"I don't want to go in!" he whined as she got to get out of the car.

"Come on Castle!" she exclaimed and grabbed his hand right before leaving the car. It didn't work though because he just simply just pulled her back into the passenger seat.

"I don't wanna go!" he whined again. "Once we go in we have to act like we aren't together!"

"Well we have to go to work Rick we can hang out 'together' later okay but now we have to….." she was cut off because Rick had practically lifted her up and dragged her across the seat onto him.

"Rick!" she exclaimed in a fit of laughter as she toppled on top of him.

He leant in and kissed her passionately while she ran her fingers through his hair.

"We have to go in" she said as she opened the car door and climbed out. In the squeeze she accidentally bumped the horn and it went off.

"Shit!" she exclaimed as she closed the door behind her. Rick wound down the window so he could talk to her.

"Remember the plan?" she asked.

"Yes wait five minutes until I go in to 'my' work" he answered sarcastically. "But really I should be entering first as I am the police officer Miss Beckett."

"Well you could of you didn't pull the whole dragging me across the gearbox move, and by the way not very classy" she laughed.

"I thought a true gentleman put his Mistresses through pain for their love" he joked.

"Mistresses hey?" she questioned before she walked off into the 12th.

He swore that she swung her hips that little bit extra right now just to tease him.

(…)

"Officer Castle you are here" Detective parish exclaimed like it was the biggest miracle in the world. "Personally I think it's a tad sad when your partner, who actually doesn't even need to be here, turns up before you do."

"Traffic" he simply stated before walking off towards his desk.

He had to admit though, he had no idea how long they could pull this off for. They had been 'together' for just under two weeks now and they still weren't public. That was partly because of the rule at the precinct; that two co-workers are not allowed to date. Rick definitely didn't want to stop working with Kate, and Kate needed to do research for her book. The question was; how long could they keep it away from the others, certainly the other detectives could keep a secret for them but if the captain figured it out Kate would be assigned to another officer.

"What have we got today detective" Rick asked as Detective Montgomery walked around his desk.

"Murder downtown officer" he paused for a second and scanned the room for who Rick assumed was Kate, "And bring your writer friend with you, she'll like this one for her books" he said before walking off towards his own desk. "Reception has the address Castle" he yelled out as he headed towards the door.

Rick instantly jumped up and ran towards the break room where Kate was currently making coffee for the two of them.

"What's up Castle?" she asked.

"Murder" he simply answered but it was enough for her to leave the half made coffee's behind and follow him out of the door towards the elevator.

(…)

They finally arrived at the crime scene and it looked like he was one of the first people there. As far as he could see, only the ME and detective Montgomery had arrived which was weird for a murder.

"What have we got Javier?" Rick asked as he and Kate approached the body.

"Uh" Javier mumbled. "Kate you might want to in the car."

"I'm fine, nothing I haven't seen before" she answered confidently.

"Okay well there is always an invitation to leave if need be" he answered.

"Clearly noted."

Javier lifted up the white sheet that had been covering the body and what was under it was something that Rick had never quite seen before.

"John Doe, male, approximately twenty to thirty years of age." He stopped to take in a breath, something he certainly needed while looking at the mess that was left over from what used to be a human being. "Identification is going to be hard because no wallet was found on the body and weirdly his fingerprints have been burnt off. But other than the obvious injuries that had led to his death this man was in perfect health before his demise."

"So you want me to search all surrounding areas for a wallet and some kind of blunt weapon I'm guessing?" he asked.

"Exactly" Montgomery replied.

"But honestly what is a wallet going to do for us? His face is smashed out of recognition. There is no way that a driver's license photo can help you now?" Kate asked.

"Yes but we could find his blood type and match it up" Montgomery stated, "Or there could be possible evidence in the wallet."

Kate pulled out a note pad and wrote that down.

"Also Rick I think the weapon is made of wood. Maybe a two by four?" Espo added.

"Thanks" Rick said before grabbing Kate's arm and walking off towards the alley that was nearby.

It was true, there was no way a photo could identify this guy now. His skull had been smashed way beyond recognition and his fingerprints are burned off which shows that the killer really didn't want them to find out who this guy was.

"So we are looking for a piece of wood covered in blood and possibly a wallet" she said as she snapped he gloves on.

"And any other traces of blood we can find" he added. "The killer could've been bleeding as well."

