Hearing the piano, Beckett entered the family room and said, "I thought you'd be going up to your room with Mary."

"I'm right here," the doctor said from the couch.

"We were about to head up," Skye said, scratching her cheek. "But there's something that's been bothering me."

"The thing about Whitman?" Castle asked, entering the room.

"No," Skye said firmly. "This," she said, playing the music she had been when Beckett had walked in.

"That's… the song on the Victrola," Castle said slowly before he recalled where he'd heard it from.

"Yeah, Down Hearted Blues," Skye replied.

"Is Anais-" Mary started to say.

"No," Skye said firmly. "But there's something about it that's… bothering me." She shook her head and said, "I feel like singing it."

"Rose-" Mary immediately said.

"It's nothing to do with Anais," Skye interrupted her. When her wife made a face she said, "It's just to sing it, I'm hoping it might jolt my memory a bit but we'll find out." When she got no protest she turned her attention back to the piano, playing the music and singing easily.

Gee, but it's hard to love someone
When that someone don't love you

I'm so disgusted, heartbroken too
I've got those down hearted blues
Once I was crazy 'bout a man
He mistreated me all the time
The next man I get has got to promise me
To be mine, all mine

Trouble, trouble
I've had it all my days
Trouble, trouble
I've had it all my days
It seems like trouble
Going to follow me to my grave

I ain't never loved but
Three mens in my life
I ain't never loved
But three men in my life
My father, my brother
The man that wrecked my life

It may be a week
It may be a month or two
It may be a week
It may be a month or two
But the day you quit me, honey
It's comin' home to you

I got the world in a jug
The stopper's in my hand
I got the world in a jug
The stopper's in my hand
I'm gonna hold it until you
Meet some of my demands

"Anything?" Beckett asked her friend once she had taken her hands off the keys.

"Not really," Skye said, frowning. "I'll have to think on that…"

"Something wrong?" Castle asked as the investigator didn't continue.

"Mind if I play something else? One more before we head to bed?" Skye asked.

"Is it an old song?" Mary asked her wife.

When the investigator frowned at her wife Beckett smiled and said, "I think you're good Skye."

"Thank you, really quick," the investigator replied before she began to sing once she had played the introduction.

Another party's over
And I'm left cold sober
My baby left me for somebody new
I don't wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated
With that special brew

So come and get me, let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart
Is on an all time low
So don't expect me
To behave perfectly
And wear that sunny smile
My guess is I'm in
For a cloudy and overcast
Don't try and stop me
'Cause I'm heading
For that stormy weather soon

I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm permanently glued
To this extraordinary mood
So now move over
And let my take over

With my melancholy blues
I'm causing a mild sensation
With this new occupation
I'm in the news
I'm just getting used
To my new exposure
So come into my enclosure
And meet my melancholy blues


Breathing heavily, Fox could hear her moan echoing a little in her voice before she slid almost bonelessly to the mattress next to her girlfriend. Looking at her she could see Harrington was staring up at the ceiling and she smiled, reaching for her hand and gently entwining their fingers. "Are you here?" she eventually asked when her breathing was back to normal.

"I am," Harrington replied, smiling. She then turned onto her side saying, "I can tell you recovered."

"What gave it away?" Fox asked jokingly, turning onto her side as well after she'd let go of her girlfriend's hand.

Not answering at first, Harrington reached up and gently ran her fingers through Fox's hair and told her, "How much you took charge."

"I'm glad you enjoyed that," Fox replied, taking her girlfriend's hand and gently kissing at the palm. "I have to admit I needed that."

"I could tell," Harrington replied. "And before you ask how I did, just the way you undressed me, kissed me…"

"And you didn't complain," Fox said simply. She smiled when the director merely shook her head and she leaned over, lightly brushing her lips to hers saying, "Thanks for indulging me."

"I benefited too," Harrington said simply before she watched Fox raising herself. She was ready for the kiss the officer gave her, and she wrapped her arms tightly around her girlfriend as their tongues met inside her mouth. While they rubbed and gently rolled around each other she reached up and was very gently running her hand around her back before she reached down.

Breaking off from the kiss with a gasp when her girlfriend cupped her breast lightly, Fox said, "You don't have to."

Laughing, Harrington said, "What a weird thing to say."

"Sorry I was… I thought we'd go to sleep after this," Fox said honestly. She was surprised when her girlfriend was hesitating visibly and said, "You don't want to."

