"I don't think you need to worry the girls will mind," Rick said as he went to her once the fire had started. "They'll see it as another gift and after Christmas as well."
"That's true, but they need these mittens," Kate said in frustration. "Julia's fingers are nearly clean through the pair she has now."
"Not quite yet," Rick said since his wife was slightly exaggerating. When she merely frowned and then proceeded to knit rapidly he knew it would be best not to say anything. He merely watched her knit a few rows of the mitten for their eldest daughter before he said, "Would you like to listen to the radio?"
"Of course," Kate replied though she briefly looked at him. "Please turn it on."
Standing, Rick went to their Westinghouse before switching it on and fiddling with the knob to see what was on. After he had found a station with music he left it there before he turned to his wife, seeing that she was still working furiously. He frowned for a moment then before he walked over to the couch and sat with her before listening to the music and the sound of her knitting needles hitting together. He wasn't sure how many songs played before he reached for his wife's arm and gently stopped her.
"What?" Kate said with a frown.
"Slow down love, you're making me dizzy," Rick said. When she looked at the mitten he said, "Just pause and rest for a moment."
Kate was about to protest, when a Fred Astaire song began and she looked at her husband, smiling. She set aside her knitting before she stood with him and they went to stand in the middle of the room before turning to one another. She stepped into his embrace and as he held her tightly to him she leaned against him, pressing her cheek against his as they were swaying together to the rhythm of the popular song.
"What?" Castle asked, startled as his wife had squeezed his arm. When Beckett didn't say anything, merely nodded to his phone on the table, he smiled and quickly turned it on, going on the internet to find the song before they stood and he pressed play. He took her into his arms just as Fred Astaire started to sing and they were swaying with the slightly faster music, pressing their cheeks together so they could be close.
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
And the cares that hang around me thro' the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek
Oh! I love to climb a mountain
And to reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
Oh! I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
Dance with me
I want my arm about you
The charm about you
Will carry me thro' to Heaven
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek
As the song ended, Rick and Kate were kissing deeply as they stood still in the middle of the living room and they paid no attention to the radio as it went to another song. Eventually they parted when they had to breathe and staring into one another's eyes they shared a smile before they went back to the couch and sat close together. They cuddled for a few minutes, idly listening to the radio before Rick murmured into his wife's ear.
"I'm awfully tired my love," Rick told her.
Kate turned her head and kissed him before she said, "I need to knit." She wasn't surprised when her husband pulled back at that and frowned at her before she cupped his cheek telling him gently, "Don't be sore; I just need one more row and I'll finish."
"Oh… alright," Rick said before he let her go though he did so with the most reluctance.
Kate gave him apologetic smile as she picked up the nearly completed mitten and quickly worked on the last row before she moved the needles and set it back on the table. "Here," she told him, reaching for his hand. She pulled him over to the stairs but was startled when he abruptly stopped her. Turning to him she said in surprise, "You don't want-"
Taking her lips with his, Rick kissed her passionately though he hadn't intended to be so rough. When they had stopped he looked down into her eyes intently and told her, "I love you Kate."
"I love you too," she replied with a smile. Kate then took his hand and pulled him up the stairs before they eventually reached their bedroom. There she turned to him and said with a smile, "Would you want our book?"
"Oh no, I have something else in mind," Rick replied, closing the door behind them.
Kate was about to ask what that was exactly when she stopped herself before she even started as her husband was reaching for his tie. She clenched her hands into fists as she watched him remove his vest before she pushed herself forward. Reaching for his shirt she managed to get the top two buttons undone before Rick was taking her hands, pulling them to his lips which he kissed for a while. She eventually slipped away from him and then furiously attacked his shirt before it was open and out of his trousers.
Though he was wearing an undershirt beneath his dress shirt, Rick appreciated his wife running her nails down his chest as he could still feel them through the fabric. When she was about to do that a second time he reached for her hands and held them telling her, "I want all our clothes off."
"Is that an order?" Kate asked.
"Yes," Rick said simply though he was speaking firmly at the same time. He gathered her in his arms so he could hold her against his chest, just staring into her eyes. "Mo bandia," he breathed, calling her his goddess.
"Grá," Kate sighed as he leaned down and nibbled on her ear lobe. She was startled when he abruptly pulled away and she said, "What's wrong?"
"Your hair," Rick said. He reached for it, pulled up into a proper hairstyle, and carefully removed the pins in it before it tumbled down past her shoulders. "Now we're ready."
