Thank you to craspon for the prompt. Set after Linchpin.
Prompt: Castle and Beckett Castle and Beckett arrive at a crime scene where Perlmutter is the ME. Perlmutter makes a comment about how unlucky Alexis is to have Castle as her father and Kate punches Perlmutter.
Castle inwardly groaned when he walked up to the yellow tape and saw Perlmutter on the other side. Great. He couldn't for the life of him think of what he had done to get on this man's bad side, but, then again, it didn't really seem like he had a good side either. Either way, he was really not in the mood for a sarcastic comment from Perlmutter, too distracted with Alexis's new internship.
He handed Beckett her coffee, relishing in her soft smile and the brush of her fingers over his. When he turned towards the body he saw Perlmutter's disapproving eyes on him.
"What?" He asked, rolling his eyes in a way that would make Beckett proud.
"I'm just trying to find out how someone as smart as Alexis can be related to someone as moronic as you." Castle could feel the anger bubbling up inside of him, but he looked away, his gaze falling to Beckett who seemed just as disgusted at Perlmutter's words.
Shaking her head before she said something stupid, she asked for the C.O.D., hoping to divert the conversation. She got the information she needed from Perlmutter about the Vic, turning to head back to her cruiser.
"Oh and Mr. Castle?" She pauses when she hears Perlmutter start to speak, spinning around to face him at the same time as Castle. "Alexis must've walked under a ladder and cracked a dozen mirrors in a previous life to get stuck with you as a father."
Her eyes widened at that. And before she knew what was happening her fist was connecting with Perlmutter's face, elicting a loud 'crack' that told her she had definitely broken his nose.
"What the hell Detective?!" Perlmutter spluttered, one hand covering his nose and the other lowering to cover his...lower bits. Ha. She should've kicked him there, would've served him right for badmouthing her partner again and again.
"Consider that a warning. If I ever hear you talk badly about Castle again, I will do a lot more than breaking your nose. Got it?"
Perlmutter just huffed, his eyes stormy, but he knew better than to mess with Beckett.
She turned to Castle, "C'mon Castle, let's get out of here."
She feels his stare burning a hole in her cheek the whole drive back to the precinct. Having found a parking spot, she reaches for her door, but is stopped by his grip on her arm.
"Thank you, Beckett. No one's ever stuck up for me like that." His hand falls to her knee. "It was kinda hot."
She smirks, moving her own hand to cover his, twining their fingers together.
"Always." She doesn't miss the warmth in his eyes at the use of their word, or the smile that tugs at his lips, and suddenly she's so tired of fighting her feelings for him, so she leans over and kisses him. Nothing heated, they have plently of time for that later, just a soft brush of her lips, a promise of more.
"So, mother and Alexis will both be out tonight, how about you come over and we can continue this?" He gave her another kiss, this one a little longer than the one before.
"I'd love to." She doesn't try to hide the smile that illuminates her face, just embraces it and the love she has for this man.
Thanks for reading. Also, this one seems a bit...unfinished, so I might be persuaded to post a follow up chapter;) As always, would love to hear your thoughts and I am always accepting prompts. I have a few in the works now, but you can never have enough inspiration, right?