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Kate Beckett (katebex) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2018-02-11 19:03:00

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! enterprise, kate beckett | castle, richard castle | castle

WHO: Kate Beckett and Richard Castle
WHEN: 226502.12
WHERE: Their quarters
RATING: Should be pretty low
STATUS: Ongoing
SUMMARY: It's time to make a few solid plans for what comes next.
WARNINGS: Negative.

In the 18 hours or so since Peggy's announcement, the atmosphere in the traveler's quarters had changed. Maybe it was merely the lack of worry and anxiousness on Kate's part, but she thought that everyone seemed to be smiling a little more, laughing a little easier when she had seen them in the mess hall or along the corridors of the Enterprise.

Even the traveler's who were going home seemed happy for some sort of resolution.

For her, there had never really been a decision. She was pregnant, she and Castle had decided with their decision to start a family here and now that they were effectively giving up their life together at home though, she could admit, so much of their decision had happened because neither of them had expected the chance to ever go home would be given to them. But even so, she didn't regret it. At just 15 weeks pregnant, Kate already loved her child with a fierceness that would have led her to drastic measures if Starfleet had insisted on sending all of them back to their home worlds.

Pressing her key card to the door to her living quarters, Kate waited for the retractable door to withdraw before she stepped inside. The collection of possessions she and Castle had collected on their year living on the Enterprise was pretty small but she still wasn't thrilled with the idea of packing all of it up and hauling it to Earth with them.

But boy was she happy for the opportunity to get off a spaceship permanently.

"Hey Castle," she called, sliding her card back into her pocket even as she tightened her hold on the small envelope in her other hand. "You busy?" She figured he was probably writing, or procrastinating, but you could really never tell.

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writeswrongs
2018-02-15 01:05 am UTC (link)

He nodded. "Yeah... I think we did. There was never any guarantee that we'd be able to bring the baby with us through the nebula."

It had been a difficult decision, but Castle still felt that it was the best one. They could be happy here. As for timelines back home, those to him were lives that weren't lived, doors that weren't opened. Perhaps what was behind those doors would be better than the life they had chosen, or perhaps they wouldn't be. There really was no way to know.

"Ok. The envelope please." Castle began a drumroll on his thigh. "And the winner for sex of the Caskett baby is...."

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katebex
2018-02-15 01:17 am UTC (link)

Kate had really intended for Castle to open the envelope and tell her what was inside, if only because he had a taste for the dramatic and he would certainly milk the situation. If Rick had ever wanted to go into acting like his mother, he could have been a huge success. They had the same theatrical flair.

"Okay, okay," she said with a laugh, edging her fingernail under the flap of the envelope and carefully ripping it open. Inside was a single sheet of paper, a paper that she immediately knew was the overall test results of the bloodwork that the Med Bay had performed to check for any complications or problems linked to genetics or Kate's age. But down at the bottom was the one thing she hadn't known, listed in all capital letters.

Kate hadn't been committed to the gender of the baby, just hoping for one that was healthy, but she knew what Castle had been hoping for - a boy. And maybe it was that reasoning that had her flashing him a big grin as she passed the paper to him, "It's a boy."

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	writeswrongs 2018-02-17 01:58 am UTC (link)
	He couldn't help grinning and uttering a loud, hissed "Yes!" when Kate announced that they were having a boy. Grabbing her around the waist, he kissed her lips before taking the paper from her. He, too, would have been happy with either sex, but was very glad that he was going to have his first son. "I'm so happy, Kate." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

katebex
2018-02-17 04:44 pm UTC (link)

Oh, he was cute, Kate thought, unable to stop herself from laughing at Castle's reaction to the news. He loved Alexis, he loved having a daughter, but she wasn't surprised that he wanted a son. Rick's own history with his dad, mainly not having one, was one of the reasons Kate thought he was such a great dad in his own right, he wanted to give his kids all the things he never had with his own.

"You should frame that," she said after he kissed her, obviously teasing him, "Remember how excited you were when it's 3 a.m. and neither of us can sleep because the baby is crying."

Though, honestly, she couldn't imagine either of them regretting it.

But teasing aside, Kate leaned over, giving him another quick peck on the lips, "But I'm happy, too babe. I think this is perfect."

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writeswrongs
2018-02-19 01:34 am UTC (link)

"Uh, you may recall that I have done the dad thing before," he replied with a smirk. Not that he loved waking up at 3 AM, or looked forward to it, but he knew that it was part of the deal. They'd get through it. There were so many wonderful things that came after the sleepless nights.

Castle hugged Kate to him, accepting her kiss. "I think it's perfect too. I'm so ready to start our lives together."

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