"I'm glad the tree is already ready," Julia told her sisters.
"Not yet, they have to put the lights on don't they?" Eliza asked her sister.
"And the star," Julia said, nodding her head. She then said, "But that won't take too long."
"Do I get to put those too?" Josie asked slowly, standing at the box of ornaments.
"Yeah, but don't put them in your mouth," Eliza said. "Mommy and Daddy wouldn't let me keep hanging ornaments after I did that."
"You did," Alexis said, nursing Emmie at that point. "So keep those out of your mouth Josa."
"I will," the toddler said, smiling. She then went to the tree and touched the branches before she told her sisters, "Can I hug this?"
"I did that once," Alexis said. She smiled seeing her sisters turning to her at almost the same time and said, "I hugged the tree when I was around seven or eight and it hurt."
"You got the kind with the pointy needles?" Eliza asked.
"That year we did," Alexis replied with a nod. "So I wouldn't do it Josa."
"Kay," the toddler replied before they were turning to the doorway of the family room when the rest of their family walked inside.
"Are you guys ready?" Castle asked.
"Are we going to put the lights on with you?" Julia asked him.
"No, I just want to make sure you guys are ready to decorate once I'm finished," Castle explained, going to the box with the lights in it.
"Oh we are," Julia said immediately.
"And I'm helping you," Beckett told her husband.
"Great, we'll get through it faster," Castle said, not surprised when she was rolling her eyes before he was getting the roll of multi-colored lights out. He let his wife take them before she was slipping the roll over her arm, and he plugged them in.
"Yay they work!" Eliza said happily.
"All of them?" Alexis asked her father.
"Luckily, they do," Castle said once he'd checked on them. "Ready?" he asked his wife.
"Yes," Beckett said with a smile. She was a little startled when he suddenly leaned into her but pushed that aside to respond to his kiss. It was brief and she was soon unrolling the strand while she and her husband were going around the tree. When he needed to get a step ladder for the very top she remained in place before they were finishing and she allowed him to take the rest.
"Does anyone want to put the star?" Castle asked the others. He jumped a little when they were saying no at the same time, except for the twins. "Okay… I guess it's me," he said.
"I think it's always going to be you love," Beckett told her husband with a smile.
"I guess so," Castle replied, taking the tree topper from her. After he had it set and connected to the light chord under it he said, "Okay, I think we can start playing-"
"Daddy!" Eliza cried out in annoyance.
"I think he's just kidding," Martha told her granddaughter.
"She's right, I am," Castle assured the little girl when she hurried to him. He laughed when she frowned at him and said, "Sorry, I couldn't help it even though I'm as excited as you are to start putting ornaments up."
"Then we can start?" Julia asked, having walked over to them as well.
"We will right now," Beckett said before she was giving an ornament to Josie who was with her. She took a few more and followed the toddler to the tree and watched her hanging an ornament. "Good job sweetie," she said reassuringly when Josie turned to her.
"She's right you got it in the perfect spot, so it doesn't fall down," Eliza said, walking by them.
"Don't fall down," Josie said carefully to the ornament, shaking her finger at it. She looked around when she heard the others laughing and asked, "Why Mama?"
"Because you're just like your mother doing that," Castle said. "I would assume that was how you spoke to your stuffed animals?"
"She did," Jim said when his daughter was frowning at her husband. "And nearly at the same age."
Sighing Beckett said, "I vaguely remember doing that."
"Richard did that to his G.I. Joes," Martha commented.
Making a brief face, Castle said, "I was the drill sergeant… I'm pretty sure I was yelling at them."
"Either way," Beckett said with a smile before they were returning to the ornaments and hanging them on the taller branches for their daughters.
In the middle of doing that Alexis and Louis were taking the twins to their room since they had fallen asleep, the others telling them goodnight carefully to keep from waking them up.
"Are they going to be okay in the crib there?" Eliza asked.
"They will," Castle said with a nod. He then smiled and said, "They'll have that for a while, for sleepovers," a little surprised at her sudden response.
"So… they can come back?" Eliza asked.
"You didn't think we would watch them for Alexis and Louis?" Castle asked before he looked at his wife when she pressed her hand to his arm.
"They'll want to go out once in a while or might need to for work," Beckett said. "And that's when we'll watch them."
"Or you'll go out too and Jim and I will watch them," Martha commented.
"You've been around the girls for too long," Castle said.
"I agree with her," Jim said. "We wouldn't mind watching the kids."
"I'm not surprised," Beckett said before she was getting more ornaments again. They continued decorating the tree, Alexis and Louis assisting them once they were back, before they'd finished and were standing in front of the tree. "Perfect as always," she told her husband.
