"Would you want any coffee?" Castle asked his wife as he closed and locked their suite door behind them. "Tea? Whiskey?"
Beckett smiled slightly at the last one and she said, "That's okay. I think I'm good with drinks."
"Sure," Castle said, watching her. When she went to the window behind an armchair he asked, "Anything outside?"
"No," Beckett said simply.
"Kate-" Castle started to say with a frown.
"I'm fine," Beckett said as she was quick to interrupt him. She turned around and leaned against the window saying, "I could tell there was something wrong with Patrick tonight."
"Do you think it's the crash?" Castle asked, going over to her.
"I don't know," Beckett said honestly. "Something dealing with it maybe but it's bothering him. A lot."
"Do you want to call or text him?" Castle said, watching her closely.
Shaking her head Beckett replied, "That's not my place, more Trevor's and if he's that devoted to Patrick he'll have noticed too."
"How're you doing?" Castle asked, studying her as he wrapped his arm around her.
"I'm fine," Beckett assured him. "Just… glad we've finished today. Tomorrow should be interesting. A Civil War recreation battle?"
"Oh no," Castle replied, shaking his head firmly. "That's tomorrow and right now I'd like to focus on you."
"Sexually?" Beckett replied.
"Whatever you'd like," Castle answered.
Looking into his eyes, Beckett saw instantly he was serious, and she nodded before she said, "Come here."
Castle was a little startled, but he allowed his wife to take his hand before following her to the couch. When they were sitting, he took her kiss that she gave him immediately before they pulled away from each other at the same time.
"You knew I was going to do that?" Beckett asked him, smiling.
"I did," Castle replied. "I did remember when you did that before."
"The first time?" Beckett said. When her husband nodded, she laughed briefly and then said, "That was kind of a random thought."
"I know, but you do know me," Castle said. He smiled when his wife merely widened her eyes before she looked away and he said, "What did you want to do?"
"The same as before," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when her husband immediately looked eager and they were kissing again, exactly what they'd done the late morning during her suspension from the 12th Precinct and she'd gone to see her boyfriend.
Looking through the peephole, Castle opened the door hurriedly and said, "Beckett, hey, we didn't have something planned, did we?"
"No, I tried to call you, but you never answered," Beckett said, stepping into the loft. She watched him hurry suddenly into his bedroom and she smiled before locking the door behind her. She went to the doorway and asked, "Did you have it on silent?"
"Yeah, I wanted to sleep last night," Castle replied.
"Alexis and Martha got to London okay?" Beckett asked.
"They did," Castle said as he walked up to her. "They landed a few minutes ago," he replied. "Don't tell them I didn't see their text."
"You're lucky they texted you a few minutes ago," Beckett said with a smile as she followed him back out into the living room.
"I know," Castle said absently. He got a response shortly after and he said, "Okay, they're heading to the hotel to rest so… have you eaten breakfast?"
Nodding Beckett said, "It's almost eleven thirty." She looked on while he was checking his watch and said, "Did you have anything planned for today?"
"Not really, you?" Castle said as he looked up at her.
"It's why I came over," Beckett replied with a quick shake of her head. She then took her boyfriend's hand and pulled him over to the couch before they were sitting together. She kissed him lightly at first before he was moving away from her and she said, "Didn't want to?"
"Kind of a stupid question Kate," Castle said, using her first name so she'd know he was joking.
"It was but I had to make sure," Beckett replied with a slight smirk. "You looked surprised." When his response was to kiss her deeply, she was responding to him as rapidly as she could before she was wrapping her arms around his neck. As he pulled her onto his lap, she nearly broke off their kiss as he'd never done that in the time they'd been together, but she did her best to recover quickly. She was allowing his tongue into her mouth and she wasn't sure if she wanted that to continue as she knew they wouldn't be able to stop.
Moving back to allow them both to breathe, Castle looked into his girlfriend's eyes and said, "Is this what you came here for?"
"For you," Beckett reminded him. She took his kiss, that one slower but lingering, and when they were apart she said, "But… to be honest I didn't really have any set plans."
"Neither did I," Castle replied before he gathered her in his arms and kissed her deeply. He ran his hands over her body as much as he could, feeling her doing the same to him and his hair as well. They were kissing several times before they stopped, panting for air, and he kissed at her lips quickly before saying, "I can't move."
"Neither can I," Beckett replied before she suddenly found herself on her back and she held onto him as he was beginning to kiss her again. That didn't last for very long and he moved down to her neck, making her tilt her head back before he moved to her lips. They were kissing hard and she could feel her lips were swelling from the force before she made him stop and she said, "I…" trailing off since she couldn't continue as her boyfriend was pressing down against her body and she couldn't resist him, sitting up with him so they could start undressing. When they were both naked, she pulled him to his bedroom, falling back onto the bed and taking him on top of her as he was quick to follow her.
"Rick… oh wait, Rick," Beckett gasped as her husband had laid her on the couch. "We… we can't really make love right here."
"Oh…" Castle said, pulling away from her as he recalled them where exactly they were. "I forgot it was the couch."
