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"This feels nice." Kate closed her eyes and lets her skin soak up the warm water. Her lungs begin to feel more normal. She still aches, but she doesn't care. She is home, safely, with the love of her life right by her side. "You know, after I read that letter, I thought you were dead." Kate opens her eyes and sees the pain in his eyes. "I had hoped you would never even have to see that letter." She looks him straight in the eye. "You are the one that kept me going. If it wasn't for you, I would've given up. I would not have cared. That's why I wrote the letter, to let you know, in case something happened, that you were the last person on my mind." Rick feels tears coming up. One manages to escape his eye without him even noticing it, but it did caught Kate's eye. She leaned forward and kisses it away. "I'm safe," she whispers. And a tear is escaping from her eyes now. For a moment, they just sit there. No talking. Just the calm noise of their breath. A sign they are both alive. That she is alive. "Now, why don't you join me?" she says after a long silent moment. He looks at her. "You sure?" She nods. "Yes, I'm sure. All I need right now is you."
After he got undressed he joins Kate. The warm water feels nice. He steps in behind her so she could lean against his chest. It feels nice. It makes her feel safe even more. "I love you." Rick kisses the back of her head. She closes her eyes. "I love you too."

"NO!" Kate wakes up screaming. "Hey, what's wrong?" Castle sits up straight and looks at Kate. She has a terrifying look on her face."Nothing, just a nightmare." She lets herself fall back into the pillow. It feels so nice and soft. Castle supports his body with his elbow and places his hand under his head. His other arms lays over Kate's stomach, his thumb moves over her body. Her breathing is brisk and it takes some time to calm it down. "You sure you're okay?" She nods. "Yeah. I just…" she pauses. Rick decides not to say anything and lets her finish her sentence. "…they killed me. I saw my life flashing by. I saw you." She turns her head. She had been focusing on the ceiling. She never wants to admit weakness. She never wanted to show anybody she wasn't strong enough. But now, she couldn't care less. Back in the days she would've jumped into the rabbit hole. She wouldn't have cared so much. If she died, so be it, if not, it would be fine too. But since she and Castle are serious, all she could think off in dangerous situations was him. How it would affect him if she really was dead, whether they killed her or not. Well being killed was a great possibility for her. And now is became an even more greater risk now she and Castle both knew Bracken was the one who send Elena. They never found her. Beckett never even knew she was there. Castle was the only one and when he told Ryan they began the search immediately. Castle never told Kate because he knows her. "But you're here. Alive, safe and sound." She snuggles up in his arms. She never felt like this before. After being tortured for hours, being left for dead in the woods, it did something to here, something she never felt before. She couldn't put her finger on it. "So I take it you take some time off?" Castle changed the subject because he couldn't handle the pain in Beckett's eyes when she said they killed her in her nightmare. It had a more greater affect on her than he had realized. He always knew, and still knows her as that remarkable human being. Strong, independent, and smart. "No, why would I do that? I'm fine." Castle could see she was lying. "I know that's not true and you know too." And she did. "I still owe you dinner," Castle said. They both laughed. "See, there's that beautiful smile of yours." He was so proud of her. His soon to be wife. "Well, maybe just for one day, to make up for it. Since I still need to convince you about that font we were talking about."
"Yes you do." He planted a kiss on her lips.