"I know we need to get up in the morning but… I want you again Philippa," Harrington eventually said before she was raising her head enough to brush her lips to hers. After she'd laid back down she wasn't surprised when Fox was kissing her and she took that opportunity to flip her around onto her back. "Sorry," she said when she heard how her girlfriend exhaled. She was about to continue when Fox was interrupting her by pushing her slightly away the same time she spoke.

"Don't worry, it didn't hurt," Fox replied. She looked down at herself and said, "The bruise."

Pulling away, Harrington glanced at the officer's stomach and said, "You… it was just appearing."

"Yeah…" Fox said before trailing off. "I'll have to ask Skye about that."

"And you're not in pain," Harrington said once her girlfriend was looking at her.

"Not really," Fox said. She held her breath for a moment at the feel of the director's hand sliding gently over her stomach and breathed out, "I'm not." As Harrington looked up at her she couldn't help saying, "Kiss me." Relieved when her girlfriend was doing so swiftly, she wrapped her arms around her tightly, holding her close. Their breasts were rubbing lightly against each other and she soon had to move away again while she was moaning in pleasure. "I can't stand it anymore," she told her girlfriend. "Make love to me," she commanded.

"If that's what you want," Harrington said with a smile.

"I need you Mia," Fox said seriously.

Her smile dropping off her face, Harrington leaned down to brush her lips to hers before she was pulling back and murmuring, "I love you Philippa."

"Love you too," Fox said before pulling her girlfriend to her for a kiss and moving her legs so they could press against one another and start their intimacy again.


"What're you doing?" Mary asked her wife as she had come up behind her, wrapping her arms around her.

"Nothing," Skye said simply.

"Liar," Mary said, turning to look at her wife.

"I'm not," Skye said. She wasn't surprised when her wife wasn't responding, merely staring at her and she sighed saying, "I want us to make love Mary." When the doctor was about to speak she reached up and gently pressed her finger's against her mouth to stop her saying, "You've been watching me all night, have I appeared weak at all?"

"No," Mary admitted. When her wife's eyebrow raised she sighed and told her, "I'm just worried Rose, I saw you earlier… but you're right you're doing much better and I have to admit I want the same."

"Are you sure about that?" Skye asked jokingly, having slid her fingers over her wife's lips. She was wrapping that arm around Mary then and she added, "You are."

"You can tell?" the doctor asked, unable to help smiling at her wife's tone. When the investigator nodded rapidly she couldn't help laughing before they were leaning into each other at the same time and kissing deeply. Mary moved her hands up and down Skye's back, doing that several times before she was soon pulling away when her wife had before she spoke.

"Then you have no problems with our plans?" Skye asked.

"Our-" Mary started to say before her wife was cutting her off with a kiss. She was moaning in reaction before responding and she held onto her tightly in return. Once they were parting she said, "I guess I'm going to have to agree to this."

"Have to," Skye stated. When her wife rolled her eyes she said, "I don't want to force you into anything." She smiled when her wife gave her a look and she brushed her lips against the doctor's saying, "Come here." She let go of her and took her hand, leading her to the bed before she stopped and turned to her. Since she'd had to let go of her hand, she was startled when her wife was reaching for her sweater and pulling it up. "Hold on," she said a little laughingly.

Waiting for her wife to remove her glasses, Mary was immediately pulling on the bottom of the sweater again and she wasn't stopping until it was off. Tossing it aside she wrapped her arms around the investigator once she had her glasses back on telling her, "If we're doing this, I'm deciding."

"Be my guest," Skye replied, smiling. "But at the very least let me undress you."

"Alright," Mary said after a brief moment of hesitation. She let her wife go and watched her begin to unbutton her blouse. She removed it herself before reaching for her wife's trousers and they were taking turns until they were finishing and falling back to the bed with slight laughter. Kissing at Skye's lips, she was doing so rapidly a few times before she pulled back and said, "I can't resist you."

"Then you know how I feel," Skye said simply before she was kissing her hungrily. Feeling Mary responding she couldn't help deepening it and they were running their hands over one another until they needed to breathe. "You're…" she started to say before trailing off.

With her wife burying her face into her neck, Mary bit the side of her cheek and then said, "Already?"