"It's alright, I almost did," Beckett said with a smile before they were sitting up.
"What would you like?" Castle asked her.
Beckett laughed softly and shook her head before she told him, "Don't start doing that."
"But-" Castle started to say before his wife was covering his mouth with her hand firmly.
"Don't," Beckett said firmly. "I want us to be even in this. Now nod your head," she said, waiting for him to do so. Luckily he didn't take very long, and she said, "Now-" before he was kissing her again. She held onto him tightly and was going to move onto his lap; recalling her memory; but he was stopping the kiss.
Getting off the couch, Castle pulled her with him before wrapping his arms around her and kissing her again. They let their tongues duel together for a while and when they parted, she slid her fingers through his hair and he murmured, "I want you Kate."
"I can tell," Beckett replied with a smile. She took his kiss and gently rubbed his scalp, feeling him shuddering against her before she said, "And I want you Rick, desperately."
"I feel the same," Castle said huskily before he picked her up and then carried her into the bedroom. Setting her down next to the bed, he stared into her eyes and murmured, "I was so happy during that time. No cases, you were safe…"
"I felt the same," Beckett replied. "It was…"
"Weird?" Castle asked her when she didn't continue.
"Not weird," Beckett said hurriedly. "It was a lot different from what I was used to dating men."
"You didn't take much time off," Castle stated.
"No," Beckett said quickly. "But I really don't want to think about that right at this moment." She wound her arms around her husband's neck and was kissing him deeply before she realized what his hands were doing. "You're eager…" she said with a smile when they parted, and his hands were fully on her ass.
"Not exactly," Castle replied. "This dress is a little annoying," he said to her questioning look.
"Oh, well…" Beckett started to say before she kissed him.
Castle was confused but he couldn't complain about kissing her, holding his wife close before she was suddenly moving her arms. He was about to stop their kiss, but she was following him and he grunted as she was opening the fly of his trousers. "You want to-" he started to say before he was cut off by her hand drawing his erection out. "Kate…" he started to say before trailing off as he watched her kicking off her heels before she knelt.
Beckett was waiting for her husband to say something in protest or stop her but when he didn't, she was swift to grasp the base of his member to hold it horizontally so she could kiss the top of it. She moved to kiss the tip before she took it into her mouth, laving her tongue over it before she cupped it for a moment, lowering her head around him. She immediately began bobbing back and forth on him as she couldn't wait any longer and continued until her husband was orgasming.
Castle wasn't sure how he was able to remain standing, lost to everything but his pleasure before he was coming out of the daze it had caused. He looked at her then, watching her still working over his erection before he reached down to her. He kissed her before she could say anything, doing so passionately before they were holding onto one another. He was trying not to groan at the same time, as her dress was brushing against his length still out of his trousers and boxers. When they stopped, he said, "Thank you. Though I feel a little bad."
"I didn't mind being on the floor," Beckett told him firmly.
"I should-" Castle started to say.
"It was erotic," Beckett interrupted him with a smile. "Both of us wearing our clothes."
"You're good," Castle said, shaking his head in amazement.
"Doing that or what I just said?" Beckett asked him with a smile.
Pretending to think that over, Castle said, "Both, definitely both." He smiled at her before he leaned down to her and he kissed her hungrily as he held her close. But he couldn't stay like that for long and said, "I can't, my cock…"
Looking down at him, Beckett realized what the beads on her dress were doing and said, "Oh, you should have told me," turning away from him.
Castle smiled and reached for the zipper on her dress, pulling it down before he spread the fabric eagerly. Running his hands around her bared back he leaned over, kissing at it lovingly before he went up to the backs of her shoulders. "You're so beautiful," he said before he paused.
"Rick?" Beckett asked as she turned around to him. She let out a short cry when he suddenly picked her up and laid her on the bed before he was getting on top of her. When their tongues were tangling together, she wrapped her arms and legs around him before she heard him groan again. "You-" she started to say before she realized the same problem was happening again.
"No, that's my fault," Castle said quickly to assure her. He sat up on his knees and was removing his blazer, watching his wife as she pushed herself up. "I need to get rid of some clothes… of my own."
Beckett smiled, watching him going to his tie next and she reached for him, pulling his shirt from his trousers. She nodded to his thank you before she watched him tucking his erection back into his boxers. "I'm disappointed," she couldn't help saying.
Looking up into her eyes, Castle said, "I've been having a lot of problems-"
Stopping him by putting her hand on his arm, Beckett waited for a moment before he looked confused and then pulled his tie he'd opened off from around his neck. "One last thing," she said, unable to help smiling as he was watching her with wide eyes. She then pulled the skirt of her dress up her thighs until her husband was able to see her panties. "Good?" she asked him, glancing up at him. She smiled again when her husband was staring at her silk-clad sex and she reached up to push on his chin. "Rick… are they discolored?"
Wheezing for a second, Castle nodded wordlessly and had her lay down before he pulled her panties off her legs as she raised her hips for him. "I noticed," he was finally able to say. "But yeah, this is a way better view," he told her eagerly.
"Pervert," Beckett replied as she smiled.
