Disclaimer:I do not own Castle or anything else.
He was standing outside of the door that was cracked open just enough for him to hear her say it. 'I think that I love him to.'
He thought it over in his head. Kate Beckett; love; him. The only 'him' could be him since her and Josh broke up. Here goes nothing, he thought as he knocked on the door.
"Hello ladies, coffee anyone?" As he gave Lanie hers she said she had to go 'check' on Javier.
"So, how are you feeling?"
"Good, thank you."
"Have they told you when you're going to be discharged because I want to drive you home." She looked at him a little confused. "you know, to make sure that you're safe."
She smiled at his courteous gesture. "I'm still a cop, Castle."
"Yeah, I know. But you don't have anyone to look after you and make sure you're safe when you get home. I mean Ryan has Jenny, and Esposito secretly has Lanie. So, I just want to make sure you get settled okay."
She nods in agreement and smiles at him. They sip their coffes and sit in a comfortable silence, until she breaks it. "Do you remember the case with the superhero? Officer Hastings, who protected her writed boyfriend?"
"Yeah, The Lone Vengance. Why?"
"Nothing, I was just thinking about how nice those cases are compared to some of the ones we get. Like the one when the Ghost Wrangler got killed."
"Hey, look at me Kate. Some of these are going to be tough. But we're all here for each other for a reason." He takes her hand in his and rubs small, soft circles on the back of it with his thumb. "I'm here for you Kate. Don't forget that."
"I know its just, sometimes I don't need Castle: the funniest kid. Sometimes I just need Rick: my best friend, who was here when I woke up, and who I almost died with a bunch of times."
She puts down her Styrofoam cup, and places her hand on his cheek. She can feel him shiver because she hand is still warm from holding the coffee. And she smiles because he forgot to shave and he has stubble. He breaks their never ending stare when he quickly glances down to her lips as she licks them moist.
"Wait," he whispers without breaking contact. "What about the wall? You said that you needed time and what if we're not ready for this yet. What if you regret it and look back and say 'if only I ha-.'" Her finger was placed over his lips to cut him off.
"I have been wondering 'if only' since you asked to go to the Hamptons with you. Like if only I had gone because I could have had a little fun. And then maybe I wouldn't have worked on my mom's case. Because if only I had gone because I could have-." She ddidn't want to bring this up because she knew he was sensitive about his relationship with Gina.
"You could have what, Kate?"
"I could have saved you from a messy break up on page six. Because then maybe we could have been something."
"Kate, we can still be something. But I am just giving you time and space because I don't want to rush into this."
"And I thank you for that, really. But it won't hurt anyone."
So she inches closer and closes the space between them by placing a small soft his on his lips. A kiss so soft but had so much passion in it. They pull apart and just smile at each other, then they look at the door to find Kevin Ryan sitting in his wheel chair with his jaw to the ground. Because to him, he just say his mom and dad kiss, and it was disgusting. So he had to tell Esposito immediately.
"Let's be prepared for Lanie, because Ryan's going to tell his 'boyfriend' as we speak." They just smiled at each other like they still can't believe what just had happened.
A/N: sorry these have been so short. :/ but I'm almost finished with this storyline so you can PM me with other story ideas