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Prompt: Little Alexis goes to the precinct for the day.

I wrote this as if she were kindergarten age and obviously she's Kate's daughter. I think this is such an adorable idea.

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Alexis crept into Kate and Rick's room, tiptoeing on the cold hardwood towards their bed. She climbed onto Kate's side and tapped her on the cheek. "Mommy."

Kate grumbled and turned to face Castle. "What time is it?"

"6:45." He mumbled from somewhere in his pillow.

Alexis bounced up and down, shaking Kate's shoulder. "Mommy it's today! It's finally today!"

Kate sat up and pulled Alexis into her lap, wrapping her in her arms. "It is! Go ahead and put your outfit on that I laid out last night and then come down for breakfast, okay? Mommy and daddy still have to get ready." She lifted her girl out of her lap and let her squirm to the ground.

"Okay!" Alexis called over her shoulder as she ran from their room and straight to the stairs.

"She's so excited." Castle sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"I'm glad," Kate smiled, "Now she'll finally get to see what I do."

"What we do." He corrected her.

She shot him a look, obviously giving him a hard time. "What I do and what you help with."

Castle pulled himself from the bed and stuck his tongue out to her. "Yeah, yeah. I'll go put the coffee on."

"Mommy, I'm ready!" Alexis stood on the landing, puffing out her chest and grinning ear to ear.

Kate couldn't help but giggle and cover her mouth with her free hand. "Oh, Lex, you look adorable." Kate knew she was going to look cute, but this was almost too much to handle. She had found a little pair of dress pants and a blazer to match. She had on her little black boots and a pink tie. Alexis had even put a pink bow in her hair to match. Literally a little, mini, Kate.

Castle scooped her up and carried her to her seat at the bar, plopping her down in front of a stack of pancakes. "Detective Alexis is ready for the day."

"Not before breakfast, dad." She raised her tiny, sarcastic eyebrow at him.

"Right, not before breakfast." He snorted and nodded, taking a sip of coffee.

"Brush your teeth?" Kate gathered her coat in her arms, a travel coffee snug in her hand.

Alexis nodded.

"Go to the bathroom?"

Another nod.

"Got your backpack? Lunch?"

"Right here." She turned, displaying a little faux leather backpack and matching lunch box. Kate didn't settle for anything less than the best.

Castle kissed Kate on the cheek and leaned down to do the same to Lex. "Alright, let's go." He told them, pushing them all out the door.

Once they arrived on the correct floor, Kate led Alexis towards the captain's office to get the official welcome to the bullpen.

"Welcome to the 12th, Alexis. We're happy to have you today. I'm Captain Montgomery." Captain Montgomery shook her little hand and gave her a smile.

She stood very straight, shaking his hand back.

"We all hope you have a great day and you learn a lot."

"Thank you." She smiled at him.

Kate gave her captain a thankful nod, and squatted to face Alexis. "Alright little one, I'll show you around." Kate gave her her hand and led her towards the desks. "This is where we do most of our detective stuff. We figure out a lot of our cases right here. This is my desk, and this is daddy's chair."

"This is the interrogation room. This is where your dad and I talk to people that might help me do my job." She let her look through the double mirror, but didn't want her in the actual room. She was too innocent to be in a room where so many people had confessed their sins.

"And this is the break room. This is where we get our coffee and eat our lunch." She let Alexis roam, but she quickly turned back to her parents.

"When do I get to see Uncle Kevin and Javi?"

"They'll be back soon. They're probably following a lead for me."

"Did we hear our names?" As if on cue, Espo and Ryan sauntered in.

"Kevin! Javi!" Alexis' face lit up as she flew across the room to greet her uncles.

"Hi, Lex." Kevin gave her a hug.

Javi lifted her in his arms, "Are you excited about today?"

"Yeah! I finally get to see your work!" She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck, too excited to contain herself.

"So excited that she had us up before seven." Castle gave his friends a look and proceeded to the cappuccino maker.

"Okay, little one, let's go check out my desk so that Uncle Kevin can tell your mom and dad what we were working on." Espo turned and left the adults for a moment, volunteering to keep Alexis busy for the time being.

"Okay!" She clapped her hands and waved over her shoulder at her parents and uncle.

"Daddy, Javi gave me some candy." Alexis ran over to him and showed him what she had.

Castle snorted. "Thanks Espo."

"Hey, I'm the favorite uncle." He folded his arms behind his head and rested his feet on his desk, smiling widely at him.

"Not true." Kevin walked up behind him and hit him with a stack of papers.

Alexis sat on Castle's lap. "Mommy?"

Kate turned from her work, offering her a smile. "What, angel?"

"Can I come back again tomorrow?"

Kate laughed. "You have to go to school tomorrow."

"But I like coming to work better." Alexis gave her puppy dog eyes.

"Well then you can come every once in a while."

She perked up, looking back and forth between her parents. "Really?"

"Sure, when your dad and I aren't busy we'll bring you back."

"I wanna be a detective when I'm grown up, just like you." She snuggled into Castle's chest, a big grin on her face.

Kate smiled at her, pride emanating off of her. "I have no doubt that'll you will be, Lex, and a very good one too." She leaned over and kissed her head, and stole one from Castle as well.

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