Another fic coming from the spoilers on Eye of the beholder. I thought Castle needed to unwind a bit, before he wants to strangle her for real.
"We need to talk", Castle says, pushing Beckett in the break room just after she leaves Gates' office. The case is closed, now it's time to settle the rest.
"Castle, what the hell ?"
"Why are you angry with me ? You have no right to be angry. It was just a kiss. I didn't even want to go out with her in the first place ! What did you think Kate ? That I would wait for you to be ready, for those "walls" to crumble, doing nothing, just adoring you from afar like a good puppy. Well, I've got news for you, Kate. I'm a man. I'm a forty years old man. I have needs."
"I don't want to hear this." She starts to walk away but he slips between her and the door, blocking her escape.
"Oh no, You're gonna hear this. Because you don't seem to realize. I let you lie to my face about your "amnesia" but we both know how I feel about you. I'm crazy about about you and I'll wait for you. But in the meantime, I feel that I'm allowed to, at least, be flattered that a beautiful woman like Serena Kaye wants me. Because, as I said, I'm a man. My palm and images of you in that swim suit in LA are only going to take me so far. Yeah, you can make that ewww face ! I'm not that ashamed. It's been 8 months since I've had sex, I've become a big fan of onanism. So when a beautiful woman wants me, not for forever but for a night and says so and when I need to distract her because you were taking too long to search her room, the first thing that pops in my head is to kiss her. So sue me ! It wouldn't even have happened if you had done the job in time. You're the only one I really want to kiss damnit ! But until you let me, until I can kiss you, hold you, make love to you for the rest of my life. I'm sorry but I might kiss other women. Because it's not fair for you to ask me to wait like this. If you can't live with that, then... tough !... So there..."
Beckett stares at him, stunned. He said too much. How could he ? Best defense : attack. "How would you feel if you saw me kissing another man ?", she spits back, a frown on her face.
"I don't have to imagine. I lived it."
She swallows hard. "Then, take me to dinner !"
"Fine ! Tonight ?"
"No, tomorrow. I have paperwork."
"Ok then."
He opens the door and let her leave first.
"So there ?", she asks as she steps out. "Are you sure you're a writer ?"
"I thought it was a good speech, considering I didn't prepa...", he trails off because they find themselves face to face with the entire bullpen. Officers and detectives, all staring, freeze for a second when they see Beckett's serious face.
Ryan waits for their boss and her partner to be out of earshot to announce : "The payments for the bet will be conducted outside to avoid any loss of limbs. She's not in a good mood... yet."
The end
I realize that Beckett asking Castle to dinner just because he suffered of her realtionship with Josh is very OCC. But, hey, It's my fic ! :p