"You aren't?" Skye asked while she was raising her head. When her wife's response was to smile at her she leaned her head down and gently kissed at her shoulders before she moved lower. She could hear Mary's gasp of pleasure when her lips were lightly brushing against her breasts but didn't stop until she was taking her erect nipples with her mouth. Glancing up at her wife while she began sucking, she saw the doctor's eyes were closed tightly and she couldn't stop before she literally tore herself away to do the same to the other. Hearing her name on her wife's lips, she pulled back and was about to go down further when she was being stopped. "You don't want me to-" she started to say.

"Not like that," Mary said, pulling her up to her. She made her lay on her side before Skye was reaching down her body. Parting her legs when she gently brushed her fingers against her thighs she said, "Better."

"I had a feeling," Skye replied with a smile at her wife before she looked down at her hand. Lightly fingering Mary's folds, she soon encountered the moisture of her wife's arousal and paused before saying, "Could I? I seem to remember you saying something about-"

Kissing Skye firmly, Mary let herself become involved in that for some time before she was pulling away. "I am, do it now," she instructed her wife. She wasn't surprised when the investigator was shuddering in pleasure and she leaned down to kiss her again before she pulled away. Laying back to allow her wife to have access, she said, "Gently though."

"That close?" Skye asked in genuine surprise. At her wife's nod she was brushing her lips gently to hers before she said, "Do I want to ask why?"

Mary hesitated for a while before she said, "I've wanted you Skye. I just didn't want to pressure you, not today." She reached up to her wife and caressed her cheek before asking, "Are you mad?"

"No, desirous," Skye replied, taking her hand gently and pressing it down in between her legs. She sighed in joy at the sensation of her wife's fingertips finding her clit before she moved it away. "As you can tell."

"Barely," Mary said firmly. They looked at each other intently before her wife was leaning into her and they were kissing again. Their tongues were meeting in her mouth shortly after they'd begun and once they started to rub against each other she proceeded to move, gliding her leg until their sexes were sliding against each other.

"Grá," Skye breathed out hard at the sensation. "You're-" she started to say before she stopped herself. She then rocked her hips down, watching her wife closely to see her reaction. When Mary's was to cry out and arch her back she continued, not stopping for a while before she slowed down.

"Skye what-" the doctor started to say in surprise.

"Easy, I'll take… care of you," the investigator replied. At the same time she was speaking, Skye reached down and spread her wife's folds to expose her clit before she felt Mary doing the same to her.

"I want to help," she explained at her wife's startled look. Mary was relieved when Skye didn't try to stop her, merely pressed to her so they could feel their clits rubbing against each other while she moved again. "Skye…" she breathed, shifting underneath her.

"I know… I won't stop," the investigator moaned in pleasure. She continued to move until she felt her wife squeezing her hips and Skye stopped in her surprise before the doctor was speaking with a slight smile.

"Sorry I… wanted to feel you," Mary explained. She was a little startled when her wife leaned down and was gently feathering her breasts with kisses before she said, "You're going to make me come that way."

"Right, you need to decide," Skye told her teasingly. She smiled when her wife's response was to gently slide her fingers through her hair, pulling her down for a kiss. She did so eagerly and allowed Mary to slip her tongue in her mouth and they were pushing back and forth a little until they were slowly parting. Before the doctor could say anything she began to move, sliding her sex to hers again slowly at first. Feeling how slippery they were against each other she sped up, watching her wife and seeing how much harder she was breathing. "Grá," she told her.

"I'm-" Mary started to say before she interrupted herself. Her orgasm was intense and hearing her wife's moans she was gripping at Skye tightly while they were rocking frantically against each other. When they were calming down at the same time they were breathing heavily, their foreheads pressed against each other. "Thank you grá," she told her wife once they'd stopped.

Kissing Mary lightly, Skye said with a smile though she hadn't moved away, "I'll say the same. And before you ask I'm fine."

"Are you?" Mary asked. "Let me see you move."

Rolling her eyes, though she was smiling at the same time, Skye got off of her wife and said, "Convinced?"

"I am," Mary said, racing to follow her. Since her wife was sitting up she took the opportunity and began kissing her breasts before Skye was stopping her and speaking with a shaky voice.

"Not that I don't mind that," the investigator told her. "But… again?"

"Now you don't want to," Mary shot back.

"I said… okay, you're confusing me," Skye told her honestly.

Kissing her wife, Mary said, "I didn't get the chance."

