Ok, so this is your weekly update, as I won't have a chance to update tomorrow (last GCSE exam, friends back etc.) - however, you also get an extra one on Thursday as a) this is short and b) I didn't stick to my timetable...

Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, especially Prim-Rue94, uofmcowgirl and saved240307 who have religiously reviewed each chapter :D

For my SeaMonkey - love you :)

Oh yeah, and this is now AU :D

I don't own anything you recognise


He had had it for weeks, constantly burning a hole in his pocket. It was never the right time. He always came back to what she'd said to Ryan about his proposal: 'most women would prefer something intimate'. He could do big, extravagant. Both Meredith and Gina had been the type to love the money – but he knew that Kate would detest a huge affair. He'd thought of going for a meal, but if she said no – well, for one thing, it would be humiliating, for another he would want to be able to just curl up and cry. Maybe spontaneity was the key, like Ryan. Although, she had a gun…he didn't fancy getting married with a very important part of his anatomy missing.


It had taken her completely by surprise. One moment, they were watching the Nebula 9 reruns, the next he had handed her a box as casually as he had handed her the popcorn. She only realised what it was when it wouldn't fit in her mouth.

"Kate," he had admonished, chuckling, as he took it from her teeth and opened the tiny velvet box. "I'd've thought it meant a little more than that. I hoped so, anyway." She had properly looked, then. A simple diamond was set in the small gold band. She felt a gasp rise in her throat covering her mouth to stifle it.

"Castle," she had whispered.

"Kate, from the day I met you, you have been my diamond. Always shining, always bright, even when the world wants to kick you in the face. I have loved every moment of being your partner, then your friend, and now something more. But I want to take it further and make the last step towards being with you forever – to make that 'something more' permanent. Katherine Houghton Beckett, will you marry me?" Her only response was to nod vigorously, locking him in a fierce embrace (which he returned, just as enthusiastically), Nebula 9 forgotten.

It was only in the morning, hot and sweaty they had remembered she hadn't actually put the ring on.


So, how'd I do? I wrote this about two months before the s5 finale, so obviously it is now AU...

Reviews are love, readers!

God bless

~ wolfergirl :)