok, so he didn't really want his mother to move out. Like his daughter, he had gotten used to having her around. He liked house guests; it made his home feel more loving and welcoming. He loved the fact Kate Beckett was also living under his roof, albeit only a few days though. She even returned the favour of cooking him breakfast. Man, she was a great cook. She would make someone a very happy man one day. He only wished that that man was him.
Richard Castle figured himself a slightly selfish and spoilt man. If he wanted something, he usually got it. And he wanted Kate Beckett all to himself. He watched as Will Sorrenson worm his way into her life, that was bad enough, but he didn't last long much to Castle's delight. But, this new guy really got to him, Castle couldn't even be bothered learning his name. He told Alexis about Kate's new beau, she figured it was Kate's way of deciding what she wanted. Martha told him that Kate would always come back to him, she was just that little bit too scared at the moment. Her feelings a little too raw from the past few weeks, with her coming to deal with jealousy issues, crazed serial killers and becoming homeless for a short time.
Gathering all this information, Castle figured, yes, he would bide his time, and he was going to be there for Beckett every step of the way. Even if the outcome would be unpleasant for him, she meant too much to him to screw things up irreparably.
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Please R&R. I love to know what you all think. Thanks to all my Twitter pals for all this Castle talk over the Bones hiatus. You know who you all are.