A/N: This one is case heavy yet again. I'm sorry if case fics aren't your thing. I'm trying to tell a story, as it would be presented to us on screen with the added benefits of not having networks to sensor the good stuff. I feel like I say this every time but this is all leading up to fluffy times. But thank you for reading. ENJOY!

He's been rooted in his chair since the boys broke the news that Simon Lark was on his way in. Since the phone rang this morning and his beautiful plans started going up in smoke, Castle feels his first waves of hope. Maybe they will wrap this case up in time to whisk Kate off. Now they just have to break Simon Lark.

Poor bastard doesn't know what's coming to him. This is where Kate is her best; once that interrogation door closes she is like a caged animal that can only be released by the truth. The truth that inevitably everyone who sits opposite of her spills like a confession to a priest.

For now she stands like a statue facing the murder board. He knows she is looking over the few facts they have, breaking down the case in an effort to rope Mr. Lark in. The folder that rests under her folded arms holds all of his past sins, a road map of how he got here. All of these small details they have collected through the boring police work he used to scoff at now are the keys to his release from this place.

He loves watching her in this environment. It's where he fell in love with her. Well, technically he fell in love with her across the table in interrogation 2 but that's beside the point. Detective Beckett is a force to be reckoned with and hot as hell. The way her mind works rivals his when it comes to the more gruesome sides of humanity.

He can't keep quiet anymore. Excited as he was after hearing they had a new lead, he still hasn't dared speaking more than a couple words to his wife. This marriage is much too young to risk a fight over something as stupid as calling in Lanie for backup. In hindsight, maybe he should have just left it alone and trusted his wife to want to go on their honeymoon. But as they say hindsight is 20/20 and he really just wants to be on the beach.

But as much as he wants that he also wants justice for Melissa Carson, just maybe they don't have to be the ones to deliver it this time. Espo and Ryan are perfectly capable of wrapping up this case. They've solved many on their own before.

Breaking himself out of his selfish thoughts that seem to always bring him back to the image of Kate in a bikini or less on the beach he returns his focus back to the task in front of him. "Do you think Simon really had this all planned out?"

She startles slightly at the sound of his voice for the first time in a while. It's rare that Castle is quiet so he must really think he's in trouble. She could put him out of his misery but what fun would that be. Let him squirm just a little bit longer. In the driest tone she can manage she says, "His repeat visits to the scene of the robbery, I think was. Melissa coming home in the middle of him robbing the place was not."

One look back and she knows he's remorseful. It's not like she was mad in the first place just frustrated with having a case this soon after their wedding and having it loom over their honeymoon. She just wants to be Mrs. Castle for a couple weeks. Is that too much to ask from the universe?

Before she can put Castle out of his misery and tell him that they are ok Captain Gates is sticking her head out of her office. "Beckett, Castle my office. Now."

Castle shoots up out of his chair, threatening to send it toppling backwards. Gates is back in her office, missing the small feat of acrobatics that he performs not quite gracefully to keep himself and the chair upright. Kate can't keep the smirk off her face as they walk in silence towards the open office door. She also can't help ribbing just a little bit on the way. "What did you do this time?"

He looks like a little boy on the way to the principal's office when he responds. It's a miracle he can speak over the large pouty lip he has protruding. "Why is it always something I did?"

Oh he walked right into that one didn't he? He knows her opinion on that particular subject with a single glare from her. It's not his fault that things seem to happen to him more often than they do her. He's curious by nature and he touches things. Something he has learned that Kate likes in the right setting, behind closed doors.

They walk into the office to see Gates already seated behind her desk. Both of them can tell this will be a brief meeting when there is no indication that they should sit. So they stand together waiting for the Captain to speak, a little apprehensive of where this meeting will go.

"Any updates on the case Detective?"

Kate sees Castle's exhale of relief as she starts to address Gates. "Uniforms are brining Simon Lark in as we speak. Video and prints have him in Melissa's apartment during our time of death. We are just waiting on ballistics to match his gun to the bullet we recovered. It's looks like Simon is our guy."

"Ok Detective. After you interrogate Mr. Lark you and Mr. Castle are out of here. There will no interruption to your vacation."

"But sir?"

"Detectives Ryan and Esposito will be handling the end of this one. It's clear we have a suspect in custody and I'm confident that you can get a full confession. I want the two of you out of my precinct as soon as you're done with Mr. Lark."