Though he hesitated for a moment, as he wasn't sure if he wanted to get her dress off or not, Castle finally decided and laid down in between her legs. When she put them over his shoulders, he pressed a few kisses to her inner thighs and said, "Eager?"
"Yes, and I won't last long," Beckett replied. "But I still want you to fuck- me! Oh god, Rick!" she started to say before she was crying out as he was beginning to pleasure her. She was holding onto the sheet underneath her, her eyes rolling back immediately as she had been aching for some kind of satisfaction. She was driven to scratch at the mattress below her as she was trying to withstand the heavy stimulation Castle was giving her. Her orgasm was nearly explosive, and she was calling her husband's name, writhing on him and trying not to strike him with her feet. When she came down from that high, she was breathing heavily and soon looking above her though she wasn't comprehending what the ceiling of the room looked like. "Rick…" she then said, reaching down to him.
Moving hurriedly, Castle was pushing himself up to his wife so he could kiss her and he held her to him before they slowly parted a short time later he said, "Are you sweating?"
"Yeah, this dress needs to go," Beckett told him before she was sitting up. She helped him in getting her dress off her and smiled when he hurried to take it to the dresser before he was returning. "Are you okay?" she asked, having watched him and seeing the slight limp when he was near the bed.
"Yeah, my pants…" Castle started to say before she was stopping him from climbing onto the mattress with her. He looked on while she opened his trousers and said, "You know… I should just let you do this constantly." He expected her to say something about being a pervert, but when she didn't he said, "Hey."
Smiling, Beckett said, "You're a pervert but you do realize how nice it is for me."
"Are you sure?" Castle asked. "When it's limp and everything?"
Beckett was fighting a laugh at his tone of voice and she told him, "Just hurry and take off your clothes. I want your cock in my pussy now."
Since her tone of voice didn't indicate she wanted any comment from him, Castle hurried to start unbuttoning his shirt. He watched his wife while he did that since she was moving to sit on her knees next to the edge of the bed and he told her, "You're a goddess," before he noticed something.
Watching him, Beckett seemed to realize what her husband was thinking and she reached up to her hair, feeling some of the strands in the bun she'd made had come loose. With a smile she let her hair down, running her fingers through it before he was reaching for her, and she was startled at the intensity in his blue eyes before he spoke roughly.
"You need to help me love," Castle was telling her. "I'm going to rip off my clothes."
Nodding quickly, Beckett assisted him with the remainder of his clothes before he was naked and climbing onto the bed with her. She laid back and waited for him to get on her when he hesitated, making her frown momentarily. "What is it?" she asked.
"Really fast," Castle said in response, not surprised when he saw her confusion for a second as he was bowing his head. He went down to her breasts, kissing around the mounds before he nuzzled her nipples with his lips. He then took the right into his mouth, suckling at it gently before he pulled away. Grabbing his wife, he pulled her up with him as he sat on his knees and started to suck at her, fondling her other breast with his hand until she was crying out heavily and begging him to stop.
"I really can't take it love," Beckett said as he was looking up at her. "I need you inside me." She was relieved when he nodded and laid down with him before he was taking her left leg and placing it up on his shoulder before she was quick to wrap her other around his waist. "I knew," she said as he looked down at her. "And approve."
"That I knew," Castle said. He laughed when she knocked her heel against his ass deliberately and he said, "Can you help me?"
"I'll try," Beckett said, reaching down in between them. She was able to grasp his length, helping him as he drew closer to her before the tip of him sank into her. She gasped slightly at the sensation, squeezing her husband's arms as she didn't need to hold him any longer. About to tell him to fuck her, she was letting out a cry of his name as he thrust in her hard and realized he was likely planning on doing that already. She knew he would pause, so she waited eagerly before he moved and took her by surprise.
"I need to make love to you," Castle said as he was continuing to thrust at a very gentle pace. "You deserve to… be made love to."
Beckett wanted to tell him he worshiped her in other ways, but she was enjoying the slow back and forth of his member within her too much to bother to think of the words. She tightened her leg that was around his waist, doing her best to use that so she could thrust with him. It was a little hard to thrust that much but once she could at least meet his rhythm she was overjoyed. She felt his angle changing and she was moaning as he was just able to brush against her clit. She was holding onto his arms by then and squeezed at them tightly as he was thrusting harder but only once before he went back to his slower pace. "Rick…" she told him.
"I won't stop this time," Castle replied hurriedly. He'd been about to say more but didn't have the chance as he was being affected by how tight her sex was and moist as well with her arousal. "But," he was finally able to say. "I will make this… l-last," he said, grunting at the end as she deliberately squeezed her muscles around his member. He was spurred to thrust roughly against her twice but managed to get his control back and he was moving slowly again, though not as much as he'd been before. He was moving his hips around each time he sank into her, doing his best to press against and then avoid the swollen nub above where he was sheathed in her. He watched his wife at the same time, though he was feeling a heavy amount of pleasure at the sensation of making love to her. He was enthralled by the look on her face, moving up as he slid into her, and he wanted to kiss her badly. But he couldn't stop and didn't want to change the position, so he continued as he was before he realized she was twisting back and forth a little.
