Author's note: I couldn't help myself. I had to post the next chapter for you guys!
Richard Castle sat in his home office. His laptop was open in front of him and he stared blankly at some text he had written for the next
Nikki Heat novel. Castle was trying to read over a chapter for grammar, but was worried about his muse. He hoped there was heat at Detective Beckett's apartment.
Rick found himself rereading the same paragraph on the screen for the hundredth time. He checked the clock. It was 5:14 The sky, he noticed, had darkened.
Several times, Castle had contemplated picking up the phone to call Beckett and make sure she had heat, but he didn't want to bother her. Kate was a smart girl, she would call someone if she needed to.
Castle looked at his computer, which had flipped to the screensaver, when he heard a knock on the door. Rick wandered across the apartment wondering who it could be. It wouldn't be Alexis because she was at a study group until six. And Martha was out for dinner with Chet.
Castle reached the door. He couldn't think of anyone who would be at his door so he opened it to find...
Detective Kate Beckett.
There you go. I'll leave you with that. :)