Clapping with the others when the grand finale finished, Julia said to Mari, "At least we got to see something."

"I know," Mari replied. "And best part is no fire watching like this."

"Yeah," Julia said with a laugh.

"Don't say we need to go to bed now!" Marie was protesting when the parents were standing.

"It's late and the youngest are asleep," Skye told her oldest.

Sighing roughly, Marie said to the other older kids, "I guess that means we have to go."

"It does," Mary added firmly.

With that everyone, except the youngest two, were helping pack up everything they'd had before they were heading back to the Ahwahnee Hotel.

After they'd said goodnight to the other adults once their families had left them, Darnley led the way to his and his husband's suite before they were inside. "Tiring day," he commented after he'd locked the door behind them.

"A little," Nkosi said.

Breathing out hard Darnley said, "Have you thought of…"

"You're not going to finish that?" Nkosi asked before he realized his husband was looking at the bedroom. "Because of the décor?" he asked with a smile.

"Not that," Darnley replied firmly. He then laughed and said, "Though it's not our style at least it's a bed."

"Then what am I supposed to have thought of?" Nkosi asked, stepping up to his husband and rubbing his hands over his shoulders.

Leaning over slightly, Darnley kissed him gently before he said, "Us fucking, brutally."

Smirking at his husband Nkosi said, "Liar."

"Damn, I thought I could convince you," Darnley said, playfully snapping his fingers. "No, playing with each other's dicks."

"Patrick Darnl-" Nkosi started to say with a frown.

"Alright, our cocks, I want us to play with each other's cocks," Darnley replied.

"Do you want me to punish you?" Nkosi asked, studying him for a moment.

"A little," Darnley said seriously, wondering what his husband's reaction would be though he didn't have to wait for long when the investigator spoke with a smile.

"You'll have to tell me," Nkosi said, reaching for his husband's shirt.

"Where's the fun in that? Especially for you," Darnley said firmly.

"Then I have your permission?" Nkosi asked once his shirt was off as well. When all he got from his husband was a nod, he was reaching for him and kissing him as hard as he could. Pleased at his husband's immediate response they were running their hands over each other until he couldn't wait, reaching for the waistband of his trunks.

"That fast?" Darnley said, breaking off the kiss.

"Yes," Nkosi said firmly before he pushed the fabric down. After it had fallen to the floor, he allowed his husband to do the same with his trunks before they were naked. "Come on," he told him.

"We didn't even get close to the bed," Darnley said in amusement, allowing his husband to lead him.

"Luckily this isn't a full suite," Nkosi told him. "Now get on the bed."

Nodding rapidly, Darnley put his knee on the mattress before his husband was slapping his ass. Hissing in pleasure, he glanced back at him and said, "Just a little?"

"A little," Nkosi replied, not surprised when his husband moved immediately to lay on the bed on his stomach. Groaning under his breath at the sight he climbed on the bed after him and started to cover his back with kisses until he was moving lower.

"Ah… Trev," Darnley was grunting at the feel of his husband's lips on his ass. He groaned in pleasure when the investigator slapped him lightly before commanding him to turn over. When he didn't move or say anything he told his husband in surprise, "You can say you know."

Shaking his head, Nkosi said, "You had the idea so tell me." He was a little startled when his husband pushed himself up and reached over to rub his thigh. "You have nothing in mind?" he asked in surprise.

Studying his husband, Darnley was smiling shortly after before he leaned into him and kissed him. He kept that simple, using it as a distraction before he was gently curling his fingers around the investigator's erection.

"Ah, Patrick," Nkosi hissed, pulling away from his husband. He watched him rub his thumb along the tip of him and told him, "Can I-"

"Yes," Darnley nearly yelled. He breathed out in relief once his husband had done so and told him, "We're starting."

"If you order me, yes," Nkosi said, grunting at his husband caressing him firmly. He reciprocated and they were filling the bedroom with their harsh breathing in response to their stimulation of one another.

Pleasuring each other, Darnley and Nkosi began kissing the other at the same time until they were losing all self control and climaxing together.

"What a mess," Darnley was able to say after he'd recovered, both of them sprawled across the expanse of their bed with their limbs spread to touch.

"What did you expect?" Nkosi asked, smiling widely in the memory of his intense pleasure. He stretched and then opened his eyes telling his husband, "It's what you wanted I'm aware already."

"Good thing," Darnley said, turning onto his side before he was kissing at his husband's jaw. He was startled when the investigator was soon stopping him and said, "You-" interrupted by his husband's hand cupping him a second before he began to speak.

"We'll decide on something else," Nkosi said.

"But first?" Darnley asked him when his husband didn't continue.

"First you did mention a mess," Nkosi replied.

