Disclaimer: I do not own Castle

Chapter 13

"No seriously, now what?"

Kate was finding it hard to think with him inside her that way. But she knew this had to be interrupted.

"I hate to do this, but I need to get to her" she told him.

"I know" he said sadly.

He knew. Kate could never for a second bear the thought of Kaylee being in any kind of pain, or hunger, or anything that would make her cry. As soon as she would hear the soft angelic cry, she'd want to hold her and make everything alright for her. Kate had grown more attached to Kaylee, than any mother would ever be to her baby. Because not all mothers had been through what she'd been through. Kaylee was her little miracle, and she took everything about her seriously. Nothing, nothing could stand between her and her baby girl, whatever the situation may be.

She quickly put a robe on, rushed to the bathroom and was out in jiffy. But not before giving him a chaste kiss before departing. He called out to her

"What do I do until you're back?"

"Stay up will you?" she winked and eyed the tent that was formed on their comforter that was on him, covering him only up to his waist.

"Come back soon please"

Castle didn't like the idea of waiting this way. He was painfully hard for her, and he desperately needed her. But so did Kaylee, for other more important reasons obviously. He felt guilty for thinking this way, but right now, all of the blood he needed for his brains to work had gone south, and he couldn't for the life of him think straight. He needed Kate!

"Calm down big guy! No, don't calm down" he was talking in his head. But then his little conversation with himself was interrupted when he heard that beautiful voice again. The only difference now was it wasn't in person.

Kate must have not realized that castle could hear her through the baby monitor. From the sounds he heard, he guessed she must have picked Kaylee out of her crib to carry her. And then must have sat on that comfy sofa he had kept in there for when Kate had to nurse her. The baby monitor was usually kept on a table next to that sofa.

He listened carefully to her.

"Hey Kaylee, what is it honey? Did you have a bad dream?"

The little girl wouldn't stop crying.

"Now, now cupcake... mommy's here."

And then she began to hum a soft tune, it seemed to calm Kaylee down, cause her cries grew softer and softer until they completely stopped. Now all Rick could hear was the sweet voice of his wife singing to their baby girl. And it warmed his heart.

Kaylee made a soft little noise, and Kate chuckled.

"You look like you're in no mood to sleep tonight" the little girl made another little sound, and she sounded so playful.

"Well, you have impeccable timing honey... I would suspect you knew what we were up to"

She knew the little girl would not comprehend her, but she loved making conversation, and if the baby's expression was anything to show for it, she inturn loved when her mommy talked to her this way.

Kate kissed her. "Your daddy's going to get real upset if I don't go back to him, but I can't make you sleep either. You've got me in a fix."

The little girl's eyes shone and a tiny smile donned her sweet lips.

"Oh my god, you're so good at this. I can't even remember what I needed to go back to my room for" Kate adored her. She was always smitten by her baby girl.

'Oh wait, Castle. Junior Castle. Yes.' Her mind reminded her. But there was something about Kaylee that had her glued to her seat caressing her dear baby. And then she heard footsteps. She looked to the door to find Castle standing there, clad in his shorts and his v neck t-shirt.

"I'm sorry..." she began with a smile.

He walked in and interrupted her midsentence...

"Don't be, this is much better" he said as he sat down beside her and pulled her close.

She snuggled against his side and allowed little Kaylee to rest against her daddy's chest. She was so quiet with him, succumbing to the feeling of the slow rise and fall of his chest, and the soft cotton of his clothes against her cheek, she fell asleep listening to the soft beat of her daddy's heart, and Kate, soon after her daughter, gave into sleep too, against her husband's shoulder.

He couldn't sleep. There were two perfect examples of perfection in his arms, draped around him, and the love he felt for both of them was a little too overwhelming. He kissed them both.

He didn't care anymore that his night of pure bliss with Kate had been interrupted. Because here, with these two miracles in his arms, he was experiencing something stronger. A love that no sexual action could ever compare to. This was something else, and putting a word to it would lessen the beauty of it. So the writer in him stopped thinking. And the father and husband in him thought to himself "This is what I healed for. This is what keeps me going"

AN: That's all for now folks. I promise I'll update soon.

thecoolanonymouswriter (aka shona1243 on twitter) and I have started writing a new story together. Co authoring with her is super fun, and I think you guys should totally give the story a read. It's our way of coping with the finale . It's called 'The Universe and You' and you'll find it on her fanfiction account. Do leave us a review there too.

But first.. tell me what you think of this story so far :)