"Let the games begin" she said as she shoved her hand into the first rubbish bin that she found.

(…)

"There is nothing in this stuff" Kate whined. They had spent all day going through those alleys at the crime scene and found nothing that tied to the victim but still had to search through everything back at the precinct.

"Being a cop isn't all fun and games Miss Beckett" he teased but Kate could tell that he was just as annoyed. "It's all up to the detectives now" he said as she started to get the paperwork in order.

The door was suddenly opened and Detective Parish appeared.

"Officer you should've finished over an hour ago. You two go home and get some rest and come in tomorrow and finish off that paperwork" she said.

"Thank you detective" Rick replied and started to get up.

"Better yet Castle don't come in until 1, there is no rush on this stuff" she added making a smile appear on Rick's face.

"Thank you Lanie" he replied as she walked out.

"Let's go Castle" Kate said as Rick gave a little fist pump into the air.

They both walked out into the elevator together.

"So you can pick Rory up from my parent's house and drops us at ours?" she asked as he pressed the button to go to the ground floor.

"If you mean your house as my house then sure I can" he laughed.

"Rick I can't stay at your house again!" she exclaimed. "Last night was the first time that I've stayed at my apartment in four days!"

"I don't care missy" he simply said. Even though Kate had been staying over at Rick's house so much they still had been taking it 'slow'. Neither of them really minded though, they both liked the direction in which they were heading in.

"Okay this one last night but that's it!" she argued.

"So you keep telling me" he joked and pulled her in for a kiss. He had just let her go as the elevator door opened and a bunch of detectives got on. This was their cue to leave.

"Castle!" Kate yelled as the doors closed behind them. That was way too close for comfort.

"Gotta take risks" he laughed and copped a slap to the side of the head because of it.

(…)

"Ricky" Rory asked. "Since I'm at your house now can I stay up later?"

"Well if it was up to me Princess you and me would get to eat ice cream all night and your mum would be the one who had to go to bed early but" he looked over to Kate who was giving him a dirty look, "I think I'm stretching it with the ice cream so for the sake of both of our lives I think we better listen to her."

Rory had no clue on what he just said but she just simply nodded her head in agreement. Rick lifted her up onto the bar stool so she could eat her ice cream on top of the island bench. He had made them a roast dinner, it was quiet extravagant for something he quickly whipped up after they had gotten home and it tasted absolutely delicious.

Rory had finished her tiny bowl of ice cream, an unsatisfactory size by Rick's standards but Kate had the final say and that's all that she would allow. Kate quickly came over and whisked Rory up out of her seat before Rick could refill her bowl with chocolate flavoured ice cream.

"To bed missy" she stated as she headed towards the stairs.

"No!" Rory screamed, "Let me say goodnight to Ricky!"

"Fine, fine" she said and placed the little girl onto the ground.

Rory ran full pelt across the short distance to where Rick was standing. As soon as she got in reaching distance Rick picked her up and spun her around, honestly not a good idea right after she'd just eaten ice cream.

"Love you Ricky" the girl said and gave him a peck on the lips.

"Love you too Princess" he replied and sat her down.

"G'night" she added as she ran back off towards her mother.

"Night" he replied and walked over to the sink to start the dishes.

He was in awe of that little girl. He loved her and he knew that his feelings would never change about and he was pretty sure that he felt the same way about her mother.

"Whatcha thinkn' bout Castle?" she asked as she wrapped her hands around his waist.

"You" he said as he turned around to face her.

"Oh really" she teased.

"Well honestly there isn't much else to think about" he said proudly.

She didn't reply, she just simply reached in and kissed him.

She unwrapped her arms from around him and grabbed a tea towel to start drying.

"You don't need to do that Kate" he offered, "They can drip dry."

"And let you annoy me later because I didn't help" she exclaimed. "Never Mr Castle will I ever give you that opportunity."

"Damn" he replied then went back to washing the dishes.

(…)

"RICK!" she exclaimed in between a fit of giggles. "Get out! I'm not going to let you shower with me!"

"Come on Kate" he said and pouted his lips, as if that was going to make her cave.

"No!" she simply said before closing the door in his face.

"I think I'm going to protest the 'taking it slow' part of our relationship right now" he whined.

"Suck it up Princess" she laughed in reply.

Rick suddenly heard the shower start and he finally admitted defeat so he sunk into his sheets and waited for Kate to return.

