COMING HOME
Summary: Alexis didn't survive 'Hunt' and Castle never returned to New York. 5 years later he is back. Picks up after 5x16.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything. Just borrowing!
Chapter 7
Nathan Grey Beckett was 4 years old and he woke up in a bed that wasn't his own.
The last thing he remembered was going to the comic book store with his grandfather, seeing the tall man's picture, and then nothing else. Now he was in a room that wasn't his own. There were cars everywhere, even the bed he woke up in was also a car. He got out of the bed and walked towards the door which was wide open.
There was a woman in the kitchen, she putting plates on the table. He didn't know the woman, he's never seen her before. She then noticed him standing by the door and she broke into a big smile.
"Aidan, you're awake!"
Aidan? Who's Aidan?
"Are you hungry?"
The woman was looking at him so he guesses she was speaking with him even if his name wasn't Aidan. He shook his head. He wasn't hungry. He wanted to go home. He wanted to go see his Mommy.
"You must be hungry," she insisted as she continued to place plates on the table. "C'mon, I made your favorite. Waffles!"
Waffles? He frowned. Chocolate chip pancakes were his favorite. The one with the smiley face that his Mommy always made.
He shook his head once again.
"C'mon, Aidan, be a good boy and eat," she motioned for him to come to the table. "You've been asleep for a very long time, you must be hungry."
He just looked at the woman who was still smiling widely but when he didn't move an inch from his spot, she suddenly had an angry look on her face.
"Aidan! You come here right now! Or you will get it from me, young man! NOW!"
His eyes went wide and his heart made a thump-thump sound. His Mommy never shouted at him like that. No one ever shouted at him like that before. He felt his eyes water and he couldn't help but cry.
He really wanted his Mommy.
He wanted to go home right now.
"Stop crying!" she barked at him. She suddenly walked over towards him with a finger pointed out. He didn't know what she was going to do to him now. But before she came near him, a loud knock came from the door. The woman's eyes went wide and she looked from the door back to him. "You go back to your room right now, Aidan. And don't make any sounds. Go!"
He went back into the bedroom with the cars. He heard the door of the bedroom close and the knocking from the other door continued.
He looked at the closet and remembered what his Mommy told him before. He ran to the closet door, went inside and shut it. He sat on the back corner of the closet and stayed real close to the wall. There was a loud crash from the other room and he covered both his ears with his hands. He squeezed his eyes shut as tight as he could that they already hurt. He didn't know how long he was in the closet and how long the sounds from the other room went on. He just continued to close his eyes and cover his ears.
He really wished his Mommy was here.
"Nate! Nate? Are you here? Nate!"
Mommy?
He opened his eyes and removed his hands from covering his ears.
Was it really his Mommy?
"Nate! Are you here?" the voice called out once again.
It was his Mommy.
He stood up and quickly opened the closet door. And there was his Mommy, standing in the middle of the room.
"Oh, Nate," she cried out as she placed her gun down on the floor before stepping fast towards him.
He didn't wait for her to completely come to him. He broke into a run and jumped into her arms. She caught him. She always does. He knew she always will. He burrowed his head in her shoulders and hung on to her as tight as he could.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt, baby? Did she hurt you?"
He shook his head.
"C'mon, let me see you," she took his hands from her neck and pulled him away a little. Her amber brown eyes stared into his blue ones. She probably saw his tears from earlier because she went and wiped them away with her fingers. "It's alright now, Nate. I've got you. Mommy's got you."
She leaned forwards and placed a kiss on his forehead and then his nose. That always tickled him and made him smile.
"Ah there you go, a smile," she smiled back and placed another kiss on his nose making him smile again. "Can you use your words, baby?"
He leaned forward and wrapped his arms around her again. He closed his eyes and the scent of cherries that filled his nose made him feel not afraid anymore.
"Missed you, my Mommy," he whispered.
"I missed you too, my little prince," she said with a soft sigh.
"Just keep your eyes closed until I tell you, Nate," she whispered to him as they made their way out of the room. After a long while, she finally told him to open his eyes.
He looked around and saw police cars and big black cars with the sirens blasting their red and green lights on the street. There were police officers around and some people were watching from behind the yellow line that his Mommy once told him were called police lines.
And he was there.
The tall man who had the same blue eyes as his.
His Mommy's workplace was full of people. Some of them he knew and some of them he didn't. But they were all clapping when they got out of the elevator and walked towards his mommy's desk.
"Glad you're back, little Beckett."
"Nate, my little man," Uncle Javi greeted him with a smile. "It's great to have you back."
"Look who's here to welcome you back, baby," his Mommy told him. He quickly looked at where his Mommy was pointing and saw his grandpa and grandma.
"Oh, Nate, darling!" his grandma cried out. She walked towards them and held her hands out wide and he left his Mommy's embrace to go to his grandma's arms. His Mommy always told him to not let grandma carry him too much because he was already too heavy for her but he guesses this was an exception. He really wanted to hug his grandma tightly right now and he did. "I'm so glad you're okay, my darling. You gave us a big scare. Especially your Mommy and your Pop-pop."
When he heard his grandpa's name, he quickly turned to look at his grandpa.
"I'm sorry, Nate," his grandpa said but he didn't come near them.
"Dad..." his Mommy spoke out. "C'mon, Nate, give your Pop-pop a hug and tell him that it wasn't his fault."
He reached out to his grandpa and after a few counts, his grandfather finally took him in his arms and hugged him tightly. "I'm glad you're back, Nate, I'm really, really glad you're back."
And all the while the tall man with the same blue eyes as his was watching.
Yay, Nate's back! :D The back story of the kidnapping will be in the next chapter in Kate's POV but I think you could already derive it from this chapter. This one's short again, I know. Apologies!
Thank you for the reviews and the follows. Much loved as always. :)