"Then get a wiggle on," Kate told him sternly. But a second later they were smiling at one another and she turned around to face away from him so he could unzip her dress. After it was open she sighed as her husband ran his hand over her back though it was covered. She had to fight herself to turn around to him and once she had it was as if they'd wordlessly agreed to a race to see which of them would be naked first. It ended up being her but she didn't mind as she could watch her husband removing his boxers while she reclined in the middle of their bed. She reached for him as he climbed onto the mattress with her and as soon as he was close enough they kissed passionately, more than once, until they parted from each other breathing roughly.
Rick gently nuzzled his wife's lips with his own before he moved, sliding down her body and kissing at her skin until he reached her mound. He kissed at it a few times before he pushed himself back up and went to her breasts. He suckled at them both gently for a few minutes before he could tell from Kate's touch that he needed to move. So he went back to her sex and started pleasuring her, doing the best he could to satisfy her in every way he'd learned how. When she had climaxed he remained where he was, kissing over her folds and tasting the last of her joy until she was squeezing his shoulder. "Was it enough?" he asked her.
"Oh of course," Kate replied before she was kissing him. She felt his groan of pleasure in her mouth before he was responding to her and they were soon dueling with their tongues. After doing that for a while she pulled away from him and pushed on his shoulders before she moved. Getting up on him as soon as he'd rolled onto his back, she did the same to him as he'd done to her before pleasuring her. She kissed over his body, going down to his arousal before she went back up to his chest and sucked at his nipples until her husband was begging her to stop. She smiled at him when she pulled away and said, "Would you like me to continue or stop completely?"
"Sheba," Rick hissed to her as she was smoothing her hair on her head, making her breasts move.
"Hmm, Sheik," Kate replied before she was laying on him again. She went to his length, immediately taking it into her mouth before she started bobbing her head up and down on him. She touched him as she was doing that and didn't stop or pause until her husband had reached his full satiety. She remained there a bit longer as he'd also done for her but she soon was pushing herself back up to him. "You're such a big six my love," she sighed as she lay on her side in his arms, wrapping hers around him.
"You're a stunning goddess," Rick replied, reaching up and caressing her hair. They looked at each other then and he said huskily, "I think we should try again love."
"Hmm, what a swell idea," Kate said promptly, moving to lay on her back and drawing her husband after her before he was sliding inside of her and she was crying out before they proceeded to make love once more.
As soon as her husband had stopped relating the memory, Beckett had moved to lay onto the couch they'd gone to sit on. She had her arms wrapped around him tightly and they were kissing passionately as he had started it the second he was close enough. She could feel their tongues tangling roughly together and the sensation was highly arousing her before she then broke off from her husband as she desperately needed to breathe. "Rick," she said, panting at the same time. "We should move."
"I agree," Castle said, scrambling to get off the couch and then waiting for her before they were nearly running into the bedroom. After they were inside he pulled her to the bed before he was reaching for her robe.
Beckett had to admit later that it was impressive they managed not to rip any of their clothes to get them off. But they were soon naked and together on the bed as they were coming jointly in another kiss and touching each other wherever they could. She could have spent a long time doing that, but finally her husband was pulling away and she looked up at him in slight frustration as he stared down at her breathing roughly.
"I didn't really want to do what we did back then exactly," Castle told her.
"Neither did I," Beckett said. "But what did you have in mind?" She wasn't surprised when his response to her was to kiss her and he was doing so sensuously. It was so arousing that she couldn't help shifting a little beneath her husband as her sex was throbbing in added arousal. She was relieved when he pulled away eventually and she thought he would start going down her body when he suddenly moved. She was a little taken aback when he got on his knees and she followed since she could tell from his gentle touch he wanted her to do that. "What do you want?" she asked him as she studied him.
Castle stared at his wife in turn then, gazing at her before he let his eyes trail down her body until she was reaching for him to tilt his head back up. "You're so beautiful," he said seriously. He pressed into her hand when she cupped his cheek with it before he turned to kiss at her thumb. "I want you Kate."
"You haven't told me how," Beckett said gently though she was starting to become a bit frustrated.
"Let me show you," Castle said, moving to lay down at that point. He reached over to her and gently started to run his hand up and down her hip though he wasn't going very far. "Come on," he told her.
Beckett hesitated, as she wasn't sure if she wanted that or what he'd done to her in the memory, but when her husband murmured, "Tá mé chomh tart," telling her that he was so thirsty, she knew what he wanted and she hurried to straddle his head. "Tá tú chomh neamhráite," she said sternly; though there wasn't much effort behind that.
Smiling, as she'd told him he was so perverted, Castle held her by her hips and told her, "You want me," since he could see the state she was in.
"After what we've been doing; what we remembered," Beckett said sharply, that time her frustration entering her tone.
"Come here love," Castle said as it wasn't hard for him to catch her attitude.