Smiling at her wife's tone, Skye said, "Then I guess I shouldn't have stopped you."

"Not really," Mary replied.

"Well?" Skye then asked after a moment when her wife didn't move.

Shaking her head Mary said, "I wanted to just look at you."

"Creepy," Skye said teasingly before her wife was leaning into her and kissing her. She was grabbing for her in surprise at how gentle that was but was soon loosening her grip a little until Mary was pulling back. "You're-" she started to say before she stopped when the doctor was leaning down and kissing at her breasts again. She sighed in pleasure at the sensations and leaned back on her hands before she said, "How l-long are you going to… Mary."

Pausing at the intensity with which her wife had said her name, the doctor looked up at her and said, "A little more. Is it too much?"

"Slightly," Skye said. She closed her eyes when Mary was caressing at her breasts with both her hands and said, "Oh, my pussy is… it feels like it's on fire. Again."

Smiling at her wife's wording, Mary said, "I'm glad to hear that," watching Skye reaching up and making her stay still before she was speaking intently.

"Please tell me you're the same," the investigator said.

"Oh I am," Mary replied. "And since we are…"

"The same time?" Skye asked. When her wife was nodding she smiled and said, "I love you Mary."

"I love you Skye," the doctor said firmly.

Though she was below her wife, the investigator pulled her down for a kiss before they parted and she watched Mary turn. Biting at the side of her lower lip, she was moving swiftly saying, "Suteki," calling her gorgeous in Japanese. When Mary caressed at her body she moved eagerly towards her so they could begin.


Walking into their room ahead of her husband, Beckett eventually turned back and said, "Rick?"

"Yeah," Castle asked, stopping where he was.

Though she had planned on responding to that, Beckett instead closed the door before she locked it.

"You're sure," Castle stated instead of asking. He was a little startled when she laughed before she was turning fully to him and speaking once she'd calmed down.

"Thank you for not making that a question," Beckett said.

"To be honest I wasn't sure what your reaction would be if I had," Castle told her.

"I would have been annoyed but I would have assured you," Beckett replied, stepping up to him. She cupped his face in her hands and said, "And then told you to stop."

"And I will now," Castle said before he leaned down to her and kissed her. He started out gently at first, but when she was responding earnestly he deepened it. Tightening his arms around her he gently pressed his tongue over her lower lip and as soon as she had parted them both to him he was slipping his tongue inside of her mouth.

While she was responding to him, Beckett was sliding her hands up his neck until her fingers were able to go through his hair. Feeling him shudder she couldn't help smiling and they pulled away from each other at the same time before she was asking, "Should we start?"

"Probably," Castle said, letting her go so he could take her hand. Pulling her after him he went to her side of the bed before he was stopping and turning back to her. When he was facing her he was startled when she immediately began reaching for his shirt but remained still before she paused. "Did you want me to finish?" he asked, since she had stopped halfway through.

Beckett merely smiled and gently tugged at the bottom of his shirt until it was out of his pants and then went back to his shirt. Once it was open she was reaching underneath to his shoulders and sliding it off them before she let him take care of the rest. "Yes?" she asked, doing her best not to smile at the way he was staring at her when he was finished.

"What about you?" Castle asked.

"I'm not finished yet," Beckett said simply. Before her husband could speak she was reaching for the fly of his pants. Once she had that open she said, "You'll have to take care of that."

With a brief nod, Castle was doing so and was aware she was watching him until he was done. "Now," he said, moving her away from the bed carefully so he could sit down. "You're taking care of yourself."

"Is that a demand?" Beckett asked in amusement though she was already reaching for the bottom of her sweater.

"It is," Castle said simply, watching her taking off the top. He looked on as she was removing her pants before she was opening her bra by unclasping it in between her breasts. Reaching for her the instant it was off of her, he pulled his wife to him and said, "Allow me."

Though she wanted to tease him, Beckett knew what he wanted with that and she looked on while he was slipping his hands underneath her panties. Feeling him sliding his hands deliberately over her ass she arched her back a little to move towards him. "What're you thinking love," she said when he stopped. She smiled as he proceeded to pull the fabric off of her and told him, "Nothing?"

"Yes, getting this off of you," Castle replied before he was standing up as she was taking care of the fabric and kicking it aside. Once she was finished he reached for her and pulled her against him, kissing her as deeply as he could before he moved away and picked her up. Hearing his wife laughing he set her on the mattress before he joined her and was kissing her deeply before he said, "What do you want love?"

