Godparents

Kate smiled as she looked down at their little bundle of joy in her arms. She was perfect as she just looked up at her mother and her father. Her eyes were already so blue, which she hoped meant that she would inherit Castle's eyes. Kate was in love with this little girl, she had been since they found out she was pregnant. Now it was real though. Their daughter was here, in her arms, just looking up at them. She used her thumb to brush their daughter's soft skin of her cheek.

"Castle, she's perfect."

He smiled. "Takes after you." He pressed a soft kiss to the top of her head. "I love you. You did such a great job, Kate."

She looked up at him and smiled. "I love you too." She had been yelling at him only a few hours before, telling him that he was never allowed to touch her again and a few other words that weren't to be repeated now that their daughter was born. Now that labor was over with though and they had their little girl, she loved him again. They shared a soft kiss before their attention was turned back to their daughter. They just watched her, in awe of her, until she yawned and fell asleep in Kate's arms. Even though Kate was reluctant to let their daughter leave her arms, they carefully placed her down and Castle then sat down on the side of the bed with his wife. He wrapped his arms around her, the best he could. He didn't want to hurt her or make her uncomfortable.

"You know, we probably should figure out who's going to be her godparents." With their line of work, especially hers, it was better to be safe than sorry. They had sort of talked about who could be the godparents to their daughter, but it was never a definite answer of who they wanted.

"Lanie would probably kill us if we don't say her...but there's Alexis."

He wrapped his arm around her a little tighter. "Alexis has the big sister role though, so Lanie might really kill us if Alexis has two titles."

Kate let a small laugh escape her. "True...but I'm sure our little one is going to call Lanie, Aunt Lanie. And if not, Lanie will make her."

He chuckled. "I have no doubt about that. Maybe if we think of the godfather, we can pick between Alexis and Lanie."

"Javi or Kevin?"

"Kevin."

"That was quick."

"Well, he has Sarah Grace, so we know he knows how to handle our little peanut over there...Plus Javi wouldn't even hold Sarah Grace until she was almost 5 months old."

"What about Jenny?"

"Jenny as the godmother?" She nodded. "Well, it would make sense, but again Lanie..."

"Yea." She was silent for a bit. "So Lanie and Ryan?"

"I'm sure the both of them will be very happy and hopefully Lanie doesn't kill us so she can have our little one to herself."

Kate rolled her eyes and looked at their daughter beside her. "I just want the best for her."

"She will. We'll make sure of that and even when we're gone, we'll make sure of it by leaving her in good hands if god forbid something happens to us. Lanie and Ryan will do a great job and will make sure that she accomplishes all her goals in life."

She gave him a soft smile before resting her head against his chest. "Hopefully, she won't have to experience life without us for a very long time." Kate knew what it was like to lose her mother and she didn't want her daughter to experience that feeling either. Not until she was well ready to leave this earth. She hoped the same would happen for Castle as well. She knew that her husband was safer than she was, but that didn't mean that things didn't happen. He could be shadowing her one day and something could happen. She shook that thought from her head, not wanting to think about that, especially when their daughter was just born and it was a happy occasion. "Do you think we could give Ryan and Lanie a test, when we need a night of sleep?"

He laughed. "Oh, using the godparents to catch up on sleep if our peanut keeps us up at night? I like the way you think, Mrs. Castle." He leaned in a stole a quick kiss.

She smiled against his lips. "Well, we could do other things besides sleeping," she said as she bit her bottom lip.

He growled. "Behave, Mrs. Castle. We can't do that until you're healed. As much as I would love to do that, hurting my wife is something that's not on my to do list...ever." With those words, his arms wrapped a bit tighter around his wife.

"I wasn't talking about now, although I'm very glad to hear that you don't want to hurt me...not that I didn't know that already. Maybe in a few months when giving up our daughter for the night doesn't sound like torture...that or the desire for my husband is just too much not to give into." She was tempted to use that seductive tone that drove him crazy, but she didn't want to start something that they couldn't finish.

"I'll make sure to wear every single blue shirt I own starting as soon as you're given the all clear."

"Or no shirt at all."

"That's what I'm hoping you wear."

She laughed as she shook her head before she closed her eyes. "You're probably going to get yelled at for being in bed with me, you know."

"It's worth the risk." He moved one of his hands, so that he could run his fingers through her hair. He knew this relaxed her and he knew that she was exhausted. He just hoped that she let herself sleep. He would get their daughter if she woke up. "They really should make two people hospital beds, that way they wouldn't have to get mad at me."

"Maybe they'll invent it by the time we have another." She was silent for a few seconds before she moved just a little closer to him, getting herself comfortable. "Don't move...k?"

He smiled. "I'm not going anywhere...that is unless our little girl wakes up."

"Thank you, Castle."

"For what?"

"For already being such a great father to her and for being a great husband to me."

"Always."