They had been working on that case with the wannabe vampire for a while. Killed with a stick through his heart. Castle was pretty thrilled about it while Kate, well … she was just exasperated. To her, this was just another wacky case.
The two of them were at the precinct, sitting at her desk. Castle pointed out that one of the suspects looked like a character in Crow's graphic novel. Merlock.
She scooted up to see the picture better. Suddenly finding her face pretty close to Castle's.
''You smell like cherries.'' He noted all of a sudden. She turned her head towards him and realized they were only inches from each other. At that precise moment, she imagined his lips on hers. She imagined him giving her the kiss of her life. The kind of steamy, sexy, breathtaking kiss she'd only seen in movies and TV shows.
Just for a short moment. No, just a blink.
She was about to close the distance separating them, but then Esposito and Ryan barged in.
''Hey! We got a hit on a …''
She straightened up hurriedly.
''Are we interrupting something ?'' Esposito asked.
''No.'' Beckett.
''Yes.'' Castle and his usual cocky tone.
An awkward silence filled up the room.
''O.K.!'' Ryan shot an amused look towards Kate before going back to business.