"What?" Kate asked as he mumbled some words she couldn't make out.
"I love you; it's you I've wanted," Rick said a little louder but still facing away from her. "And he couldn't give me that." There was silence and he felt something within him sink to the floor before he almost jumped when a hand rested against his back.
"No, he couldn't have," Kate said as he turned around. "But I can."
Rick stared into her eyes, trying not to hope too much before she reached up to him again and cupped his face with her hands. When she stood up on tip toe slightly he whispered, "Kate?"
"I love you Rick… I always have," she replied.
Immediately Rick was wrapping his arms around her and holding her tightly to him before he kissed her gently on the lips. They soon parted and he stared into her eyes, seeing the joy in them before he kissed her again, far harder than before. He was hesitant before he gently slid his tongue against her lips and moved into her mouth. Tasting her, he was shuddering in his joy and he tried not to hold her too tightly before they had to breathe. "Did Junior know?" he breathed out as he didn't know what else he could say.
Laughing softly Kate said, "That's why he called you a sap, but I thought he was telling me to tell you. But… I think Junior would want us to leave him out of things for now."
"Alright," Rick said, nodding as he knew her brother would say something like that to them. They paused for a moment, knowing she was remembering Junior too before he was squeezing her in an embrace before he said, "So… can I court you Kate?"
With another soft laugh she nodded and said, "Yes." He was kissing her again and she responded as much as she could before they were parting. "Now I don't want to sleep," Kate told him.
"Neither do I," Castle replied, resting his forehead against hers as he'd seen in his visions. "But," he said as his past concerns came roaring back to him. "I don't have a lot Kate."
"You palooka," Kate said teasingly. "I don't want a lot, I want you."
Rick was so relieved that he kissed her once more, hard, before they slowly parted and he said, "Sit with me?"
"No," Kate replied. When he looked startled she let him go so she could take his hand and told him, "Come here."
As soon as he realized she was taking him into the bedroom Rick stopped and said, "Kate I can't-"
"Just sit with me, please?" she told him. When he nodded she smiled and pulled him over to it where she slipped off her shoes before she made sure he did the same. "Did you see the view?" Kate asked him.
"Not much to see… in the morning," Rick replied.
"I looked earlier," Kate answered. She reached for him and took his hand, watching as he entwined their fingers which made her smile. "When did you?"
"I thought you were beautiful," Rick said. "When you turned sixteen but… I didn't think your da would want me to court you. It was part of why I joined the Army."
"I think when I was thirteen I wanted you to take me out riding like Sarah in the apartment next to us told me she did with her beau," Kate said, looking at him. "You were dashing. But you were my friend and I thought you saw me as your little sister. When you went to Europe I was… terrified something would happen to you." She looked down at her lap in embarrassment before she said, "Rosie knows, I took your letters and tied them with a blue ribbon the color of your eyes."
"I still have yours but in a box from Chinatown," Rick replied.
"The cinnabar one I gave you for Christmas before the war started?" Kate asked. At his nod she leaned over and hugged him as tightly as she could before she was crying out in surprise at how he pulled her onto his lap. She was going to speak but then stopped before leaning over, kissing him as hungrily as she could recall how he'd done that. Though she wasn't very experienced she gently ran her tongue across his lips; again as he'd done to her; and rolled her own around his though he'd just rubbed against her before.
Groaning Rick tried to take her off of his lap, but she wasn't moving and he pulled away saying, "I need to go to the door," his voice strained.
"No, you don't," Kate said.
"But-" Rick began to say when she took his hand. He was cut off when she placed it on her breast and he groaned her name. "Kate… I'm only courting you I can't…"
"Do you want me?" Kate asked him gently.
"Yes," Rick said, unable to stop himself from saying it. "But I should wait."
"For what?" Kate said simply.
Rick wanted to think of what exactly he could say to that, but he couldn't think of a reason that they should wait. He looked into her eyes before he moved to slide off the edge of the bed, taking her with him. "Kate, have you?" he asked, hating himself for doing that but needing to.
"No but Rosie and I found out," Kate answered. When he looked at her in surprise she explained, "We snuck around in the library."