"Good thing, that was a lot of work," Castle said, not surprised when his wife wrapped her arm around him. He did the same to her and then asked the girls, "What do you think?"
"We can go back to the game room right?" Eliza asked jokingly. She then quickly said, "It's perfect and I love it so much."
"Me too," Josie said quickly.
"Yeah, they're right, it's perfect," Julia added.
"Do you guys want to really play in the game room?" Beckett asked.
"I think so," Julia said. "But Saturday we'll play in here, right Lizzy?"
"Yep, we have to show Mari," Eliza said. She frowned and then said, "The twins didn't get to see it."
"You don't need to worry," Louis said quickly as his in laws were getting the boxes stacked to put away the next day. "We'll show them tomorrow once they're up."
"And before we leave," Alexis said with a smile. "But yeah, we want them to see it."
"And your tree?" Jim asked them.
"Monday night we'll start on it," Louis replied. "Someone had it delivered that day."
"I thought I should help you out," Castle commented since his son in law was looking at him.
"And we appreciate it," Alexis said, smiling when her husband was nodding rapidly in agreement.
"Wait," Eliza said suddenly. "What about the desserts? And the surprise dessert?"
"We'll get that now," Castle said slowly, looking at his wife before she was answering his unasked question while she was smiling.
"Yes we kind of need to," Beckett said.
"You are going to let us see the surprise box right?" Julia asked.
"Yes, and right now if we go," Castle told them. He wasn't surprised when Julia and Eliza were walking immediately to the doorway, and he laughed with the others before they were walking to the kitchen. He grabbed the box he'd brought from the dining room and opening it said, "Ta-da."
"Ta-da?" Julia said with a slight frown.
"Too much?" Castle asked her before she was laughing.
"No, but are those brownies?" Julia asked him.
"They're special ones for fall," Castle said. "Pumpkin spice, cranberry and red velvet."
"Is red velvet fall?" Beckett couldn't help asking her husband to tease him.
"It's… red," Castle commented.
Beckett cupped his cheek and told him, "They look great."
"Does that mean you'll share one with me?" Castle asked. "I'm aiming for a pumpkin spice one."
"Alright," Beckett said with a smile, kissing his cheek. She wasn't surprised when he was taking her hand before she said, "Are you having anything else?"
"Pie, I mean you and the girls went through all that trouble it'd be a shame not to eat thin slices again," Castle said, smiling when his wife was laughing. He took the chance when she calmed down to brush his lips to hers before Josie was jumping against him and speaking to him and Beckett urgently.
"Me too Dada, me too!" Josie cried.
"Hold on," Castle said, picking her up. He shared a kiss with her before she was doing the same with Beckett. After she asked him to put her back down he said, "You better not want to be picked back up."
"She probably will," Beckett told her husband while they were waiting for the others to get their things first. "Wait," she told Eliza, seeing her taking a full brownie.
"I can't have one?" Eliza asked disappointedly.
"You want us to split one right?" Julia asked. She saw her sister was about to speak and told her hurriedly, "At least we'll get to try it."
"Yeah," Eliza said after she saw her sister was gesturing to their parents with her eyes. "We can do that?" she asked them.
"That's fine," Beckett replied. "But you have to agree on a flavor."
"The pumpkin?" Julia asked. She was relieved when Eliza nodded, and she was cutting the brownie in half before they were putting their pieces on their plates. After they had their desserts they were going back to the family room, which surprised her. But as they walked inside the room she understood why her parents were allowing that since the tree was magical in the low light of the room. She sat at the coffee table with her little sisters, looking at the tree as they were eating and becoming eager to get to play yet again until she would have to go upstairs for bed.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Castle asked, looking at Julia in concern when she walked down the hall to the kitchen.
"Nothing," the teen said, a little surprised at how worried her father had sounded.
"You're not writing in your diary?" Beckett asked.
"It's not bad if I skip a few days," Julia said slowly.
"No," Beckett replied with a smile as she walked over to her daughter. "I had a feeling you were going to do that."
"But Sunday is a school night," Castle commented.
Making a playful face at him, Julia then giggled before she said, "I know, I'll probably have to use bullet points but that's okay. I'll be ready for bed as usual." She looked between her parents; though her father was at the coffee machine looking down at the mug in front of him; and she asked, "Could we play in the game room?"
"You want us to play with you?" Beckett asked with a smile.
"Yeah," Julia replied. "Oh," she then said when she realized she didn't know what she wanted to play. "I was thinking of playing the racing game," deciding swiftly.
"We only have two of those," Castle said.
"Me and you play and then you and Mom," Julia replied easily.
"I'm fine with that," Castle said, glancing at his wife before she was giving him a look.
