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Prompt #45: Always - It's their own special, understated, completely unique way of saying everything that ever needs to be said.
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It's their word.
It's their way of saying everything in one word.
It's the only word that's ever needed to be spoken - or heard - when they can't or won't say more.
For the longest time, it was voiced when important feelings were left unspoken. Masters of avoidance they both were, but this single word allowed them the ability to convey soliloquies that would have otherwise faded into unnoticed silence.
When she wants to say I don't know what I'd do without you and You mean more to me than you know but says, "Thanks, Castle," he replies
Always.
When he wants to say You're stronger than I ever could be and I wish I could tell you how I feel but only says, "Thank you, Beckett," she replies
Always.
It's what they say when the real words can't come out, and they get stopped up like a badly clogged faucet and that's the only word that can drip through.
It's the word that has come to mean so much between them.
I've got your back.
I'm here for you.
I'll wait for you.
I know what you mean.
I love you.
It's the word they use in place of "I do" when they finally tie the knot.
It's what they say when their daughter asks how long they've loved each other.
Years after they admit their feelings, it's still used from time to time.
It's the word that Alexis and Johanna Castle smile at whenever they lay matching bouquets on the double headstone.
Richard Edgar Castle - Katherine Houghton Castle
Loving Son, Devoted Husband and Father - Loving Daughter, Devoted Wife and Mother
Always
What a lovely word. Can't ever think of it the same anymore.
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