"Oh… Rick you said you weren't going to stop!" Beckett said in annoyance.
"I had to," Castle said.
"No apology?" Beckett asked, a little surprised that he wasn't.
"No, I told you I wasn't going to let this be quick," Castle told her, looking into her eyes to make sure she wasn't really annoyed.
"Then promise me you'll fuck me after," Beckett said immediately.
"Okay," Castle replied, feeling a thrill race through him so intensely he was afraid he would lose his self-control. To fight that he thrust again, slowly, gently, delighting in her soft gasps and cries of pleasure before he sped up a little more. He kept a pace that was between slow and rough for a while before introducing harder thrusts, only three at a time; before he was switching between them for a while. "Kate…" he breathed to her joyfully.
"I know… oh fuck Rick you're…" Beckett started to breathe heavily in her pleasure as it was growing stronger. "I can't… I want it rough after this… feel you… oh!" She had to stop talking as he was thrusting harder against her clit, and she didn't want to lose herself just yet. She wasn't sure what made her then tighten her leg around his waist, but it helped him sink in deeper within her before she was gasping as he was suddenly withdrawing from her. She was going to protest; nearly outraged at the sudden emptiness she felt with him gone; but her husband was soon speaking to try and reassure her she knew.
"I got… an idea," Castle was saying before he was moving his erection against her clit. He loved her crying out to him as he could feel the nub rubbing against him and moved to enter her once more before he was thrusting for a while. He avoided her clit the entire time before he withdrew and repeated the same action with it as before. He did that only one more time before he realized he needed to stop, her grip on him was even tighter and he was aware he was pushing her further and further. "I love you," he told her, pausing once he was back inside her sex to tell her that.
"I love you too," Beckett said, squeezing his arms a little more so he'd feel it. "Make love to me Rick." When he nodded his head, she was bracing herself a moment before her husband was thrusting and she sighed as it was almost gentle. She felt her body throb in response to it, feeling his erection sliding so smoothly against her sex, and she knew she was going to have a hard time controlling herself as he continued and began building his speed. She wasn't surprised when he wasn't going that fast, but it was enough to feel the friction between them mounting and she was nearly digging her nails into his skin as she knew she was going to break.
"Are you going to come love?" Castle managed to ask while he was trying to keep to his rhythm.
"Yes… oh…" Beckett was gasping. She felt her husband nearly smashing into her clit in a faster thrust and it was enough for her to break. She was literally tightly wound and was scraping her nails over his arms as she was calling, "Oh! Oh, Rick please… don't stop! I want you to fuck me! Please fuck me!" before she was losing herself to her ecstasy as it rushed through her entire body and nearly made her dizzy.
"My love… Kate I won't," Castle was groaning as he was trying to keep moving since her sex trying to take him further was driving him crazy as he lost himself within her. They were moving together wildly; he was trying not to hurt her; and he knew they would have a hard time stopping as they were calling out their pleasure until she was calming down first.
Since her left foot was still up on her husband's shoulder, Beckett couldn't hold onto him as she wanted to do because he was moving harder at the end of his orgasm. She was relieved when he moved her foot and as soon as she had her left leg wrapped around his waist, she did the same with her arms around his shoulders. "I hope you'll be okay to go again," she said to him teasingly.
Groaning heavily against his wife's neck, Castle took a moment before he was able to pull back to look into her eyes. "I will, but I'm shocked you're talking about it already," he started to say. He wasn't surprised when she looked to be herself and he added, "That's what I'm supposed to do."
Beckett laughed softly, recalling her husband was still buried deep within her body, and she said, "True but do you mind if you lay down for now?"
"No," Castle said simply, withdrawing from her carefully before he was on his back. He wrapped his arm around her as she came to him and he said while she remained above him, "That was incredibly good."
"I'm not sure I was able to do that much," Beckett replied, reaching down and lightly brushing his hair that had been pushed to his forehead. "But I want us close the next time. I love that position, but you were too far from me."
"I was thinking the same," Castle said, nodding his head firmly. He then smiled and said, "But we have more chances." He was about to say he was more than ready when he was stopped by his wife reaching down and running her fingertip lightly along his erection before she went to the tip of it and proceeded to rub his pre-come along his skin. "Stop, stop," he breathed out heavily. "I don't want to be ready to come when we start."
"I should have done that before I pleasured you," Beckett said, sitting up then as her husband was doing. She leaned into him when he started to and they kissed, leading her to cup his cheek with her hand before they were trying to literally taste one another. When they parted, she smiled and said, "Should we start?"
"How-" Castle started to say when his wife laid on the mattress instantly. He smiled at her and said, "Then I should ask if you want to kiss a little more, but you want to start." He wasn't surprised when his wife smirked and he braced himself as she was grabbing his erection, running her hand up and down him until she told him what she wanted to do.
"I want you to come on me love," Beckett said.
"Where?" Castle asked, trying not to wheeze out the words as she was still rubbing at him gently.
"Oh… anywhere," Beckett replied. She wasn't taken aback when her husband looked at her with wide eyes and she continued saying, "I'll direct you."