Studying him for a moment, Beckett pulled him to her before they were kissing again and she was pleased when he followed her lead and it was sensuous before she felt his hand sliding up her side before his thumb was gently rubbing along the side of her breast. She pulled back abruptly at the sensation and said, "That." She half expected her husband to tease her, but when he was bowing his head to her breasts she closed her eyes tightly and wrapped her arms around him while he brushed his lips over her. When he was pulling back she told him, "Do you want to hear what else I have in mind?"

"After," Castle said simply before he leaned down to her and was brushing over her again. When he felt he'd done that for a good amount of time he was going to her other mound to proceed suckling at her nipple. He felt a rush hearing his wife's short cry of pleasure and he couldn't help remaining there for a while before he forced himself away. "Goddess," he breathed to his wife before he was moving to her other nipple.

Touched at that, Beckett wrapped her arms around him again and did her best to look down at him to watch. When he pulled away and glanced up at her she smiled and gestured him to her with her finger. After he had pushed himself up to her she held him and drew him to her lips before they were kissing passionately. She ran her hands around his back while they were busy with that and took the risk to reach down and grasp at his ass. She wasn't surprised that ended the kiss before she told him, "I hope you know I want the same."

"Same?" Castle asked in surprise, grunting when she suddenly slapped at him. "You better tell me love."

Smiling, Beckett leaned up a little to brush her lips to his before she pushed on the back of his head so she could murmur in his ear. "Any objections?" she asked when she saw he appeared to be hesitant.

"One," Castle replied.

"Wait until after I come," Beckett said with a smile.

"Oh good," Castle told her swiftly before he pulled away. Laying next to her he wrapped his arm around her and with the other he was about to reach down her body when he paused.

"Help me with the pillows," Beckett told him with a smile before they were moving. Building them up together so they could both sit up she said, "It doesn't matter if you're fast."

"Isn't it you that is?" Castle asked her while they were laying back.

"Is? You're putting pressure on me already?" Beckett asked him teasingly. When her husband nodded she said, "Then prove yourself wrong."

"So it is a demand," Castle said. When her response was to lower her hand and brush it against his length he groaned her name before he took it and raised it to his lips. Though he wanted to linger a little, he let her go to lower his hand to her thigh where he lightly stroked at it a few times before she was parting her legs wider. Moving his hand around to the inside of her thigh he could hear her letting out a brief whimpering sound once before he told her, "You really wanted this."

"I want a lot more Rick," Beckett replied seriously. She was pleased when he was moving again shortly after and as his fingers reached her sex she was holding herself still. It felt like it took ages, but finally his fingertips had reached her clit and she sighed in joy when he was gently fingering the nub. "Love," she moaned when he was gently stroking her folds and she held herself back from taking his hand to urge him to move more than he was. A few seconds later he was sliding his index finger in her and she was clutching at him before he was moving it back and forth.

"Good?" Castle asked her, his eyes on her face to see her reactions to him.

"Yes," Beckett sighed, rocking against his finger a little. Her eyes suddenly flew open when his middle finger joined the first and she said his name throatily before he was covering her mouth with his.

Feeling her moans, Castle sped up his motion a little before she was pulling away from their kiss. He didn't try to initiate another, instead was keeping his eye on her while she was reacting to him and moving in time with him. "I hope this meets with your approval," he told her huskily, her motions against his body affecting him as well.

"Yes! Oh… love… fuck… promise me… you'll take me… after," Beckett managed to say, amazed in the back of her mind that she could speak. She then felt her husband's lips along her shoulder and told him, "Please… make me come."

"And you want the same?" Castle asked her.

"Yes but… me first," Beckett replied, arching her back and her neck. She could feel him kissing at her exposed skin and was moaning his name before everything seemed to suddenly snap. She was crying out Castle's name loudly though she was soon after focusing on the waves of pleasure repeatedly hitting her. A little lost to time, she could feel herself thrusting against his fingers and hearing him telling her to ride his fingers. That nearly aroused her again, but she was shortly after calming down and did her best to catch her breath before she felt her husband nuzzling her jaw.

"Can I?" Castle asked.