She took her sweet time too. Twenty minutes later a half dressed Kate emerged from the bathroom. She instantly lifted up the doona and dove under to meet Rick who was eagerly waiting for her.

"I think you're taking advantage of my free utilities that I'm offering you Miss Beckett" he laughed. He never got sick of her in one of his shirts, epically when a pair of his boxers weren't involved in the outfit.

"I wouldn't have it any other way" she smirked and leant in to give him a long, passionate kiss.

They continued to kiss each other deep and passionately, each of then gripping at one another so they could go deeper into their kiss. At this stage they knew that their 'taking it slow' relationship wouldn't last for much longer, but they couldn't break it tonight, they would just have to wait that little bit longer.

"Castle" Kate murmured and she broke away, "Sorry" she said and pecked him on the lips, "Not tonight." She flipped around so that Rick was spooning her and she dug herself further back in him, making their heat radiate between one another.

"Tease" he replied and pulled her in closer.

"Soon I promise" she added before picking up his hand that he had wrapped around her and started kissing his fingers. "And trust me I keep all of my promises."

"You better" he murmured with a smile and gently bit down on her ear.

"Mhmm" Kate mumbled she was already almost asleep. "Goodnight Rick."

"Night Kate" he replied and dug his face into her neck. "Love you."

"Love you too" she replied softly.

(…)

Kate was awoken by a light shining through the bedroom. It was way too early for the sun to be up, it was only 3am. She soon realised that it was the bathroom light and the sounds that were coming out of bathroom definitely didn't sound human.

"Rick are you okay?" she called out when she realised that he wasn't lying next to her. There was no reply. She climbed up out of bed and headed towards the bathroom to find Rick bent over the toilet seat empting the contents of his stomach.

"That poor food!" she exclaimed and rubbed his back.

He laughed, "Of course you would only care about the food."

She bent down beside him and kissed him on top of the head.

"Most girls would run at the side of this" he said just in time before he vomited again.

"Rick I have a three year old, something a little more than vomit is going to be needed to scare me away."

"Thank god" he laughed as he picked his head up.

Kate got up and gave him another kiss but this time on his shoulder. "Hang tight." She ran out into the lounge area and opened up the cupboard. She found the bucket she was looking for. Kate ran back into the bathroom and got Rick.

"Leave me here to die" he mumbled.

"Come on old man!" she laughed as she attempted to lift him off the ground by his arm, she failed.

Rick finally gave into her struggles and got himself off the ground. He leaned on her as they walked to the bed where Kate finally sat him down.

"You should go" he said, cringing as he lifted his legs onto the bed.

"What just because my boyfriend is sick I'm going to ditch him?" she asked.

"Precisely" he replied.

"Well you must not know me very well Mr Castle."

She sat up with him until the wee hours of the morning when the sun started to rise. He didn't stop vomiting and Rick had constantly threatened to vomit all over her if she didn't go home soon. Her argument in return was 'I've been vomited on hundreds of times before and didn't care, why would this time be any different.'

He finally fell asleep at about 7am and that of course was the time that Rory woke up. Kate crawled out of bed and walked upstairs to Rory's room. She grabbed her cell phone on the way as she remembered she was going to have to ring the captain and tell him that Rick couldn't come in today.

"Mummy!" Rory screamed from her bedroom.

"I'm coming sweetie just wait a sec" she said in between yawns. She was so tired and she hoped that this wouldn't cause her to get cranky, no sleep often did.

Kate finally arrived at her daughter's bedroom and opened the door. She found Rory sitting on her bed with her arms and legs crossed. She was adorable when she was mad.

"What's up little duck?" Kate asked trying to hold a laugh in.

"I'm hungry" she simply answered.

Kate gestured for Rory to follow her out of the room and the little girl obliged.

"Is cereal okay?" Kate asked as they headed down the stairs.

"Sure is mummy" she answered while grabbing for her mum's hand and holding it tight with hers. She even leant over and planted a little kiss on Kate's ring finger.

She lifted her daughter up onto the bar stool and went into the kitchen to pour her a bowl of cereal. Rick only had Sugary crap but it would just have to do for today. She handed over the bowl to Rory and picked up her phone to call the captain. This was going to be an awkward convosation that she was going to have to dodge a lot of bullets to get through. She tripled checked her story then pressed the 'call' button on her screen.

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-Ainsley