"Direct me," Castle breathed before he said, "Okay… you… you're in charge right now I think."
"I know," Beckett said. "You should move too," she then told him while she was pushing herself up to sit.
"Fuck Kate," Castle groaned though he was doing that. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he couldn't resist what her hand felt like and he was going faster before she was doing the same. It didn't take him long to start climaxing and he felt a little badly about it being so short, but he forgot it quickly since he was enjoying the sensation. He wasn't sure where exactly his come was falling on his wife but hoped it was where she wanted it. When he had finally stopped, he opened his eyes and saw her stomach and a little of the top of her legs had received the fluid and he said, "Should I clean you?"
"Not yet," Beckett replied, cupping his cheek before she drew him to her. They were kissing deeply, playfully dueling with one another before he pulled away from her slowly. She smiled as he stared at her and she murmured, "Let me take care of myself, just watch me."
"I don't need to be aroused again; believe me," Castle said in a rush though she was reaching down to herself.
"Oh, I know," Beckett replied. "This is more for me," she added before she slipped her finger into her mouth and sucked off his come. She knew, from the way his eyes darkened, the action had done the second thing she'd wanted it to do and aroused him. She wasn't unaffected herself and she cleaned off her body fully before she said, "Okay?"
"Yes," Castle said in a groan before he was laying her down. He kissed her hard, lying slightly on her body, so their tongues were meeting and rubbing for some time before they pulled away for air. "Kate-" he started to say.
"Hurry," Beckett told him eagerly as she pulled him to her more fully. At his urging she grabbed his member again and helped him slide within her again, though he took over shortly after and was ramming within her. "Oh! You're going to fuck me, right?" she asked him when he had stopped, their hips pressed together.
"I will, I can't fucking resist you love," Castle told her, leaning down and capturing her lips with his own. "I want to worship you," he told her once they'd stopped and he was looking down at her again.
"I know you will… just take me!" Beckett replied, feeling more and more frustrated when he didn't begin to thrust.
Castle couldn't deny his wife any longer and he was starting to move, going slowly just once before he let himself lose complete control and he was picking up his pace. He was heavily aroused by the sound of their hips slamming together and it made him want to go faster and harder in her. Her cries were heavy, and he could feel his wife's nails on his back until she broke first and was calling his name in her ecstasy. He was following her shortly after, too stimulated to resist her sex tempting him after her again and he came what felt like amazingly before they were both calm since they'd been so close together. "Love…" he breathed in joy as he'd pressed his face to her neck.
"I know, it's so hard to stop," Beckett said, smiling herself. She had reached up to her husband's hair, caressing it gently until he was moving away from her once he had recovered. She rolled onto her side as soon as he was next to her and murmured, "I hate to say this…" before he was talking rapidly to reassure her while he held her closer against his side.
"I remembered; we do have the case," Castle said. "But what about the night before we go home and we're finished with the case?" He had expected her to call him a pervert, and when she didn't, he said, "You seem to be calling me pervert less and less."
"Well… I would have to call you that a lot," Beckett said teasingly. "The way you like to talk."
"Vixen tell me you hate me doing that," Castle said, lightly slapping her ass before he cupped it. When she merely smiled, he kissed her deeply before they slowly parted. "I love you Kate; I have to say it again."
Beckett was smiling before she kissed him gently and told him, "I love you too Rick. And I don't really care how many times you tell me."
Kissing her passionately again, Castle was doing his best not to go further than that though he was tempted by his wife's body pressing against his. When they parted, he said, "Would you do something for me?"
"If it's not too outrageous," Beckett answered.
"Would you mind putting on your aquamarine?" Castle asked.
"Now? I've been wearing this one the whole time," Beckett said, though she was teasing him again.
"I'd like to see you wearing that one," Castle explained.
"Okay," Beckett replied, giving him a quick kiss on the lips before she was getting off the bed. She already had her aquamarine pendant ready, so it took little time for her to change her pearl necklace for it. "Better?" she asked, getting on the mattress and pressing against his side immediately.
"The other one was nice too," Castle replied. "But I prefer this one on you." Before she could say anything in response he was leaning over, kissing her deeply until they needed to breathe and he pressed his forehead to hers with a sigh saying, "We need to stop?"
"We need to stop," Beckett replied, smiling briefly before they leaned into one another and kissed. She watched him get up to grab the bed sheet and once he was laying back next to her with their bodies covered, she told him, "Night Rick."
"Goodnight love," Castle told her. He watched her closely, still afraid of her having some kind of nightmare, but eventually she relaxed and he couldn't fight his own fatigue. He finally closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep, hoping Beckett would be tired enough to sleep until the next morning.
Running to the fuselage, Beckett was able to slip through the crack along the side and step into it, reeling back for a moment as she saw the bodies in their seats. The passengers were sitting upright, seatbelts still fastened, but their heads were bowed down, and she knew they were dead. She walked down the aisle, looking at each person and praying she wouldn't find the others there.