Laughing briefly, Beckett told him, "I agreed to it already remember?" She was laughing again, though a little longer while he moved down her body. That was soon lost when he kissed at her inner thighs and she reached down to gently caress his hair while she took in how he was flicking his tongue out to her sex and sucking at her skin to gather her arousal. By the time he was finishing she could feel the beginnings of her excitement and she told him, "Let me." Seeing him nodding she stopped him from laying down and pushed him playfully to the side of the bed.

"You could just tell me," Castle said, pretending to protest as he moved.

"You want me to dominate don't you?" Beckett asked him teasingly.

"Definitely, but not after this," Castle replied. When she was looking at him in surprise once he turned her, standing next to their bed, he leaned down and brushed his lips to hers telling her, "I'll let you know after."

"You'll have to," Beckett said, feigning a stern tone. Before he could respond, she was reaching for his length and gently taking it off of his stomach before kissing the tip.

"Kate," Castle hissed before she was doing the same thing again. He wasn't surprised when she didn't respond but tried not to pull at her hair when he dug his fingers into her locks once she had begun lowering her mouth fully over him.

Glancing up at her husband when he started caressing her hair, Beckett adjusted how she was sitting since she wasn't immune to the taste of him or the feel while she was bobbing her head. She was also listening to him at the same time, enjoying the sound since it let her know when she should change her rhythm. Eventually, by the way he was touching her head and hair and groaning, she could tell he was close and she sped up a little more, not wanting to go too fast.

"Kate… love," Castle groaned heavily in his release before he was focusing on his pleasure. He wasn't sure how exactly he managed not to pull her hair, but when he was calming down and she was helping him onto the bed she was telling him he hadn't. "Good thing," he breathed though he needed to pause before he continued. "That would have killed the mood."

"A little," Beckett replied, a smile on her face. She was brushing her lips to his back and told him, "Are you finished?"

"No," Castle said firmly. He turned over and reached for her saying, "I have one request right now."

"Alright," Beckett said, settling against his side.

"When we come you're on top of me," Castle told her.

"You want a sampla?" Beckett asked.

Shaking his head Castle said, "Half and half." He wasn't surprised when she was smiling and nodding before he pulled her to him, kissing her deeply. He didn't linger and was soon after helping her lay flat on the bed once the pillows were out of the way on the table behind. "Any requests?" he asked once they were coupled.

"Fuck me a little," Beckett replied immediately. She wasn't surprised when her husband was kissing her as soon as she'd spoken and she was rushing to respond before she could feel him sliding back. "Oh… Rick please… hurry," she begged him.

"Do you want me?" Castle asked, his voice thick with his arousal.

"Yes!" Beckett said. She had wanted to say more but he was sinking back in her again and she let out a heavy cry of joy before he was sliding back again. Feeling him building up his rhythm, she tried to match him with her legs wrapped around his though it became too difficult. She was moving her legs, placing her feet flat on the bed so their hips were slapping together when he was ramming into her once.

Hearing her cry Castle asked, "Is that what you wanted love?"

"It is… more-" Beckett tried to say before her husband was kissing her as hard as he could. She responded to him eagerly, their tongues dueling hungrily until they were parting with a gasp when they needed to breathe.

Slowing down, Castle did that for a little longer before he was speeding up twice that time and he leaned into her, kissing at her breasts before he caught her right nipple between his lips. While he was suckling at her again he felt her nails digging into his back and he groaned against her before he was slowing down.

"Rick…" Beckett told him with a moan, reaching up to the edge of his hair on his neck. She fingered it while he was suckling her breasts and when he moved up to her lips she was kissing him hard. She felt his groan in her mouth but didn't stop and was pleased when he began to thrust harder in her. She was going to move her legs again but before she could she was being flipped to her knees. "You didn't warn me," she told him in mock annoyance once she was settled and his arms were wrapped around her.

"I didn't know I needed to," Castle said. He wasn't surprised at the look his wife gave him and said, "Maybe I did," smiling when she rolled her eyes before she kissed him and then spoke.

"You're lucky I agreed to this already," Beckett said with a smirk. She kissed him again before he could speak and then told him, "And I'm in control?"

"If you're asking me if I mind us outright fucking… no," Castle said, pulling her to him for a kiss. When she was immediately responding he was pulling her tighter to him and he was going to start fondling at her where he could when she rocked against him. He pulled away from her with a heavy groan and told her, "Already?"

"You don't want me to?" Beckett asked slightly laughingly.

