Slipping into the office, she grabbed the files off her desk and ran down into the viewing room, grabbing the attention of her two work mates who stared at her confused by her unusual behaviour. As they heard the door slam shut, they watched Castle walk in humming, holding four coffees.
"Where's Beckett" he asked as they pointed at the observation room and shrugged before he could ask why. Passing them their coffees, he sighed as he walked over and knocked on the door gently. "Kate it's me, let me in I brought coffee" he declared as the door unlocked and he walked in, watching as she locked it behind him. "What's wrong".
"Nothing" she declared as she pulled the hood of her jumper further across her face. "Thanks for the coffee".
"Kate, I get you a coffee every morning there's no need to thank me it's part of the routine" he declared as she nodded. "What's wrong" he asked as he walked over and knelt in front of her, noticing the dark mark on her face. "What the hell" he asked as he pulled the hood down and stared at the bruise across her eye. "Kate".
"It's nothing okay" she whispered as he slipped his hand to her cheek causing her to sigh. "We got in a fight when he came over and I lost okay" she declared as she opened the case file and began to read it.
"Kate, Josh did this to you" he asked as she nodded and sighed. "I'll kill him".
"Castle, just forget about it please" she declared as he began to mumble something under his breath causing her to touch both his cheeks and stare at him. "Forget about it for me at least" she begged as he nodded, her arms slipping from his cheeks to around his neck as she moved her head against him desperate to feel safe again.
"What happened to your gun" he asked as she sighed.
"I forgot it, I'd put it away for the night" she whispered as he held her close. "I would have shot him though, that's the problem, I would have actually shot him Rick".
"Well you didn't did you, although he bloody deserves it" he declared as she stood there in his arms, feeling comfortable finally. "What did you fight over" he asked.
"A million and one things" she whispered as he sighed and held her close, the feeling of him close to her causing her to relax as she stared up at him, her hand slipping to his cheek as she stood up on her tiptoes and pressed her lips against his, neither of them stopping and fighting it as they continued to let their lips express everything they felt. As she moved away, she sighed as she stared at him, his hands slipping down her back as she smiled. "I've waited so long to do that".
"I've waited for it too" he whispered as she smiled and kissed him again, she liked the feeling of him kissing her, expressing his feelings in a way that didn't involve words, when he spoke he normally ruined it so this was nicer, more controlled. "Look Kate, I'm going to get you an ice pack".
"Rick" she whispered. "Don't leave me".