She nearly reached the back of the plane when she saw a baby carrier on a seat and Beckett was running to it, pushing the cover back and gasping for air as the baby inside was unfamiliar. "It's not Josie, it's not Josie," she told herself before turning her attention to the next three seats in that row. Two were children, and for a heart stopping moment she thought they were Eliza and Julia, but like the baby she had no idea who they were. The last person she thought was Alexis, but it was another young woman with red hair, and she couldn't stop the sob that left her as she staggered backwards.
When she was back in the aisle, Beckett started to cough as smoke was filling the fuselage and she told herself to get out before the fire reached where she was. But something compelled her to step forward to the next row and found it was empty except for one man in the middle of the middle three seats.
"No," Beckett breathed heavily as she was stepping towards him. "Please," she whispered as she could see the man's hands. "Stop… stop… no," she said, sobbing outright as she was filled with dread with each step she took. She couldn't stop herself, cupping the man's chin with her hand before tilting his head up.
Seeing her husband's face, his blue eyes lifeless, Beckett fell back as she screamed, "No! Rick!"
"Kate, Kate wake up, it's a nightmare, it's not real," Castle was telling his wife as he was desperately trying to awaken her. When her eyes flew open, he said, "It's me, it's okay love," as she focused on him.
"Rick," Beckett sobbed as she pushed herself up and threw her arms around her husband's neck.
Startled at her crying, Castle didn't say anything, merely held his wife until he felt her calming down before he said, "It's okay love," feeling like he needed to as he could see the fear in her eyes. He was about to ask if she wanted some water when she was speaking as she tried to brush away her tears before he helped her carefully.
As she told her husband about her nightmare, Beckett felt calmer as she could feel herself shaking the sensation of being on the burning plane. And she was able to hear her husband's breathing, feel his thumbs on her cheeks before she shook her head and said, "It was awful."
"It does sound like it," Castle said. "Though I am glad that you only saw me." He was startled when his wife literally glared at him and he said, "Sorry?"
"No," Beckett replied, relaxing then. "It wasn't… it wasn't that great a relief you were there and not the girls. You were dead."
Castle enfolded his wife into his arms, and he told her, "I'm here though love."
"Kiss me," Beckett breathed, unable to help some of her anxiety in her voice before he was bowing his head to hers. They were kissing and tenderly, making her heart race at the sensation before he was pulling away from her and she pressed her forehead to his.
"Any better?" Castle asked. He felt his wife nodding before he said, "Would you want to try and sleep?"
Beckett was about to say yes immediately but hesitated before she said, "I feel… I'm a little afraid to do that to be honest. That I might dream that again which is ridiculous."
"No it isn't," Castle said quickly. "You don't know what will happen, so it's a reasonable fear."
"Okay… that doesn't really make me feel better," Beckett said slowly as she was startled by him saying that.
"Sorry, I'm trying to bring up what we talked about earlier, when you came to my apartment while you were still suspended," Castle told her quickly.
"Oh," Beckett said. "You want to take my mind off the nightmare," she stated. When her husband nodded, she squeezed his hand and said, "It was a rhetorical question."
"I was aware, but I wanted you to know I agreed with that," Castle said. He smiled at his wife's laugh and he kissed her cheek before he said, "Lay down with me." He was relieved when his wife went with him and they laid down together before he was covering them both with the sheet. "That was a great day," he told her. "I gave you your first hickey, we had lunch together… made love repeatedly."
Laughing a little more, Beckett said, "I love you remember it for it being my first hickey."
"You said it was, also the first one from me," Castle replied. "Though-"
"I told you," Beckett reminded him. "It was like a leech was sucking on my neck, so I stopped it as soon as possible."
Breathing out, Castle said, "You didn't let me finish, I was actually going to say it was a lucky day for me since you didn't hurt me for doing that."
Smiling and shaking her head, Beckett told him, "That's because you didn't suck on it like you changed your mind and wanted to a be a vampire." She was smiling again while her husband laughed and pressed a little closer to him before she said, "You're so lucky you didn't do that close to when we went back to work."
"I had that in mind," Castle said, watching her as she was kissing at his shoulder. "You know, I think for lunch tomorrow we should have BLTs."
Laughing again, Beckett said, "We don't need to, but I can tell you're having fun remembering that day."
"It felt normal," Castle replied. He watched her yawning then and said, "Want to try and sleep."
"Yeah," Beckett said a little in exhaustion. She took his kiss, relieved it was a tender one as she could feel fatigue starting to take over. "Goodnight love," she told him, smiling at him.
"Night Kate," Castle said. "Sweet dreams." He smiled when he could see her tilting her head up to him and he said, "I'm serious."
"Thank you," Beckett replied. "I love you."
"I love you Kate," Castle said, gently caressing her hair.
Beckett, her cheek pressed to Castle's shoulder again, smiled at the comforting motion and closed her eyes. She briefly thought of her nightmare but pushed it aside as she recalled the day she and her husband had been talking about. It ended up helping her, dreaming of that the rest of the night until she would wake up the next morning in her husband's arms as he held her close in reaction to their dream and satiety.
Running his fingers through his girlfriend's hair gently, Castle said, "I'm really happy you made this impromptu visit."
