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Kate Beckett (katebex) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-03-26 19:32:00

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

WHO: Kate Beckett and Rick Castle
WHEN: 224603.26; shortly after this
WHERE: Observation Deck
SUMMARY: Caskett reunion, FTW.
WARNINGS: Nah.

It wasn't exactly a short trip from her quarters to the Enterprise's observation deck, but Kate took it at a dead run. She had nearly knocked over at least one member of Starfleet on her way, taking a corner much too fast and clipping the poor guy's shoulder, but other than a shouted apology over her shoulder she hadn't stopped.

Thighs burning and her lungs growing tight with the need for air, Kate sprinted through the doors of the observation deck and skidded to a stop. Sucking in as much air as her taxed lungs would allow she began searching for her husband, tugging at the ends of one of her uniforms given to distinguish her as a security crewman on the ship. Of course, today of all days, she'd put on the dress. It was the one she liked the least, and the most impractical for her job, and tended to be the one she wore when actual work wasn't required.

Not the most fashionable wardrobe, but she had never thought to complain and had no opportunity to get anything other than what she had worn onto the ship at her arrival. Not that any of that mattered now.

Turning to the left, Kate spotted him, standing close to the window and gazing out at the expanse of space and for just a moment, she couldn't speak, too overcome by a spike of emotion that left her fighting back tears. She hadn't seen him for nearly three months. The longest they had been apart since they had gotten together.

Pushing back the tears, Kate stepped forward, waiting until she was close enough to touch him to speak his name. "Hey, Rick."

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writeswrongs
2017-04-01 07:52 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, our family," he said with a nod. He hadn't meant to make her feel excluded from that. It would take him some time to remember that Kate was literally his family now.

Castle exhaled slowly, listening to her speak. "I know how you are, Kate, and I can't say any of that surprises me. Not that it matters much now since we're here... but you know I never want to be excluded from stuff like that, even if it's dangerous. I want to help you fight anything that comes our way. You're my wife, and that means that it's not just you anymore, it's us. Anything threatening you is threatening me as well."

He truly believed that they were stronger together and that the best way to solve anything was with both of them.

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katebex
2017-04-01 08:09 pm UTC (link)

"You're right," she told him, lifting one hand to brush against his cheek. "At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing but even a couple of days afterward, I wasn't so sure of that anymore. It felt wrong to be lying to you, to be away from you and keeping this huge secret. But fear kept me from coming back and telling you the truth."

"I know that's a stupid reason, but it's what made me do it and what kept me away from you. And then I ended up here and it just -- it all seemed so stupid. Being here just confirmed what I already knew, that I was supposed to be at home with you and that it should be the two of us together and I swore to myself that if you ever managed to show here, or as soon as I got to go home again, that I'd tell you everything and that I would fix this."

Rising up onto her tiptoes to eliminate most of the remaining distance in their heights, Kate cupped his face in her hands again. "I'm not going to say something ridiculous like I can't live without you -- I could. But I don't want to; I'm a better person with you around and I love my life so much more when you're annoying me in the middle of the night because you have writer's block and want to talk to me, or telling me your latest crazy theory or some joke you read online. It's you and me, Rick. I'm a trainwreck when left to my own devices."

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writeswrongs
2017-04-02 11:37 am UTC (link)

Castle smiled at her and leaned in to kiss her. "I can't be mad at you for something you haven't even done yet," he said. "When I'm from, we just got married, so we're happy. And I'd like to think we're safe here. It will be nice to not have anyone trying to kill us for a while." Hopefully, at least.

He would miss Alexis and his mother, but he knew they would be able to go on without them. His daughter was an adult, practically a college graduate, and could take care of herself for the most part.

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katebex
2017-04-02 01:19 pm UTC (link)

The relief was palpable when Kate tipped her chin up to kiss him back, lighting brushing her thumb at the curve of his jaw when she pulled away to give him the first genuine smile she had managed since they started talking about her more recent history. "Right, the dude ranch," she said with a chuckle, sliding her arms around his waist. "You bought me a six-shooter as a wedding present."

It was a small thing, but one of several that she probably needed to tell him. He didn't know about the P.I. office or that she was now Captain at the Twelfth or that Jerry Tyson had finally been put down. Rick didn't even know that he had won one of the highest honors a mystery writer could receive. So much had happened, so many of them good things that Kate wanted to share with him, "There's a lot more I think I should tell you, but the most important thing is that you and I? We're really good at being married, Castle. It suits us."

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writeswrongs
2017-04-02 05:07 pm UTC (link)

Castle nodded seriously. "Sounds like something I would do."

A lot could happen in a year's time - apparently enough to rock their marriage. He was curious about what else had happened between them and if they had made any headway yet into the time when he had disappeared.

"I'm glad to hear that," he replied, wrapping his arms around her, "because my track record on that isn't so great." Castle had always felt that it was different with Kate though. It was the one marriage he didn't have any doubts about.

[ooc: I probably should have taken him from the end of S7, but oh well.]

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katebex
2017-04-02 05:27 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, no," Kate said quickly, shaking her head at him. "The only track record I care about is ours and, in my opinion, you were doing great. Even when it's been hard, it's been great."

Leaning in to dust a kiss at his cheek, she sighed. "Are you hungry or anything? I can tell you more about what happened while you get some food."

[ooc: you can always bump him if you want.]

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	writeswrongs 2017-04-04 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh, when am I not hungry?" He asked. Hardly ever. Castle took her hand in his. "Is the food any good up here or is it like space rations?" The food and peeing in the suit had to be the worst parts of being an astronaut. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

katebex
2017-04-04 11:42 pm UTC (link)

The smile that bloomed over her face at the feel of Castle's hand encasing hers was one of those megawatt grins that Kate just couldn't hold in when she was really happy. It lit up her entire face and left her eyes sparkling, "It's not that bad," she replied, lightly squeezing his hand while she took the first step to lead him off the observation deck and into the corridor. "I wouldn't say it's as good as the food at home, but you aren't eating goo or powdered ice cream like they sell at the Air and Space museum."

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