Kate deflates at being kicked off her case but manages a solid, "Yes sir." in response. She doesn't like not finishing out cases. It's not in her to not see things through. She moves to leave the room as Gates speaks again.

"Mr. Castle I trust you to take care of my best detective for the next couple weeks."

First she kicks them off of the case then she has to go and inflate his ego by making his job to take care of her. Could this get any worse?

Ok it's not that he didn't already have that power after the vows they exchanged and the new rings that rest on their fingers but still. She can practically see him inflating from here.

He holds back a smirk as he says, "Yes sir." Captain Gates just released his wife to his custody for the next two weeks. Maybe she's starting to like him after all. He even swears he sees a smile cross her face as they exit the office.

Now to diffuse the potential bomb that is Kate. It's likely that she feels ganged up on and a little put out at not getting to see her case to the finish but there might not be much to do after she breaks Simon. He catches up to her at the murder board. "What was that?"

"I'm honestly not sure." Before she can continue her thought the elevator arrives and two uniforms escort Simon Lark off. Time to have a little fun, before having a lot more with her husband. If she has to be kicked out of here might as well make the best of it. Both before they leave and after.

Simon Lark continues to study the cuffs they have him secured to the table with. For a repeat offender he seems a little uncomfortable in the room. Maybe it has to do with the steely glare of the detective across from him. Kate isn't up for playing games right now and it shows on her face.

"Mr. Lark, do you know why you're here?"

"Another wonderful example of police work I would assume."

Oh he's cocky, that just makes this even more fun.

"You were seen leaving an apartment building where a robbery and homicide occurred this morning. You're fingerprints were found on the scene. When we searched your apartment earlier we found a gun that matches our murder weapon. Any of this ringing a bell?"

Simon sits a little straighter in the chair as the words murder and murder weapon are thrown around. Twisting his fingers together in a clearly nervous habit, he looks a little less cocky the longer Kate talks.

"Murder weapon? Wait you think I killed someone?"

"Come on Simon. Do you really expect me to believe that you just happened to be in that building when someone was robbed and killed and you didn't have anything to do with it? We know you're history Simon. It doesn't look good."

"But it doesn't prove that I killed her."

"Simon, we have footage of you entering and leaving the building. We found our victims laptop at your apartment. You have a recently fired gun stashed next to the laptop. You look guilty as hell."

"I want a lawyer."

Gotcha sucker. A confession without a lawyer would be more satisfying but with the evidence they have it's only a matter of time before they have one. This case is closing around him faster than he can realize.

Now to get back to her partner and prepare her exit.

Kate is sitting at her desk when Castle returns with her coffee. After getting Simon to lawyer up it was just a matter of a little paperwork and the wait for the lawyer to arrive before they left. The least he could do in that time was make her some coffee. After handing it off and indulging in a brief squeeze of her hand he sits in his chair.

"So Simon gets caught by Melissa, panics and shoots her before fleeing the scene. Why grab the laptop on the way out?"

"According to what the uniform who picked him up said he just robbed the apartment. Claims she wasn't there when he was. Robbery but not murder."

"And you believe him?"

"He has means and opportunity but all of our evidence points to him being our killer. It looks like an open and shut case."

"Then why do I get the sense that your are not convinced?"

"There is just something there that I can't put my finger on. He seemed surprised when I brought up the murder but then knew that it was a woman that was dead. He was there."

"Why Detective Beckett are you saying your Spidey Sense is tingling about this one?"

"I wouldn't go that far but there is something that I'm just not seeing."

Castle looks from the murder board to Kate. He has always trusted her instincts as a detective. She's the top in her field in his humble opinion so if there is something that is not setting right with her who is he to argue. What is the point of a vacation if she is going to spend it pouring over case details in her head? Better figure out what it is now before they leave. He can wait to have his wife to himself just a little bit longer. "Would a stroll through the crime scene help put this whole thing to rest for you? I want you to be able to focus on more relaxing things in the near future."

This is one of the things that she loves about this man. Others would be upset or turned off by her need to work during what should be a happy time for them. They wouldn't understand that she couldn't just abandon a case. It's one of her flaws and has come between her and a man more than once but not her husband. Not only is he still here helping but also is putting off his immediate needs in favor of hers.

She stands and starts to grab her things without even responding. They turn to head towards the elevators when Gates appears at her office door. "My office you two." Oh no what now?

TBC…