Sunset Walk on the Beach
The sun was setting over the ocean while it painted the sky in varying shades of pink and orange. Castle and Beckett both needed to step away from the madness at the hotel. Beckett entrusted the safety of Johanna Martha, the twins and James Royce to her father and Martha while Jackson was still around. Alexis was also keeping a watchful eye on her siblings at this point.
So in the interest of keeping their sanity intact and their stress levels down; Castle had asked Beckett to take a walk on the beach with him. Beckett had said yes.
On their way out; Castle grabbed his sunglasses as Beckett grabbed hers and her straw fedora style hat. They were both still in the attire they had worn on the tour.
Once they were down at the beach; Beckett slipped out of her sandals and carried them in her hand that wasn't laced with Castle's as they walked on the shoreline.
"This is perfect; babe." Beckett said.
"It can't get much better than this." Castle agreed.
Both of them loved how beautiful things were.
It was in that moment that they ended up falling in love with each other again.
The last little bit of the sun was still visible some. So Castle took it upon himself to end the day on a perfect note.
Castle pulled Beckett closer to him as the last bit of the sun started to slowly sink away over the horizon while the sky started to light up in another magical way.
"What are you up to; Rick?" Beckett asked.
"This."
Castle then dipped Beckett back like he had when they had gone undercover to the gala event while they were working the Delgado murder.
"Castle, what are you doing?"
"Sorry, this is the only place I knew we could talk and not be overheard."
"Sure it is."
"I was just talking to the Head of Donor Development over there…"
"She seems to know an awful lot about me."
"She's not the only one. Did you know that they call you the White Whale?"
"The White Whale?"
"Mmm-hmm."
"Not Moby…"
"No. She's in Donor Development. It's her job to know about you. Besides, she doesn't strike me as a criminal mastermind."
"Still, I think we should take a second look. Two, three, dip…"
"Castle? A little help."
Once Castle had his wife leaning safely on his arm; he went in for a kiss. They broke for air when Castle brought Beckett back upright.
"Love you too; babe." Beckett said.
After that the duo returned to the hotel after they enjoyed the sight of the stars and the moon in the night sky. By the time they got back to the room; Jackson Hunt was long gone.