"Then you know what will happen," Rick told her, trying to let her decide to wait. When she nodded he breathed in deeply and told her, "I've wanted you for so long."
Nodding Kate told him, "So have I."
Leaning over Rick took her lips, keeping it very gentle but he lingered for as long as he could before slowly pulling away from her and smiling said, "Do you trust me?"
"With my life," Kate said, smiling as she knew it wasn't a question that needed to be asked. "Before you start…" she began before she reached up and took off the tie she still had on and tossed it aside. She expected Rick to begin removing her clothes but when he held her against him and then began kissing her neck she sighed and closed her eyes.
"You're worth more than a fast fumble Kate," Rick explained to her seriously.
"So are you," she replied. When he embraced her, she did the same and as he let her go Kate murmured, "I want you."
Rick nodded, and he hurriedly set his gun down on the nightstand where it would be close. He removed his holster before he set that aside and then reached down to her blouse and began to unbutton it slowly before he tugged it from the skirt. It came off and he stared at the top of her cami-knicker before he leaned down and brushed his lips to hers. They stopped when he pulled away in slight surprise at her beginning to unbutton his shirt. He smiled and helped her before he had to ask, "Have you seen a man bare?"
"No, have you a Jane?" Kate asked him.
"No," Rick said. He kissed her before she could say anything else and slowly pulled away before he removed her skirt and set that aside with the rest of her clothes, directing her to the bed. As she lay down he removed his trousers and then went to her, kissing her hard before she stopped him, and he watched her as they stared at one another for some time before she moved first to his slight surprise.
"I'm not fast," Kate told him as she wrapped her arms around him gently.
"I know but you've never done this," Rick replied. When she nodded he said, "You were never satisfied unless you found everything out and I know you'll do the same now."
Her cheeks lightly flushed Kate said, "And you?" When he hesitated she said, "Junior said men know more because they find more Janes."
"Some men," Rick said quickly, moving up onto his knees before she joined him. He wondered if he should really tell her but finally decided she would tell he had something to say before he spoke saying, "I've only been like this once."
"Oh?" Kate asked.
Able to tell that she was a little startled and not happy Rick explained how he had been in Paris before the end of the war and a woman had pulled him from the tavern he'd been in at the insistence of some of the others in his battalion. "I was ossified, and she didn't look like you," he finished with.
"Do you remember anything?" Kate asked, feeling slightly better that he'd been intoxicated.
"No, just the dark and some kind of… intensity and that was all," Rick asked. "The tavern where she lived was destroyed by a spy for the Central Powers I found out from my friend in my battalion when he went came to the hospital to see me; she was still inside."
"Oh," Kate said softly. "I thought she might have…"
"My friends might have wanted me to stop acting like an old man, but they were all careful," Rick replied. He then said, "I don't have any with me now Kate, we can't-" He was startled by the kiss she gave him and when they pulled away he said, "What if…" before trailing off as she just stared at him. He hesitated; but only for a fraction of a second; before he made up his mind and he leaned over and crushed his lips to hers. He pulled her closely to him as their tongues met quickly that time and he groaned as she moaned into his mouth. He was searching her cami, wondering how he'd remove it before they parted. "If we do this Kate, I'm going to make sure you don't regret it," he told her seriously.
"I wouldn't," Kate replied. "I'm keen to… feel what we can do now." She watched him close his eyes tightly before she said, "But don't we need to get down to our skins?"
Shuddering, as she sounded less hesitant, Rick nodded before he said, "How do you get that off?" He was startled when she lay back and then had his answer when she raised her left leg up to him. He reached for her garter, breathing a little hard as he undid it and trying to go slowly to savor that moment however long it would end up lasting.
"Rick," Kate finally had to say as she couldn't take how he was very lightly running his fingertips over her thigh.
"Want me to keep going?" Rick replied. When she nodded he moved to her other leg and removed the garter there. He was going to take off her stockings but paused as he realized he didn't quite know the best way that wouldn't tear them.
"Let me," Kate said with a smile as she understood why he paused. She rolled off her stockings carefully before she looked at her friend and paused.
"What?" Rick asked, slightly concerned.
