Beckett's Security Blanket

by teamWilson

"Damnit Kate I'm a man, not your personal teddy bear or security blanket. You can't just crawl into my bed every night and expect me to just lay there!" Set in s4; Kate is forced to stay at Castle's place, and things could get awkward... Castle/Beckett fic with plenty of sexual tension and an interesting case that hits a little too close to home for our favorite Detective.

19. Special Author's Note please read!

Special Author's Note:

So, wow. I love that so many are you are very passionate about this story. You all had a lot of mixed opinions about the ending but I'd say a fair amount of you seemed disappointed with it because the lack of 'action' between Castle and Beckett. So, I think I will add one more chapter as sort of an 'epilogue' to this story because I certainly don't want to let you guys down after sticking with me faithfully for 18 chapters. Bear in mind however, the explanation of the ending in the last author's note as to why I ended it the way I did. With all of Kate's struggling throughout the story of her not being in the right place within herself to enter into a relationship with Rick it seemed like I would just be throwing that all out the window if they were to end up in bed together under a different context then just 'sleeping', do you know what I mean? And for the few who said that they basically ended up right where they started, well, they did and they didn't. Physically, maybe, but emotionally I believe they evolved a lot. Rick was able to put some of his feelings out there for her and Kate made a huge step by asking him to stay with her. Earlier throughout the story she was embarrassed and angry at herself for not being 'strong enough' to make it through the night without him, and now she's asking him to stay with her because she wants to be closer to him, and therefore wants to start working towards something they both want but, like I said, it's not going to happen in the blink of an eye.

Hopefully that clears some questions up for all of you :)

So, where does that leave us? Well, like I said, I will certainly write an epilogue if many of you feel you want more. I haven't started it yet so I can't say whether it will pick up right after we left off or if there will be a small time jump. To be honest I hadn't thought yet about where they'll be after the point I last left them at because the outline in my head the entire time was for them to end much like they were in the beginning except that Kate would finally admit to herself and him that she wanted to stay with him, and that their future together would be up to my readers imaginations.

So please, send me your thoughts either in a review or a PM if you prefer. In your head when you were reading the story, how did you picture it ending? What are some loose ends I can tie up for you? I can't promise I'll include all your thoughts and opinions but I can certainly try to write what's best for the most amount of people.

So, stay tuned for the epilogue, and this author's note will be deleted once I have published that so if you get another alert soon for another chapter 19, that will be the epilogue :)

Thank you again for all your reviews and sharing your opinions, I really do appreciate them whether you loved the ending or not, I appreciate hearing from you all the same. Like I said, it shows me how passionate you are about the story and that is a truly wonderful feeling for me, even if some of you are threatening to burn me at the stake… JUST KIDDING :P

Take Care.

~R.