Lowering herself on him, Beckett couldn't help gasping as her husband was immediately running his tongue along her folds. She reached down to his head, holding onto it as he started rubbing against her entrance before she tilted her hips so he could reach her clit. When he found it she remained in the position, so he was able to suck on and then play with the swollen nub with his tongue.
Hearing his wife's reactions to him, Castle could feel his own erection throbbing in response. He did his best to ignore it for the time being and he moved when she shifted back to the position she'd been in when he'd started and he dipped his tongue slowly in her. He'd gently rubbed around her folds again before he moved from there and he did his best to focus on pleasuring her as he nearly shuddered hard enough to dislodge his tongue. He managed to stay where he was and he moved his hands to start rubbing at her clit since he wanted to pleasure her then as well. As he was working over her, he could feel her fingers through his hair and nails lightly scraping over his scalp. That added to his own enjoyment but he threw himself more into what he was doing, trying desperately to make sure she would find her release instead of him.
Eventually Beckett found herself moving with her husband as he was thrusting his tongue and she knew she wasn't going to last long. Since he had steadily been pleasuring her clit at the same time, she had a hard time resisting the building tension in her body. She had no idea how long exactly he was doing everything he was to her, but finally he was slightly twisting her clit with his fingers and her back literally snapped. She called out her husband's name once before she was moving her hips, her body leading her to do so before she could realize her husband was having a hard time staying inside her sex. When she calmed down she wasn't sure how much time had passed, only that her entire body was throbbing pleasurably. She sighed as she hurriedly moved to get off him before she fell onto her back, looking up at the ceiling before her husband was pressing against her side.
"Good?" Castle asked with a smile on his face as he looked down at her.
"Yeah," Beckett said. She then smiled herself before she said, "What about you lover?"
"I'll be fine," Castle said.
"Tell me love," Beckett insisted as she turned onto her side as well. She cupped his cheek before they kissed and after they parted she said, "Anything different this time?"
"Not like you were," Castle said hurriedly.
"I know," Beckett said. "But I'm enjoying doing this differently, so let me know what I can do."
Castle thought that over for a moment before he then said, "To be honest I'm not sure what else you could do."
"You should have just said you wanted me to decide," Beckett replied. When her husband smiled at her she moved to sit up on her knees before she motioned to him to get up and she pulled him over to the side of the bed. She expected him to protest that but when he didn't she paused in getting off it to look at him questioningly.
"What?" Castle said, startled by that look.
"You don't mind me doing this?" Beckett said.
"Oh I do, don't get me wrong," Castle replied. "But since you want to do this and I want you to decide then I can't really protest can I?"
"Not really," Beckett said with a smile. She cupped her husband's cheek again to bring her to him so she could kiss him. After they had parted she moved off the bed and onto her knees before she knelt in between his legs. She reached for his erection, bringing it to her so she could gently press her lips against the tip before she pulled back.
Watching his wife allowing some of the fluid that accumulated there fall on her chin, Castle could have sworn his mouth had dropped open though he soon realized it wasn't as he was hissing through his teeth. Beckett had lowered her mouth down on him and she was using her tongue at the same time. He tried not to grasp her hair too tightly as she soon after began bobbing her head and he realized something very quickly after that which made him stop her. "Kate-" he was just able to say.
"Don't worry," Beckett interrupted as she had pulled away from him. "You were doing a lot for me."
"But you enjoy this," Castle said.
Smiling Beckett told him, "Of course, I'll just make sure that I'm first next time." She did her best not to laugh as her husband visibly swallowed and she turned her attention back to pleasuring him. She lowered her mouth down around him before she bobbed up and down him quickly. She could hear him groaning in pleasure and she was spurred to go faster. She was focusing on what she was feeling as she was doing that, loving the way he felt inside her mouth though she was also tasting his arousal. From the past she knew she and her husband enjoyed doing that pleasuring each other and thinking of him reaching full satisfaction she tried to go even faster.
As he was feeling his wife working over him so steadily, Castle was losing his ability to keep from giving in by the second. He wasn't sure how long it took in the end, but when Beckett reached up to gently cup underneath his length he couldn't fight it and his body tensed fully. He was a little surprised his head was tilted back when he called his wife's name and he was also finding he was trying not to thrust into her mouth. He had no idea exactly how he was able to keep from doing that but when he had stopped, falling back on his elbows, he panted, "Fucking goddess… you're too… good."
Standing up once she had finished with her husband, Beckett found her breath was a little rougher with the way his eyes widened as he watched her. She bit her lower lip as he pushed himself up as fast as he could and reached for her. Since she found herself outright needing him she stepped into his embrace and as he stared up at her she whispered, "What is it love?"
"You're my goddess Kate," Castle said, hoping she wouldn't mind the possessiveness in his tone, sliding his hand up and down her side though he wanted to touch her far more intimately.