"I am too," Beckett said to their daughter. "But when we say it's time for bed-"
"It's time for bed," Julia interrupted, finishing for her mother.
"Then we're set," Castle said, giving his wife her coffee.
"Nice," Julia said, seeing the heart he'd made in the foam. She looked at her parents and asked, "Should I go back upstairs?"
"No," Beckett said. "But you should head to the room and turn on the racing game." Watching her go, she turned to her husband and said, "Thank you, it's beautiful."
Leaning into her, Castle shared a kiss with her before he said, "I was almost going to make a turkey but…"
"You want to play," Beckett said teasingly. When he nodded she couldn't help laughing before she cupped his cheek and he leaned into her again. They were lingering a little longer in that kiss, but she pulled away first telling him, "It won't take her that long to make-"
Turning to the machine as it beeped to let him know his coffee had been finished Castle said, "You can go join her."
"I'm too tempting?" Beckett asked with a smile.
"Extremely," Castle said huskily while he turned his head to her.
At his tone, Beckett went over to him and squeezed his arm before he was leaning down to her. Their kiss was brief and though she didn't want to, she headed to the game room. "You started already?" she asked when she walked in and saw Julia was playing.
"Sorry, I thought you and Dad might be a little busy so…" she replied before she turned to her mother.
"Smart aleck," Beckett replied, moving to set down her mug. She sat in the chair in the console next to her and said, "Do you still want to play this one?"
Smiling, Julia said, "I did kind of want to play pool." She saw the expression on her mother's face and asked, "That surprises you?"
"A little, I thought you might want to play skeeball or-" Beckett started to say.
"Actually… could we?" Julia interrupted her.
"If it's what you want to do then that's okay," Castle said, walking into the room. He smiled when his wife and their daughter were turning to him at the same time and said, "I could hear you."
"Would you mind playing that?" Julia asked, getting up.
"I don't," Castle said before he was going to the game. While he turned it on Beckett and Julia came up behind him and said, "How will we do this though?"
"Will you and Mom play together?" Julia asked slowly.
"That's fine," Beckett replied, motioning for her husband to go first.
Nodding, Castle started to play while Julia was doing the same next to him and then said, "How're your Christmas gifts going?"
Giving him a look, though he was throwing a ball, Julia said, "They're fine."
"Did you get everything?" Beckett asked, smiling while she was watching the pair in front of her.
"I did," Julia replied. "Is that weird?" she asked, turning to her mother.
"No, you're not buying as much as your dad and I are," Beckett replied with a smile.
"That's true," Julia said.
"Did you get presents for the twins?" Castle asked as he got out of the way of his wife.
"I did," Julia replied, smiling. "I'm not going to tell you what I got though."
"I wasn't going to try and find out," Castle said. He burst out into laughter when his wife and Julia were turning at the same time to give him a look before he turned away from them. "Sorry, that was adorable," he told them.
Shaking her head, Beckett told him, "I don't think we believe you Rick."
"Of course you didn't," Castle said before she stepped up to him and kissed him gently.
"Are you guys going to play when I go to bed?" Julia asked them.
"No," Castle and Beckett said at the same time.
Julia laughed softly before she said, "Are you tired?"
"Slightly, we did a lot today," Castle said. "Riding, cooking… chasing after your sisters."
Julia couldn't help laughing again and said, "You'll have to do that when the twins are older… when they're staying with us."
"Will you help us out with that?" Castle said.
"Of course," Julia said. "Unless I'm out on a date."
"Think about that before you protest love," Beckett told her husband when she saw he was about to speak. She smiled when he gave her a feigned glare and she squeezed his hand before he was speaking seriously to their daughter.
"If you date two years exactly from now-" Castle started to say.
"I know, I'll still have to have a chaperone," Julia interrupted him with a smile. "I don't even know if I'll be dating before I turn sixteen," she added with a shrug.
"You never know," Castle said.
Julia shrugged again before she turned back to the game and continued for a little before she realized her parents weren't playing. "What?" she asked them in surprise.
"You want to date," Beckett said, watching in surprise when Julia was squeezing at the ball that was in her hand.
"Yes, but it's not going to happen," the teen said. She turned to her parents and smiled at them saying, "I have to find someone to date remember. And all the boys I've met or asked me… weren't right."
"No, but the same happened to me," Beckett told her. "I didn't start dating your dad until I was in my thirties."
"Are you saying I should just date to date," Julia asked, startled.
"No, she's saying we can't always find 'the one' right away," Castle said before he paused and then looked at his wife.
"I just thought the same thing," Beckett said with a smile. She turned to their daughter and asked, "You did too?"
"Yeah, how lucky we were to find the one quickly," Julia said before she frowned. "Well, not all the time when we were kids, but it was pretty close."
