A/N: So after a very long time not writing anything I thought it would be nice to try out a Castle fanfiction. I'd like to know your thoughts on this one and hope you'll like it ;)
Disclaimer: as you probably all know, Castle belongs not to me...
Have fun reading :D
It was dark in the room but still, she could feel his gaze on her. Lying next to the man she loved made her feel complete, a feeling she hadn't had for so long. His breath was warm on her skin as she longed for his touch. The feeling was so overwhelming, she had never desired a man that much before.
When he then touched her neck pure lust awoke inside of her, she wanted him badly but however he had a different plan. In deliciously slow pace his hand went down to her tights causing her to squirm in anticipation of what he would do to her body. The tension became more than she could bear and she knew if he would tease her any longer she would go insane.
But suddenly they were interrupted by a loud beeping next to her head and her eyes flung open. Turning her head sideways to the spot beside her in bed she felt lonely, he wasn't there. She'd just dreamed it but it had felt incredibly real. Why wasn't he here? Right they had been supposed to have the previous evening all to themselves, finally some alone time since what felt like ages. But then Alexis had called crying hysterically and she'd told Castle to take care of his daughter and assured him she'd be fine, which she was but still she couldn't keep herself from feeling frustrated.
With a groan she turned around grabbing her phone from the night table and looked at the caller ID. 12th precinct - of course, who else would disturb her at 5 am?
"Beckett." she answered it sitting up in bed.
"Hey, we've got a dead body." the familiar voice of Esposito greeted her.
"Where?" she asked getting out of bed and walking toward her closet. A slight smile appeared on her face as she remembered her first day back at work after suspension and how she'd changed her top several times so none of the detectives would find out about them. No matter which top she'd put on Castle had told her she looked sexy just so she would change again and he could see her topless once more.
"An empty warehouse on Grand Street." he told her.
"Okay, I'm on my way." and with that she hung up
When Beckett walked into the warehouse she took in the scene that was in front of her. Lanie was bending over the body on the opposite side of the room while Esposito and Ryan stood next to her talking. But what was most important to her was the fact that her eyes couldn't find Castle, why wasn't he here? Did that mean something serious had happened to Alexis? She hoped not because that would only lead to Beckett feeling even more bad than she already did.
She'd been so frustrated about Alexis calling because spending an evening all alone with her beloved boyfriend had been more than necessary, after all they'd spend most of the time surrounded either by Esposito and Ryan at work or by Martha and Alexis. Wasn't it understandable that she wanted some time alone with him? But of course Alexis had to call right at that evening and destroy all their plans.
Beckett felt bad for thinking like that because she knew Alexis would always come in first place for him and actually she wouldn't want to have it any other way, but still she was frustrated and apparently slowly going insane. So it probably was better that Castle wasn't there because after the dream she just had it might have been a little too hard for her to concentrate on her work. Trying her best to push away any thoughts concerning her private live she walked over to Esposito and Ryan, who was looking a little confused.
"Where's Castle?" he immediately asked, knowing about the cozy evening they had planned for yesterday. Castle just couldn't keep his mouth shut and had to tell everyone out of his happiness that yesterday evening was just for the two of them.
"Didn't you guys call him too?" she was surprised, usually one of them would also call him.
"Ehhr... We thought he was with you..." he looked somehow unsure of what to say to Esposito and then back to Beckett.
"Well he's not!" that came out a little too bugged, causing Ryan and Esposito to exchange knowing glances, which she chose to ignore just like Esposito's comment "Trouble in paradise...".
"So what do we have here?" she stepped closer to Lanie.
"A young male, who I guess is in his mid-twenties. At first glance it seems as if he was stabbed to death but I might be able to tell you more once I've examined him more closely in the morgue..." Lanie gave her friend a concerned look, sensing that something wasn't alright but not wanting to push her into telling it.
"A woman called the police about 4 am but when we arrived there was no one here. She was gone." Esposito added.
"Maybe you should call Castle now, I'm sure he wouldn't want to miss out on this one..." she said turning to Esposito and Ryan, who both were looking at her sceptical. But she had made her decision, they should call him this way she would know for sure if something serious happened to Alexis the other night and she wouldn't be the crazy nosey little girlfriend because Ryan would call him.
"You're sure?" Ryan asked concerned.
"Oh come on guys, everything's fine with me and Castle, he just had to leave yesterday because Alexis needed him." she clarified rolling her eyes smiling about how much they all seemed to care for her.
"Mhh... Okay so I'll call him."Ryan told them walking out of the building while Esposito went on informing Beckett about everything they already knew.
"We don't know who he is yet because he has nothing with him that might give away his identity, but it looks like he fought his killer, there are blood traces all over this place..."
"Good and did you already find something indicating who the perp might be?" she asked looking down at the body. The victim had short blonde hair that at some spots was now red from his blood he lay in. Wearing jeans and sneakers he looked pretty young, maybe he was a student or something, she thought, he definitely didn't look like he was into anything illegal but out of experience Beckett knew that didn't mean he really wasn't.
"No, but I'm going to see if I find anything..." Espo said turning around to start searching, leaving the two women alone with the dead body.
"You're really okay?" Lanie asked once they were alone.
"Yes... It's just I really needed this time with him, you know only the two of us without anyone interrupting. It's been so long... But Alexis had to call crying and yes I know he had to leave and actually I also told him to do so but still... It's been so long..." actually Beckett hadn't planned on pouring out her heart to her friend like that but somehow there were so many things not going as she'd planned so who cares. She almost whined desperately and felt the frustration rising once more
"Oh I see, you're in desperate need of some Castle action..." her friend gave her a knowing smile.
"I don't..." she started but was silenced by Lanie.
