Here's another one, because I had a collection of words I'd started and thought I'd finish one...
Thank you for all the reviews/favourites/follows - we're almost at 50 reviews, folks! I'm so excited!
Based on a prompt from saved240307, and inspired by Umbrella by Rihanna.
For everyone who has reviewed - you're awesome!
Marlowe didn't just get given the Castle box set for his 16th :D I don't own anything you recognise.
When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I'd be here forever
Said I'd always be your friend
Took an oath and I'll stick it out til the end
Now it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
It was midnight in Richard and Katherine Castle's apartment. It was not often they were in bed before the early hours of the morning, but a bout of flu combined with a frustrating case with very few leads and an abused child had rendered the pair of them exhausted. That evening, they had stumbled through the front door, kicking off their shoes as they went, falling through the bedroom door and collapsing on the bed. They had needed it.
But now, Castle was awake. He had been happily dreaming of ice cream and helicopters when a whine of terror from beside him had shaken him from his slumber. He rolled over. Kate was twisting and turning frantically, hands scrabbling at the bed sheets as she whimpered.
"Kate. Kate," he whispered, panic seeping unbidden into his sleep-filled voice. "Kate. Wake up, Kate." Her only response was to fling an arm out. Rubbing his nose as it smarted from the blow, Castle knelt up, leaning over his wife to pin her gently to the bed. "Come on Kate. You're safe. I've got you. Wake up, Kate." His heart throbbed painfully at the moan that fell from her dry lips. Another plea had her eyes flying open to search for him wildly. He crooned softly, cradling her to his chest and running a hand through her hair to calm her. She clung to him, and he vaguely registered her tears soaking into his shirt.
"Rick," she sighed, curling further into his chest. "I thought – I dreamed – you were gone, Rick." Her voice cracked and his grip tightened. He lowered his head to touch his nose to hers, brushing away the tear tracks with the pad of his thumb.
"Shh," he murmured gently, kissing her forehead. "I'm here. I'm always going to be here, Kate."
"You said you didn't want me." Her eyes trailed up his face to search his expression, arms tucked between them, fists balled up just under his heart, feeling the familiar, comforting pounding.
"I'll always want you, Kate. I'm with you the whole way. Always here, always yours. Always."
As a warning, the future chapters could get a little angsty. As in, I ruin my own characters with AUy stuff...
I'd love to hear what you thought of this one. It was a bit of an experiment.
Please send in requests/prompts! Thanks, Vicky, for giving me ample material for the long summer :P
Laters
~wolfergirl