"I'll bet you are," Beckett said, turning over onto her back. She smiled as her boyfriend followed her and she said, "You want more already?" as he'd cupped his hand over her right breast.
"I- no," Castle started to say before his stomach loudly growling interrupted him. "Apparently not, I'd like to make you lunch."
Beckett laughed and shook her head before she said, "We can order in."
"No, I was going to make my lunch anyway," Castle said as they got up. He was about to grab his shirt off the floor to set it with his other clothes when his girlfriend was literally swooping down to grab it first. "You-" he said, startled.
"My bag is over in the other room," Beckett replied before she put it on and walked out to the entry.
"Are you changing?" Castle asked.
"I am," Beckett said, walking back into the bedroom with her overnight bag.
"How many changes of clothes did you bring?" Castle said, watching her setting the bag next to where he was sitting.
"I brought three," Beckett replied.
"Pajamas and two outfits?" Castle asked.
"No pajamas, the third was just in case if you wouldn't mind me staying," Beckett said with a smile.
"I definitely don't," Castle told her eagerly before she cupped his cheek. "So… you're changing?" he asked as she took her bag and walked over to the bathroom.
"You should too," Beckett said simply.
Breathing out heavily, Castle stood and pushed himself to his closet where he grabbed his outfit, choosing simply before he was walking into the bedroom as his girlfriend was. She was watching him while he strode to her and gathered her in his arms, kissing her as deeply as he possibly could. He felt her clutching at him in response and when they parted, he said, "We have to go out to eat."
"Your stomach?" Beckett asked.
"No, my… never mind," Castle replied.
"You're a pervert," Beckett said as they were walking to his office.
Pausing, Castle said, "As long as that's not a negative connotation," since she had called him that the last time they'd been together at her place.
"It's not," Beckett said with a smile. They let go of one another and she sat at the kitchen island while her boyfriend went around to the fridge. "What're we having with the BLTs?"
"You want that?" Castle asked. "I have other options."
"That's fine," Beckett replied. "I hope you have potato chips."
"Pringles?" Castle asked.
"Okay," Beckett said with a nod. She watched her boyfriend walking around to make the sandwiches for them before she said, "Could we eat at the coffee table?"
"Picnic?" Castle asked. "Instead of going outside?"
Smiling at his two questions one after another, Beckett grabbed the chips before she told him, "Since it's eighty-eight today, that would be nice." They walked together to the coffee table and she watched him pouring out some wine for them before she said, "This a mature picnic."
Laughing for a moment, Castle put the bottle away in the wine cooler and when he was sitting next to her he picked up his glass. "To surprise sleepovers," he told her.
"To surprise sleepovers," Beckett replied in amusement as they were tapping their glasses together. She took a sip before they began eating and they started to talk about the rest of her time in suspension. "Do you really think we can go to that many places?" she eventually asked him when they had finished.
"In the time we have left?" Castle said.
"Yes, I don't have that much left," Beckett said. "And you just want to go around as if we were tourists the entire time?"
"Hold that thought," Castle said, getting up so he could take their plates. He set them by the sink before rushing back to her and as soon as he was on his knees next to her he was kissing her deeply. He cupped her cheek with his hand as they were doing that and he wasn't sure when he pulled her onto his lap, only that he was surprised he didn't knock over the coffee table. They continued to kiss for some time until he pulled away from her neck, realizing what he'd done. "Beckett," he said simply.
"Is there a mark?" she asked, panting a little still. She looked at him to see him nodding and Beckett told him, "Don't worry, I have time before I go back. But please keep from doing that again."
"I will," Castle said. "We should stop."
Beckett stood at his motioning to her and she watched him doing the same before she told him, "Don't worry. We didn't really have any plans for today."
"No," Castle said with a smile as he realized what she'd thought he'd been planning on doing. "Hold on," he told her as he went to get his phone on the kitchen island. "Now who has the perverted mind?"
"You since I was thinking of what you were," Beckett said.
"Touché," Castle said absently as he'd gone on his phone. He went back to her and pulled her from around the coffee table before he was setting the device down as some music started to play.
"Coltrane? You know-" Beckett started to say before he was cutting her off with a kiss. She was amused at him doing that to get her into his hold for their dancing and she said when they parted, "Smooth."
"I needed to be," Castle replied. He saw the confusion on her face before realization went across it a moment later.
"You don't have to make that much effort," Beckett told him.
"Don't worry," Castle said. "It wasn't so much making an effort as to make sure you know I want this too."
"We've talked about this already Rick," Beckett said firmly. "We're in a relationship and sex is a part of that." She was surprised when he looked slightly disappointed and asked, "It's not?"
"You said when we talked about it that it was making love," Castle said quickly so he could explain to her what he'd noticed about her wording.
Taking a moment Beckett said, "You'll have to work with me, I was living with men having sex with my body as being the norm."
"Then I'll have to make sure that becomes the past," Castle said. He made a face and said, "That works right?"
"Yes, but you're still a pervert," Beckett said, smiling when her boyfriend said the last two words at the same time as her. "But this is nice," she told him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "For now." She wasn't surprised when he grabbed her back a little tighter and she smiled before he was murmuring huskily in her ear and making a shiver of pleasure race down her spine.