"And you're my Sheik of course," Beckett said, cupping his cheek with one hand before she slid her fingers through his hair. "And I want you Rick."
"Love," Castle said, his voice husky with his desire. He stood up then and pulled his wife into his arms, hugging her tightly before they kissed. Though his lips had crushed hers she was plunging her tongue into his mouth and he allowed it, nearly melting with the taste of her. When they finally stopped he swiftly picked her up, turning to the bed to he could lay her in the middle.
After Beckett had pulled Castle onto her the two coupled nearly immediately, kissing before they were fucking each other as hard as they could. They never discussed what they wanted, but when they began switching their positions they were both in complete ecstasy. Moving over the bed, they were able to delay their climaxes until they were in their original position and calling out their pleasure as they orgasmed together.
Breathing heavily once her husband had stopped thrusting above her, Beckett gently caressed the back of his head and told him, "I hope you're still with me."
"Definitely," Castle said, finding he could only say one word.
Smiling at his tone which was exhausted, Beckett turned and kissed the side of his head before she said, "Good, because that wasn't enough."
"You want more now?" Castle asked.
"No, I want to rest before we eat," Beckett said. "But I would love more after."
"Should we do the same thing as before?" Castle asked her. When she looked at him in confusion he realized how she could take what he said and he hurriedly said, "I mean with a memory."
"Oh, no that's okay," Beckett said simply. She turned to him and said with a smile. "But let's worry about that later."
Castle nodded rapidly, not surprised at his wife's laugh and loving the way it sent a thrill through him. He kissed her, not doing so too passionately, keeping it simple though they lingered before they parted at the same time. Caressing her cheek he smiled at her before they leaned into one another and kissed again, loosing themselves in each other.
"I don't know if I want a dish that big," Beckett was saying to her husband as she went over to him.
"Well, they do have some sandwiches," Castle said, sitting at the table and reading the menu.
"A burger?" Beckett asked as she read over his shoulder and tucked her hair behind her ear at the same time.
Glancing up at her Castle said, "I was going to get that, but there are others too."
"I see," Beckett said, squeezing his shoulder. She turned her attention to the menu and said, "Alright, I'll get the club sandwich. What're you getting to drink?"
"We're going to have to get separate glasses," Castle said as he turned to the wine list. "They have more than they put here but I'll need a Bordeaux so I'll get one glass of that. "For you since yours has chicken I was thinking of finding a Chardonnay for you."
"Sounds great," Beckett said, squeezing his shoulder again. She let go and as he was calling for their meal she went to her phone to check and see if anyone had tried to get in touch with her.
"Anything love?" Castle asked once he'd finished.
"No, I guess everyone's set," Beckett replied.
"Good," Castle said, walking to her. When his wife looked at him questioningly he said, "I wanted to kiss you but I think I need to hold off on that."
"I don't think they're going to bring our food right away," Beckett said with a smile before she stepped up to her husband and wrapped her arms around his neck. They kissed shortly after and deeply before she gently slid her fingers through his hair.
"Love," Castle breathed when they parted.
"Wait," Beckett sighed as her husband had moved to her neck. "We need to stop now."
Pressing his face against her neck Castle groaned deeply before he pulled himself away and he said, "I should have remembered."
"Don't worry," Beckett assured him. "Why don't we get a fire started?"
Smiling, since the fire only needed a switch to be turned on, Castle leaned over and brushed his lips to his wife's before he said, "I'll get it."
Nodding, Beckett moved to the couch and sat down before she said, "Mind if we don't watch the TV?"
"Not at all," Castle said. "But how will we distract ourselves before dinner?"
"There is such a thing as talking," Beckett pointed out to him.
"Cuddling?" Castle asked.
Glancing at him as he sat down next to her, Beckett then said in amusement, "Did Espo or Ryan know you like doing that?"
"No," Castle said simply and firmly. "They didn't ask and it's none of their business." He wrapped his arm around her and said, "And you enjoy this as well."
"True," Beckett replied, raising her legs to set them on the couch as she wrapped both her arms around him. "Tomorrow," she said as she felt him kissing the top of her head.
"Did you change your mind?" Castle asked.
"No, I still want to go to the museum," Beckett replied. "But I'd like to go swimming again if we can work it in."
"We should," Castle said, gently rubbing her upper arm. "Since all we had was the museum… unless you thought of something else."
"No," Beckett said with a smile. She turned her head and said, "I hope dinner comes soon."
"I'm starving too," Castle commented, smiling himself. He couldn't help kissing the top of her head again and once he had he said, "I was thinking of laying out some blankets in front of the coffee table."
"We should eat at the table," Beckett said. "I would hate to have stuff falling out of my sandwich near the rug… even with a blanket on top."