Darnley pretended to think that over before he nodded and threw himself at his husband and kissing him deeply before they were running their hands over one another.

"Ugh, we just made this a lot worse," Nkosi informed his husband when they'd made themselves stop.

"I noticed," Darnley said, looking down between them.

"Unless that was your plan," Nkosi said, narrowing his eyes at him.

"You found me out," Darnley replied with a smile. When his husband's response was to launch himself at him, he was laughing though it didn't last for long. After they'd calmed down, they were kissing each other hard, turning their attention to their task so they could experience their pleasure again.

"We have some drinks we can make," David told his wife.

"I'll pass," Rebecca said. "Come inside already."

"I am, the door's locked," David replied swiftly.

"Good," Rebecca said while she watched her husband rushing up to her. She wrapped her arms around him tightly before their lips were crushed against each other and they were lightly tugging at their clothes. "Wait," she gasped when his hands slid underneath her sundress she had for cover. "We need to move to the bed and get these clothes off," she told him.

"I'll follow," David said. He started to laugh when his wife tugged on his hand and pulled him after her. As soon as they were in the bedroom he was reaching for her dress, getting it off her easily since she was assisting him. With them both helping one another they were literally falling back on the bed before he paused.

"We have to move," Rebecca told him.

"I know but…" David said, not surprised when she was pushing on his shoulders. With a sigh he got up and tugged down the covers before he was caressing Rebecca's back while she moved past him to get onto the mattress.

"Get over here," the lawyer said, pulling him forcefully on her. After she had her arms and legs wrapped around him, Rebecca said, "I'm trusting you."

"And that scares me a little," David said seriously.

"You think I'm not ready?" Rebecca replied easily.

Swallowing a little roughly, David nodded before he was kissing her gently at first, deepening it after a while. He then moved to her neck, just barely brushing his lips to her skin until he was further down to her chest. He peppered her breasts with kisses, moving to take her nipples in turn until she was crying out for him to stop.

Pulling her husband up to her Rebecca said, "If you don't start now…"

"I will," David said in a rush before he was shifting a little. He wasn't surprised when his wife's hand was there to help him, and he was shortly after sinking inside of her. They were both groaning in joy, and he was breathing roughly against her shoulder until they were fully coupled. "Becca," he murmured to her before he was kissing her tenderly. While he was doing that he began to move, thrusting slowly at first before he was stopping them both to her heated protest.

"What are you doing David?" Rebecca asked, feeling her husband tense slightly at her tone of voice.

"Your legs," the mayor replied swiftly. Relieved when she immediately moved them, David glanced to his right while his wife placed her foot on the bed before the other was coming up between them. "You're sure?" he asked.

"We have a lot more opportunities for others," Rebecca told him. When her husband looked at her with slightly widened eyes she said, "Fuck me, David." Feeling his shudder in her, she couldn't help moaning and shifting before she told him, "Hurry!"

"Whatever you want," David replied. He built up his speed, not surprised when she was moving with him, though she tried to urge him to go faster. He was aroused by her attempts but did his best to allow that to last before he realized she was nearing her peak. "Becca are you…" he started to say.

"Yes… I've needed you," Rebecca moaned deeply. She gasped and opened her eyes when her husband stopped and took her leg, moving it out of the way before he was thrusting almost furiously within her. She held onto him tightly before she realized she wasn't going to be able to handle him for that much longer, crying out when his hips managed to angle into her, and she broke.

David following his wife very shortly after, the pair were orgasming heavily and caressing at one another until they were spent. He felt his wife slightly trembling beneath him and he told her when he could, "You're gorgeous you know."

Letting out a brief laugh Rebecca replied with, "You don't need to kiss up to me."

"No, which is why I'm not," David replied, raising his head and smiling at her. He brushed his lips to hers and told her, "I hope you were serious about having more time."

"I am," Rebecca said. "But… mind if we waste a little?" not surprised his eyes literally lit up at her question.

"You already know the answer to that," David replied before he was carefully withdrawing from her. Laying next to her he wrapped his arms around her before they were kissing passionately as she had requested with her question.

Working one another up to another bout of intimacy, David and Rebecca took their time in that before they were moving to make love again.

"I'm not going to answer that Brad," Lily told her husband in amusement.

"Oh, come on. I said it in French and everything," Brad said in dissent before his wife was giving him a look. "Okay, maybe not the best French I've ever spoken but still you got what I meant in the end right?" he asked her. He was startled when she merely continued to look at him and he was about to speak in a panic when she was first, though he relaxed once she proceeded to smile shortly after.

"I wouldn't call it French, more pig Latin," Lily said. She wasn't surprised when he was giving her a look and said, "That's what it sounded like."