"I can't call you friend anymore," Kate told him.
"Well, more than that," Rick said.
"Yes," Kate replied as she let him take her stockings to set aside.
"Call me lover," Rick said suddenly, recalling that from one of his visions.
"Only if you call me the same," Kate replied. "Here lover, I'll show you how to get a woman out of her rags. You'll need to know for next time."
Rick paid close attention to her after her assurance already there would be more and once she was out of the cami-knicker he reached for her, pulling her to him before they kissed. He cursed his clothes as he was so close to feeling her but then moved away so he could get them off.
"Let me," Kate told him with a soft smile.
"Do I need to show you?" Rick asked her teasingly. When her smile grew wider he leaned over and kissed her again before they parted, and he let her take off his sleeveless shirt. He had to stand up next to the bed and before she could reach for his boxers he said, "I might need to do this."
Kate merely gave him a look before she tugged down on the shorts before she said, "I'm no dumb Dora."
"No, you're not," Rick said before he took the boxers off and tried to move so she wouldn't see him just yet. But before he could get them back to the bed together she stopped him and sat on the edge, looking at him. "That book-" he started to say.
"Drawings and they're not very good," Kate said, tilting her head. She began to look over his member in her hand and proceeded to name the parts of it she and her twin had learned from the book. "Hmm, the pictures should have been in color," she said as she finally let him go. She glanced up at him and seeing his eyes were still closed she asked, "Are you alright?"
"Just, give me a…" Rick started to say though he didn't finish. Finally, he felt a little more recovered and he looked down at her. When she opened her mouth to speak he reached for her and laid her down on the middle of bed, doing his best not to hurt her before he pressed his hips against hers hard. Feeling her crying out into his mouth he did that a few more times before he slowly moved away. "Trust me?" he asked.
"I told you," Kate said. "And I'm bare Rick; I think I'm showing you I do."
Nodding Rick leaned down and gently kissed at her neck before he moved to her collarbone, lightly sucking on her skin before he reached up with his hand to touch her right breast.
"No, don't stop!" Kate cried out after he had done so when she had nearly screamed at the first brush of his lips on her mound. "Please," she begged him.
Studying her for a moment Rick finally leaned down and pressed a kiss gently against her nipple, feeling it becoming taut immediately. He tried not to shudder at the sensation of it and flicked his tongue out to the nub. Her cries were arousing him even further, but he tried not to let them stop him. Instead he leaned down and captured that nipple, suckling at her slowly to be able to judge her reaction before he did anything else.
Crying out in earnest Kate ran her fingers through his hair repeatedly before she felt him moving away. "How did you learn that?" she breathed heavily, making him pause.
"Just now," Rick said though he knew that wasn't the clearest explanation. When she merely reached for him he smiled and moved to kiss her as he wanted to take his time still though he was aching for her painfully by then. He moved when they had parted and went to her other breast, repeating the same actions there and getting the same response. Moving away from her finally he then said, "You said you trusted me."
"I do," Kate said, a little confused at him asking her again. But she got a reason for that when he quickly moved down to her abdomen before he brushed his lips around. When he went even further she cried out softly and soon he was between her legs, making her freeze and push down against the bed a little harder.
Though he wasn't fully sure yet that she would be alright Rick decided to take the chance and began to kiss around her clit. He paused when he realized he hadn't told her something and he moved away to say, "I've seen a book like the one you did."
"Oh?" Kate asked, trying not to let her heavy breathing interrupt her speech as she was obviously already affected. "Will that help?"
"It will a little; those drawings weren't all that swell either," Rick replied, looking down between her legs. He then turned his attention up to her face and he said, "Or in color."
"No," Kate breathed in her anticipation. She watched him bow his head and a second later cried out and grabbed the back of his head when his lips brushed against her clit directly. Her other hand was grabbing onto the bed underneath her when he proceeded to run his tongue over her repeatedly. Her back arched roughly when it began to go around her skin lower and then slipped within her.
Rick thought that she was going to bump him off easily with how she tasted, and he decided if that happened he would be a happy man. He didn't stop, Kate's fingers through his hair were keeping him from doing so, and he continued until she suddenly screamed his name. He tried his best to keep his hold on her as she was moving wildly but didn't stop pleasuring her until she was still below him. Pressing a kiss to her entrance he moved up the bed to lie next to her, holding her close while she was breathing roughly.
