by BassLab1:
NOOOO! She's going to fall!
She's hanging on the ledge of a building 20 stories above a lonely, empty, alley and she's going to fall!
"Castle" she whispers as she looks down. Her toes desperately trying to find a hold on the side of the building.
"Not like this, not like my mother" is what she thinks. Dying alone in an alley with no one knowing where she is...
Castle not knowing where she is. Her right hand slips off the ledge and she screams, "Castle!"
But he's not with her, he's given up on her. And rightfully so. She can see it so clearly now.
"Beckett!" He's here! He came for her!
"Castle! I'm here! Castle!" But , he's too late! Her left hand slips just as hands appear over the side of the building and he misses! She's falling, her hands flailing, trying to grab hold before she slams into the ground...
"Kate! Baby, wake up!" her eyes open slowly through the haze and tears. Fear still gripping her. What she sees is the most beautiful blue she has ever seen. Not the sky, but Rick's eyes. He's cradling her with his hands behind her head, their bare chests touching.
"I've got you, Kate. I won't ever let you go again." Through the pain she feels from the events of the previous night's fight with Maddox, she lifts a hand to Rick's cheek.
"I need to say this Cas...Rick, I love you. I love you so much and I'll never let you go again, either." Castle gently kisses the tears from her cheeks and rocks her back to sleep, where her dreams are of white dresses and little Castle babies.
Please review! BassLab is new at the fanfic & would love to know what you thought.