"A warning?" Castle asked jokingly before he was suddenly cursing when she slapped at what she could of his ass. "Alright, I'm about to come love. I need to, just hurry and start."

Brushing her lips against his, Beckett immediately after proceeded to rock her body against his. She shortly after felt him moving his legs behind her and she said, "Oh… if you slip out…"

"I'll help," Castle assured her before he was kissing at her jaw. He moved along it before he was going to her neck and kissing at it. He paused at one point to feel the way her pulse was racing and he was moving a little harder against her. As she'd said, he was slipping out of her and they were groaning simultaneously before he said, "I'm not regretting asking for this," while he was holding himself as she was raised above him.

"Neither am I," Beckett said.

"What do you want after this love?" Castle asked.

Merely smiling at him, Beckett leaned into her husband and they were kissing sweetly before she pulled away so she could begin moving. She proceeded to rock on him again though she only did that a little before she pushed herself up and down slowly.

"Kate… I know you want me to f-fuck you," Castle groaned at the slight ease in the friction between them. "But… how can I do that?"

Shaking her head, Beckett didn't stop since she was beginning to bounce on him faster that time. She wasn't sure how long they were moving together, only that they were going faster and having to recouple repeatedly. But she finally felt that moment when she was at her orgasm and she was calling her husband's name repeatedly before she felt him joining her. She tried to keep up her speed, but it eventually became too much and she was having a hard time controlling herself before she finally stopped, breathing hard while she leaned against his shoulder. He was still moving against her and she held onto him tightly until she was feeling his shuddering form against her. Kissing his temple she said, "Hopefully that was enough for your request."

"Hmm," Castle replied.

Smiling, Beckett moved to kiss the side of his head and said, "And mine."

Raising his head, Castle said, "Glad I could help." He hesitated and asked, "Bed?"

"Sleep," Beckett responded with a smirk at him. She did her best not to laugh when he frowned and brushed her lips to his before getting off of his lap. "I'm not kidding love," she said.

"I know, but it doesn't mean I'm going to be happy about it," Castle replied in a mock complaining tone before he moved to sit on the edge of his side of the bed. He was about to get up to start turning off the lights when Beckett was wrapping her arms around him and kissing his shoulder before she spoke.

"Would you mind if I changed my mind?" she asked him.

"About what?" Castle asked in surprise, turning to look at her.

"Sleeping," Beckett replied. She wasn't surprised when her husband immediately turned around to her and said, "I want you to fuck me love."

"What brought that on?" Castle inquired. When she shrugged he pretended to scramble to get on the bed and told her, "I guess I should fulfill your request."

"You should," Beckett managed to say before her husband's lips were crushing hers. She moaned in pleasure as he forcefully laid her down though they were soon apart as he was looking down her body. Though she had the instinct to ask him what he was doing, his hand brushing against her left thigh made her act instead and she spread her legs. She felt a rush of pleasure when he was making her take his erection in hand and it wasn't long before he was sinking smoothly into her.

Hearing his wife's moan and feeling the extent of her arousal Castle breathed out, "How can you do that so fast."

"It's because of you," Beckett replied, wrapping her legs and arms around her husband tightly in anticipation.

"Oh, so it's my fault," Castle stated.

Shaking her head firmly Beckett told him, "Start Rick, I want to feel your cock fucking my pussy again."

Nodding, Castle leaned into her and kissed her while he proceeded to thrust, starting out slowly. When she moaned in protest into his mouth he sped up a little, though he didn't wait very long to do so again.

While they were moving roughly together, Castle and Beckett were kissing and touching each other the best they could. Though she was doing the latter more, neither cared as it added to his arousal and slightly to his speed inside of her. When they climaxed together they were calling each other's names, but only managed that once since the ecstasy was almost too intense. When they finally calmed down, Castle's face was buried in Beckett's neck and she was lightly caressing his hair and shoulders before she spoke first.

"When we started," she told him. "I never really thought of how different each time was going to be."

"Neither did I," Castle said, still speaking against her skin. When she laughed softly he groaned since her sex was clenching around him in response. "It's alright," he told her when she said a quick apology. He withdrew from her and asked, "Happy?"

"Very," Beckett said, closing her legs slightly. "No you can't call me a pervert."

"The urge to do so is really strong," Castle said. When she rolled her eyes he couldn't help smiling and he leaned down to give her a kiss. Though he'd intended that to be brief she was holding onto him and he had no choice but to remain in place. When they finally parted he said seriously, "You love me."