"I'm so glad I trust you," Kate whispered once she felt strong enough to speak.
Laughing slightly Rick kissed her temple and told her, "Me too. But that was just to start with."
"It was," Kate replied, moving so she was up on her knees. When he sat up with her she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, not even thinking about what he'd just been doing.
"You're… how can you be a Sheba? You said you never," Rick asked her huskily.
"It's you Rick," Kate said.
"And your book?" Rick asked.
With a smile Kate said, "Yes, but just you… lover."
Leaning over Rick kissed her hard and held her tightly, trying to tell himself not to move as she needed to be ready for him. But he couldn't stop himself and he tried to get her down when she stopped him.
"I want to pay you back," Kate explained when he looked at her questioningly.
"You don't need to," Rick said.
Kissing him gently on the lips Kate said when they had parted, "I want to."
"Yes," Rick said in response to the expression on her face.
Kate smiled at his tone and she took his lips before making him lay down and she studied him. When he touched her, she could tell already he was beginning to doubt allowing her to reciprocate but she pushed away his hand. She then proceeded to do what he had, kissing around his chest, hearing him grunting with each touch of her lips.
"I… this is new for me," Rick explained when she looked up at him. "But I want you to keep going."
"Of course," Kate replied before she went back to what she'd been doing. She made her way down him until she was at his erection and there she pulled away to study it closely before she lowered her head once more.
Rick had the sense for a second time that Kate was going to bump him off and as before, he didn't care. She was kissing his length until she took him in her mouth and his eyes rolled back hard. He tried to warn her when he was going to climax but before he could he was and hoped she wouldn't mind. He couldn't be too concerned as he was almost dizzy with joy but when he came back to himself he looked at her and said, "You-" before he was cut off with a heavy kiss.
Kate smiled at him when they pulled apart, reaching up to touch her swollen lower lip, and she said, "You're the bee's knees Rick."
Leaning over to give her another kiss he said when they'd stopped, "So are you."
"What do we do now?" Kate asked him, looking a little unsure asking.
"Are you tired?" Rick asked.
"No," Kate replied quickly.
Feeling his pulse speed up once more Rick leaned over and brushed his lips against hers before he said, "Then this."
Kate appeared confused, but she allowed him to lay her down, gasping as he went straight to her breasts and brushed his lips along them. She closed her eyes tightly in reaction to what she felt, and she held him by his head when he began to rub at her clit, crying out in pleasure until he pulled away.
"I love you Kate," Rick said seriously as he knew then that she was ready to begin.
"I love you too Rick," Kate replied before she parted her legs at his touch. She watched him move and jumped when he grabbed her hand. As he wrapped it around his erection she looked up at him and placed her other hand on his shoulder before he moved to enter her slowly. She was breathing hard, trying to watch Rick as he did so, and she could just see his face which became a mask of pleasure until he had stopped.
"I know," Rick told her as he could feel her running her hand along their sides. He shook slightly as she moved from their ribs down below their waists and said, "Have I hurt you?"
Shaking her head Kate commented, "I've ridden horses remember."
"You read the same book I did," Rick breathed out with a laugh. He then grew serious and kissed her but made it brief as he began to move, going very slowly. When she cried after a few more thrusts he groaned shortly after and continued to move, unable to stop himself as she was wrapping her arms and legs around him tightly. He kissed her again, but that time made it deep as he was able to do so without needing to worry about her reactions. He was tempted to mimic what he'd seen himself and Kate do in the visions he'd had but watching her reacting to him when they'd stopped kissing he found he couldn't do that yet. But he kept the idea in mind before he felt the way her nails were running down his back and he gasped out to her, "You're… Kate you're going to…"
Kate stopped him from speaking and kissed him, feeling him suddenly moving his hips. She had to stop their kisses so she could cry out in pleasure and in arching her neck she felt Rick descend to it, pressing his lips against her skin until he had reached her pulse. "Rick," she gasped out before she found herself chanting his name.
