Kate woke up in the middle of the night feeling cold. She reached for Castle's side of the bed wanting his body heat, but it's empty. The sheets are cold, he's been long gone. She looks out the window, tonight the moon nor the stars are nowhere in sight. It leaves the loft in darkness, bone crushing darkness yet she feels hope. Music coming from the baby grand at the living room is being played. Curiosity pulls her and she made her way to it thingking Martha is out tonight and Alexis is still in Columbia. That only leaves one person, but does Castle play? Never did he mention it to her, right? She sighs and gently shades her head, up until now he still surprices her with his many talents.
And then there he is, her Castle. Hunched back with fingers fluidly moving through the paino pieces. His face devoid of emotions but a bubble of solemnity envelops his body. She does not have the heart to interrupt his play so there she was in the shadows, eyes closed, arms crossed, silently waiting for it to end, savoring the tune. Then she can't help but stare at him. She often teases him that staring is creepy, but she always loved it when he does it. Not that she'll tell him about it anyway. Never had she heared of this tune before, it was so raw and it goes so well with the rain pouring outside. It's as if the heavens is mourning, what is this about?
Bang!
She was startled with the sound. She immediately grabed her gun in her hip but it was not there. She had put it in the drawer beside the bed when she slept. She looked at Castle, man what a sight.
There he was fists pounding the piano, tears running through his beautiful face. His whole body is shaking from anguish. Her heart clenched for him. Without further thinking she rushed to him. She pulled his body to hers and enveloped him with her arms. She let him cry in her shoulders whispering nothings to him until his sobs turned to whimpers and his body relaxed.
She pulled him out of her embrace and held his head to see his face. She wiped the tears still present in it and kissed his forehead, to both his eyes, his nose and then his soft lips.
"Castle, babe what's wrong?" Kate worriedly asked him.
"Kate I... I" he hesitantly say.
The took a deep breath, looked her in the eyes and said.
"It's coming back. I'm remembering it."