After Dinner Delight

By

UCSBdad

Disclaimer: I still own none of this. Is anyone surprised? Rating: M Time: After Suicide Squeeze.

Author's note: I was going to wait to post this until I had finished the Caskett wedding vignettes, but the death threats changed my mind. Some of you really get into this, don't you? Next in this series will be "Movie Night". (Title subject to change.).

"Beckett, please. I told you before, I don't expect anything in return for what I did to get Coonan. The money means absolutely nothing to me, but you mean so much…" Castle's voice trailed off.

Kate didn't realize she had been holding her breath until she let it out. She smiled at Castle and held two fingers against his lips to stop him from talking again. "You're so sweet when you're being a nice guy, but don't you think it'll ruin your street cred as a playboy?"

"What?"

Kate laughed and snuggled up against Castle again. Her hand returned to his thigh. "This isn't about money or anything you did about my mom's murder. It's about what you've done for me. After my mom was murdered, I built a wall around myself. I was determined to never care for anyone so much that I'd be hurt like I was when my mom died. For ten years that wall worked. Oh, I did date occasionally, but there was nothing there. Nothing meaningful or permanent. Most of those men didn't even know the wall was there, let alone have any idea how to bring it down. Then you came along."

Kate took Rick's hand and slowly put it back just above her knee. Castle squeezed her tenderly.

"There I was, safe behind my wall, and then suddenly there was this Rick Castle, inside my impenetrable wall, sitting beside me, spouting absurd theories about nuclear launch codes, vampire CIA agents, and abductions by alien fuzzy bunnies. You also would pick out seemingly meaningless facts, put them together and solve a murder with me. Okay, you do drive me crazy about half the time, but best of all, you make me laugh. You make me happy. You made me truly happy for the first time since my mom died."

Kate leaned her head against Rick's shoulder. "Castle, I want to take you home tonight and make love to you like you've never been made love to in your life. I want to screw your brains out tonight because you've made me happy, not for any other reason. Is that clear enough for you? And if you don't want me, please tell me and I'll leave right now. With a broken heart."

"Kate, I could never break your heart. I'm sorry I misunderstood you. I should have known you weren't that kind."

Kate leaned up and kissed Rick lightly. "You're about to find out just how much that kind I am. Take me home, Rick."

Castle pulled out his wallet and dropped a couple of bills on the table, then waving to Max and Jennifer, he and Kate left.

Kate stopped at her door, turned and put her arms around Rick's neck. "You could have had me the last time you were here, you know."

Castle nodded. "I know."

Kate laughed. "In fact, you could have had me right here in the hallway with the neighbors cheering you on. I wouldn't have stopped you."

"Never. This is no longer just about sex. I don't think it ever was."

Kate opened the door and stepped through, taking Castle's hand and pulling him in. "But right now it's about sex." She stood on her tiptoes, put her arms around Castle's neck and kissed him. It was a long, slow deep kiss. Their tongues slid against each other and they ground their bodies against each other.

Kate broke the kiss. "Rick, undo the hook on my dress and pull down the zipper." She whispered.

When Rick was done, Kate shook herself and the dress fell to the floor. Kate stood there wearing only her high heels and a smile. "So, Jameson Rook, if I were to repay you with sexual favors, how much would I be worth to you? A hundred dollars a night? A thousand?"

Castle fell into character. "Nikki, you're priceless. I already owe you more than I can ever repay."

"We'll see about that." Kate took his hand and led him to her bedroom.

Castle started to take off his jacket, but Kate stopped him. "No. This is all about you tonight. I'm going to undress you. In fact, I'm going to do everything tonight."

Castle almost wished he could take notes for the next Nikki Heat. Almost. This was without a doubt the most erotic striptease he'd ever seen. And he was being stripped and teased. Kate removed his jacket, being careful to rub her breasts against the front of his shirt. Then she slowly unbuttoned his shirt, moved behind him and pulled the shirt down. As she let the shirt drop, she leaned into him. He could feel her nipples scratching his back.

"Beckett, if you keep doing this so slowly…"

"Shh!" She said. "I have tomorrow off. We have plenty of time and I'm sure I can keep you…interested."

She pushed him to her bed and sat him down on the edge. She knelt to remove his shoes. Castle reached down and stroked her hair. "You have beautiful hair." He whispered.

"No, Castle." Kate gently moved his hand away. "I'll do all the work tonight."

Done with his shoes, she slid his socks off.

She knelt facing him and began unbuckling his belt. Then she unfastened the top of his fly, then slowly pulled his zipper down. Her hand dipped inside his pants. "Why, Castle! You are a big boy, aren't you?"

Castle tried to respond, but couldn't get a word out.

Kate pushed him back so that he lay on her bed with his feet still on the floor. She pulled his pants down. Castle lifted his hips up slightly to help her. As she pulled, her hands lingered on his thighs. She ran her hands over the smooth silk of his shorts. "Almost done." She hooked her thumbs in the waistband and tugged them down.

She sat on the bed and looked down at him. "I want you so badly." She whispered.

"Me too." He managed.

"Will you move to the center of the bed?" She asked. "I said I'd do everything, but I don't think I could lift you there."

Castle moved. "Always glad to help a lady."

When Castle was settled in the center of her bed, Kate knelt beside him, then straddled him. She reached down and took him in her hand, stroking him lightly. "A very big boy, indeed." She whispered.

She lifted herself up and slid down on him. He reached for her breasts, but she blocked him. "No." was all she had to say.

She slid up and down, moving from right to left as she did so, then moving in a circle, then she moved her body back and forth above him, changing her motion repeatedly.

Twenty minutes later, Kate was shaking from the intensity of her climax. "My God, Rick! You still haven't…"

Castle smiled up at her. "Nope. Do you want to know why?"

