First time Castle and Beckett go shopping together. Inspired by a prompt from AllThingsCastle.
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"Oh, we definitely need these," Castle declares, grabbing a bag of marshmallows and tossing them into the cart that Kate's pushing down the aisle.
He flashes a grin at her over his shoulder, then darts ahead, honing in on a huge display of candy. "Castle, we do not need all that," she says, watching as he piles jumbo bags of Skittles, Hershey's Kisses, and Starbursts into his arms.
He gives her a look. "It's Halloween in two weeks, Kate. Don't you want to give candy to all the children?"
She rolls her eyes. "What are the chances of any of this making it to Halloween?"
He grins. "Slim to none. But it's the thought that counts." He dumps the candy into the cart, grabs one more bag of Reese's cups, then saunters ahead around the corner.
She knew shopping with him would be like this. A kid on a sugar rush. She feels like a mom herding a two-year-old, making sure he doesn't knock down the displays and grab too much candy.
And now they're headed to the cereal aisle. She groans quietly, leaning her forearms against the cart handle as she rolls it forward. It was going to be a long afternoon.
She finds him in the middle of the aisle, holding Lucky Charms in one hand and Fruit Loops in the other. "So many choices," he mutters when she reaches him.
"Just get both," she suggests. Ugh. Did that seriously just come out of her mouth?
He grins at her. "You're so right. This is America. Why settle for one awesome cereal when you can have two?"
Kate lets out a long breath. She needs to focus. Steer them towards the vegetable aisle so she can try and get at least one mildly healthy thing into their cart. She probably couldn't talk him into broccoli or green beans or anything like that, but maybe carrots. She'd even settle for candied apples at this point. At least he'd be getting fiber.
The trick is getting his attention. And the only thing he loves more than sugary cereals—well, okay, there's a lot of things actually—but one of them is her and she can definitely use that to her advantage.
"Hey, Castle," she calls out, interrupting his perusal of the various types of cheerios. He seemed to be reaching for the frosted ones when she interrupted. Perfect timing.
He turns to her, eyebrows lifted in question. She abandons the cart and walks over to him, slides her hands up his chest, tracing the lapels of his sport coat before hooking her fingers around his neck.
He watches her, stunned and completely mesmerized, as she leans in, her bottom lip snagged between her teeth. "Uh, Kate? Wh-what are you—"
She silences him with a kiss, lifting into his body. His hands reach out to encircle her waist, an automatic response to keep her pressed against his body. He has no idea where this came from, but he's definitely not complaining. If she wants to make out in the cereal aisle then he's more than happy to—
"How about we take this…" He's already nodding. He'll go anywhere. Anywhere she wants as long as she keeps kissing him like this. "…to the vegetable aisle?"
He pulls back. Blinks at her. Vegetable aisle?
She grins at him, all teeth and tongue and pink cheeks and oh she thinks she is so smart. Well. Two can play at this game.
He pushes her back against the shelves, rattling the cheerios a little. She responds immediately, arching against him, gasping his name, her tongue hot and wet in his mouth and shit this getting out of control fast and they are in the middle of Price Chopper. There are probably kids around and they can't be—
He momentarily loses his train of thought when she hooks her leg around the back of his knee, hips rising to meet his, mind going fuzzy at the way she's moaning into his mouth, too sexy for her own good.
But no. Not here.
He pulls away with her, can't help but grin when she growls a little in disapproval. "Thought you wanted vegetables," he says.
"There are other ways to stay healthy," she shoots back, giving him a predatory look that is seriously doing it for him, making him want to push her back against the shelves and rattle a few cereal boxes loose.
"We can work out later," he says.
She scowls at him, looking adorable in all her indignation. He loves it when she gets pouty because she wants sex. Makes him feel pretty awesome. Like he's just that good.
"Don't get cocky," she says, completely reading his mind. Typical.
"Too late. You want me. It's awesome."
She rolls her eyes, shoves on him a little so she can move around him towards the cart. "I'm going to get kale," she announces. "Lots and lots of kale. So much kale that there won't be any room left in the fridge for your chocolate milk."
He gasps. "You wouldn't."
"Watch me, stud."
And with that she spins on her heal and struts down the aisle, taking the cart and his fruit loops with her.
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Sorry for the shorter length of this one. Pretty busy day. I also had to set aside some time for some hardcore fangirling over that last episode. My favorite part? Kate reciting fanfiction about herself as she mounts Castle. Priceless. Andrew Marlowe=a god.