"Yes you are sweety, it's written all over your face." she told her walking away leaving a shocked Beckett standing there alone. Was it that obvious? Did everybody noticed it? Who was she trying to kid, she was surrounded by detectives, of course they would notice. God this couldn't get more embarrassing.
Before she could get even more embarrass Esposito returned holding a beverage can in his hand. "I found this, it might belong to our victim... Or probably our killer..." he told her when Ryan came back in.
"Did you get hold of him?" she asked hopefully turning towards him.
"Yes, he's coming and..." he seemed to be unsure how to tell her something else.
"And?" she asked when he didn't went on talking.
"He told me to tell you that he's really sorry for last night." he blurted out.
"Dude, he really let you apologize in his name?" Esposito cut in not believing what he'd just heard.
"Well... Yes..."Ryan had known he would react like that.
"He is such a coward, no offence Beckett, but your boyfriend has no balls." he clarified somewhat angrily.
"None taken." Beckett couldn't hide a slight smile, she thought it as cute how Esposito always tried to act like he was her older brother and somehow she had to agree with him, which man doesn't apologize personally? But to be honest she didn't expected anything else from him, he was Castle, he did things and said things without thinking about how it seemed to other people. Not a single day passed without him being in an awkward situation due to his first speaking then thinking attitude and actually that was part of his charm. She loved him for it and even if it sometimes made her go mad, because it could be pretty annoying, she would miss it if he would change.
The three of them were about to focus on the crime again when Castle walked into the warehouse holing a cup of coffee in each hand as he always does. The smile on his face let Beckett's heart start to melt, he was gorgeous. She eyed him and wondered if his jeans had always been that tight and shown off his muscular legs like that. He was hot and he was her boyfriend, he belonged to her.
"Hey guys so who was murdered?" he asked a little too cheerfully considering a young man had lost his life. Beckett was startling and noticed that she must had stared at him, had anyone noticed? Or most importantly had he noticed? Castle couldn't know about her being distracted by his presence, if he did it would only lead to an incredibly embarrassing conversation, well at least it would be for her.
"We don't know his name yet but he was a fighter, tried to escape his killer." Esposito explained while Beckett was still preoccupied with not staring.
"Seems not successfully..." Castle commented.
"Really Castle? What a subtle conclusion." she said curtly as she faced the body on the ground but couldn't hide a smirk, she loved him for comments like that.
"Ryan and I will try to find out if there were any witnesses." Esposito seemed to sense that Beckett and Castle probably should be left alone to talk and so he pulled his bro away to hopefully get on with the case.
"So I've heard you're sorry..." she was still looking at the body avoiding any eye contact so she wouldn't be tempted to stare again at her handsome boyfriend but in her voice was a little hint of hurt hearable.
"Yes I am... Turned out Alexis had just some boy trouble..." he didn't noticed anything.
"Oh what happened?" she tried her best to sound rather casually.
"Well, she'd met this guy some time ago and she apparently was really into him and he into her but because of college and friends they didn't really got the chance to have some time just for the two of them and that's why she was crying..." he explained not noticing the irony. Why didn't he notice the parallels to his and Beckett's relationship? Was it just clearly visible to her because she was full of frustration just like Alexis was?
"So what did you tell her?" "That she doesn't want to be alone with that guy, guys that age have nothing good in mind when being alone with a girl, believe me I must know, I've been there..." he nodded at her to underline his point but stopped when she turned towards him raising an eyebrow.
"Actually that didn't come out right..." he added pensively.
"You think?!" she was bugged and now finally he noticed it too. Apparently he had done something wrong and pissed her off, but he couldn't lie his finger on what exactly it was.
"Are you mad at me? Because you know I wanted to come back to your place but it was already late and I thought you might already be asleep... And oh here I've brought you some coffee." he tried to explain himself handing her the cup.
"Thanks and no Castle I'm not mad at you. There was no way I would have let you stay with me when Alexis called last night." she gave him a reassuringly smile.
"What is it then? You act so differently..." he looked so clueless as he stood right in front of her.
"Nothing." she turned around again so she was facing the victim. Looking at Castle was just too distracting, he looked so good in his tight blue jeans. She tried her best to stay calm but she could feel his eyes on her and couldn't resist looking him again. He looked at her from head to toe causing her to absentmindedly start biting her lip. She felt heat rising inside her, knowing he was checking out her body made her feel desireable. She could almost feel his hand touching her gently, pulling her in for a long slow passionate kiss. God his lips, had they always been this full and kissable? She knew she slowly drifted into dreaming again and she actually didn't want to stop herself but a small part inside her was yelling at her to focus and stop staring again.
"Oh I see, you're hot for me... Am I right?" he interrupted her thoughts, his voice barely more than a whisper. Astonishment was all over his face and caused Beckett to blush slightly as she turned away to escape his gaze.
"Oh shut up!" she tried to hide her embarrassment.
"Ha I knew it, you can't stand my good looking..." he exclaimed loudly.
"Could you please keep your voice down?" she whispered turning around shocked by his outburst.
"Oh of course, I'm sorry... But you totally are..." he grinned like a 12-year old.
"No Castle I am not!" she rolled her eyes walking away to avoid the embarrassing conversation he was about to start. Now it was necessary to focus on finding the killer of that poor boy, there was no room for her personal problems and she was kind of happy about that.
She told Esposito and Ryan to ask around whether anyone had seen anything, while she and Castle would be at the precinct trying to find out something about the victim's identity. Unfortunately she hadn't thought about the ride to the precinct, she would have to drive together with him only a few inches separating her from his body. There would be no chance for her to avoid the conversation she knew would be started by him as soon as the car started to move. Well that was going to be interesting and of course embarrassing.
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