Nodding Beckett said, "But that's the exception."
"Oh I know, there's a lot of people in the world," Julia replied. She then paused and threw her last ball before she said, "Have you thought about our next life?"
"You toy with the idea," Castle said, seeing his wife looked slightly uncomfortable. "But since we really can't know what's going to happen next we don't think about it for very long."
"But you do know one thing," Julia said, going to her mother and hugging her tightly.
"We'll find each other again," Beckett said with a nod, kissing the side of her head. She then said, "Are you finished?"
"I think so," Julia replied after she looked at the game. She then turned back to her parents and said, "I have time."
"A little," Beckett said with a smile.
"How much is a little?" Castle couldn't help asking. He wasn't surprised when his wife gave him a look and said, "Yeah, a little," while he was turning to Julia.
Laughing briefly, the teen said, "Alright, I want to play the baseball game." Leading her parents over to it, Julia said, "And I have a request."
"What is it?" Beckett asked.
"Every time I get a home run you and Dad have to kiss," Julia said simply.
"Sweetie," Beckett said warningly before her daughter was smiling at her.
"Just kidding," Julia said.
"You were? Well that's disappointing," Castle said, smiling at his wife when she rolled her eyes.
Unable to help herself, Julia was laughing softly before she started the game, not surprised her parents were staying with her. She did her best not to think of the fact that her bedtime was fast approaching, instead focusing on the game in front of her while her parents were encouraging her and cheering her on to her delight.
"I thought we weren't going to do this," Beckett told her husband as they were entering the game room, not surprised when he was responding while he was getting the pool cues.
"We're not betting," Castle replied. "We're playing." He was slightly startled at the smirk she gave him and said, "I assume you already knew that."
"I also know you just want to watch me stretched out on the table," Beckett said.
"I would never assume," Castle said, not surprised when she was giving him a look. He then shrugged and said, "It wasn't forefront in my mind. I wanted us to play together, relax us." He paused as he was filling the triangle and then told her, "Though if you wanted to leer at me I'm fine with that."
"I might," Beckett said, smiling at her husband when he was looking at her with wide eyes. "I'm serious. And you said you wanted to relax."
"Vixen," Castle told her roughly. He was tensing for a moment when she was stepping up to him before she was grabbing a handful of his shirt he'd worn to dinner. He kissed her as soon as they were close enough and wrapped his arms around her since she was holding both cues. He made it deep immediately and they were hungrily dueling inside her mouth before she was pulling away first and panting.
"You're… we better start," Beckett said, handing him his cue.
"Good idea," Castle said, having to shake himself as he looked at the table. She was moving to take the first shot though she needed to take off the triangle and he said, "A quick game."
Smiling at him Beckett said, "I'm glad we agree." She wasn't surprised when her husband was nodding before she turned back to the game and hit the cue ball to start.
Playing quietly, Castle and Beckett were brushing against each other walking around the table until they were finishing with him winning and he told her, "Ready?" He was a little surprised when she was merely nodding and he couldn't resist, leaning down to her and brushing his lips to hers. They put everything away before they moved to go upstairs and he whispered to her, "Are we checking on them?"
"Yeah," Beckett replied before they were going down the hall to their left. They went into Josie's room, up to the crib to check on their youngest and she smiled seeing the toddler was holding onto her Tigger doll.
After they checked in the doorways of Eliza's and Julia's rooms, Castle took his wife's hand and led her to their bedroom before he locked the door behind them. "What did you want to do?" he asked her.
Laughing, Beckett told him, "You want to know right this second?"
"That… would be nice," Castle said before he was frowning in confusion.
"I want us to take a bath," Beckett said.
Castle was about to speak when he paused and then said, "I thought you didn't-"
"Take a shower," Beckett replied. "I didn't want to take a shower twice."
"Oh," Castle said in realization. He then smiled and said, "I'm game-" before she was stopping him by placing her hand to his chest.
"I want you to pleasure me while we're in there," Beckett told him.
"I can do that," Castle said swiftly. "And… is that it?"
Beckett couldn't help laughing and leaned into him before they were kissing tenderly. When they parted she said, "I want to do something to you, but let me worry about that."
"I'm not worrying," Castle said hurriedly when she took his hand to lead him to their bathroom. "But I am wondering."
"Hopefully you'll be able to focus enough on me," Beckett told him with a smirk before he was wrapping his arm around her and pulling her close while he spoke to her huskily, sending a shiver of pleasure shooting through her body.
"I think that'll be managed," Castle said, pulling her to him and kissing her deeply as soon as he'd stopped speaking. He felt her responding and he held her tightly to him before they were parting slowly and he said, "Should we start?"