"Okay, so maybe I didn't take that well to French," Brad told her while she was removing her sundress. "But I did want to be a little more romantic than usual." He expected her to respond to that immediately, but when she merely turned her back to him, he was a little stung before it hit him as to why she had done that.

"You don't need to put in that much effort Bradley," Lily told him teasingly. She laughed when he grabbed her from behind and was kissing around her bare neck and shoulders. "I'm going to want you," she said when he'd stopped but was still holding her.

"What about now?" Brad asked, pressing his cheek to the side of her head.

"Hmm, you didn't do your job," Lily replied. "That's my answer."

Shuddering in pleasure, Brad let his wife go before he was untying the bra of her bikini. He stepped back while she took over removing it, taking off his shirt and then trunks as she turned around to face him again. "You really don't need to do that much Lils," he said, letting his gaze rake her entire body. He grabbed her and nearly threw her onto the bed, pleased she was laughing and feeling a sort of tingle going through him. The anticipation was rising in him, and he hurried to join her, taking her kiss she initiated before he had her lay down. A moment later he was a little stunned to find himself on his back and he was looking at his wife with wide eyes while she straddled him.

"My turn," Lily said simply, moving to place more pillows that came with the bed under him. When he was propped up to her satisfaction she was about to sit back up when he was grabbing her and holding her in place. Her husband kissing and sucking at her breasts, she closed her eyes tightly in pleasure and she reached up with her right hand to caress at his hair. "Brad, hold on," she eventually told him once she had gotten enough of a hold of herself to do so. After he'd stopped and was looking at her in complete consternation she smiled and told him, "I would like to start."

"I'd like those a little longer," Brad said seriously.

"I'm not surprised, but I'll let you have them after we're finished the first time," Lily replied in the same tone.

"Promise?" Brad asked.

"Prom- ah!" Lily cried when her husband was suddenly picking her up by her hips. She recovered quickly and reached in between them before she had a hold of his length. With his assistance they worked together to couple and once they'd completed it, he had his hands spanning the small of her back. She began to move, rocking her hips back and forth and watching Brad's reaction to that. It became harder and harder to do that the more she was thrusting on him, faltering a little before her husband had her stop.

"You know why," Brad said to his wife's annoyed expression.

Rolling her eyes Lily said, "You're going to make me stop."

"I had to check," Brad replied defensively.

"And what did I just say?" Lily asked him firmly. When her husband nodded seriously, she proceeded to move again and made sure her legs were more comfortable. She started out slowly and eventually began to speed up but maintained a slightly medium pace, finding she was enjoying the feel of her husband more that way.

"Lils," Brad grunted when she began to caress his nipples eventually.

"You're going to come?" Lily asked, speaking as fast as she could. When her husband nodded, she told him, "Then… do… do it," she said, her voice distorted while she was pausing. She and her husband were orgasming nearly at the same time shortly after that, their hands holding onto one another as tightly as they could before they were coming down, breathing heavily before she was bending forward, her hands on his chest while he spoke a little roughly.

"I'm questioning this position," Brad said.

"Spoilsport," Lily said teasingly before she got off of him. Once she was in his arms she told him, "But we don't need to use that exact one again." She saw her husband was looking at her and told him, "I could tell."

"But if it helps you out…" Brad started to say.

Laughing softly, Lily moved to kiss him, and she told him, "We'll play with it. But for now…"

"Finally," Brad said excitedly, feeling a rush of pleasure at the sound of his wife's laughter before he was kissing her deeply.

Lily responded to her husband as eagerly as she could, working with him so they could arouse each other and begin making love again.

"Please don't tell me you're tired grá," Skye said, standing in the doorway to the bedroom in their suite.

"No, but we did a lot today," Mary replied. She smiled at her and said, "I hope you weren't trying to be subtle with that."

"Oh no, just trying to see how you were after that yawn," Skye said simply. "Though if you don't want to…"

"Don't assume," Mary said after her wife had trailed off. She pulled Skye to her and said, "Because I want to, desperately."

"Desperately? After all that time with the kids?" Skye said teasingly.

"Yes," Mary told her before she wrapped her arms around her wife and Skye was doing the same. She was a little surprised when her wife pressed her forehead to hers before she was kissing her, and she was racing to respond since she had been desiring it for some time during their day. It was brief and when they were gazing into each other's eyes she said, "Are you okay?"

"I am," Skye said reassuringly. She then let go of her wife and took her hand before leading her to the bed saying, "But I'd like to take a little time with this," not surprised when she was suddenly stopped.

"Are you worried about taking me too hard?" Mary asked. At her wife's nod she embraced her again and said, "You never have, you never will." Hearing Skye's breath coming out a little harder she pulled away to study her for a moment before she was smiling. Seeing her wife's startled expression, she then hurried to say, "You won't now," pleased when she immediately responded.

