I knew I wouldn't be able to leave it with just Castle's drabble! For those of you who asked, here's Kate's.
SPOILERS - 3x13 and THAT picture.
It was everything she'd ever expected from him.
From them.
Together.
It was passion, fire - untamed need.
She'd had no idea.
It was, for that suspended moment in time, perfect.
Sublime, yet so, very, wrong.
We can't.
Not like this.
You have Gina.
You have Josh.
They turned away together.
Confronting their truths alone.
This wasn't an excusable physical release.
It was raw, it was emotional.
It was heart. It was soul.
Hers.
His.
Theirs.
Too much.
Yet, she knew, with him, never enough.
Guilt intruded, then shame.
Not yet. Not now.
She wiped away tears.
But someday?
Inevitable.
Fin
To all those who have reviewed, my heart felt thanks. You make me bounce like a lunatic.
I have moved these to 'incomplete' now, as I feel there is more to be written about the aftermath. Purely speculation on my part, but I hope it rings at least slightly true to their characters.
Please let me know what you think.