"True," Castle said. "Maybe another day… tomorrow?"
"We'll see," Beckett said, knowing he meant breakfast. She then brought up the museum and she and her husband discussed how much they wanted to see; if not try to go through the entire building; before there was a knock on the door. While her husband was getting open she stayed on the couch, she and Castle wearing comfortable clothes. They'd decided to dress that way both for the delivery of their food and their conversation with their children. Once their butler had left she got up and said, "Did he give you a look or anything for wearing pajamas?"
"No," Castle replied as he knew she meant that morning. "I'm sure he's used to that. Plus I had my robe tied of course."
"Of course," Beckett replied as they were sitting in the chairs looking out the window. She picked up her wine glass and turned to her husband before saying, "Sláinte."
"Sláinte," Castle said, tapping his glass against hers. They took a sip of the wine before they started to eat, picking up their sandwiches and taking a bite.
After they'd eaten a few bites Beckett wiped her mouth and said, "That memory you had."
"Yeah," Castle said, looking at her after he'd picked up a fry.
"Did we do anything afterwards?" Beckett said.
Smiling at the way she'd worded that, Castle said, "Of course, we needed to eat lunch and we were a little late getting to it, so we were starving." He studied her and then asked, "Want me to tell you?" He smiled again at her brief nod and he then began with saying, "We had to get dressed again of course, but that we did separately."
"Which makes sense," Beckett commented.
Nodding his head, Castle finished chewing before he said, "And then we went straight down to the kitchen."
"No kiss?" Beckett asked with a smile.
"No kiss," Castle said before he told her about what they'd done for their meal.
"It's so late already," Kate said with a slight frown as she was looking in the ice box first.
"Could we make just a sandwich? That sounds swell love," Rick told her.
"Alright," Kate replied, reaching into the ice box for the fixings for sandwiches they had for their daughters' school lunches. She and her husband got everything else needed together and she shooed him away to the kitchen table so she could begin while he was watching her.
"I could help love," Rick told his wife as she was tying her apron on her waist.
Smiling at him Kate said, "I know, but I'm far faster on my own. Though we could use something to drink."
"What would you like?" Rick asked her, jumping up from the table.
"Something warm," Kate replied.
With a wide smile on his face Rick said, "I'll get the cider ready."
The two were bustling around the kitchen then, moving around one another when they needed before they had sandwiches and apple cider. Rick carried the plates while Kate took the mugs into the dining room before they sat next to each other at the table.
"Mmm, you are a swell cook," Rick told his wife after eating his first bite of his sandwich.
"I didn't cook though," Kate said in amusement.
"Well…" Rick began in amusement. "Then you're swell at putting a sandwich together." He smiled at her and said, "The Earl of Sandwich himself couldn't do better."
Laughing briefly, Kate shook her head and said, "You sap. You'd want me to be a kitchen maid?"
"Oh no, the wife," Rick replied.
Laughing again Kate said, "I think I'm swell where I am now. What should we do after we're able to finish the dishes?"
"I suppose there's another mitten that needs to be made," Rick told her.
"Thank you," Kate said, squeezing his hand in gratitude. She turned back to her plate and ate another bite of sandwich before she asked him, "What will you do?"
"Oh… I suppose I could write down some stories for the show," Rick said. "I don't feel like writing much more than that now."
Nodding her head, Kate finished eating with her husband and they worked together to clear the table. She let him wash the dishes; as he had insisted; while she was going to the living room to check on her yarn supply.
"Is everything swell?" Rick asked, coming into the room when he'd finished.
Turning to him and seeing he was buttoning his cuffs; Kate went over to him quickly before she took over for him. "It is, I was afraid I'd need to make them in different colors but I have enough."
"I don't think Julia would have been sore," Rick replied.
"She would have a bit," Kate said simply before she felt her husband's hands on her back. She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around him just as he was leaning down to her. They kissed deeply and sensuously for some time before they parted and she sighed in her joy. But hearing herself shook her and she said to her husband, "It's best you turn on the radio."
"Of course love," Rick replied as he turned his attention to it. Though he knew she was right in their need to part he couldn't stop himself, leaning down to her. He gave her another kiss though he was very careful not to make it too passionate. When he had pulled away from her and had the radio on he walked over to the couch where his wife was already sitting and joined her before she suddenly reminded him of something.
"Weren't you going to write a bit Rick?" Kate said as she looked at him.
Freezing for a moment, Rick then sighed and shook his head before he stood up and hurried over to the stairs. He went to his desk in their bedroom before grabbing his scribbler he used for story ideas. Making sure his pencil was inside he went back to his wife, sitting next to her and saying, "You're a doll Kate."