Smiling Beckett told him, "I was hoping you wanted to." She felt his body tensing in front of her and said, "Come on," before she tugged him a little further into the room. They walked to the sinks and she wasn't surprised when her husband was pressing her back against the counter. "We talked about starting," she teased him though her heart was pounding heavily at the blatant desire in his eyes.
"You just want to straight undress?" Castle inquired. He wasn't surprised when she leaned against him and they were kissing deeply before he was reaching for her sweater. He didn't want to end the kiss but he was pulling her sweater up and she was assisting him by raising her arms for him.
"Let's not go that fast," Beckett told him after he had tossed it behind her on the counter in between their sinks. As she'd been speaking she'd begun unbuttoning his shirt, pausing after the first two before she was tugging his navy blue shirt from his trousers. She half expected him to assist her but he was watching her and she said, "You can read my mind?"
"It was a guess, you didn't look at me after you had my shirt out of my pants," Castle commented. When she smirked at him he was suddenly breathing a little harder and he told her, "You're amazing Kate," shuddering hard when she raked her nails over his undershirt once his dress shirt was open while she spoke sensually to him at the same time.
"So are you," Beckett said before he was leaning down to her. She was responding to his kiss as soon as his lips met hers and they were holding onto each other tightly. Feeling her husband running his hands over her back though her bra was in the way made her shudder in pleasure which ended up stopping the kiss. "Rick," she breathed before he was kissing at her neck until he moved to back to her lips. When they were slowly parting once they needed to catch their breath she smiled and said, "We're taking a little too long."
"Slightly," Castle commented before he brushed his lips to hers. They were parting and he was reaching down to her trousers and opening them before she was doing the same to him. Grunting when she was tugging a little hard on his pants he said, "You're…"
"I said we were taking too long," Beckett told him in amusement before they were undressing each other the rest of the way until they were naked. Heading to the shelves she was grabbing towels for them so they could go into the shower and rinse.
"Can I not do that?" Castle asked eventually since he'd been running his hands over his wife's back and ass.
"Not anymore," Beckett replied teasingly, turning off the water. She let him go first, since she was aware she wouldn't be able to stop him and allowed him to dry her off before she did the same to him. "That's not going to stay on," she told him, watching him wrap the towel she'd used on him around his waist.
"I have to try," Castle said simply, before he made his way to the tub. He started the water and turned, slightly jumping when he saw she was right behind him. "Nice," he told her, reaching for her before he was startled when she stopped him immediately. "I can't-" he started to say.
"Not when we're about to go in," Beckett replied easily. "And if you thought I was here for anything other than that…"
"I was mistaken?" Castle finished for her.
"You were," Beckett replied with a smile before she watched him turn off the water in a rush. She took off her towel before tossing it aside and she made her husband go inside first, following him shortly after.
"When did you want me to start?" Castle asked when they'd been sitting for a little.
"Soon," Beckett replied though she had her eyes closed in her relaxation. They were flying open shortly after when her husband's hands were running around the front of her body and she said, "You took that literally."
"Are you surprised?" Castle asked her.
"I'm not," Beckett said, speaking swiftly since her husband was sliding his hands down. She bit at her lower lip when he was rubbing gently on the tops of her thighs before she said, "I'm glad you did."
Kissing the side of her head, Castle moved his right hand to slip it in between her legs before he was reaching for her clit. He let her adjust to allow him to rub at her and he felt her shifting against his front, making him fight not to groan since she was doing the same against his length. Finally he reached around with his left arm and he was using his hand there to rub at her thigh again though that time he focused on the inside of it. Hearing her gasps and slight moans of pleasure, he was fighting even harder to keep from reaching his climax since the sounds were heavily arousing.
"Rick," Beckett said, not holding back her moan that time. When his response was to lightly nip at the top of her shoulder she was about to tell him he didn't need to go slowly before he stopped her as he was sliding his fingers within her. She was gasping in her joy at the sensation of his digits beginning to glide back and forth through her and she had to struggle not to allow herself to melt back against her husband. "You… don't stop," she breathed.
"Are you sure?" Castle asked. "You're holding yourself tense love."
"I know I don't… want to come that fast," Beckett replied. She arched her back a little when she felt her husband's left hand come up to her clit and his fingers proceeded to rub at her gently. "Not that fast," she gasped.
"I'm not doing anything I haven't already," Castle pointed out though he was lightly stroking her clit. He relished in the feeling of her moving in front of him but was careful to keep from doing too much. He was also still dealing with what he was going through feeling her writhing a little against him and was surprised he wasn't joining her when she climaxed after a little longer with both his hands working on her. Holding her tightly while her back was arching, he was focusing on her, the way her body moved, and failing to use that to distract himself before she finally stopped moving and was panting in front of him.
