AN: Hahahahaha okay, most of you suspected this move, lol. See if you liked it :)
The dog watched him pleading eyes. He already made the decision not to bring him to the precinct. He was afraid that Ryan or Esposito would use it as bait when Beckett came back, and the last thing he wanted to do was upset the apple cart, where Beckett was concerned. But as Malcolm looked up at him with those adoring puppy dog eyes, he couldn't help hesitating as he stood in the doorway. "I can't take you!" he frowned.
The K-9 cocked his head.
"No…" Castle whined feeling himself cave.
A whimper came out, and Castle folded. He reached behind the door and took the lead; Malcolm bounced excitedly as Castle struggled to clip to lead. "Stupid dog…" he muttered more to himself than the K-9.
He arrived at the bullpen and inconspicuously carried the dog in the bag on his arm, hoping no one would notice. But the puppy had no intention of playing quietly and instantly let out a squeak of excitement, as Castle laid the bag across the chair.
Ryan and Esposito's head shit up at the sound, and a smile spread across Castle's face. "He didn't want me to go," he explained innocently.
"You're a sap," Ryan teased approaching the bag and peering in to see the dog. "Cute…"
"You're not going soft too are you," Esposito accused his partner.
"Nuh," Ryan denied. He pulled back from Malcolm, and he jumped from the bag, excitedly into Ryan's arms. He managed to catch him, and Malcolm licked his face with gratitude. "Okay… so the dog had me at 'hello'…" he shrugged unbothered.
Castle watched the two of them, with a wide smile. There was something about Malcolm that drew in a crowd. Something about the way his ears picked up, and those sweet adoring eyes watched you with such intensity. Yeah, he concluded, the dog wasn't so bad to take care of. He might even enjoy the time he got to spend with him.
"You better hide him before the Captain comes in," Esposito warned. "He won't be as understanding about having a drooling puppy running through the precinct."
Castle shrugged. He wasn't bothered.
He picked up the puppy in his arms and cuddled him closely. He thought about Beckett then, about what she would do or say if she could see him now. She'd roll her eyes, he thought, and tell him he was an idiot, before demanding that he remove the dog from the bullpen.
He laughed at the fact that she wasn't here to tell him off.
Before Castle had the chance to hide the dog in the bag, Captain Montgomery made an appearance. He spotted the dog instantly, sure that no K-9's usually ran wild in his precinct.
With no other option, Castle nuzzled his face into the dog's neck, trying to play the blameless card.
"Don't bother, Castle. I heard the dog yelp when I walked in this morning," he said folding his arms across his chest.
"You're not mad, sir?" Castle looked at him skeptically.
"No, I expected it. Kate told me before she left that you might try something like this," he shot her a know-it-all smile.
"She knew?" Castle was surprised.
"She knows you better than you know you, Castle!" Montgomery laughed.
"Yeah," he nodded with amusement as he thought about her sitting at some conference with a wide smirk on her face. She knew him.
Hahahahaha sound like Beckett?
Not that a usual precinct would allow dogs in there, but this is a laid-back precinct and let's face it, anything is possible with castle there!
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