"I'm sure you would have recalled," she replied with a smile as she was still knitting.
Rick shrugged before he opened the notebook and went to the last page he'd written on. "I wonder if I should write a story with a moll pretending to be taken," he said as he looked at the plots he already had.
"Why?" Kate asked, lowering her knitting in her confusion.
"Well… I suppose it would be for the attention of a childhood sweetheart," Rick replied. "Should she be a gangster's moll?"
"Do you want her to be murdered?" Kate asked.
Thinking about that, Rick finally shook his head before he said, "I suppose not though she used to be?"
Smiling Kate said, "A much better idea."
Glancing at her Rick said, "You had the idea already?"
"Oh no, it was you," Kate said, paying close attention to her knitting that she'd gone back to by then. She started to laugh when her husband was kissing her cheek and she turned to him a second later so they could kiss each other. It was brief and she was soon knitting again, finishing another row before she looked over at him while he was writing.
"Alright," Rick said. "She'll hire men to kidnap her and Ayers will look into it."
"How will she know him?" Kate asked.
"He'll know the sweetheart," Rick replied quickly. "And he'll ask her to find her as a favor."
Nodding, Kate went back and knitted a few more rows before she said, "Anything else?"
"I'll have them look at a murder, I suppose I could use one of my cases a bit," Rick replied.
"What case?" Kate said as she looked at him.
"A man murdered his brother over a bet on a baseball game," Rick replied.
"Just that?" Kate said in confusion.
"Just that, it was a lot of money," Rick replied before he shrugged. "And the brothers were very competitive; there may have been some taunting."
"That might explain why…" Kate said before she shook her head. She sighed and then asked, "How will you change it?"
"I suppose I'll make it a poker game at home," Rick said once he'd thought that over briefly.
"That would be swell," Kate replied. "And very evil."
Rick nodded in response before he was writing some notes to go with the plot of that story before he closed the book and set it with the pencil aside. He reached for his wife suddenly, hearing her gasp of surprise, before he was leaning over and kissing her deeply before she began to respond eagerly as her knitting fell to her lap.
"What?" Beckett asked when her husband stopped talking and was just staring at her.
"You were it for me then too," Castle replied easily.
"What do you mean by it?" Beckett said in slight confusion.
Breathing out hard Castle said, "I can't really say. I really want my legs to stay… unbroken."
Realizing what her husband was talking about, Beckett smiled and then said, "I know, and I'm not surprised I was then. It was what you wanted to do of course."
"Though you do realize that you're far more to me than just my muse," Castle said seriously, staring into her eyes. "My love… my soul, the love of my life," he said, ending with his voice becoming husky. He closed the gap between them and kissed her deeply, taking a moment before he gently swept his tongue over her lower lip to ask for permission into her mouth. When she allowed him in he was quick to tangle his tongue around hers. She was dueling with him shortly after and he was so overjoyed that he pulled her onto his lap though it ended up stopping their kiss.
"You surprised me," Beckett said with a smile as she could tell her husband was looking at her in concern. Before he could continue she leaned over and kissed him gently before murmuring, "You're the same for me you know."
"Your muse?" Castle asked, taken aback.
"Of course," Beckett said, smiling at his reaction. "I never wrote before; I was going to need more inspiration than cases."
"I never was a cop," Castle said.
"You didn't need to be," Beckett said simply. She reached out to him and gently cupped his cheek before lightly rubbing her thumb over his lower lip. "Your enthusiasm helped."
"I'm glad it did," Castle said seriously. He took her hands then and started to gently kiss at them before he said, "Am I your love?"
"Yes," Beckett said firmly, moving her hands from him and cupping his face with him so she could tilt his head up to look at her. "And my soul and the love of my life." She leaned down slightly to kiss him gently before she pulled back and told him seriously, "And you always have been."
Nodding, Castle said, "There's been no other woman for me Kate; even if it took time to find you I know that we were together."
Beckett kissed him again before her husband was moving them, laying her on the couch before she wrapped her arms around him tightly and they let the time get away from them once more.
"Hi Mommy, Daddy!" Eliza said eagerly.
"Hey sweetheart," Castle said first. "How're you doing today?"
"Good," Eliza said before looking over at her sister who was next to her.
"Are you being careful with Josie?" Beckett asked with a smile as the baby was looking down in front of her.
"Yeah," Eliza said.
"How are you doing?" Julia asked.
"We're good," Beckett replied. "And hello everyone."
"Yeah, sorry about that," Castle said quickly. "We're actually more interested in how your days went at school."
"Go first," Julia said with a smile when her sister looked at her.
"Okay," Eliza replied with a wide smile. She then talked about her day and what she had done exactly in her class. Like she'd done the day before she stopped before the dance class that afternoon and turned to her big sister.