"No, but there's something I want to do specifically," Skye explained. She was a little taken aback when her wife reached for the bottom of her shirt she had on over her swimsuit and helped her. "You don't want to hear?" she asked.

"You'll show me," Mary said simply. She smiled at her wife's surprise and reached for her to kiss her deeply. Feeling Skye responding she was eager and running her hands over her wife's back to feel her skin. When they had stopped, she was smiling again at the way the investigator was reaching for her dress. They didn't pause at that moment, hurrying to undress each other though they nearly became tangled in the process.

"Have you been wanting this for as long as I have?" Skye asked her wife once they were on the bed.

"Probably," Mary said before she was pulling Skye to her and kissing her. They were doing so deeply before they were caressing at each other at the same time. When they were stopping to breathe, she told her, as she panted, "And you can start now." Seeing the smirk on her wife's face she felt a thrill of pleasure race through her body and said, "Are you?"

Not responding verbally, Skye leaned over to her and kissed Mary gently before slipping her tongue past her lips. They were caressing gently at one another for a while before they were parting again, that time she carefully made her wife lay down. When she saw she'd spread her legs she said, "I don't need to ask do I?"

"No," Mary replied. "Hurry," she said, though she was gasping heavily at Skye reaching down to her and gently caressing her sex. "Rose," she said a little sternly before her wife was beginning to move.

"I didn't realize you wanted me that badly," Skye said with a slight smirk. She wasn't surprised when Mary merely gave her a look and she positioned herself. Draping her leg over her wife's, she angled her hips until she was certain they could feel each other. "You're so wet grá," she breathed once she'd realized that.

"And there's a reason why," Mary said, breathing that out herself while she reached up to her wife's breasts. She caressed them lightly, not surprised when the investigator leaned into her and she said, "Move grá, please."

Nodding, since she was trying to handle the sensation of her wife's hands on her, Skye began to do so, rocking her hips. She faltered with the first move and told her wife, "Oh… Mary you're… you are wet."

Trembling momentarily at the tone of her wife's voice, the doctor said, "So are you. You… how long have you been like this?"

"Ages," Skye breathed before they were losing themselves in the rocking of their hips since her wife had begun to move too. She eventually began reaching down to Mary, fingering her clit as soon as she found it. When her wife was reciprocating shortly after, she began moaning and couldn't stop for that long. She could hear the doctor doing the same and she was thrilled at the sound, though it was getting lost in all the pleasure she was going through. "Mary…" she started to say when she noticed they were holding each other a little harder.

"Yes… Oh! Grá I'm going… going to… come!" the doctor was crying out hard. She arched her back once she had reached her peak and was digging her nails into her wife's leg feeling Skye's folds spreading their arousal around their skin while the investigator was calling her name once. She was a little shocked when everything stopped eventually and she reached for Skye's hand, holding onto it tightly.

"Okay?" the investigator asked her wife once she was recovered.

"Yeah," Mary replied, smiling. She let go of her and said, "You're going to help now, right?"

Since she'd been about to move to lay down with her, Skye glanced at the expression on her wife's face when she noticed her legs. They were still spread wide, and she breathed out hard before she moved down to kiss her tenderly. "You know I need that help too," she said once she had pulled away. When her response was her wife's smile, she breathed out heavily a second time and said, "Thank you," before diving to lay between her legs while Mary was crying out in joy.

Looking up in surprise, Castle saw he hadn't been imagining things and his wife was just behind him. "Am I in trouble?" he asked, turning his attention back to getting his contacts out while she answered.

"No, but you shouldn't have said that," Beckett replied with a smile.

"It was a joke," Castle commented, glancing at her before he was getting the other lens on his right eye.

"Not really, but we didn't need to be told we were all going to be intimate tonight with our spouses," Beckett said.

Rinsing off his fingers, Castle reached for his glasses in their holder and put them on before he said, "At least all I got were eye rolls." He'd turned to his wife while he'd been speaking and said, "Unless I'm in trouble with you."

Shaking her head Beckett said, "You're not. Are you finished?" When he nodded, she was grabbing his hand and leading him out to the sunroom their suite was named for.

"Can you see it?" Castle asked, letting her continue to lead him to the couch they'd moved the day before when they'd checked in.

"I can," Beckett said, sitting down.

Doing the same swiftly Castle said, "I'm really glad."

"Even though the moon isn't full," Beckett replied while they looked out to their view of Half Dome. When she turned to him, she realized his head was turned to behind them and she touched his arm saying, "What is it?"

"How did you walk through all of that without running into anything?" Castle asked.

Shaking her head Beckett said, "I can see a little." She reached up to him, cupping his cheek and turning his gaze to her. "That's not why I'm here though," she said firmly. They were leaning into each other and were kissing lightly before she said, "Hopefully neither are you," not surprised when he answered swiftly.

