A/N : A missing scene set somewhere in 5x24 Watershed
Disclaimer : I do not own Castle and unlikely ever will. ABC does own it and the characters.
Rogan O'Leary stands at the window of his apartment, coffee mug in hand, as he watches the woman walking, almost scurrying, away down the sidewalk. The young, blond, tall, fit woman, dressed in a dark grey pants suit, is trying to walk with confidence and not give the impression that she is doing the walk of shame. He knows that in her mind the woman in question is no doubt finding the whole situation particularly shameful.
Seriously, he thinks, what is the FBI thinking sending a rookie like that out here, alone, to interview a guy like him? The moment the very young, obviously fresh from Quantico, agent had found him at the used car dealership where he is working a second job, he knew exactly how to play her. She was just too wet behind the ears to resist the charm and false playful sincerity he threw her way. Otherwise she never would have agreed to conduct his interview over dinner. Never would have later joined him for more than a few shots at his favourite bar, not the one he worked at, and not joined him in bed for a very enjoyable if drunken night.
As he turns away from the window and walks over to his couch he takes another sip of his coffee. At the couch he flips up one of the cushions and reaches down with this free hand into the hidden rip in one corner the lining of the base. It only takes a moment for his questing fingers to retrieve the identification folder he'd appropriated from his bed mate last night and hidden there. Flipping it open he studies the gold FBI badge and the identification card opposite.
It shouldn't be too hard to change the photo and the details on the ID card with his own. You never know when having a FBI badge and ID might come in handy. Not to mention that he's learned a few things since that time in New Orleans so he shouldn't get pinched this time. The loss of her badge is just one of the reasons that the young agent is fleeing his apartment this morning obviously mortified. Upon waking she'd gone ballistic trying to find it and had again shown her lack of experience when she hadn't located where he'd hidden it. He still can't believe that she accepted his suggestion that she either lost it at the bar or somewhere between there and his place. It's loss and the fact that she'd gotten drunk and slept with him, a subject in a security vetting inquiry, were reasons why she was fleeing and why he was sure she would do as he suggested. Forget all about him and his connection to one Kate Beckett.
He still can't believe that Kit-Kat is now a cop, is about to become a Fed and that he's married to her. He faintly remembers that other drunken night in Vegas where apparently he and the beautiful brunette tied the knot. That night is all a bit of a blur. He faintly remembers going through a drive-thru but whether it was for burgers or a marriage certificate there's no way he can remember now. Except that the agent that he just spent the night with had sought him out to ask him about it because the records show that he and Kit-Kat were indeed married and had been ever since that night.
While that night and the weekend in Vegas had been wild and fun a lot of it was lost in a alcohol fueled haze. He does, however, recall how their time together ended. He'd gotten into a bit of a fix, financially, so he'd been forced to "borrow" Kit-Kat's purse. That back room poker game just begged for him to play and it wasn't his fault that the game went for so long and so unsuccessfully. By the time he left the game, with not a penny left to his name and returned to the low scale apartment where he lived he'd found his place trashed. The only sign of Kit-Kat was a rather explicit note for him explaining what would happen to his man parts if she ever saw him again.
So it turns out that they have been married all this time and he never knew it. Not only he but from what last night's guest told him Kit-Kat doesn't know either. The young Agent Janet Williams had come to him as part of the vetting process because Kit-Kat had applied for some high falootin' federal job and they'd found the record of their marriage. A marriage that Kit-Kat had failed to mention on any of the paperwork that she'd filled out for the job. According to Janet such an omission would seriously jeopardize the granting of the security clearance her job requires. That was why she'd tracked him down here. To interview him and determine his relationship to Kit-Kat. The fact that he was also someone that had the occasional negative brush with the law also didn't assist Kit-Kat's case for the granting of the clearance.
That wasn't going to be an issue after last night. No, he'd been able to stress to Janet that the loss of her badge, getting drunk and sleeping with him, all while she was supposed to be working would probably lead to her being fired. He'd '"suggested" to her that if she went back to her bosses and told them that the whole thing was a clerical error and that Kate and he weren't married then he would keep quiet about her lost ID and their entertaining but highly inappropriate night. It had been touch and go there for a minute. For a moment there he thought the rookie FBI agent would take out her gun and shoot him but in the end she'd agreed to sweep both the marriage and their night together under the rug.
