Disclaimer: Castle Belongs to Andrew Marlowe and ABC America.

Ok, excuse time: I have been volunteering at a camp for disadvantaged kids for the past week. Before that, I was editing and uploading my Christmas series (which is done now, if you haven't read it). So ecstatic about 205 followers. Thank you so much.

Upload Date: December 12, 2012

Chapter Rating: M

Chapter Summary: Beckett spells out her love for Castle using Coffee beans, food, scrabble tiles and his own skin.

#34

It was her first memorial day weekend in the Hamptons with Alexis and Castle. Beckett didn't get off work until late but she had the whole weekend off after that. By the time she got there, Alexis had left for a nearby beach party she'd been invited to by some college friends whose parents also had beach houses in the Hamptons.

Castle had attempted to write in their absence but had instead ended up making a fort out of sheets, pillows and dining room chairs.

He was playing in it when she arrived. At first she made fun of him but it didn't take him long to convince her to get in in on the act. It started out so innocently. They were like two little kids, playing make believe; but it was a hot summer's night and it didn't take long for things to get stuffy and sweaty, which led to removal of clothing, which led to other, more mature – but equally fun – activities and half an hour after Beckett had arrived at the house, they were panting side by side, naked, under one of the sheets.

"That was -" Castle gasped.

"Yeah," Beckett agreed, her hair still up.

Castle turned towards her and her shoulder, gently nudging her onto her side and running a hand up and down her spine, earning a contented sigh from her.

"Did Alexis say when she'd be getting back?" she asked.

"Just that she'd text before she left the party."

"Hmm. Maybe we should get dressed just in case."

He groaned. "Five more minutes. And a shower – together."

She grinned.

"Deal."

He began to trace patterns on her back.

They both enjoyed this game. She waited patiently for him to finish.

"A ninja fighting a unicorn?" she guessed.

"Close. A samurai battling a giant sea-horse."

"That was a sword? It felt like nun-chucks.

"It's a double-ended sword. Your turn." He turned over.

She smiled and turned towards him, one hand on his chest, the other drawing something on his back.

"Done."

"Uh... the stature of liberty?"

"Edward Grimes carrying the Olympic torch."

"Who's Edward Grimes?"

"From Jedward."

"What's Jedward?"

"Oh, don't you watch youtube?"

"I mainly concentrate on the animal videos – like those cute little lion cubs and the animal trainer - "

"Castle."

"Yeah."

"It's your turn again."

He turned around to find she already had her back to him. Admiring her perfect posterior, he began to write on her back.

"Oh, letters. Fun. Um... Y – O -U – G -I - V... give... You give... T – ...The ... W – O – R – World – S... World's... B – E – S – Best... You give the world's best B – L – O …
"Ok, that's enough," she said ,turning around to face him, fighting back her amusement.

"But I didn't get to finish!" he whined.

"Oh, you're finished alright. Turn around. Last one."

He smirked and complied.

Beckett finally allowed the smile that had been playing hat her lips to burst free as she shook her heard.

She re reached out to stroke his hair, her hand crawling down his neck to his back, touching him softly, peacefully.

This was... nice. Better than nice.

If she could spend the rest of her life doing this, she would die happy.

The letters started forming without her planning it, before she realised what she was doing.

"I – L – O – Illinois! Wait, that's two Ls. V- " his breathe caught.

She could feel his pulse accelerate slightly.

"Kate?"

"Next letter, Castle," she said calmly.

He took a deep breath and continued. "E – Y - O - " the next letter was barely a whisper. "U."

He was frozen beside her.

She gently rolled him onto his back.

"Correct," she whispered, leaning down to kiss him softly.

He responded enthusiastically, reaching up to hold her face. When they finally broke off, he looked up at her with awe.

"Thank you for coming up this weekend."

She sank back down into his arms.

"Wouldn't have missed it for the world."

#35

She needed a caffeine boost but Castle wasn't around; so she descended into the break-room. In her haste to re-fill the machine, he accidentally spilled some of the coffee beans on the counter and was cleaning it up when she saw Castle through the window.

Great, now he shows up.

He was smiling in amusement and rushed into help her.

She smiled warmly and started spelling out words with the beans.

"Need some he - ?" he stopped talking when he saw he beans.

I love you.

"Oh, ignore that, it's not for you, it's for Esposito."

"Ah," he said, suppressing a smirk as he closed the blinds and pulled her into his arms.

"Ok, you got me, it's for you," she admitted, running her fingers through his hair.

"Plot twist," he said as he placed a chaste kiss on her lips.

"Why?" he asked when they broke off.

She shrugged. "Just 'cause I felt like expressing it in that moment, and I had just spilled the beans, why not spill some more?"

He ginned and nodded in approval. "Yes."

"What better way than through coffee?"

Well, he certainly couldn't argue with that.

#36

"And triple word score gives me... 63. And you're still on... twelve?"

]"Yes, ok. Don't get cocky just yet. I'm getting warmed up."

The door bell rang.

"Pizza!" He sprang up excitedly.

"Back soon," he said, kissing her on the cheek from behind and bounding to the door.

Beckett glanced down at her remaining tiles and narrowed her eyes.

Slowly, she rearranged them.

"One large supreme and two loaves of garlic bread," he said triumphantly, laying the box down between them as he sat bask down on the floor.

"You know what? I'm not really hungry right now." Her eyes dropped down to his crotch. "At least, not for pizza."

He gulped. "Uh, Kate..."

She crawled towards him, a predatory look in her eyes and a coy grin on her lips as she un-did his fly and released him from his boxers,

"Yes, Castle?" she asked, stroking him and coaxing him until he was rock-hard.

He took a deep breath. "Nothing."

All he could do was stare, eyes rolling to the back of his head as she took him into her mouth.

Rick's hands dropped to his sides as he collapsed back against the couch. A moment later Kate's head was on his thigh, her body leaning against his leg. They sat silently for several moments.

Finally, she exhaled. "Shower, I think," Beckett said, getting up.

"What about the Pizza?"

"That's what microwaves are for. Put it in the oven. You comin'?"

"I – when – um..."

She smiled in understanding. "When you're ready, Rick."

It wasn't until she'd left him alone that he was able to bring himself to pack up the tiles. That was when he saw the message she'd left for him.

Suddenly, he found he had renewed energy, and he stripped off all his clothes as he followed her into the shower, so utterly turned on and grateful for everything she'd done that night that he decided to repay the favour – ten-fold.

#37

She hated getting sick, because it meant missing work, and being blocked and stuffy and horrible. But this was the first time she'd been sick since she'd been with Castle and he knew exactly what to do. He had given her alphabet soup - "because it's so much more fun than regular soup" - and popped out to get her some things from the pharmacist.

By the time he returned with two boxes of deluxe tissues, a pack of coffee flavoured lozenges, an aroma-therapy candle, a chilled face mask and a package of daytime cold medicine; she was asleep.

Castle put everything down and grabbed the tray he had brought in earlier. He stared down when he saw that she had spelt out the words "I Love Castle" with the letters on the tray.

She woke up in his arms.

"Mmm,' was all she could say.

"Hey, sleepy head," he murmured.

"Hey," she managed to utter. "You shouldn't be so close to me. I'll get you sick."

"I don't care. Not being close to you is way worse than a runny nose."

She closed her eyes and sighed, resting her head back against him.

"You get my message?"

"Yeah."

She smiled. "Its true."

He smiled back. "I know, sweetheart."

"It's partly because of stupid stuff like this."

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