Opening her eyes once she felt a little stronger, Beckett asked, "Are you okay?"
"You're asking me?" Castle replied. He could imagine her smiling at that before he said, "I am… to a degree."
"Let's get out," Beckett told him. She felt him nod behind her before he was letting her go and she moved to get out of the water, watching her husband following her though they dried themselves off separately.
"Thank you for…" Castle started to say when they'd finished and had their towels wrapped around themselves.
"I had a feeling it was going to be difficult for you," Beckett told him at the same time she smiled.
"It is," Castle said while he was preparing to lean over to empty the tub. He wasn't surprised when she was stopping him and he watched her pressing the button before he told her, "What was your plan now?"
"I think it's more what you want to do," Beckett corrected him. She smiled when he hesitated before she said, "I did choose what I wanted to do remember."
"I know," Castle said, allowing her to take him to their bed.
Glancing at him, Beckett waited until they were next to his side to ask, "What's wrong?"
Castle thought for a moment about how he wanted to respond to that before he finally said, "I'm not going to last that long… whatever we do." He expected his wife to respond verbally but when she instead tugged away his towel and curled her fingers around him he was hissing heavily in pleasure though concerned he was going to climax too soon.
"I see," Beckett said.
"See?" Castle asked, his voice nearly strangled.
"Well, if I need to be exact I can feel," Beckett said. "You're throbbing."
"And your hand isn't helping," Castle said with a groan.
"What do you want me to do?" Beckett asked him in a rush while she carefully let him go.
Castle couldn't tell her vocally at first since he was moving to the bed, climbing on it and relieved when she was following. Laying down he was slightly startled when she was leaning down to him and kissing him tenderly before she slowly pulled away. "Are you going to drag this out?" he asked her.
"Not unless you want me to," Beckett replied with a smile as he was cupping her cheek with his hand. She turned her head to kiss at his palm before she said, "Tell me love."
"Just… pleasure me," Castle said. "You don't have that much time so… it can't really be special." He then realized what he'd said and told her, "I mean-"
"Don't worry, I understood," Beckett replied with a smile. She leaned down to him and was kissing him tenderly though briefly. When she pulled away she moved to press a straight line of kisses down his chest until she had reached his member. Kissing the tip of him she trailed her lips along the underside of him before she was pulling away carefully.
Though he wanted to warn her he was already close to orgasming, Castle found he couldn't speak and that became a slight problem when she was cupping him with her hand. "Kate," he eventually managed to wheeze out to her.
"It's alright," Beckett said simply. "If you need to come you should."
"Are… Am I coming on you?" Castle asked.
"Would you like to?" Beckett answered with her own question. She smiled at his shaky nod before she was moving out of his way and laying down before he was straddling her and she began to pleasure him.
"Love… fuck you're too… good…" Castle groaned before he was withdrawing from her mouth as quickly as he could. He called her name once while he came all over her breasts before he was literally throwing himself away from her. The pleasure that had gone through him at his climax had been intense, and it took him a moment before he felt he could move and heard his wife speaking next to him.
"Are you back?" Beckett said, reaching out and brushing her fingers through his hair. She wanted to turn to him and lay on his back; since he was on his stomach; but with his release covering her she found she couldn't do it. Shaking her slight annoyance at that, she told her husband after he'd groaned in reaction to her question, "Good, I need a little help."
Taking a few more minutes, Castle turned and said, "This was my decision."
"I know, and I'm very happy that you decided on that," Beckett said, smiling at him when he pushed himself up to move to her. "But again, I need some help with this. I would like to move."
Nodding briefly, Castle moved to kiss her, but she was keeping it short which wasn't a surprise and he told her, "You're a vixen."
"Now Rick," Beckett told him in her sternest tone of voice. She felt a thrill at his obvious pleasure at her tone and she said, "Now," again since she was aware how much he enjoyed it. She was pleased when he moved then to kiss her and she was responding eagerly before he was slowly ending the kiss. Looking on while he was reaching for her breasts, she sighed and shifted a little when he gently brushed his finger against her right mound. She took his finger in her mouth, sucking at his release he'd managed to gather before she told him, "Are you going to use both?"
"I am," Castle said. He then paused and asked her, "Do you want that?"
"I brought it up," Beckett told him pointedly, pleased when he was descending to her and licking at her skin. He used both his mouth and hands and she felt her arousal coming back much faster with that before he was finished and kissing her hard. She was responding the best she could, holding him tightly before she was gasping when he turned them over. "You-" she started to say.
"I want a sampla," Castle said.
"I suddenly do too," Beckett told him. "Just the bed?"
