A/N: So here's another short chapter; I really hope I'm not straying from the characters. I want to stay true to them, but sometimes my imagination goes a little crazy. So tell me what you think, review/PM. This scene is from the beginning of the episode when Castle and Beckett are going over the case file of the victim's disappearance. Hope you guys like it.
"According to her husband she ran a way a whole two weeks before their wedding day."
"Mhmm." He breathed in and Kate realized he'd come to lean over her shoulder, far too close. How long had he been there? "Then she came back. Three years…"
Castle was still talking, pointing at something in the case file, but Kate couldn't quite concentrate on his words when his cologne was fogging her brain. No, focus, she told herself, managing to catch the end of his spiel.
"Three times, no indication where she went."
"Well she must've had a reason for running away." Kate kept her eyes firmly locked on the text in the file, forcing herself not to notice the stubble on his cheek in her peripheral vision.
"Mm, I'm not judging her. Some people love the institution, hate the day-to-day." Did he realize he'd just said that out loud?
Kate couldn't help herself. She turned to look at Castle, trying to see how much weight he was holding in the words.
"Are you one of those people, Castle?" She asked, half teasing and half honestly curios. Come on, the man had been married twice.
But no, oh no. She hadn't thought this through, hadn't anticipated his reaction. It had been safe to look at him, her face so close to his, when he was looking straight ahead at the file, but this was bad. Castle turned to square his face with hers and they were mere inches apart. She forced her eyes to remain on his, it was one thing to look at his mouth when he wasn't aware of it, she couldn't allow herself to now. But as she stared defiantly at his eyes, they flitted to her own mouth, sending ice racing down her spine.
"Guess I just haven't found the right girl." He admitted, the smirk on his face proving he knew exactly what he was doing to her.
Oh shit, Kate thought as she struggled to hold her composure under his gaze. Don't think it, don't you dare even think it. But she couldn't stop the thought as her eyes, no longer controlled by her screaming brain, dropped to his mouth. Maybe you should be looking somewhere new.
She quickly turned back to the file in her hands, but not fast enough to miss Castle's triumphant smile.
A/N 2: Wow, I just realized how incredibly short this is. I'll try to make them longer in the future.