I posted this awhile back as a standalone one shot and decided to delete it. I have since added more and decided to add it to this series.
This is based off the song Kiss It All Better by He Is We, if you haven't heard it go listen. It's great, sad though. Anyways enjoy and as always reviews and suggestions are always welcome! :)
*Warning character death*
*Disclaimer* I do not own Castle or the song, no matter how much I wish.
Kiss It All Better
Richard Castle paced back in forth in his dark, cold jail cell clinging to the picture of his fiancé. "Kate," he whispers running his fingers across the picture, "I miss you so much." She was his entire world, his everything, and now she was gone. He finally flopped down on his cot and covered his face with his hands as his tears start to fall. He hardly sleeps anymore, all he can do is think about the moment that changed his life forever.
The day was ending like any other, he brought Kate another cup of coffee and made plans for dinner as she wrapped up her daily paperwork. They left the precinct hand in hand laughing as they said goodbye to Espo and Ryan. Rick convinced her they should walk home to the loft and enjoy the warm summer night. She looped her arm through his, laying her head on his shoulder as they walked.
He noticed the man dressed all in black but didn't think anything of it, until he saw the gun. He tried to shield her when he heard the shot but knew he was too late. Rick knew he should go after the shooter, call for help, do something…anything, but he couldn't move, he couldn't think. Most of all, he couldn't leave the love of his life bleeding in the street alone. He pulled her close applying as much pressure as he could, screaming for someone to call 911.
"Rick, Kiss it all better. I'm not ready to go," she cried.
"I'm so sorry Kate, I'm so sorry. Just stay with me, please" he begged.
"It's not your fault, love you didn't know. You didn't know."
He can feel her getting colder as he leans down and kisses her cheek. He tries to wipe the tears from her eyes as his own fall on her face and whispers, "everything will be alright. I promise. You're going to be fine."
His fear and worry turn to rage as she continues crying, "I love you Rick. I'm not ready to go."
He brushes her hair from hair face, feeling her slowly slipping away from him. As unconsciousness overtakes her, he whispers to her through his tears, "I'll find out who did this and make them pay. I promise. I love you so much." He places one last soft kiss to her lips, knowing she's already gone.
Esposito and Ryan found the guy 2 days later held up in an old downtown warehouse. The same rage Rick felt 2 nights prior came back full force when he saw the man's face as Espo led him to his car in handcuffs. He wasn't going to give this monster a chance for a trial or explanation. Rick lifted the gun he had been hiding and put a bullet straight into the heart of the man who tore his world apart.
Now he sits behind prison bars, sentenced to 25 to life, wishing everyday she was in his arms again. He wants to wake up and find that this was all a terrible nightmare. He just wants to be able to tell her he loves her again, hold her again, and kiss her again. All he has left of her now is a picture and her memory, but that's all it is, a memory. He lifts her picture to his lips and gives her one last kiss before he curls up and cries as he whispers "stay with me until I fall asleep, please stay with me."
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