Disclaimer: I wish but nope I don't own Castle nor any characters beside Kevyn Alexander and Xavier James.
A/N: I always imagined Espo and Ryan as the perfect uncles to Caskett's kids. So here they are… Cute chapter I think.
Three Months Old
"C'mon Beckett… Let me see my godson. Please? I promise I didn't bring another black leather jacket and button up. Please just let us in." Detectives Ryan and Esposito are waiting a little less than patiently at the Castle residence. Both carrying gifts for the godsons. Reluctantly Beckett opens the door and steps to the side.
The grown men run inside like its Christmas to go see the boys. Javi runs to pick his 'nephew' up and cradle him carefully. The three month old boy laughs out loud and smiles his gummy smile. Kate stops, shocked. Javi looks up ecstatic that he was able to be there for Xavier first giggles. Kevin returns to the room with a baby in a blanket. The blanket he put there to hide the miniature suit now clothing the young baby. He nods his head at Javi. Understanding the cue, Espo takes the small boy to the changing room and begins dressing him.
He lied about not bringing another black leather jacket. Lied about the button up too.
He dresses the boy in a purple button up much like his own, leaving the top button undone and puts a black leather jacket on the baby. The jeans he was wearing already match perfectly. He takes out a small pair of black dress shoes and slips them onto the boys socked feet. He combs through the boy's deep brown hair and kisses the top of his forehead.
Walking back into the living room, he notices that Kevin still has the blanket covering Kevyn Alexander. Kate walks in from the kitchen and immediately notices the black leather jacket. Shaking her head she looks disappointed except for the fact that shes laughing. She's glad these two are her brothers and her son's godfathers.
"Ryan, you can take the blanket off of Kevyn, I know he's wearing a suit. I'm good with it. Have to be by now." Kevin looks down sheepishly and removes the blanket from the boy. The suit is an exact match to the one that Detective Ryan is wearing. Kevyn giggles at his uncle/godfather and smiles freely staring into Ryan's eyes.
"Hey little man. Well, don't you look dashing today? I wonder who did that..." Kevin speaks softly to his godson.
Javi is laying on his stomach across from Xavier. Xavier is babbling and playing with his rattles on the ground.
"You sure look spiffy in that jacket, kid. Remember its from Un-cle Ja-vi."
"His first word is not going to be Javi…" Kate shakes her head. Turning to look at Ryan "And Kevyn's better not be 'Ry-Ry'. Okay boys?"
"Hey its not like we can control their first words. Just influence their decision on what to say first." Javier puts his hands up in surrender. He looks around, "Where's Castle? I thought he was supposed to back from his tour by now?" Castle had been required to go on a tour for his new book series about twin detectives. Double Murder.
"Storms in Tampa caused his flight to be delayed by three hours." Kate looks at the book on the table in disgust.
"Well how about we take the boys for a Guys' Night Out and you can prepare for Rick's arrival. We can bring them back around nine?" Javier suggests, as he knows how much this would help.
"But, what about Sarah Grace and Jenny, Ryan? They wouldn't mind?"
Ryan shakes his head still looking at the small boy. "They are still in Ohio for that one mother/daughter retreat thingy. They won't be back till next week. So it's settled then. Uncles' and Nephews' night out!" Kate grabs the two separate strollers for Javi and Kevin. Javier grabs Kevyn's blue diaper bag and Xavier's red one. They take the two boys still dressed like their uncles and buckle them into the stroller. Kate grabs two bottles from the fridge and sticks them in a refrigerated bag to keep them cold.
"All set?" The guys nod their heads and smile, "Well good luck then guys! Have fun with your nephews!"
Ten months old
It had been a week since Xavier had took his first steps. Kevyn watched in awe but wasn't quite ready to walk yet. From birth, Kevyn Alexander Castle was cautious, smart, cunning, but slower to milestones than Xavier. Xavier was loud and adventurous.
Javier was in the precinct break room, sitting on the couch with his godson on his lap.
"Ahbee! Ahbee!" Xavier shouted a rough version of his uncle's name. Javi hugged the little boy tight and remembered that Beckett maybe should be there.
"Beckett come quick! Your kid's talking!" Ryan and Beckett rushed through the door with Kevyn on Ryan's hip.
Xavier said Javi's name a couple of times while Kevyn looked into his god father's face. Grabbing Ryan's nose he began to try and make out a word.
"Rrrrrr…aaayyyeeee. Rrrryyyyy… RY!RY!" A single tear ran down Kevin Ryan's face. He tickled his nephew over and over. Over the moon that his godson's first words were his name! He sat on the carpet with the boy and slowly turned him so that he was facing the detective. He stood him up slowly.
"Alright little man, you ready to try this again?" He cautiously let go of the boy's hands and watched in awe as Kevyn toddled towards him. He picked the child up and tickled Kev's belly with his nose.
Kate having caught all this on video with her phone smiled. She was definitely sending this to Rick. Secretly, she was glad her sons' first words were their uncles' names. She was glad that they had such good roles for when they got older even though it mean that Xavier had 3 black imitation leather jackets and plenty of button ups and Kevyn owned three full suits and a multitude of ties. Both had at least three pairs of dress shoes too.
Kevin and Kevyn sat on the couch with Javi and Xavier. Kate quickly snapped a photo of the boys and their uncles, laughing and chatting/ babbling away.
A/N: Hope this wasn't too long! I really liked writing this chapter and I hope you like reading it too!