Kate nodded.

"Because the greatest pleasure I can imagine with you is giving you pleasure as well. And if you remember, I have a great imagination." Castle reached up and took Kate's arms. Then he raised his hips. "Slide your legs down so you're lying on top of me."

Then Castle put his arms around her and rolled over so he was now on top.

"You're still inside of me." Kate said.

"And now I can kiss your beautiful face." He kissed her first on her forehead, then on her closed eyes, her cheeks and finally settled on her lips. He kissed her gently. "Now your soft, sweet lips." He resumed the kiss with more force and passion, pushing his tongue into Kate's mouth.

He moved his lips down to kiss the top of her left breast. His hand stroked the bottom of her breast, moving up to tweak her nipple. "You have the most beautiful breasts." He murmured.

"They're small." She said. "B cups."

"They're perfect." He whispered, moving his attention to the other breast.

Then Rick reached under her and gently squeezed her bottom. "I love your bottom. It's perfect as well."

"I'm glad you like it. It's yours. It's all yours."

He shook his head. "No. We're each others'."

Castle started making love to Kate. As he thrust into her, she wrapped her arms around his neck and then wrapped her legs around his hips. She raked his back with her nails and moaned into his ear. She felt her release come again. "Rick, I can feel you. You came, didn't you?"

Rick kissed her gently. "Out there I called you priceless. I need a word about a million times stronger, Kate."

Castle rolled to one side and held his lover closely. Kate rested her head on his chest and sighed a very contented sigh. "More?" She whispered.

Hours later the sated couple fell asleep in each other's arms.

Kate woke to the smell of freshly brewed coffee. For a split second she wondered how the coffee pot had come on. Then she remembered. Castle!

She quickly put on an old pair of running shorts and pulled a tee shirt over her head, then walked out of her bedroom.

"Hi, sleepyhead. What some coffee?" Castle said, holding out a cup for her.

"Thanks. I need this."

Castle gestured to a group of Styrofoam boxes lined up neatly on the kitchen counter. "Do you cook at all? There's nothing here for breakfast and the only other things in the refrigerator are leftovers from takeout places."

Kate shrugged. "There's just me to cook for. I generally don't bother. But I can cook. For our next colleague's dinner, I'll do the honors."

Castle nodded. "Great. But for breakfast, it looks like I'll be microwaving tandoori chicken, sweet and sour pork and some badly crushed tacos. I suppose I could mix it all together? Sweet and sour chicken tacos?"

Kate shook her head. "You cook. I need to shower."

Castle smiled broadly. "We need to take a shower. You don't want to be wasting water, do you?"

"I hate wasting water." She said with a laugh.

Forty five minutes later, Rick began cooking breakfast. The two settled down on Kate's couch with their breakfasts and began reviewing the files on the other victims.

"It doesn't look like anyone put any effort at all into the other lawyer's murder. What's your case like?" Castle looked up to see Kate staring fixedly at him.

"I'm so stupid." She said, got up and ran to her bedroom. Rick caught up with her just in time to keep her from closing the door on him. She turned away from him, facing the far wall.

"Kate, if you missed something, we'll figure it out. Those files are old, we knew we'd…"

Kate cut him off. "It's nothing in the files. It's us. This isn't going to work."

Rick put his hands lightly on her shoulders. He could feel how tense she was. "You're right. It sure isn't going to work if you give up without giving us a chance."

Kate stayed tense. "What was I thinking of? You're Richard Castle and I'm…"

"The truly remarkable Kate Beckett." Castle quickly finished.

Kate's shoulder's relaxed slightly. "Thanks, but there's nothing remarkable about me."

"When I close my eyes and start to think about Nikki Heat, do you know what I see?"

Kate shook her head.

"I see you. You are exactly what I see Nikki as. And it's not just physical. Nikki is crazy smart, just like you. She's dedicated, tough, imaginative, sweet, demanding of herself and those around her, and she cares more than anyone will ever know. And when I'm done writing Nikki Heat, do you know what I think?"

Kate shook her head.

"I think that no matter how hard I try and no matter how well I write, Nikki Heat will never, ever, be Kate Beckett, just a pale imitation. Don't tell me you're not remarkable, Kate, because you are."

Kate turned around and Rick pulled her close. As she leaned against him, he could feel some, but not all of the tension draining from her.

"I don't know how to do this, Castle. I don't know how to be the woman you need, the woman you deserve. I was a kid, nineteen, when my mom died. I was never serious about anyone then and since then I've always made sure that no one got close enough to me to be serious about. Until you. I'm terrified of this."

"Me too."

Kate looked up at him. "You're terrified? Rick Castle?"

"Do you think being Rick Castle makes me ten feet tall and bulletproof? Do you know how I felt when I found out that Meredith was divorcing me to move in with some producer? Do you know how I felt when it finally dawned on me that it was never going to work between Gina and me? I'll tell you. It feels a lot like what I feel when you say it'll never work between us when you haven't even tried to make it work. In fact, it feels worse."

Kate snuggled up against Rick's chest. "I'm stubborn, opinionated, and used to having my own way. I don't play well with others."

"Sounds a lot like me."

Kate suppressed a laugh. "It is you. This won't be easy."

"So, dear colleague, my number one goal from now on is to make it easy for you. Oh, and also to take Cannell and Patterson to the cleaners when we play poker."

Kate slapped him, not too gently, on the chest. "Stop that." She hugged him. "Castle, be honest with me. Do we have a chance?" Before he could reply, she put her hand to his mouth. "No. Tell me we have a chance. Lie if you have to, but tell me we have a chance."

"I never lie to my colleagues, it's against the colleague's code of conduct. I'd be kicked out of the Colleagues Union if I lied to you. We have a great chance. I couldn't ask for a better chance."