"Yes," Castle replied. "I don't know if we'll last for that long."
"We might," Beckett replied in amusement. She leaned into him and gently brushed her lips to his before they were kissing passionately. Though they were doing their best not to finish, she and Castle had to pause so they could get him inside of her.
"When did you-" he started to say to his wife in surprise since she was slick from her arousal.
"You don't think you did that to me?" Beckett replied simply. She wasn't surprised when her husband's response was to kiss her hard though they weren't doing that for very long. After they'd parted she said, "Are we fucking?"
"That's why I said we wouldn't last long," Castle replied, a little taken aback when his wife was kissing him hard though briefly.
"I usually need to push you to fuck me," Beckett told him teasingly.
Nodding Castle replied, "I feel like I should take it easy with you. But not this time."
Beckett nodded, indicating she was aware of what her husband wanted her to do before she was raising and lowering herself on her knees. She was moving carefully at first, testing their coupling before she was speeding up a little and then bouncing on him. She wasn't surprised when Castle was grabbing her and holding onto her hips tightly before she rolled them, loving the way he groaned in pleasure before he was speaking to her roughly.
"How long… do you want to take," Castle asked her. When he didn't get a verbal response he was startled for a moment before she was getting off of him and then he understood since he was following her while she laid on her back. With her arms around him he was slipping inside of her, holding himself at her urging before he started to thrust while she spread her legs apart as far as he could. "This is what you… want?" he managed to ask her.
"Yes, please," Beckett begged him. She gasped heavily when he was thrusting hard against her, and she wanted to warn him she was close before he was stopping. "Thank you," she breathed while he carefully withdrew from her.
"I did that for myself too," Castle breathed heavily. He wasn't surprised when she was moving to straddle his lap once they switched positions, soon wrapping his arms around her to hold her in place as she grasped his length. Groaning heavily while she was lowering herself on him, he was holding her tightly and told her, "Slowly love."
"To… contrast?" Beckett asked, gasping since she was doing so already. She wasn't surprised when her husband was nodding, and she was moving the rest of the way before they were coupled tightly. "After this," she told him seriously once he was looking at her. "I want you on top of me," not surprised when he was instantly responding.
"That's not fair for me," Castle said. "I want you on top."
"Then you'll have to force me," Beckett replied easily before her husband was suddenly flipping her onto her back. Since it was what she wanted she didn't mind the move and took her husband's kiss when he was beginning to thrust. She was relishing him going slowly, but when he soon began to go faster she was holding onto him tightly before he was bowing his head.
Relishing the sound of his wife moaning in reaction to his movements, Castle nearly forgot they were supposed to be switching. He suddenly recalled and was withdrawing from his wife to make her turn over onto her stomach.
"Are you going to make me faint?" Beckett asked, sliding down onto her arms. She felt her husband slapping her ass and let out a cry of joy before he was plunging into her. Clutching at the bed beneath her, she was doing her best to move in time with him though he was going rapidly. She turned her head and was pressing her cheek to the pillow underneath her, and she was nearly ready to give herself up to what he was doing to her. Before she could allow herself to orgasm, Castle was moving away from her and she said, "I was close," once she was looking at him.
"So was I," Castle said. When she leaned over to him they were kissing, sensuously that time, before he carefully pulled away from her. "Do you want to keep going?" he asked.
Beckett thought about it for a moment before she finally nodded and said, "I think I do."
"You think?" Castle asked her firmly.
Leaning into her husband, Beckett brushed her lips to his before she was telling him, "I'm sure. Unless you want to come right now."
Hesitating himself at that point, Castle nodded and said, "You make a great point."
"Of course I do," Beckett replied before she was leaning into him again. They lingered in their kiss that time and were passionate before they were slowly parting, and she moved to lay down. "Take me," she told him firmly.
With a brief nod, Castle was moving to her to sink within her body again. His length throbbed in reaction to it, and he did his best not to let the pleasure from the sensation overwhelm him. When he was sheathed within her he began thrusting after raising her legs and holding her ankles with his hands. With her set he was moving carefully, slowly at first before he sped up, being careful not to do that very quickly. When he could hear her crying out he stopped and swiftly withdrew from her before he made her turn onto her side.
"I still don't want to be on top," Beckett told her husband seriously.
"You won't," Castle promised before he was moving to lay behind her. He'd kissed her before that, hard, and could still feel his lips throbbing in response which spurred him to move swiftly. As she was moving her leg up and holding it in the air, he was quick to use his hand and spread her folds before sinking into her. With her gasping in joy he reached up and gently proceeded to fondle at her breasts before he said, "Let me go slow this time love," not surprised she was ready to respond.
