A/N I know it's a big jump going from Kick the Ballistics (4x04) to Swan Song (5x07), but I didn't have an inspiration for the episodes in between, even though Kevin's and Jenny's wedding was 4x10 I didn't want to write something that wouldn't live up to what the wedding might have been like.
This has some quotes from the episode, which are in italics and centred on the page.
Jenny was sat on the couch with a bowl of popcorn perched on her lap; she was excitedly waiting for the next programme to start. Which was the documentary filmed while Kevin and his friends solved the murder of the rock star, James Swan. Kevin was sat beside her, slumped back against the couch with one hand covering his eyes.
She smirked as she jostled his side. "Aren't you looking forward to watching this?"
"No!" countered Kevin, shaking his head heavily, still with his eyes covered.
"Why not?" giggled Jenny,
Kevin peaked over his hand to look at her, "Because Javi and Castle acted like utter idiots! Even Gates and Lanie acted up for the camera! The only one other than me who was uncomfortable with the cameras was Beckett!"
Jenny looked fondly at her husband, she opened her mouth to respond but her attention was drawn back to the TV when the documentary started.
"Oh God…" groaned Kevin; if it was at all possible he seemed to slump into the couch even further. Jenny would have laughed but she was intently watching the beginning of the programme.
"What started out as an ordinary documentary about an up and coming rock band, became the tale of three NYPD Detectives, and their consultant, as they hunted for the murderer of James Swan…"
Jenny stuffed handfuls of popcorn into her mouth as she watched the beginning with twinkling eyes. She chuckled seeing Kate's immediate frown as she saw the cameras, Rick's advertising Frozen Heat (while nicely pointing out Kate, which didn't seem to be appreciated by Kate), Javi's initial angry reaction to the cameras, Lanie's 'not sure what's going on' look and poor Kevin's confusion.
She turned to Kevin and commented, "I thought you said they were acting like idiots? The only one so far seems to be Rick."
Kevin shook his head and with his head still bent forward replied, "Just wait."
And if that wouldn't pike up someone's interest what would? Jenny wondered. So she eagerly waited for the moment that she would see Kevin's and hers' friends acting like 'utter idiots'.
After Gates made her welcome speech, Kevin went to stand up mumbling something about being tired, even though it was only nine o'clock. Jenny, without looking away from the TV, shot out a hand and tugged on Kevin's arm so he was jolted back to sitting on the couch.
"Na ah," grinned Jenny, "You will watch this with me."
"Why?" moaned Kevin, his eyes widening seeing Castle and Javi battling for attention in front of the camera. "I've already witnessed this in person!"
"Because I want to laugh at your 'idiot' friends with you," responded Jenny breaking her gaze from the TV to smile at Kevin.
Kevin paused for a moment and then a smile broke out on his face, "Okay."
He then settled comfortably on the couch with Jenny snuggled up against his side and the bowl of popcorn resting on their legs. He chuckled and laughed with her, but he tensed when he and Javi appeared on the screen in their car.
"I'm kind of like the nerve centre of the team"
Jenny started laughing, "Really?! I thought you 'acted normal' in this?"
"What?" protested Kevin, "Javi started saying stuff that was making him look really good and sort of suggesting that I didn't do anything important!"
"So you began to one up him?" grinned Jenny,
"Exactly," nodded Kevin,
Jenny smiled and patted his arm, "Good for you."
As Jenny watched the interrogation unfold on the screen, she shook her head. She had often wondered what it was like to watch Kevin and Javi when they interrogated a suspect. But catching the look Kevin was making at Javi's back on screen, she guessed that the interrogation on the screen was nothing like the real thing.
The action then moved into the observation room when Javi said, "At least grabbing the guy wasn't a total bust."
"I don't know. Seems to be the definition of a total bust."
Tears began to run down Jenny's cheeks from laughing so hard at Kevin's comment. The tears and laughter continued right up until the murderer was discovered.
"What?!" shrieked Jenny, "His own band mate killed him?!"
"Yep," responded Kevin. Jenny shook her head in shock, but she then turned to Kevin grinning. "What?" asked Kevin warily.
"You're bromance with Javi was cute."
"My what?" exclaimed Kevin, just as Jenny was about to answer Kevin shook his head holding a hand in front of Jenny's face. "You know what? I don't wanna know."
"It's not a bad thing!" giggled Jenny, as she tried to dodge around Kevin's hand.
"I don't care!" argued Kevin as he laughed.
Somehow this turned into throwing the remaining popcorn at each other. Ten minutes later there was no popcorn in the bowl, it was, instead, strewn across the couch and surrounding floor, and also some bits were stuck in their hair. They continued to laugh as they tidied the room and got ready for bed.
Because Kevin hadn't been called to a crime scene during the night, Jenny decided to go to work with him just so she could tease the others about the documentary. So as they exited the elevator the others greeted her warmly, with some surprise.
"What brings you here this morning Jenny?" asked Castle.
"Just thought I'd come and say how I enjoyed watching you all solve the James Swan case," smiled Jenny.
Kate's face dropped, "You watched that?"
Jenny nodded and smiled at Kate reassuringly, "I was surprised to see Rick and Javi acting so silly." Castle and Esposito looked at each other and then back to Jenny and shrugged.
Javi turned to Kevin, "If I ever act like that again, bro. I give you permission to knock some sense into me. I didn't watch it in the end, but my mom did. She text me asking what the heck I was doing. So I guess I was pretty bad."
"You were like some camera hungry guy on a reality TV show Javi!" exclaimed Jenny.
Javi winced, "Jenny, I apologise that you had to see that."
"Don't apologise," said Jenny grinning, "It was really funny!"
The group stood laughing about the documentary for a few minutes until they got a call for a murder. Jenny watched as they all left the bullpen and smiled hearing Javi and Kevin's conversation as they walked away.
"Bro why'd you let Jenny watch it?" demanded Javi,
"I didn't want to!" protested Kevin,
"Was it bad?" asked Javi, almost nervously.
"Nah," commented Kevin, "It wasn't that bad." Kevin turned to share a secret smile with Jenny before he entered the elevator, causing Jenny to chuckle.
She looked around the bullpen and wondered if she might ever come and see her husband and friends solving a case. She was pretty confident that it was nothing like the documentary showed. And she couldn't deny that it wasn't something she was interested in. Maybe one day, she thought. With that she gathered her coat and walked out of the bullpen to go to work, knowing that despite telling Javi that the documentary wasn't that bad, Kevin was still going to mock his best friend about it for a long time yet.