"No," Castle said simply before he was capturing her lips with his. He wasn't surprised when she was initiating a deeper kiss though he stopped her soon after.

About to ask her husband what he was doing, Beckett was interrupted when he was pulling her onto his lap. She smiled before he was suddenly standing and she clutched at him for a moment before she said, "I could have used a warning."

"You're good," Castle said teasingly before he carried her to their bed. After he'd set her next to it, he said, "And you're a goddess love."

"Hmm, you don't look too bad yourself," Beckett said, sliding her hands from his neck to his chest which was bared to her since he'd opened his shirt.

Taking her hands Castle told her, "I want you love… many ways."

"We do have time," Beckett replied, since their plans for the next day were nearly the same as their first full day in Yosemite. The only difference being the grandparents had assured the parents they could join them at their same campsite whenever they wanted to.

"I did leave that up to you," Castle reminded her. He was a little startled when she suddenly reached for him but was quickly moving before they kissed lightly. "And you're serious," he said once they'd parted. At her nod he said, "I'll tell you what I want to do," speaking seriously while he held her by her waist. "Get everything off of you, put you on the bed and bury my face into your pussy."

"And once you do that?" Beckett asked, her voice distorted because she was heavily aroused by his words and his tone.

"I don't want to be graphic," Castle replied easily though he was hoping she would respond as he wanted her to. And seeing the smile that spread across her lips he breathed out saying, "Fuck you with my tongue." He leaned over and brushed his lips to hers before she could respond and he said, "Until you come."

"You should start," Beckett told him firmly, her voice shaking slightly again since while he'd been speaking his hands were raising the skirt of her sundress. She turned around and let him open the back before she said, "I had the time."

"This is when I'm grateful for my contacts," Castle said, her body bared to him immediately. He made her turn around and was going to grab her when she was taking hold of his shirt instead. "Don't rip anything," he couldn't help telling her.

Giving him a look, Beckett turned her attention to removing his shirt and once it was off, she reached for his swim trunks. She wasn't surprised when he had her step back once before he was removing them. Seeing his erection she said, "I didn't hurt you?"
"It's why I was carrying you here right away," Castle said swiftly, aware she was referencing when she'd been on his lap. He kissed her gently and helped her to the bed which he'd prepared before removing his contacts. He wasn't surprised when she was pulling him with her, so they were laying together and he kissed her hungrily before they were parting after a few more like that.

"Don't take that long," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when he was merely nodding in response, and she braced herself slightly before he was moving to her breasts. Wrapping her arms around him tightly when he proceeded to kiss around them, she did her best to keep her legs on the bed. But it became too much, and they were holding onto him as well before he was gently loosening them.

"You belie your instructions," Castle told her. He wasn't surprised when she lightly tugged at his earlobe and took her hand, kissing it before he said, "I'm just stating a fact." Studying the expression on her face for a moment, he moved to kiss at her nipples before he continued saying, "I should stop? Move?" Before she could respond to that he was moving, sliding down her body until he was at her sex. He paused before going to it specifically, kissing around the mound it made a few times and moving finally to her clit.

Feeling her husband's kiss firm against the swollen nub, Beckett was crying out in joy before he was moving lower. She was startled at how he was kissing around her folds but didn't say a word since he'd returned to her clit. When she could feel him beginning to suck at it, she couldn't stop her body from moving, unsurprised he was shortly after taking her legs and putting them over his shoulders. "Rick," she breathed while he was kissing a path down to her entrance.

As soon as he'd kissed at her there, Castle had to hold onto his wife tightly when she was moving in reaction. He told her to stay still, though he didn't make his tone very commanding, pleased when she let out an almost weak moan before he slipped his tongue inside of her finally. Tasting her arousal, he had to tighten his hold on her legs for a moment though it was difficult since he was immediately affected. But he was soon able to get control of himself and focused his hands on reaching around her thighs.

Letting out another cry, that time in reaction to her husband's fingers beginning to rub her clit, Beckett was reaching up on either side of her. Clutching at the pillow beneath her head she told her husband, "I'm going to come love." When his response was to work harder on her, she didn't try to fight what she knew was inevitable and she orgasmed. The pleasure had been winding tightly within her, and the release of it made her euphoric. She had no idea how much she was moving; only aware her husband's tongue was literally fucking her. When she had come down from her high, she said, though she was panting, "Please hurry love," before he was kissing her sex and moving to lay with her while he spoke.

"You should know-" Castle began before his wife was kissing him hard. He grunted at first before he was recovering and kissing her back, holding her since she had moved on top of him. It took him a little time to realize she was writhing against him, and he grasped at her ass telling her hoarsely, "I'm going to come if you don't stop."

