Summary: Continuation of "the boys catch Caskett in an intimate moment" Espo wants to forget what he saw, but Ryan lets it slip to Caskett (and maybe Lanie) that he caught them
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Castle entered into the bull pen about forty-five minutes later than Beckett. He set a tray on her desk holding two coffees and a bear claw, just as he did each day. Just before he sat down on his chair, he waved at Ryan and Esposito.
Ryan smiled waved back, happy to see him, even though it brought back the image he and Espo accidentally witnessed the evening before. His partner, however, let out some sort of strangled breath and stomped away to the break room.
The display caught Castle's attention, and Kevin felt his heart rate go up when the writer walked to him.
"Hey, Ryan," he said, "What's up with Espo?"
"I don't know," he said, then grabbed a water bottle and swallowed half of it down, trying to give himself time to come up with something to say.
"Is that, 'I don't know,' meaning you do know, and you don't want to say, or you really don't know?"
Javi came back and went out of his way to avoid Castle as he sat down, causing Ryan to choke on the water.
"You okay, 'Sito?" Castle asked.
The detective looked at the writer, a visible shiver going down his back as he said, "I'm fine, bro."
"You don't act-"
"I said, I'm fine. Now, go back over there and let a man do his work!"
Castle seemed taken aback, but shrugged it off and took his seat at Beckett's desk.
Before Ryan could say anything, Javi rubbed his palms into his eyes, nearly missing his seat as he sat down. He shuffled a bit before he finally regained his balance. "I need some serious brain bleach! I can't look at either of them without seeing... what we saw!"
"I know, Javi, trust me, I was there, but you really need to get a hold of yourself before you give it away that we walked in on them." He looked up and barely caught Beckett looking over her shoulder at them. "They already suspect something's up."
"Dudedon'tsaythat!"
Ryan nearly burst into laughter, "Man, you are really messed up over this." He flipped through the file, "There are a few of the neighbors that weren't home when we first canvassed the area around the crime scene. Let's go see if they're back."
His partner nodded and started for the elevator. Kevin followed part of the way, then realized he'd forgotten his jacket. "Meet you downstairs," he said, and turned back.
He went to his desk and pulled on his jacket as he passed by Beckett's desk. Castle asked again, "You sure you don't know what's up with him?"
Kevin thought for a moment, weighing his options. Kate was busy filling out a report, so he made eye contact with Castle, swallowed hard, then said, "I'll put it to you this way... we found out that that position is, in fact, possible. And I think he's scarred for life."
The pen Kate was writing with fell to the floor and her back straightened. Castle's jaw dropped, and all Ryan could do was shrug his shoulders as he turned to leave and say, "Sorry, guys..."