"Kate," Rick replied. He wanted to move her; again what he'd seen in the visions; but decided to stop thinking of them as it was keeping him from doing what he wanted to her. So instead he crushed his lips against hers once more until he experimented with what he could do with his body. As he'd told her he remembered little of his experience in France, so he was as new to it as her. But he was enjoying it far more and he moved around her neck before he listened to her, just wanting to hear her pleasure as it was very apparent since she was crying out to him.
Moving her body with Rick's, though she was a little awkward at first, Kate found herself getting more adept at it. "I can't…" she tried to speak. "I can't move," she said in a rush as she was breathless.
"We can do more than just…" Rick started to say though he needed to pause as she was drawing him down to her for a kiss. He was relieved she had as he couldn't really speak that easily, but when they pulled away he then said, "This, there's more… can have more," wishing he didn't sound like he'd never spoken before. But he'd wanted to get everything out before he lost himself to her again. It was easy to do and something in his mind couldn't help thinking, 'Whoever you are Rick Castle if your Kate is half as good as my Kate I can understand why you have her so much.'
"Oh… oh Rick!" Kate cried as he suddenly began to thrust a little harder against her. The pleasure was immediate, and she hoped her nails raking down his back let him know. When they parted she was caressing him, schooling herself to keep from reaching the sudden explosion of pleasure she guessed she'd reach with him on top of her that time, when she felt him stop. "What-" she began to say.
"Just a little longer," Rick replied.
"No," Kate said quickly, grasping him tightly and trying to thrust up against him. "You said there would be more, just for now…"
Rick stared at her and then kissed her, thrusting against her slowly again before he slowly pulled away from her lips. He kept his eyes on her, watching her intently as her pleasure was unmasked on her face and he felt as if he was falling deeper in love with her at that moment. He reached up to her breast, gently rubbing over her right one and waiting for her vocal reaction to know he was doing the right thing. Her cries of his name continued in what he was doing though it was a bit difficult to reach her other breast, determined to make her scream his name in pleasure as she had done before.
Kate was moving a little strangely to herself, but she was only doing what her body told her to. And it was what he was making her feel as well so she only hoped he could understand that. But as he lowered himself; stopping touching her breasts; to kiss her she decided that she would take his idea of more to heart. She let everything end; or thought she had; and arched her back while her nails were raking over his shoulders as she called his name.
Rick didn't bother to attempt to resist the feeling of his lover taking him with her and he chanted her name as well. The feel of their pleasure together was so intense and again he could see why the two in the visions he'd seen were so busy together. But his mind was brought back to Kate as she fell limp below him and he gave her a few last thrusts before he nearly collapsed on top of her. He told her he loved her before he kissed her and their tongues rolled together until they slowly parted.
Though she wanted to say something Kate found she couldn't find the words before he moved away from her and she hurried to lie against his side. She was relieved when he wrapped his arm around her, holding her close and she pressed her cheek to his shoulder telling him she loved him as she wanted to say it again, smiling when he responded in turn.
"Kate?" Rick finally asked after they'd been laying in silence for some time.
"Hmm?" she replied, looking up at him.
"I said there would be more-" Rick told her. He got his answer when she kissed him, and he would have smiled if he wasn't busy fighting with her tongue inside his mouth. "Then after this there's no going back," he said when they parted.
"No, I don't want there to be," Kate told him evenly.
Rick kissed her passionately as soon as she had stopped speaking and he held onto her tighter, moving to lie on his side. He grunted against her when she draped her leg over his and an idea came to him suddenly. When they stopped to breathe he had to get it back before he could speak, and he asked her, "Can I…" before he paused, thinking it was too much and too soon after they'd become lovers.
"I'm not a little girl Rick, tell me what you want," Kate said.
That made him determined so Rick told her seriously, "I want to touch you."
"Please," Kate said in the same tone of voice, sounding eager at the same time.
Ecstatic Rick lowered his hand and began to explore where he'd just been making love to her, realizing that he was touching more than only her. He then found her clit; not difficult as it felt swollen; and he moved back before saying, "I know what we can do now."
