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Tweak says, "Why Did Time Fly?"

Kate Beckett (katebex) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-03-26 13:11:00

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! enterprise, ^ log, kate beckett | castle, lucifer morningstar | lucifer

WHO: Kate Beckett and Lucifer Morningstar
WHEN: 224603.26; evening
WHERE: Gym
SUMMARY: Beckett promised to tell Lucifer about her husband.
WARNINGS: None at the moment.

The slap of leather against leather was soothing to her, the force of the punches Kate gave to the bag in front of her vibrating up her arms. She had started kickboxing when she joined the NYPD, as much a way to build her core strength and improve her skill at sparring as a genuine interest in the sport. But she had quickly found that it helped focus her, pushed away some of the rage and aggression that had become so much a part of her after her mother's death.

It didn't hurt that it also helped tone her arms and legs, making sure that the skinny jeans she loved so much still looked good on a woman in her late thirties that was distinctly aware of how quickly her fortieth birthday would arrive.

With another hard hit to the bag with her left hand, Kate lifted her knee to land another blow and spun to the other side of the bag, kicking out with her leg to strike at its center point. Four quick blows later she ended her routine with one final right hook.

"Are you stalking me now or what?" she asked, lifting one of the gloves to her mouth and ripping the binding back with her teeth to loosen the strap across her wrist as she turned to face Lucifer.

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extraharley
2017-03-26 02:55 pm UTC (link)

"I think stalking implies that I was following you, which would have made finding you much easier," Lucifer answered easily. "As opposed to the almost futile search I embarked on to end up here."

He stepped up from where he'd been leaning against the wall, and added, "Don't let me stop you. I can put gloves on if you'd like." Or not, really. He didn't need them. Without the detective around a misdirected (or deliberate) punch to the face would be nothing more than the equivalent of being hit with a pillow.

And Kate looked like she could use a moving target.

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katebex
2017-03-26 03:05 pm UTC (link)

"I come here at night a lot," she said with a shrug, tossing one glove into the corner near the bag she had brought with her and quickly pulling off the other. With her hands now freed, Kate went straight to the bottle of water that she had near her feet, twisting off the lid and drinking down half of it in one go. "It's quieter."

It was the opposite of her routine at home when she would get to the precinct before her shift began and get in her workout then. Or, sometimes, she would just go running through the streets in the early morning, before most of Manhattan was awake and the rat race began anew.

With a loud exhale as her parched throat was replenished with water, she gave a shake of her head. "No, I'm finished. Besides, you'd never forgive me if I broke your nose." Assuming she could even do such a thing. Kate generally tried to ignore the fact that Lucifer was the Devil and just thought of him as her friend.

	katebex 2017-03-26 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Stop?" she asked, "I don't make a habit of lying in life, Lucifer. Just when I needed to get someone to talk for a case." He wanted her to talk about Castle? Well, she had promised him last night that she would tell him about his police record in more detail, but Kate wasn't sure that was really what he wanted to know. "What do you want to know?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extraharley 2017-03-26 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	Thinking her question over for a moment, Lucifer gave her a list when he answered. "Well start with his criminal record," he mentioned. "Then tell me one of your favorite Castle stories, and then one that's just ridiculous." He was certain there were at least a few of those. "Tell me when you knew you were in love with him," he added. "At least to start." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	katebex 2017-03-26 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I was going to go back," Kate sighed, the smile on her face dimming at the thought of her choice to leave Castle. "Once I got the guy responsible for killing my friends. Once he was safe from it all. I was going to go back and fix it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extraharley 2017-03-26 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	Lucifer laughed. "Don't worry, I'd be pissed off if I found you in hell whenever dad decides he's done with the world and it all ends." Because he assumed he'd end up back there, someday, whenever that might be. "You're too good for there. That better never change." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)