The doors of the elevators opened and Lanie stepped out and into the precinct. She immediately ran into Esposito and Ryan who were holding cups of steaming coffee and heading for their desks.

"Hey Lanie. You got some news on our case?"

"That's not why I'm here."

"What's up, then?"

"Did you see them?"

The two partners exchanged a look of confusion.

"Beckett and Castle." Lanie said with a bit of exasperation.

"No, we just got here."

"Both of you?"

The two cops looked at each other and shrugged. They all headed towards the desks and saw that Castle and Beckett were already here. Ryan and Esposito sat down and Lanie stood by the desks. After shooting several not-so-discreet looks in the direction of the writer and his muse, Ryan sighed.

"Don't tell me it's all been for nothing."

"Yeah, how can they be going on like they always do?"

Lanie tried to suppress the grin on her face and rolled her eyes.

"You, idiots."

She received the same blank look from both of them and couldn't help laughing.

"What?"

"Look at them." She insisted.

They did. Castle was sitting on his usual chair, by Beckett's desk. She was filling out paperwork while he was leaning over and talking to her. He gestured excitedly and she pushed back his hand with a hint of annoyance.

Ryan and Esposito looked back at Lanie with the same uncomprehending look on their face. All they were seeing was the same usual Castle and Beckett, which puzzled them both. They had seriously been hoping that the writer had found her the night before and that they had finally figured things out. Well, maybe they were meant to go on that way forever, driving themselves and all their entourage crazy.

Lanie shook her head.

"Look better."

So they looked again. And then, they saw.

They saw her gesture of annoyance contradicted by the soft look in her eyes. They saw his hand finally pulling away and brushing along her sleeve in a tender manner. They saw how their bodies leaned towards one another as if drawn by a magnet and some kind of vibration emanating from the two of them.

Ryan and Esposito turned to Lanie, mouth gaping, brows furrowed in doubt. She nodded and all three went back to looking at their friends. They were not really worried about being caught staring.

Neither Castle nor Beckett would have noticed anything anyway.

The end

A/N: Sorry if you were expecting lovey-dovey Caskett. I can't write fluff, my brain won't process it.
Sorry again for the super messy updates. That was definitely the worst possible time to start uploading this.
Thank you to everybody who sticked around and thank you for reading.

I'll be back soon!