A/N Hopefully this one makes up for some of the Josh dislike I got from the last chapter. It's fairly fluffy and fun.

I don'town Castle, the characters, or the the songs. I'm basically playing paper dolls with someone else's dolls and sometimes their paper.

Future Fic

There's no question as to whether or not Rick Castle was an amazing father. Both of his daughters were his world, with Kate being the cherry on top of his dream life. He made sure every holiday, birthday and any reason for a special occasion in between was celebrated to its fullest. After all, what was the purpose of his money, if he couldn't use it to make sure his family was happy? Alexis had grown up happy, smart and with a great head on her shoulders and he was making sure it was the same for Lily. Though Lily was far more strong-willed and stubborn (a trait he happily thanked Kate's genes for) she was sweet and cuddly and even at 21 months old she was so incredibly smart. To say he was proud of his family was an understatement.

He was also determined to make this Halloween perfect for his daughter, and he had two weeks to do it. Granted she wasn't even two but it would be her first time to go trick-or-treating and he wanted to do it right. Last year she had been nine months old and had caught a cold that settled in her chest giving her an awful cough. So, Kate and Rick spent Lily's first Halloween snuggled under blankets watching movies while she slept in her pack and play nearby.

They had picked up her costume a few days ago and that's when the idea came to him. She was the perfect Snow White, with her bright blue eyes, brown hair that hit at her shoulders in ringlets and red rosebud lips she was a real-life tiny sized princess. She loved to twirl around in her costume, the dress flowing out around her as she spun, with black patent leather shoes on her feet. She even left the red bow in, lightly touching her hair and saying her version of pretty.

His plan couldn't be done on a whim. It had to be exact or it wouldn't work, it needed to be practical and extreme, both at the same time. So he took measurements, consulted Google and set to work. First, he started by drawing up the plans on graph paper. He would need to figure out materials and make sure he had enough time to complete construction. He also needed to make sure that it wouldn't be too bulky and hinder movement. So he found a program online that let him build it so he could see where things would fit and show what a suggested final product would look like.

For four straight days while Lily napped he measured and drew and then measured and drew some more, editing his design, color scheme, and layout as needed.

Finally, he was ready to get to work. Over the next several days, he worked every minute he could without Kate finding out. Hiding his work in the guest room at night and only working when the baby napped or the house was empty.

After nearly two full weeks of working on his secret project, cutting and trimming, gluing and painting the cardboard, he was ready. He put Lily down for her morning nap, pulled out their large jogging stroller and brought the fruits of his labor downstairs. It was the day before Halloween and he needed to make sure it fit and if it didn't he had a little time to fix what didn't work.

Using zip ties on the handles and down the sides, he attached the towers to the sides of the jogging stroller. Then used more ties to secure the front adding small pieces of rope to the top. Once the 3 sides were attached he secured stick-on Velcro to the front as well to make sure it would stay up unless they needed it down.

Then it was time to test it out. He stood behind and pushed it around the living room to make sure it didn't rub the wheels and wasn't in the way of being kicked while walking. After moving things around for a few minutes it was ready. The next test would be done once Lily woke up, and hopefully completed before Kate got home from work.

Twenty minutes later it was go-time. He got Lily changed into her costume and attempted to explain that, in true Martha Rodgers style, this was a full dress rehearsal. After wrangling her into her dress, white tights and shoes he led her downstairs to her awaiting chariot.

What he hadn't heard was Kate come home for lunch, to find a fully built castle, complete with drawbridge attached to the stroller.

When Rick and Lily made their way down the stairs he saw Kate looking it over, excitedly touching the different areas of paint, the fake bricks and painted windows, opening and closing the drawbridge in the front and moving around to the handles.

She turned towards the pair when she heard them come down the stairs. "Castle, what is this? It's fantastic."

"Well I wanted Halloween to be special and I figured why not have a real castle to push Princess Castle around in? You like it?"

"Like it? I love it, it's perfect, it even has the drawbridge to let her in and out. She's going to have so much fun playing with this."

Finally making it to the last step Lily exclaimed "Momma" and ran towards her mother lifting her arms to be picked up. "Look at you all dressed up, such a big girl. Do you like your costume?" Lily smiled and shook her head mumbling something that sounded like; pretty dress princess.

"Hey Lily look, Daddy made you, your own Castle to ride in, want to try it out?"

Lily smiled with an enthusiastic "Yes."

Kate put her down and Rick took her hand in one of his, and lowered the drawbridge, while Kate made sure the brakes were locked. Then he helped Lily climb in the stroller as gracefully as a two-year-old could. They pushed her around in a few circles before helping her back out.

"Rick, you did this on your own? This was a lot of work, it doesn't look easy."

"I started working on it right after we got her costume. I wanted to make sure I could get it done before saying anything. So I worked on it while she napped and every time I was home alone. Kate, I just want this to be special for her. She may not remember it but we will, and there will be pictures to show her later."

"I think this is perfect. Look at her she's in heaven." She said looking over at their daughter playing with the castle. "You did really good Babe. Lily is so lucky to have you as her dad and I couldn't ask for a better father for my daughter than you." She continued, lifting up to brush a kiss against his lips. "Thank you for making this special for her and for me."

"Of course, Kate. I'd never do anything less than the two of you deserve."

A/N2- Song- Daughters by John Mayer