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The rest of the day consisted of Esposito and Ryan glancing over every now and then in Beckett and Castle's direction to make sure that they wouldn't spontaneously kiss again and to prove that they were in fact awake and that event had in fact taken place. And the events that took place between Castle and Beckett simply made everything else awkward. Beckett continued to do her paperwork to hide her nervousness and embarrassment while Castle pretended to play on his phone while he was actually watching Beckett carefully.

Suddenly Castle stood up and announced to Beckett that he was heading home and that he would see her tomorrow. He then proceeded to walk around behind her and place a delicate kiss on her cheek. He hovered in her space for a few moments.

"Feel free to turn your head if you wish." He teased.

"And give you the satisfaction of kissing me again?"

"It's a two way street, Kate. You kissed me back as much as I kissed you." He informed her, his breath hot on her skin.

As much as she didn't want to admit it, he was right and she had kissed him back and she wanted to badly to do it again.

She slowly turned her face towards his lips and watched him lean in only to say;

"Castle… The kids are watching." She felt him smirk against their lightly touching lips.

"Let them watch." And with that he lent back in and claimed her mouth as his, grasping her lips firmly between his, feeling her kiss him back with equal, if not more, ferocity.

"Oh, God!" Grumbled Ryan.

"They're at it again." Esposito continued, shaking his head. Castle felt Beckett smile around his lips at their banter.

"Hey, Castle?" Called Esposito.

"Mmmm." He replied, lips still firmly attached to Beckett's. The boys shook their heads at the partners in front of them and he sighed as Ryan continued for him.

"Didn't you say you were going home?"

"Mmmhmm." He replied, making no attempt to move. Beckett smiled again and regretfully wrenched herself away from his oh so inviting lips. He smiled sheepishly back at her and waited for her to say something.

"They're right, Castle. You should go home." She told him breathily. "See you tomorrow." She smiled as she shoved him lightly away from her so neither of them would be tempted to start kissing again.

"Good night, Detective." He smiled at her and then looked back up at the most-likely-scared-for-life boys and bid them good night.

Just as Castle walked to the elevator, Captain Montgomery walked past and did a double take on Castle's face. He then looked over into the bullpen and looked at Beckett's face.

"Beckett!" He called.

"Yes, Sir?" Her head popped up immediately.

"You got a little something there." He told her as me made a circle around his mouth with his index finger. Beckett's hand flew to her face and searched her desk for a reflective surface. Compact mirror in hand, she brought it up to look at the vicinity around her mouth and let out an irritated sigh.

"Castle!" She cursed under her breath.

"So," Ryan mused, "which do you think it is? Lipstick or chocolate?"

"Probably both." He smirked.

"Yeah," He agreed, "Both."