Kate was confused but he helped her up, so they were sitting before he let her go. She watched him sit back against the headboard and thought he wanted her to sit on his lap though she didn't see why he was so eager. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to him and she said, "Like this?"
"Do you want me to stay atop you?" Rick asked, pausing and hoping that wasn't the case.
"You want to be an egg," Kate told him with a smile.
"You're a Sheba, Kate," Rick replied as he held onto her while she straddled him. They were quickly kissing and he held her as tightly as he could, holding onto the small of her back. He broke off the kiss with a gasp a little bit later when he felt her rubbing her hips against him and he groaned out, "You're… you're…"
"Help me…" Kate replied, reaching for his length. At his direction she raised her body up before she realized the rest of what she needed to do and then lowered herself onto him. She let out a gasp as she slid down him before their hips met and she breathed, "This wasn't in the book."
"No," Rick groaned as he recalled that same book had an illustration of what they had done before with her laying down. "There are others…"
"Not now," Kate said before she figured out how exactly she could move on her knees. She began to do so, and they were soon kissing, holding onto each other tightly before she gasped in her pleasure since it hit her quickly.
Moving against her Rick could see why she hadn't been doing so that well before, he couldn't get enough speed for her. So instead he decided to mimic the vision he'd seen with her on top and leaned his head down to her breasts, brushing his lips against them. When she stopped he grunted as he missed the friction between them immediately, but he tried to do what her action had told him. He captured her right nipple in between his lips and suckled at her, trying not to do so too hard. But soon he moved away from both mounds and began to kiss her once more which luckily made her move. He amazed at how well she was doing but knew it was instinct since he had done the same himself. He was moving away from her lips and he made his way over her neck, relishing the feel of her skin and how it was so soft.
Kate was moving fast, and she didn't realize it at first until she heard both herself and Rick gasping out in their pleasure at the moment. Something in her made her go even faster and she cried out when he moved her onto her back and was going in her so hard she could have sworn he was pushing her head up close to the headboard. But she had little time to think of it as he was quickly pushing her to the edge until she broke, nails raking over his skin as he joined her.
Rick, startled at how that felt, realized she was calling his name before he shook himself and asked, "What?"
"Where did you learn that?" Kate asked him.
"I don't know," Rick replied, something in him telling him not to explain about his visions.
"That was ducky Rick," Kate said. "But we're owls."
"Done in?" Rick asked. When she nodded he pressed his lips against her temple and moved from her saying, "What are we now?"
"I'm your moll Rick," Kate replied.
"You're my girl," he said firmly, frowning slightly.
"Your girl then," Kate said with a smile. She kissed him as he leaned down to her and said, "Can I ask you something Rick?"
"Of course," he said, reaching for the sheet and blankets on the bottom of the bed.
"Do you want to be Julia's da?" Kate asked while he covered them.
Freezing as he was starting to lay down Rick looked into her eyes and saw she hadn't figured out what he had on his mind. So he relaxed and fully laid down before he said, "I do. And you?"
Kate smiled widely at him and then leaned down, taking his lips with her own gently before she moved back and told him, "I've been trying to get you to be."
"Oh?" Rick asked in surprise.
Nodding Kate pressed her cheek to his shoulder again and told him seriously, "I've loved you for so long Rick, I waited for you and I made sure Julia knew you were the one she could trust and love. And she does, she's asked if you could be her da."
Rick kissed her tenderly in his joy hearing that and he said, "I've wanted to be that myself." He then paused and said, "Now that we have each other Junior wouldn't have bumped me off, would he?"
"I wouldn't have let him, and he wasn't a blue nose," Kate said simply. She had her right hand on his chest before she murmured, "There's more we can do."
"So much," Rick replied as her voice was changing and he couldn't help feeling the excitement breaking through his fatigue; especially since she was stroking his chest. He kissed her deeply and allowed her to pull him onto her body, eager already to begin once more.
"We got together just like that?" Castle asked.
"Does that surprise you?" Beckett asked.
"I guess not, not if we're going through this in real time," Castle added. "I think I know how this is going to end already too; we get married after the case."
"Yes, but you know this because this has all been in your head already," Beckett replied.