"You want to be with me again," Castle asked, unable to help himself and nuzzling her ear lobe through her hair with his lips.
"I do," Beckett replied, trembling a little at his touch. She was taken aback at how much that affected her, but her subconscious was quick to remind her she hadn't allowed her past boyfriends that much intimacy. She pulled away from him a little so she could look into his eyes, and once she did so she was leaning into him, kissing him gently at first before he was pulling her tighter against him. She was ready for him when he deepened the kiss and their tongues were meeting in her mouth though she managed to push them back to his. When they parted, she was breathing a little heavily and realized something saying, "Did you only have one song?"
Nodding his head, as he was just catching his breath, Castle told her, "I didn't know how long we would do that." He loosened his hands on her and asked, "What do you want to do now?" He was only partially startled by the smirk on her lips at his question and he was quick to lean down to kiss her as she pulled him against her. He held her tightly against his chest again and tried not to grow aroused as he was very aware of her breasts. When they stopped after a few more kisses he stared into her eyes and saw she was merely looking back at him. Her expression was calm, and he realized why that was before he took her into the bedroom after him. "Was this what you wanted?" he asked once they were next to his bed.
Cupping his face in her hands, Beckett brushed her lips against his before she told him, "I had no expectations."
"Kate," Castle couldn't help breathing before he was gathering her back up in his arms. He kissed her, but not for very long as he was suddenly eager to get her clothes off, starting with unbuttoning her blouse first. "Wait," he said, though he wasn't stopping. "You only have two more changes of clothes."
"It's why these need to go on your dresser," Beckett replied. She smiled slightly when her boyfriend was nodding seriously, and slowly, as he was still paying attention to her blouse. But he was able to get it open and she helped him in getting it off which he took to his dresser, though she was surprised when he tossed the blue fabric on top of it without checking. "You're that eager?" she asked as he came back to her. He didn't reply, and she was gasping as he cupped her breasts in her bra before she looked on while he leaned down and kissed the tops of them. "Castle," she told him after he'd been doing that for a while.
"Don't make me stop," he told her, though he was raising his head. Castle brushed his lips to hers before he felt her tugging at his shirt, moving back to see she was unbuttoning it. Once it was off, they were going back and forth removing items on each other until she was naked first and he tossed his removed boxers aside before they were on the bed.
Making love slowly at first, Castle and Beckett were kissing passionately before he moved around so she was on top. They didn't stop kissing, but they were teasing each other as they were moving together, soon pushed to go faster until Beckett was laying on the bed again, Castle fucking her at her urging. When they had climaxed close together they remained coupled and continued to kiss, though it didn't take them very long to need to move again and they made love that time until they were laying apart on the bed, catching their breaths after their euphoric orgasms.
Laying on her side, Beckett smiled when she felt her boyfriend pressing up behind her and she said, "Maybe we shouldn't really go out."
"Dinner can be ordered in," Castle said, lightly kissing at the back of her shoulder. He felt her shaking as she laughed, and he pressed his nose against her skin before he had to fight the urge to tell her that he loved her. Instead he said, "Stay for a few days?"
"I'll have to go back to my place; my clothes?" Beckett asked.
"We'll go to breakfast at that café you like," Castle said. "I've always wanted to go there after the way you talked about it."
Beckett moved to lay on her back so she could look at him as she said, "And are you intending to do that after a night of us repeating this afternoon."
"Yes- this afternoon?" Castle started to answer before he realized what she'd said. At her smile he couldn't stop himself, kissing her deeply as she slid her fingers through his hair. Pulling away from her eventually he said, "I just want to go with you," he told her.
"I know, I'd like that myself," Beckett replied. "Now… I could use some water."
"I'll be back," Castle said, moving immediately as he knew she was intending to get it herself. He hurried out of the room, not realizing what he was providing for his girlfriend as he went.
Smiling to herself, as she'd had no problems ogling her boyfriend's ass, Beckett lay on the bed as she looked at the ceiling. She then grew a little serious as her hand on her abdomen went down to her mound, lightly fingering her clit. She was thinking of Castle as she was doing that, unable to keep recalling their lovemaking before he came back into the bedroom.
"Does this mean you don't need me anymore?" he asked, going to where she was laying towards the side of the bed.
Beckett stopped and sat up, telling him, "You gave me a very nice view running off like that."
"I… you're welcome," Castle said, suddenly recalling what he'd done. He watched her sipping at the glass of water before she handed it to him. He was hurriedly drinking before he was trying not to toss the glass aside as he was going back to her, kissing her deeply. "You gave me a nice view coming back," he told her.
"Pervert," Beckett said, smiling when he nodded. She kissed him and they laid back on the bed as she pulled him with her so they could make love again. She didn't care how many times they would end up making love as each was more pleasurable than the one before it. She wanted to feel something with Castle who she was realizing more and more so early in their relationship she was falling deeper in love with. The pleasure from that awareness, and their intimacy, drove her to kiss him hungrily as they were enjoying one another considerably that early summer afternoon.