"I'm aware," Beckett replied simply before she was kissing him again. She kept that brief before she moved to his ear and began whispering to him, not surprised when he was holding onto her tightly.

"Kate-" Castle started to say to her desire.

"I'm the one suggesting it, if you're worried about that," Beckett told him.

"It's not that," Castle said slowly. He then shook his head and told her, "Alright, you want it and to be honest knowing that is a huge turn on." He was closing his eyes tightly immediately after saying that and hissing heavily before he told her, "You can tell."

"I can, don't stop me," Beckett said, telling him the last firmly. With that she moved down her husband's body and raised his erection, lowering her mouth over him gently. She bobbed her head up and down him slowly around the tip at first, hearing him swearing and groaning her name before she moved lower. He was cupping the back of her head and she was quick to begin caressing his thighs around his groin.

Breathing heavily in pleasure at the sensation, Castle was trying his best to keep his right hand where it was. But when he felt Beckett reaching for his other, he looked down at her before he was gently running his fingers through her locks. "Love," he managed to say. "How will you…"

Beckett didn't want to stop what she was doing at that moment, so she didn't answer him and merely focused on the sounds her husband was making in response to her. She used that to help her soon discover when he was nearing his end and as soon as he began to climax, she pulled away from him and was holding his member. Hearing her husband calling her name, feeling his release against her lips, chin and her breasts a little, she felt her arousal returning rapidly. When he was grunting her name, she quickly pressed a kiss to the tip of him and moved up to him while he was sitting up.

"I can tell you're happy," Castle said, relieved he could speak since the sight of her licking away his seed from her lips was distracting.

"I'll be happier if you'll help now," Beckett said. She was wrapping her arms around her husband while he leaned over to her, holding him while he was gently kissing and somehow gathering his release off of her at the same time. They kissed so she could take it from him, and when they had finished, she told him through her swollen lips, "I'll have to thank you for this."

"Definitely," Castle said, watching her running her fingers over his skin he'd felt had gotten moist. "But first-" he started to say before she was suddenly laying on her back.

"I'm ready," Beckett told him. She did her best not to smile when his eyes were widening in response but was crying out before she laughed at him pretending to jump onto her. "You're such a pervert," she told him, not surprised when he was swift to respond.

"I would be if it wasn't what you wanted," Castle said. And he raced to move before she could speak, laying between her spread legs and pressing repeated, fervent, kisses to her folds. He felt easily how wet she was, and he was pleased before he forced himself away before he orally stimulated her again. He couldn't help himself, kissing the inside of her thighs and relishing in her soft moans of pleasure before she was calling to him and pulling him up to her.

"I want your come in my pussy Rick," Beckett told him firmly though she was trembling a little while he was pulling her onto her side with him. They entwined their legs and she said, "I want you to fill me the rest of the night."

"And I feel like I should be punishing you," Castle told her. At the expression on his wife's face he said, "You're a vixen."

Biting her lower lip for a moment, Beckett took his kiss before she felt a rush of excitement at him turning her onto her back. Waiting for him to pull away, she soon after had her legs spread and told him, "Don't wait," before she was a little startled at his obvious hesitation.

"Turn over," Castle said firmly. He half expected his wife to protest, but when she was moving immediately, he said, "Thank you."

Glaring at him over her shoulder, though she didn't have much threat behind that, Beckett said, "I'm not calling you that all night."

"Great, I already knew you wanted to say it," Castle said before he was leaning down and kissing at her back before he cupped her ass with his hand. He then lightly slapped at her, watching her react before he made her turn over again.

"That's it?" Beckett asked in surprise though she was wrapping her arms around him and bringing him down to her.

"I can't wait," Castle said firmly. When she drew him down to her, he was kissing her instantly before they were dueling hungrily. He was aching to move and enter her, but he couldn't stop kissing her until they were slowly parting. "You're stunning my love," he said, watching her half-lidded eyes as she panted lightly. He just barely brushed his lips to hers before he pulled away and said, "May I have you Kate?"

"Please, I need you," Beckett told him firmly before he was raising himself above her. As soon as she could she was reaching between them and gently curling her fingers around his length before he was drawing to her. Once the tip of him was in her, she let him go and wrapped her arms around him before she pressed the inside of her legs to his sides. With him sliding inside of her achingly slow, she gasped and moaned his name before he was kissing around her shoulders right when his hips came to a rest against hers.

"You feel so fucking tight love," Castle groaned to his wife when he'd managed to pull away.

"You should feel it while you're moving," Beckett instructed him almost sternly. She was a little taken aback when he was kissing her in response, and she slid her hands up to his hair before he was moving down to her neck. Arching her head back for him, she sighed when he gently sucked at her pulse before he was moving around to her lips again. She was relieved when it was a gentle kiss and she told him, "You need to start moving Rick."

