Ukulele

It was a long day. She had a rough case and she spent all day trying to solve it. She spent last night at the precinct, helping Ryan and Esposito, and she was finally coming home. She missed her husband, missed their bed. Oh god, she missed their bed. The sofa in her office wasn't as comfortable at all. It was fine to sit on, but to sleep on, that was a different story. Plus, there was nothing like sleeping in her husband's arms. She missed it when he wasn't there, sleeping next to her. She usually didn't spend nights at the precinct, but there were a few times where she just couldn't go home until the case was solved. Then there were the nights where he was on a book tour. Those were rough for the both of them and usually fell asleep face timing each other.

She put the key in the lock and unlocked the door. As soon as she opened the door, she heard the sound of an instrument. She was a bit confused, but she figured it must have been Martha or Alexis. Alexis liked trying new things and Martha, well it might have been for a role. It could have been Castle, but he usually told her that he wanted to try something new. Usually, because he was trying to convince her to do it with him. She remembered the conversation that they had about how he wanted to take sky diving lessons far too well. That, thankfully, didn't happen. She had a rebellious side to her, but jumping out of a plane wasn't something that appealed to her. Although, she'd do it for him.

She took off her shoes, before she called out to see where her husband was. "Castle?" Most days, when he heard the door open, he met her there. However, when he was writing or waiting for her in the bedroom, he didn't greet her.

"In here, Beckett."

She heard his voice coming from their bedroom and as she walked, the sound of the instrument got louder. What was he doing playing an instrument? Even after all this time, he had a way of surprising her. "Babe, what are you doing?"

His tone was playful when he answered her. "Come find me and you'll see."

She bit her lip, thinking that maybe he was waiting in bed for her naked. That would definitely be nice to come home to. She walked into their bedroom and saw him sitting on the edge of their bed, playing a ukulele. He was fully clothed and wearing a lei around his neck as he looked at her, still playing the ukulele. There were flower petals on the floor and on the bed, they looked like they matched the lei he was wearing. If they weren't, the colors matched anyways. They were purple and white flowers and they were beautiful. Candles were lit and the room smelled...it smelled like an ocean breeze, just minus the seaweed.

"Welcome home, sweetheart."

She laughed. "What is all this?"

"This is me showing you that ukulele lessons are not a waste of time...even though it wasn't you that told me that they were, it was mother." He placed it down on their bed before he got up and headed to the side table. He picked up an envelope and walked over to her. "And when we go to Hawaii, I can show off what I know to the locals."

"Hawaii?" He handed her the envelope and she opened it to see that there were two first class tickets to Hawaii...leaving tomorrow. "Tomorrow?!"

"I already called, putting in your vacation time, I bought you some new clothes...not that you'll be needing much considering when we're in our room I will be stripping you from your clothes every second I can get, and a car has been called to pick us up tomorrow morning and bring us to the airport. That is...if you want to go."

She wrapped her arms around him and brought him down to kiss him. It wasn't too passionate, but it wasn't just a simple kiss. When she broke the kiss, she rested her forehead against his. "Of course I want to go, Castle! This is amazing! But why? It's not our anniversary or my birthday...or your birthday."

"It doesn't have to be. I just want to take my wife on a special trip, have her relax, make sure that she's totally pampered and loved, and enjoy a week away together. You've had a few rough cases these past few months and you deserve to let your hair down. Plus, a little birdie told me that you have always wanted to go here and never have."

"When did you talk to my dad?" Her husband was sneaky, there was no doubt about that. He surprised her more than anyone else had in her life. She loved that he wanted to surprise her, even though sometimes those surprises were expensive gifts that she didn't need. She still loved it though when he surprised her, none the less.

"When I asked him if he had any ideas of where to take you to relax. I had a few ideas, but I didn't want to pick the wrong place. You deserve this Kate and I'm just glad that I was able to give it to you and that I was able to get you the time off from work."

She smiled at him before she placed a soft kiss to his lips. "Castle, anywhere we would have gone, it would have been the right place. I would be with you and that's all I need for a perfect getaway from home and from work. I just need my handsome husband." She leaned in and placed another kiss to his lips, which he returned.