"Then that's probably why I can tell what Kate's feeling and thinking… I can't feel it exactly though?" Castle asked the voice hopefully.
"No, because you didn't know it in real life," Beckett replied. "And you won't when you wake up."
"Then tell me this, did we just conceive a baby?" Castle asked.
"You have," Beckett said.
Wishing he could actually see his wife as the voice so he could see her smile he could hear in the tone Castle said, "Which one?"
"Eliza," Beckett said.
"Will we have more?" Castle asked.
"Of course," Beckett replied.
"Then… the baby now? Can I know what it is?" Castle asked, his voice becoming hopeful on the last question.
"When you came here you didn't know," Beckett said. "I'm sorry."
Sighing Castle suddenly realized something and said, "Then does that mean… we have Alexis together?"
"Yes," Beckett told him simply. "And you know two of your three children's names."
"Eliza's Elizabeth of course," Castle said, not surprised that he was able to say that so easily. "And Alexis we name Alexandra. So four kids… this isn't a past life is it?" he asked as something abruptly came to mind.
"You already know it is," Beckett replied.
"I figured, so those names aren't right. I guess I'm just making them up for here so it's easier…" Castle replied. He looked around and said, "Things got a lot lighter, we're nearly back aren't we?"
"Almost," Beckett said.
Hearing the smile Castle said, "Will I remember this to tell my Kate? I want her to know about all this."
"You will," Beckett said. "And you can go back to them now, they're awake again… And they've just finished."
"How many times have we been together?" Castle asked.
"It's nearly dawn, and you've just finished your fourth time," Beckett answered. "But that's because you slept before this last time."
"Then I hope I propose to her," Castle said in amazement. "We'll need to make an honest family together. Oh, and I hope I see a little past this City Hall business. And that the wedding there isn't too bad."
"You'll see," Beckett replied.
"Wait, one more thing," Castle said.
"Go ahead," Beckett said.
"I want to see more than just a month or so after the wedding," Castle informed her. "I want to see our children."
"You won't be able to see your youngest in real life," Beckett warned him.
"I don't care; I just want to see where we are… what about the Great Depression?" Castle asked. He could almost feel her smiling before he said, "At least let me know somehow when I wake up."
"You'll see then," Beckett said.
"Okay, I'm ready now," Castle said though he wanted to get back to the year 2019 and not 1926.
A heavy moan was echoing off the walls as Kate watched Rick slide his lips down over her body. He had gone in a straight line from the hollow of her throat, between her breasts and to the slight mound between her legs. "Hmm you're a smart egg Rick," she told him as he moved back up to her.
"So are you," he told her with a smile. "And you should know I want to do this again with you."
"So do I," Kate replied. She kissed him on the lips before she said, "How can we?"
"I can always protect you," Rick replied.
"Like you did tonight?" Kate asked with a smile.
"Just like tonight," Rick replied. He then grew serious and told her, "We need to get back to the case."
"I know," Kate said.
"But," Rick told her. "Our killer is stuck."
"Thank goodness for the rain," Kate said, looking over at the window. She couldn't see outside of it but knew that it was raining since they could both hear it against the glass. "But we'll go home tomorrow," she told him.
"We will," Rick said, gently running his fingers through her hair that he'd discovered she enjoyed him doing. He kissed her then and told her, "We need to sleep."
"Yes," Kate said, not surprised when neither of them moved to do so. She settled against his side again and said, "But I don't want to stop."
Since they'd had a hard time doing that before they'd slept earlier Rick said, "I agree but we'll have ages Kate. Always."
"Always?" Kate asked, raising her head so she could look at him. When he nodded she leaned over, kissing him tenderly before they very slowly pulled away. "Goodnight love," she told him, a little surprised at how he'd called her that as they'd continued through their night together.
"Goodnight my love," Rick said, pleased that they'd called each other that as he'd enjoyed seeing it in his visions. He felt Kate relax against him and knowing she was asleep allowed himself to settle down as well. He was content and happy, and he knew that once he found his friend's killer he would have Kate still. He wanted to experience life with her so he closed his eyes to reach that much faster, sleeping and feeling their lovemaking even then as he did so.