"That was my plan," Castle said firmly. Before she could respond he began to thrust, going slowly and gazing into her eyes before she was closing hers. "Kate," he murmured, bending slightly so he could proceed to kiss around her breasts. Feeling the way his wife's hands were digging into his back he was spurred to speed up a little. Feeling her pleasure as her legs pressed against him, he kept to that pace and was trying to control himself since he had wanted to take things easier that time. He suckled at her breasts gently, moving around them both repeatedly until he was going back to her lips.

Taking her husband's kiss eagerly, Beckett pressed her tongue into his mouth before her husband could do so to her. They were tilting their heads back and forth fervently, their tongues caressing and rubbing against each other until they had to part to breathe. She had been trying to move with him but could only just and hoped it was enough for him.

"It is," Castle said was able to say.

"I…" Beckett said, startled to realize she had spoken. She took her husband's sensuous kiss and caressed the back of his head and shoulders before she had to pull away. "Rick… I'm… I'm so… c-close," she forced herself to say.

"I know," Castle said, his grunts of delight escaping his lips since the stimulation was almost too much. "And I am too."

"I want you to… to fuck me! Oh! Rick I'm going to come… don't stop… Rick!" Beckett started to say before she cried out loudly when her orgasm struck. She was moving her legs around him, her arms clutching him and unable to stop crying out since the ecstasy roaring through her body was almost too great. She nearly froze when she could feel him climaxing with her, and she found her eyes were rolling into the back of her head while she hoped for a second peak. That didn't happen, and though she was disappointed she had the remnants of her pleasure running through her and recalling her husband's yell of her name while he gave her his final thrust.

Mumbling against his wife's neck when he felt stronger, Castle wasn't surprised she was laughing softly and felt a brief jolt of delight in the sound before she was speaking against the side of his head.

"Are you finished?" Beckett asked. She laughed again, a little harder, when he was pulling back immediately to look at her and she told him, "That got you up."

Pretending to grumble, Castle withdrew from her carefully and told her, "And in response to that question, no."

"Neither am I," Beckett replied before they were leaning into each other. They kissed deeply before he laid back and she pressed against his side, looking out the windows in front of their bed. "Would you want to turn off the lights?" she asked him.

"Don't worry," Castle said, rubbing her upper arm. "I don't think we'd be able to see anything."

Nodding briefly Beckett said, "Then what are you going to do about me?"

"Is there something that needs to be done?" Castle responded.

Beckett was about to answer when her husband was literally throwing himself at her and kissing her deeply. She was stopping him eventually and told him, "I'm letting you decide what to do right now."

"Oh, don't worry," Castle said seriously. He brushed his lips to hers and said, "I know exactly what we're going to do." And with that he was kissing his way across the front of her body, stimulating her so they would be able to make love once more.

"Kate?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you," Castle said. "I should have said it earlier, but I was a little busy."

Smiling Beckett turned her head slightly to him and said, "I love you too Rick. And I think you meant we were both busy tonight."

"We're going to have to go to sleep, aren't we?" Castle asked.

"I think so," Beckett replied with a smile. She turned to her husband since they were standing at the windows in the sunroom, their bedsheet wrapped around them, and told him, "But we have tomorrow night."

Though he was sure it had to be the fifth of July by then, Castle was brushing his lips to hers and telling her, "I'm glad we agree."

Laughing briefly Beckett said, "Of course we do. Now come on."

Walking with her, since he was holding the sheet around them, Castle said, "What're you remembering love?"

Turning at his tone of voice, Beckett couldn't help biting her lower lip for a moment before she told him, "When we came that Christmas in the fifties." She drew him with her onto the mattress, after she had considered the expression on his face, and she told him, "Tell me Rick."

"Would you want to do something special for Christmas like that?" Castle asked.

"Yes," Beckett said firmly. She smiled when he appeared startled and she said, "I had a feeling you'd think of it."

"Think of what?" Castle asked.

Brushing her lips to his, Beckett urged him to lay down and once she was cuddled against his side told him, "A Christmas cruise," laughing softly when he exaggerated a sucked in breath.

"Yeah, I thought it would be… magical," Castle said. "Sappy?"

"Mmm, a little," Beckett said, pressing a kiss to his jaw. She kissed him after he turned to her, and they were involved in that for a little longer before settling back down. "Look into it, but let's wait a while longer." She wasn't surprised when he was nodding in agreement and after they kissed again, she murmured to him, "I love you."

"Love you Kate," Castle replied. He hugged her gently and then told her, "Until then at least we're back." He smiled at her laughing softly before he told her, "Goodnight love."