"And I just need my beautiful wife." He stole a kiss from her before he unwrapped his arms from around her and picked up the ukulele. "You want me to teach you how to play the ukulele? You can show off your skills with me to the locals. Oh! We can start a band! Is there such think as a ukulele band?! "

She laughed before she took the instrument from his hand. She placed it on their dresser before turning her attention back to her husband. "I don't know if there is such a thing as a ukulele band, but I'm sure if you google it, you can find one. Also, you can have that as your special skill and I'll let you wow the locals. However..." She took the lei off of his neck. "I do think that you should get laid." With that, she playfully pushed him back onto the bed. She wasted no time leaning in and kissing him passionately. She might have been exhausted, but she wasn't too tired to do this. She let her tongue part his lips and explore every inch of his mouth. She felt him moving his leg a bit, which made her break their kiss. "I know what you're up to, Mr. Castle," she said before leaning back in and placing nipping kisses to his neck.

He let a chuckle escape him, before a groan. "Oh?"

She hummed against his skin. "You're trying to get on top...but not tonight."

He moved his hands slowly down her back. "I was doing no such thing."

She nipped at a sensitive spot on his neck a little harder than she usually did, which got a groan out of him. "Oh?"

"Ok, maybe I was." His hands moved until he reached the hem of the skirt she was wearing. "You know, one of my favorite things about you being captain is the skirts you wear." He sneaked one of his hands up her skirt and let his finger brush over her folds, that were currently covered by her panties. It was her turn to let a moan escape her.

"Castle..."

He used his other hand to raise her skirt higher, so it was resting at her hips, before he moved that hand to her hair. He gently tugged on it, so she would move from his neck. Not that he didn't enjoy what she was doing to his neck. He just wanted to kiss her and that's exactly what he did. He captured her lips in a passionate kiss. He used the kiss as a distraction and let one of his fingers slip into her panties, letting his finger find her clit and brushing against it. She let a moan into his mouth and bucked her hips. He let a groan of his own escape him, feeling how wet she was for him. That never got old.

She broke their kiss and moved his hand away from her clit. He pouted, but that didn't last long when he saw her taking off her shirt. She then proceeded to unzip and unbutton his jeans before sliding them down his waist and to his ankles. As she did that, he took of his own shirt and tossed it to the floor, joining Kate's. She wasted no time taking his boxers off and tossing them to the floor as well. She then straddled his waist and before she could do anything else, his hands went behind her back to unclasp her bra. He moved the straps down her shoulders and tossed it behind him.

"Since you like the skirt so much, Castle, you want me to leave it on?"

He didn't respond to that question with words. He unzipped her skirt and hooked his fingers into her panties as well as he pushed it down her waist. She moved a bit, so he could strip her from the rest of her clothing, but went back to straddling his lap as soon as her skirt and panties were off of her. She didn't join them right away. She leaned in and kissed him passionately first. She thought about teasing him, but she didn't. Instead, when the need to breathe became more present, she broke their kiss and then joined their bodies together. They both let out a sound of pleasure when she did that. She thought about taking things slow, which is did for about 10 seconds until the need to just ride her husband took over her. She moved her hips hard and fast against him, which he made sure to keep the same rhythm as well. Even though she was riding him, he made sure she wasn't doing all the work.

When he knew she was close, his hands moved from her waist. One went to her breast and the other went to her clit. He brushed his thumbs against her skin before he tugged on her nipple and her clit. He knew her orgasm was going to trigger his own and he knew this would push her over the edge. He did the same move again and sure enough, she screamed out his name as she had her orgasm.

"Castle!"

"Kate!" He groaned as he had his own orgasm.

He moved his hands back to her waist and she kept moving her hips until she just couldn't anymore and collapsed on top of him. He wrapped his arms around her as they both tried to catch their breathe.

"That...was so much better...than teaching you the ukulele."

She smiled before she leaned in a pressed a kiss to lips. "I thought so too."