Ok so this Sting song was playing and I just had to write this. It fit so perfectly
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Sting-Valparaiso-Mercury Falling Album
As the blackness threatened to overtake him Richard Castle thought back to how he had gotten himself into this mess. It was for her, Detective Katherine Beckett… Kate. He hoped one day she would forgive him. He would never forget the look of hurt and of betrayal he saw in her face, standing there in the hall of the hospital as he tried to explain what he had found out about her mother's murder.
She may not be willing to pursue it but he couldn't stop he knew the moment he told her that their partnership was over, but he needed to bring her peace of mind. Would she blame herself for what was now happening to him? He prayed she wouldn't but he knew better.
He had been lucky and gotten some good leads which led him down here, had managed to find the killer. Castle laughed which didn't do anything for the stab wound in his side and gut. Yes he found the guy but unfortunately he wasn't quick enough to stay out of sight, and now he was paying the price. Laying here in his own blood as it pooled around him in this tiny little boat. His thoughts turned to Alexis. "Oh Pumpkin, take care of your grandmother, and Kate I hope I've given you enough clues to connect the dots!"
She would damn him to hell if she could for this, but he knew he was saved the first moment they met and that she made all the difference in his life. It was worth it to him as he slipped from this life on the shores of Valparaiso
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