Short drabbles on Castle and Beckett some time in future

The proposal

"Lanie, would it be too forward of me to ask Castle to marry me? "Asked Beckett sailing into the morgue

Lanie who was about to cut into a dead body dropped her scalpel and looked at Beckett appraisingly.

"Really! You want to ask Castle to marry you? I thought it was his prerogative?

"Well its been six weeks since he bought the ring and hasn't asked had the courage to ask me , I think its high time I put him out of his misery and asked him myself"

Lanie: I thought you didn't know his plans

I am a trained detective Lanie , I knew it as soon as he planned it in his head- replied Kate

Lanie:So what do you want to do now ?

I'll ask him to marry me - chuckled Beckett

LANI: "You can't be serious!"

Beckett:Watch me !

Anyways he got an ultimatum yesterday from Alexis that if he doesn't ask me today , she'll call me and ask herself. So I think it would be better if I asked instead of his twenty something daughter asking me to marry her dad

Lanie: How did you know that Alexis said that to Castle ?

Beckett: Well I heard

You were eavesdropping – smirked Lanie

Beckett: Yep I was , I wanted to know what Castle was planning

Lanie: So when do you think he'll propose

Beckett: I think today in the precinct, he knew I loved it when Ryan proposed to Jenny in the precinct

Lanie: Well then I'll be waiting to hear from you

Few hours later at the precinct

Castle came in with coffees In hand looking for Beckett

She was sitting in her usual seat

Hey Kate , Can I have a word with you

Kate glanced at Castle and immediately noticed that he had something in his coat's pocket which he was holding very tightly

She nodded

Well Kate " I have been thinking and"

Oh no , groaned Kate , he'll never finish what he has started speaking , blow , I'll have to go in"

"Yes Castle"

Castle looked at Kate and then gulped and said " Maybe some other time"

Kate signed and thought to herself" I'll have to go for the kill, its either me or alexis proposing on his behalf

"So Castle"

Castle who was miserably typing something in his phone looked up to her

Kate got up from her perch and took out her gun

Castle stood up too and looked at Kate all confused

She pointed her gun at him and then plunged her hand into his pocket and brought out the ring

And then opening the box

"Castle you better marry me or else"

The whole precinct shook with the laughter which followed and the look on Castle 's face was priceless

"You knew "

Kate: Well you haven't been very subtle about it you know and btw you haven't replied

Castle looked at the ring and at the gun and then at Kate

Castle: It looks like I don't have choice and saying this swept her into his arms and gave her a kiss

The whole precinct clapped hard and they separated blushing

Gates came out and gave them the rest of the day off

As Rick and Kate were walking towards the elevator, Kate whispered in his ears

"Rick for the rest of our life if you ever start a sentence with the words I have been thinking , I am going to shoot you then and there"

The end