"Just… just for a little," Beckett breathed. She then began moving her hips the best she could to meet his thrusts, relieved it was a slower pace since she was able to move with him. Eventually he proceeded to thrust harder, and she was crying out in joy before he was stopping and withdrawing from her carefully.
"I thought you'd try to stop me," Castle commented to his wife while he watched her moving to lay on her back.
Smiling Beckett told him, "I'm not surprised, but… I didn't want to come in that position."
"Neither did I," Castle admitted. He lowered his head and kissed her, doing so gently before he pulled away and asked, "What do you want now?"
Beckett couldn't help smiling at him and she was motioning to him before he hurried to settle in between her legs. "Would you mind if this was the last position we used?" she asked, tracing her index fingers over his biceps.
"No, I don't think I'm going to last that much longer to be honest," Castle said. He was about to ask what she would like for that position but hesitated since he thought he had an idea of what she wanted.
"I know what you're thinking," Beckett told him in amusement, having been watching him closely. "And if you want to start slow… that's fine."
"Then could I suggest something?" Castle asked immediately. When she nodded he was quick to move to whisper in her ear before he felt her nodding.
"Hurry," Beckett said while she was wrapping her legs loosely around him and placing her feet in between his that were slightly parted. She reached up to him and carefully took his member in hand before leading him to her entrance before he was stopping her to her surprise.
"Would you do something else for me?" Castle asked. He was startled when she wasn't responding verbally, instead reaching down with her left hand and spreading her folds as he'd wanted her to do.
"I had a feeling," Beckett said. "Hurry," she told him before he moved closer to her. When the tip of him was inside of her she reluctantly let him go and then watched him as he slid the rest of the way inside of her himself. She'd grabbed his shoulders and was squeezing harder at him until their hips were pressed together and he was in her fully. "Rick," she breathed in joy.
"Goddess," Castle told her. He began thrusting at that moment and heard her calling out, "Sheik!" before he was gently speeding up. He watched her closely, loving the way she was reacting with her upper body shifting slightly and her expression one of pleasure.
Beckett was overjoyed she could move with her husband, relishing in the fact she could match him while he was continuing to go harder. When he was rougher she was moving the best she could with him but with the speed and friction between them she was aware she wasn't going to be able to last for long. "Oh… Rick," she moaned.
"I know love," Castle told her huskily. "I'm close too… come my love and I'll take you again."
Though she wanted to make him promise; partially as a tease and partly serious; Beckett couldn't fight with her body and the continuous friction of her husband's thrusts and his length driving into her. "Rick! I'm… I'm coming… don't stop… fucking me!" she was able to cry out to him when her orgasm struck her. She wasn't sure if she said anything else, her heartbeat roaring in her ears while she was doing her best to withstand the ecstasy that spread through her body intensely. She was aware of her husband joining her, unable to ignore the sensation of his release bursting inside of her and she fell over the edge for a second time, her legs snapping around her husband's waist while she was crying out again. She could hear him groaning her name again and was overjoyed to hear the pleasure in his tone before she felt him climaxing a second time with her. She was unaware how long it took before she was calming down, feeling her sex still throbbing around her husband's still thrusting member and nearly beginning to become aroused again. But he was stoon stopping and she was relaxing, her arms wrapped around him and caressing at his back. "Good love?" she asked when she felt they'd both recovered enough.
Groaning at first, Castle eventually raised his head and said, "I am… You're irresistible you know."
"You realize you are too," Beckett told him with a smile. When he kissed her she was quick to respond since she had been expecting it and they were involved in that for some time before he was pulling away. Sighing as he withdrew from her she said, "I hope you were serious about taking me again."
"I am," Castle said simply, watching her eyeing his length that was still rigid against his stomach. He lay on his back then and pulled her close to him before he said, "I love you Kate."
"I love you too," Beckett said in amusement. "You can say it."
"And sound like a sap?" Castle replied. He smiled when she was laughing and he then said, "I am thankful for you, but I do think that more often than just today."
"Are you trying to kiss up to me?" Beckett asked him with a smile while she turned onto her stomach to look at him.
"Of course I am," Castle replied easily, smiling himself when she was laughing. When she stopped he said, "Goddess," seriously since they'd been gazing in each other's eyes.
"Sheik, I think the same about you. Not just today," Beckett responded immediately, feeling her arousal returning at the way he was gazing at her more intensely while she'd spoken. She let him lay her on her back and told him while he leaned into her, "I gcónaí?"
"I gcónaí love," Castle said before he was leaning into her and kissing her deeply.
While they made love together, Castle and Beckett were aware they wouldn't be able to stop their intimacy just yet. Their desire for one another was too intense and they wanted to explore it for as long as possible through the remainder of that Thanksgiving night.