"Hmm, I do," Beckett said. "And you could have just said your come."

Shuddering, since her voice had taken on an almost sultry tone, Castle said, "I wanted it all together." He glanced down between her legs before he said, "But I knew what you wanted. You should have told me."

Shrugging Beckett said, "My way of asking was better."

Doing his best not to shudder again Castle said, "I'll agree, but you can just say." He couldn't help laughing when she shrugged and he couldn't help himself, leaning down and kissing her tenderly. Feeling the way she caressed his cheek he was nearly tempted to ask her if they could be together again when she was gently pushing him away from her before she spoke.

"Lay down love," Beckett told him. She wasn't surprised when he was making a protest noise before she kissed his cheek and moved out of his way for him to lay on his side. She was soon laying against his side though she didn't lower her head telling him, "I love you Rick."

"I love you too Kate," Castle said, smiling at her. He pulled her to him so they could kiss but was careful not to do so too hard before they were parting and he said, "I have to ask you something before we go to sleep." When she nodded he said, "I'd like to talk about San Diego."

"You want to be celibate?" Beckett asked him, smiling in obvious amusement.

"Not in that way," Castle said quickly. He smiled himself seeing her appearing startled and he said, "No penetration but we do pleasure each other."

"Manually and orally?" Beckett asked him. When her husband nodded she was smiling and said, "Alright, but are you going to be able to stick to that?"

Giving her a brief look, Castle said, "And you?"

"I'll be fine," Beckett replied. She smiled when her husband looked uncertain and she leaned over to kiss his cheek. "I agree," she told him.

"Glad to hear," Castle said simply. He smiled when his wife was kissing his cheek and he said, "Now we have to sleep."

"Yes," Beckett told him firmly before she moved to lay against his side. She paused before she was there fully and said to him, "The lights?" when he was looking at her questioningly.

"I'll get them," Castle said in a rush before he was getting up. He went to the light switch by the door before he went to her nightstand and turned the light off there. "I nearly forgot these," he said to her when he was removing his glasses. Pausing he then turned to his wife and asked, "Did you not want me to?"

"Not really, but I would have reminded you," Beckett replied in amusement.

"I would have done that myself," Castle said, turning to look at her before he kissed her gently.

Responding to it, Beckett watched him lay down before she was moving to lay down against his side. She pressed her cheek to his shoulder and told him, "Night love."

"Night," Castle replied. He watched her then, just able to see her in the dark before he told her, "I didn't ask."

"No, I'm fine," Beckett said.

"Good to know," Castle said, smiling when she laughed briefly. He kissed the side of her head before he felt her fully settling against him and he waited for her to fall asleep before he did the same. When she was doing so easily he was relieved but let his own exhaustion from their exertions take him over.


"Morning," Castle told his wife when he opened his eyes seeing she was sitting above him. "Please don't tell me it's late."

"It's not," Beckett replied with a smile. "But you do need to get up."

Sighing Castle asked, "Do we still have a case."

"Unfortunately yes," Beckett replied. She laughed outright when he was sighing again and said, "We'll get to San Diego soon enough."

"True," Castle said, rubbing his eyes for a moment. "Less than two weeks until Valentine's Day."

"Are you sure you still want to go for that abstinence?" Beckett replied.

"It's not complete," Castle reminded her.

"And are you going to be okay with that?" Beckett asked.

Castle was about to answer when she was suddenly pulling the covers off him and he said, "Did you check on me?"

"I may have," Beckett replied, smirking at him. That soon fell off her face when he was suddenly grabbing her and laying her on her back leading her to say, "You're sure about the time," not surprised at his immediate reaction.

"No, but I'm trying to figure out if you did that on purpose," Castle said.

"I did, we should take a shower," Beckett told him easily. She was laughing when he shot up into a sitting position and though she'd been chuckling she was aware of what he was going to do. His kiss wasn't a surprise and she was eagerly responding while her husband was running his hands around her body until she carefully stopped him. "Shower," she told him firmly. "Now." She wasn't surprised when he was grabbing her immediately and pulling her off of the bed to go to the shower stall in the bathroom. She allowed him to start the water before they were getting underneath it and kissing deeply before they would begin their stimulation of each other in the time they had until breakfast with everyone in the house.