Julia did her best not to laugh at her sister and she started to talk about her day at school. It took a little longer but turned her attention to the dance class and she and her little sister talked about going through some ballet steps before Eliza was looking pointedly at her. She smiled at her before she then said, "Lizzy wants me to ask about the dance for the concert."
"We haven't seen Skye today," Beckett said gently. "But I'm sure you might need to wait until it's closer to the time when the concert is going to be to hear about what you're going to do."
"I thought so, since it's not until the end of the year," Julia said. She bit at the side of her mouth for a moment before she asked, "But if you hear something you'll let me know right?"
"Of course," Castle said first. "It's important to you. Actually to us since we want you to have the chance to dance at the concert too."
"When are you gonna go take pictures Mommy?" Eliza then asked.
"The day after tomorrow," Beckett said. "And we'll tell you all about that then."
"I think that means they want us to tell them about our day love," Castle said with a smile at his wife.
"I think so," Beckett replied, smiling at him as well. She let her husband start with their breakfast in their room; not surprised that he didn't mention them having it in bed. She then helped him talk about the museum, and as they finished she said, "We'll take you there the next time we're here in London with you."
"Cool," Julia said. "Did you do anything after?"
"We came back to our room," Castle said. "And we were reading together for a while before we had dinner in our room."
"Aren't you gonna go out to dinner?" Eliza asked.
Beckett was about to tell her that they'd done that the night before when she stopped herself as she realized the little girl had meant on their own. "We're going to tomorrow night. Remember the day after tomorrow we're going to dinner with Skye, Mary and their band."
"I wanna hear about that too!" Eliza exclaimed.
Laughing with the others as Josie squealed in reaction to her sister's tone, Beckett said, "We'll tell you how that goes." She looked past the girls and asked, "How was Josie's day," talking to her father and mother in law.
"It was a lot of fun," Martha said first. "She got to play and she had her exercise."
"Just here in the family room," Jim added as he knew his daughter would want to know where they'd let her crawl.
"Good thing she did," Castle said with a smile. He then said to their oldest, "And your day?"
"Good, I had normal appointments," Alexis said.
"That's all you can say?" Beckett asked with a smile. When their daughter nodded she then started to say goodbye to the others; her husband quickly joining her and once they had ended the conversation she turned to him. "Louis was talking to his family you know," she said.
"Yeah… I forget he's there sometimes," Castle said honestly.
Beckett smiled and then said, "Come on," before she was standing up.
Castle followed her over to the bedroom as he stood up as soon as he'd realized she was, wondering what she wanted since she wasn't taking him by the hand. But as soon as they were both inside the room he was taking his wife into his arms since she was walking up to him. He held her close to him as they were kissing passionately as soon as their lips touched. He could feel himself growing aroused when they moved into a second kiss and they didn't stop until they needed to breathe. "What do you want love?" he asked her, nuzzling her jaw with his lips in between his words.
"You," Beckett said. "Fucking me hard," she added as she could feel her husband tensing at her words. She was ready for him when he picked her up and wrapped her arms around him as he carried her to the bed. When she realized he wasn't going to set her on the mattress she reached for the bottom of her shirt and pulled it off swiftly. When she had thrown it to the floor that seemed to set them both off and they were undressing as fast as they could before they were on the bed and coupling quickly.
Since his wife had begged him to go fast, Castle couldn't really deny that he wanted the same so he started to thrust, feeling his wife's legs wrapping around his waist before their lips met. He went rapidly and didn't waver in that rhythm until they were both climaxing, a little behind her as he couldn't help it with the way she felt. He loved the sensation of them joining and he was disappointed when he realized he had calmed down while his wife had done so well before him. Once he could he moved to lay next to her, wrapping his arms around her to hold her against him before he said, "I love you so much Kate."
"I love you Rick," Beckett said, pressing her cheek to his shoulder. She sighed when she felt him caressing her hair and said, "Was there anything else in that day?"
Smiling, knowing immediately that she was talking about the memory, Castle said, "Of course. We were alone until the next day, so we had dinner on our own but before that we were making it together." He paused as he could feel her cuddling closer to him and then started with them in the middle of their preparations for the meal.
"Is that enough love?" Rick asked his wife.
"It is," Kate replied, looking over at him and seeing he had gotten the bean soup to the right consistency. She turned her attention to the schnitzel she'd made before she decided she could take it out of the skillet. She set it onto the plates she had ready and went to the peas she'd gotten from one of the cans she'd preserved a few months before. "Dinner is ready," she said once she had the mashed potatoes served.
