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Beckett

She looked at the papers for the third time. She wasn't sure if she wanted to do this or not. She had asked for the papers, so some part of her did. However, there was another part of her that wasn't so sure. She loved Castle, she really did, but there was something about changing her name to Kate Castle that she wasn't sure about. She looked at it on paper and couldn't put her finger on it. She was born Kate Beckett and it was who she was. People at work called her Beckett, or badass Beckett when she did something "badass" worthy. K Bexs was her nickname in high school and some of college. No one called her that anymore, but if she changed her name no one would call her that again.

She loved being Mrs. Castle. She loved being Castle's wife, nothing would ever change that, but she didn't love the idea of changing her name. She knew he wanted her to change her name, even though they hadn't talked about that. He called her Mrs. Castle after they got married a few times, so she just figured he was going to want her to change her name. She had been so lost in thought that she didn't hear him come home and enter his office, until she heard his voice.

"What are you doing that has you so lost in thought?" He walked over to her a placed a kiss to her cheek.

She looked up at him and gave him a soft smile. "Oh nothing, just..." She sighed. "Castle, would you hate me if I said I didn't want to take your last name?"

"Kate, I could never hate you." He looked down at the papers and saw what she was filling out. "Ah, I see where this thought has come from." He extended his hand to her and pulled her up out of the chair, wrapping his arms around her. "Kate, whether you want to change your name to Kate Castle or Xnea Warrior Princess, I will still love you and I would never hate you."

She laughed. "Sorry to burst your bubble, Castle, but I'm not changing my name to Xnea Warrior Princess."

"Would have been hot." She rolled her eyes. "I do want you to know though, Kate, that if you do change your name...you'll still be the woman I fell in love with. You're always going to be Kate Beckett, whether you have the name or not."

She leaned in and pressed a soft kiss to his lips. "I'm going to think about it. I do know though that for work purposes, I won't be changing it. Things might get confusing when you're there. That and I would like to try and keep my weakness a secret if I can. I know that once people take one look at us, it's hard for us to hide the fact that we love each other, but if I used your name at work then..."

"Then people might target me to get to you more so."

She nodded and wrapped her arms around him tighter. "And I don't want that to happen. I'd like to keep you as safe as I can."

"And I'd like to keep you as safe as I can. Even though I'm not the detective, I do have my fair share of enemies...like 3XK."

She put her finger to his lips. "Castle, don't worry about me. I promise you, I'm not going to let him or anyone else take me away from you." She moved her finger and placed a kiss to his lips. "Now, come on, Mr. Castle. Lets go have some dinner."

She unwrapped her arms from around him, but took his hand in his before she walked with him to the kitchen. When she got to the fridge, she let go of his hand and took out the package of chicken. "Beckett, if you do change your name, I'm still going to call you Beckett."

"Too confusing?"

"No, because I do love calling you Beckett. It reminds me that the detective that came to my book launch party all those years ago, to question me about a murder, is my wife. I never thought that I would actually have the chance to call you my girlfriend, let alone my wife. Now, we've grown, and I can call you my wife, my partner, my always."

She smiled at him. "I'd kiss you right now, but I haven't washed my hands yet from this chicken." With that, he got the hint and leaned in to kiss her. She smiled against his lips before she placed the last piece of their chicken on the pan.

Castle started to chop up some vegetables and fruit, to put them in their salad, and Kate put some water in the tea kettle to make some instant mashed potatoes. She would have made the real thing, but Castle had tried to make a clock out of their last few potatoes. She wasn't sure why he tried it with three potatoes though...well she wasn't sure why he tried it in the first place. When the water boiled, she turned off the burner. As she poured it into the bowl, she spoke. "How about Beckett-Castle?"

He smiled as he placed down the knife he was using to cut the carrots. "It's perfect." He placed the salad bowl onto the table and then went to go get a bottle of wine and two glasses. As he brought them to the table, he had a thought. He wasn't sure if he wanted to speak it or not, considering he didn't want to think that he was rushing her into anything. However, he knew if he didn't voice it, it would be in the back of his mind. "What about when we have kids?"

She turned her attention from placing the chicken onto their plates to him. "What about it, Castle?"

"What last name will they have?"

She didn't hesitate. "Castle. Definitely Castle."

He smiled at her before he made his way over to her. "Thank you." He pressed a kiss to her lips before he helped her bring their dinner to the table.

"You don't have to thank me, babe." She placed her plate down, where she usually sat. "Besides, Beckett-Castle would be a pain for them to fill out in those bubbles on standardized tests."

He laughed. "Already thinking of our children. You're going to be a great mom someday, Katherine Beckett-Castle." He pressed a soft kiss to his lips before he turned his attention to their dinner.

He was sleeping already when she headed back into his office. She knew that she should be sleeping too, considering she was on call starting at 3am, but she couldn't sleep until she did this. She looked at the name 'Kate Castle' and smiled. It looked right this time. She knew she told him Beckett-Castle, but she was going to keep it as Kate Castle. Like he said, she would always be Beckett. Nothing would never change that.