Besides keeping his name out of the feds records this whole situation has the added advantage that, as he is still technically married to Kit-Kat, that some day in the future he might be able to make use of that fact. If she does become a Fed then it might be very advantageous to have someone like that owing him. Whether he has to seek her out to get out of a jam or whether she seeks him out in the future he's sure he'll be able to turn the situation to his advantage. Just like the ID he is holding, having Kate the Fed in his pocket could be very useful someday.
Rogan thinks back to that time fourteen years ago at Stamford when he and Kit-Kat had been together. Boy they'd had some fun. She was gorgeous, away from home for the first time and looking to really sow some wild child oats and he'd been more than happy to oblige. He'd been working at an off campus bar and had spotted a beautiful, brunette come into the bar in black biker leathers. He'd recognized that the ID she had was fake but turned a blind eye so he could try and get close to the striking girl and his natural charm and smooth tongue helped him do just that. It had been a tumultuous few weeks together with that weekend in Vegas a great and, as it turns out a significant, time that typified their relationship. Fun, risk taking and mostly clouded by quite a bit of vodka. Then he'd screwed it up, like he usually did, and she left him.
To be honest he'd expected it. Despite the rebel without a cause vibe that Kit-Kat was trying to project at the time he could see that deep down she was a "good girl". Her relationship with him was just some minor teenage rebellion, to be looked back on with nostalgia as she climbs the corporate ladder as a lawyer and marries some douche. That she ended up as a cop and not a lawyer is only a slight surprise. He'd seen the strength and basic tow the line attitude in her at the time, typified by how she unceremoniously dumped him when he stole from her and so her being a cop was not too much of a stretch. He just wonders what happened to turn her down that path.
Putting the "missing" ID down on his kitchen table he finishes his coffee and places the empty mug in the kitchen sink. Looking at his watch he sees that he still has a few hours before he starts at his other job at Tildy's bar. Now there is another brunette that has caught his eye and maybe even has captured his heart. He's been working on the owner of the bar where he works for some time now. He senses that she is this close to sub-coming to his charms and when she does he's sure it will be great. It might even be different this time. That he won't ruin it with one of his wild and likely illegal schemes or gets too involved in another's scheme in an effort to get rich quick. No, he actually thinks that he could have a future with Tildy and doesn't want to screw that up by doing what he has done in relationships before the moment they start to be too serious.
Before now he doesn't do "serious". The minute a woman has looked at him like something more than a good time he's always done something to cause the end of the relationship. "Borrowed" money from them, gotten arrested as a result of one of his schemes, used their credit to start a business that fails or just plain run. Plus he's older now and there are only so many times he can skip town with an angry ex on his tail. Maybe he's ready to settle down. That's not to say that he won't have an escape plan. Perhaps he can use the truth that he is married to his advantage. Maybe he can even use it as a way to get in with Tildy. A suitably tragic and romantic story of a love cut short yet trapped by something like illness. Yeah, Tildy is sure to lap that up.
He thinks back to that tall, thin, hazel eyed girl of fifteen years ago. His time with Kit-Kat had been a laugh but ultimately, like all his relationships before and since, was never going to last and that was, he can admit, is all on him. Perhaps he can have something different with Tildy. Then again there is something about tigers and changing spots that might apply to him but that's far too deep for him to think about with the hangover he's currently sporting.
Rogan O'Leary stumbles towards his bedroom for a couple hours more sleep. As he collapses on the bed he thinks, one day he'll probably see Kit-Kat again and it will be a blast when he does. Hopefully it will be in a situation that he can use either for pleasure or profit. Pleasure and profit Now there are some things that he truly loves.
A/N : So I think one of the reasons that most fans don't like Rogan is because he was a part of the whole end of season 6 storyline that delayed the Caskett wedding. That and the implausibility of some of the story that I try to adress in this chapter. Then again he is so recent that he doesn't turn up in many fan-fics anyway which is why I didn't give him a very big chapter. Plus this chapter is an epilogue as this is the last one. The only other ex I can think of adressing is Jacinda but at the moment I can't see an interesting chapter for her so this is where this collection of stories will end.
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