Whammagedoned...
Ever the rapid consumer of online culture, Castle was obsessed with the Whammagedon phenomenon and every year he and Alexis would try to see who would out last the other in successfully not hearing the Christmas classic "Last Christmas". It was something they'd started the Christmas after his disappearance, a lighthearted joke that, as with most things between father and daughter, became a very serious battle when Castle had unknowingly sent Alexis a link to a Christmas ad he hadn't watched himself yet and the song blasted out of her phone. She accused her father of sabotage and swore she'd get him back.
They'd gotten creative. That was for certain.
Castle had left a motion activated dancing Santa outside of Alexis' room one one night and it blasted Last Christmas in the morning when Alexis left her room to head down for breakfast. It succeeded in waking the whole loft when she jumped from the scare.
Kate had been unwillingly drawn into the battle one year when Alexis had changed his ringtone and had Kate call her father when they had gone out to lunch together while Castle was at a meeting at Black Pawn. Kate had flicked her an amused smile and exchanged a fistbump with Alexis while she listened to her husband complaining on the other end of the phone.
Even he had to admit that sending the singing telegram to Alexis at the PI office may have been a tad unnecessary, but the look on her face when she'd stormed into the loft later that day had been worth it.
One night, when they had their sister day and Lily was spending the night with her beloved big sister, Alexis had facetimed with Kate and Castle so Lily could say goodnight and tell them about their day together. They'd watched The Snowman and Alexis had made them special cocoa. She'd looked at Alexis offscreen and asked "now Wexie?" and suddenly Last Christmas blasted from somewhere in Alexis' apartment and his two girls danced on camera to it, Alexis sticking a tongue out at her Dad as Lily laughed and danced with her sister. Kate had practically fallen down laughing at the shock, love and annoyance battling across her husbands face. Castle adored his girls and he never loved it more than when the two of them ganged up on him, even if it meant Alexis had won this round.
"Okay, one, that was diabolical. I tip my hat." He gestured to Alexis. "Two, we love you both. Three, good luck getting your sister to sleep now." He teased Alexis as Kate and Castle blew kisses through the screen to the girls and wished them good night.
Martha got them both one year at the same time by using the song in a show her acting school had put on. Kate had sat beside her husband, trying to herself laughing at the man sulking beside her and the similar look Alexis wore on her face.
Castle would finally conceded defeat after the Christmas Alexis taught Lily, Reece and Jake all the words to the chorus and they sang it to him. Repeatedly. He was well and truly outnumbered now.
AN This was inspired by a friend of mine that posted a cute video of his daughter and then did the same thing Alexis and Lily did. I lost Whammagedon on December 2nd. My Mum changed her ringtone and got the whole family in one go.
Happy holidays!