Disclaimer: I do not own anything Castle.
Prompt: A long standing thread at the ABC boards, like the "Shotgun" thread, this time involving conversations in an elevator.
Kate and Castle rode the elevator in stony silence, the weather outside was nasty and they had tempers to match. Suddenly, the elevator ground to a halt and the lights went out.
Beckett exploded, "Castle, this is all your fault! We have work to do and I cannot be stuck here all day."
"My fault, really? There is a blizzard going on out there! Did you ever stop to think that that might have caused the problem? "
"NO!" She yelled at him, her voice an octave higher than usual.
"You know what, you are just mad that I asked better questions than you. If you weren't in such a hurry all the time you would have figured it out. Plus, you would have taken the stairs and we wouldn't be stuck here. Alexis has a violin recital later that I can't miss!"
"Why were you asking so many questions anyways? You know I like to go back after I have done more research!"
"Some things need to be brought out in the open especially if you can tell a person is lying." Castle said pointedly.
"Sometimes it just hurts people more!"
"Lying to the person you love, that doesn't hurt?" he asked.
As they continued to yell at each other, their faces had gotten closer and closer together until their noses were just touching.
They finally stopped yelling and just stared at each other in shock after Kate screamed her last comment to him.
"Of course it hurts me, but it's for your own good!"