"Wonderful, I'm as hungry as a bear," Rick told her. He brought the soup out to the dining room table; that he'd already set; and he ladled it out into the bowls he'd set there. Once the pot was back on the stove, the wine poured in their glasses, he sat next to his wife before they were tapping their glasses together and taking a sip. After they'd eaten a bit of the schnitzel he said, "It's swell again love."
"Thank you," Kate replied with a smile. "And the soup is too."
"I only followed your instructions," Rick said, watching his wife smiling and she took his hand to squeeze it before she spoke.
"You still did swell," Kate said simply. When her husband leaned down to her she was smiling at him before they kissed gently and returned to their food.
The two talked about their plans for the next day since they would be joining the rest of their family in the city. They wanted to spend that time with their daughters and they discussed what they could do before they settled on Golden Gate Park. By the end of their meal they were looking at each other repeatedly before they were getting up to clean everything. It was done rapidly as they were both suddenly eager for each other and they wanted to hurry.
As soon as they were finished in the kitchen Rick and Kate went to the living room where he turned on the radio immediately before they came together. Swaying to the music they didn't say anything, finding they didn't want to. But as they danced to a second song they were moving a lot more slowly until they stopped completely as a third song was commencing.
"Kate," Rick breathed as he stared into his wife's eyes.
"Please Rick," Kate begged him. She was going to say more when she made a sudden decision and she grabbed his hand, pulling him with her over to the stairs. She waited until they were in their room to speak before she wrapped her arms around his neck and told him seriously, "Love me Rick, Sheik."
"My Sheba," Rick said huskily before they were meeting for an intense and passionate kiss. They were involved in that for some time before they had to part to breathe and once they had he picked her up to take her to the bed, intent to show her how much he loved her until they were exhausted from their satiety.
"Rick," Beckett said once her husband had stopped, cupping his cheek with her hand. As he'd gone through that part of the memory, she and Castle had moved around and she was laying on her back with him slightly above her on his side. She took his kiss as he leaned down to her and they were holding onto each other as tightly as they could. She wasn't surprised when that lasted longer than the first kiss, and once they had parted they were breathing roughly together. She stared into his eyes and cupped his cheek again before telling him, "I loved you… so much."
"I remember," Castle said. "And I loved you as much too." He leaned down and brushed his lips to hers before telling her, "You're the only woman I ever loved then too." He paused and then said, "I know you don't like considering it but it's for a lot more than just that life," hoping she wouldn't mind.
"I know," Beckett said though she hesitated for a moment. She took her husband's kiss then and murmured, "You know I've never loved another man."
Nodding, as he knew that was as much as she'd admit it had been the same their past lives, Castle leaned over to her and kissed her tenderly. When they'd parted shortly after he whispered, "It's why we're soul mates."
Beckett smiled before she said, "We made love."
"We did," Castle said, aware she was referencing their memory. "And a number of times before we had to remember our trip to the city the next day. But we didn't stop without a lot of difficulty."
"I think that was mostly from you," Beckett teased him. She laughed when he suddenly got on top of her and said, "Tell me I'm wrong," in a playful tone.
"Oh no," Castle said quickly. "I'm not going to. But I would like you to admit you were the exact same."
Beckett didn't say anything in response, just staring at him, and she cried out in surprise when he suddenly started to tickle her. Unable to stop her laughter she was doing so freely as he was going over her sides. She couldn't tell him to stop so she grabbed for him and turned him around onto his back. "I was," she said as they were staring at one another in silence for a while.
"Was that so hard to say?" Castle asked as he pushed himself up on his hands.
"I wanted to see what you'd do," Beckett replied easily with a smile. She reached back and drew her hair behind her shoulders before she looked back down at her husband.
"Vixen," Castle breathed, grabbing for her.
Taking her husband's kiss, Beckett responded for as long as she could though she was a little unsure of their position at that moment. When they parted she said, "What should we do now."
Castle, looking down her body then, glanced back up at her before he saw she was leaning down to him. He wrapped his arms around her as they kissed again and he held her close before their tongues started to duel together sensuously. After they'd parted he moved down to her neck, kissing gently there before he was moving back up to her lips.
"I love you Rick," Beckett breathed to him. "I want to feel you loving me right now."
"I will," Castle said firmly before he brushed his lips to hers. He helped her lay down before he got on top of her, slipping within her with her help. As soon as they were coupled he kissed her deeply, letting that linger for as long as he could before he pulled away and murmured, "I love you too Kate," he told her seriously.
After Beckett had pulled Castle to him for another kiss they began making love together. They were gentle and loving through that bout of their lovemaking, not wanting it to go too quickly as they were enjoying feeling each other. And they knew already they wouldn't be able to stop once they were finished, wanting to continue their intimacy and satisfy each other until they were exhausted, however long it would take them through the night.