"Night Rick," Beckett told him with a smile. She then closed her eyes and did the best she could to sleep though her mind was drawn to the memory of their 1950 Christmas trip with their family to the National Park. She would have no surprise the next morning at recalling specifically hers and Castle's night together before Christmas Eve and how enchanting that time had been.

"Will you be warm love?" Rick asked his wife, watching her close her coat over herself.

"Of course," Kate replied, taking his scarf and draping it over his neck. "Will you?" She let out a short cry when he suddenly wrapped his arm around her, holding her to his side and she said, "Don't be fresh, love," not surprised when he was pretending to attack her neck though her scarf was in the way. When he pulled away, she was going to tell him they should leave before he was kissing her deeply. She responded to him the best she could until they were parting, and he was whispering against her lips.

"You don't know already? This was my intention," Rick told her.

Smiling Kate replied, "I already did, and I don't mind."

"Now who's being fresh?" Rick asked. He wasn't surprised when she smirked at him, and he kissed her lightly before taking her hand. They left the hotel and walked to the nearest trail where they made their way through the snow.

"It's so beautiful," Kate said.

"It is. I'm so glad I bought that video camera," Rick said.

Laughing softly at the memory of the snowball fight he'd had with their daughters next to the creek, Kate said, "You're lucky some of them were on your side."

"Very, if I'd been on my own, they would have overwhelmed me," Rick said with a nod. He stopped his wife and turning to her said, "Mind if we head into the woods?"

"That would depend on what you'd like to do there," Kate replied. When his response was to brush his lips against hers, she murmured to him, "I'll follow you love."

Kissing her lightly again, Rick took her to a faint path in the snow before they came to a fallen log. Sitting together he reached into his coat and pulled out a thermos saying, "I thought we could use some something warm."

"Have you brought hooch?" Kate asked him jokingly.

"Of course," Rick said, using the same tone before he was pouring out the hot chocolate into two tin mugs he'd gotten from the restaurant they'd had dinner at.

"Do you think the girls are alright?" Kate said, watching him.

"They'll be swell," Rick assured her. "They're ladies now, aren't they?"

Sighing, since Julia was twenty-eight, Elizabeth twenty-three, Alexandra twenty-two and Josephine twenty, Kate said, "It's hard not to think of them as my girls."

"I hate to say this, but Julia is married, and Elizabeth has quite a serious beau," Rick reminded her.

Giving him a brief look, Kate took the mug he was handing to her and said, "Then they'll be fine."

"Right," Rick said with a nod. He took a sip with her, and they were soon leaning into each other at the same time. After they had kissed gently, he told her, "Would you want us to have our own snowball fight?"

"No, I quite like staying here," Kate answered, pressing against his side before she kissed him. Tasting the chocolate on his tongue as they caressed each other she felt him grab her with his free arm, moaning before she could stop herself.

Though it was difficult, Rick made himself pull away from her and he pressed his forehead against hers telling her, "I adore you, Kate."

"I feel the same love," she told him with a smile. Feeling a little bereft when he let her go, Kate watched him set down his empty mug before he pulled out a small box. "We're not supposed to have our gifts until Monday" she told him with a smile after he handed it to her, replying shortly after.

"But this is for you tonight," Rick replied.

Though she wanted to tease him again about it being Christmas in only two days, Kate set her own mug down before she was opening the lid, revealing a delicate necklace of pearls with a pendant of sapphires and peals. A pair of earrings was with it, sapphire and pearls that were in a cluster and she ran her fingertips over it before telling her husband, "They're beautiful."

"I had hoped you'd enjoy it," Rick said, taking the box so he could remove the necklace first. When he turned to her, he saw she had opened her coat for him and he raced to close the chain around her, latching it and telling her, "It looks beautiful on you."

Reaching for her husband, Kate cupped his cheek and told him, "Thank you my love."

"I hope you'll wear it while we're here," Rick said. "It will remind me of you in this moment with the snow and the stars."

"Sap," Kate said, though her voice was trembling a little since she was touched at his words. She leaned into him, and they kissed tenderly before she pulled away first to start removing her earrings. Once the new set was in her ears she reached for her husband and embraced him tightly before they were kissing deeply. When they had parted, she told him, "I love you, Rick."

Raising her hand to kiss at the back of it, Rick told her, "I love you too Kate, Sheba."

"Sheik," Kate answered immediately before they were kissing again. While they were involved in that for some time, she was caressing at him and trembling in joy until she realized it wasn't joy but the cold.

"We need to go back inside love," Rick told her. He helped her stand up before saying, "We'll have to warm up."

"I hope we will," Kate replied. She bit at her lower lip when her husband looked her body over appreciatively and she pressed against him slightly before their lips brushed together. She then took his outstretched hand before they were hurrying back to their room from their snowy retreat so they could warm one another up for the rest of the night.