629. Chapter 629

After A Deadly Game

Part Two

Episode 2.24

By

UCSBdad

Disclaimer: It's no game. I don't own Castle. Rating: M Time: See above.

Kate nodded. It had been a long, stressful week and she was tired.

After dinner, they went to their rooms and got ready for bed. Kate pulled on a very skimpy pair of black bikini panties and a sheer baby doll top. Then she shook her head and pulled them off, lying on the bed with nothing on. "If and when Castle comes in, I want him to know I'm ready." She muttered to herself. She tried to stay awake, but eventually drifted off to sleep. She awoke at three AM and was cold. Castle apparently wasn't going to try any funny stuff. She pulled the covers over her and went back to sleep.

"Beckett?"

She woke up. The sun was out and Castle was outside her door. "Yes?"

"I'm starting breakfast. It'll be ready in a half an hour or so, okay?"

"Fine. I'll be right down." She headed for the bathroom. Then she dressed, deciding on a pair of shorts and a tee shirt with nothing on underneath.

Once downstairs, she found Castle had breakfast almost ready. She tried to snuggle up against him, but found that he kept moving away. Of course. I spent so much time pushing him away, now he won't come near me for fear I'll get mad at him. Dammit. Time for Plan B.

"The news last night said it'd be hot today. Can we just relax out by the pool?" She asked.

"Of course."

An hour later, she had on her skimpiest bikini, one she'd never worn before and was lying on a chaise longue by the pool. She lay face down and reached behind her to undo her top. "Castle, can you put some sunscreen on my back?"

He came over and began applying sunscreen. She lifted herself up on her elbows, allowing her boobs to hang loose below her. All he has to do is reach under me now.

But he didn't. He kept his hands firmly on her back, never going near her ass either.

"All done." He said, moving away.

"Not yet. I need more."

Castle dabbed more sunscreen on his hands. As he did, she turned over on her back and pulled his hands down to her boobs. Before he could remove them, she pulled him down on top of her and began kissing him.

He pulled away. "Beckett, you don't have to do this to get me to come back and be your partner."

"Castle, I know you'll come back. That's not what this is about. The heart wants what the heart wants, remember?" She reached into his swim trunks and smiled. "Although I don't think either of us are thinking about that organ right now. Pull my bottoms off and I'll get your trunks off."

"Beckett, this isn't at all private. Anyone could come by and see us."

"I don't care." She pushed his trunks down and he managed to get them off as he dropped her bikini bottoms on the pool deck. She grabbed his erection, pulled him into her, and moaned as he entered her.

"Castle, I've wanted this for so long." She wrapped her legs around him and then wrapped her arms around his neck, her hips gyrating up and down as fast as she could move them.

"Beckett, I won't last like this."

"Me either." She whispered, feeling her orgasm building. "Not long at all." She smiled up at him. "Play with my boobs, Squeeze them. Pinch my nipples, lover. Squeeze my ass. Touch me everywhere."

They were done in minutes and happy and content for the moment, as well. Castle rolled off of her and kissed her gently. "Upstairs to the bedroom, okay?"

"You don't want to show me off to your neighbors?" She teased.

"I want to make love to you properly, on a huge bed with silk sheets so I can worship every inch of your magnificent body and give you all of the pleasure you deserve. I do want to touch you everywhere." He stroked one nipple. "Starting here."

"When you put it that way…"

Three hours later, they were tired, sweaty, and completely sated. "Any more and I'd just become a pile of warm goo." She said.

"Me, too." He checked the clock by the bed. "Shower and then I'll start the barbecue. I need red meat after that."

"Me too." she said, reaching for him again.

Neither one became warm goo. And dinner was late.

The next day, Castle got the first call from Gina. Kate left her lover, feeling it was inappropriate for her to listen in. When she heard him hang up, she came back to him.

"How is Gina?"

Castle grimaced. "Angry. She wanted to come up here to ride herd on me to get the book done. I told her I had company. She knew at once it was you. She said that if we spent the whole summer screwing, and didn't get the book done, she'd sue."

Kate nodded. "In that case, Mr. Castle, there will be no sex for you until you have a chapter done."

"What? You can't rush genius!"

"You wanna bet, big boy?"

He headed for his laptop.

The long weekend passed too quickly and on their last night, the snuggled together in bed. "This was way too quick." He lamented.

"I know."

"I'll come back to the city. We can be together. I can work on cases with you."

She shook her head. "You have to finish your book. I'm the basis for Nikki Heat, and your muse. I expect Naked Heat to be finished by the end of summer and I expect it to be remarkable. And extraordinary."

"And tall?" He asked, snickering.

"I have a certain reputation to uphold. I don't want people thinking there wasn't enough to Nikki for more than one book. I have to prep for a trial next weekend, but I'll be up here in two weeks. I'll expect to see two excellent chapters."

"You're a hard task mistress, Detective Beckett."

"And don't ever forget it, Writer Man." She ran her hand down his chest and stomach and on further down. "And speaking of hard…"

And so, every time Kate could get time off, she drove to the Hamptons to be greeted at the door with a cup of coffee and at least one chapter of the book. As Castle worked very diligently to meet her high standards, the next stop was their bedroom.

When fall came, they went back to the city and spent Castle's last night away from the loft at Beckett's apartment. "Penny for your thoughts." He said.

She blushed. "I was just wondering how long we're going to last."

He took her hand and pulled her into an embrace. "Kate, I don't see an end to this. I don't see an end to us. Ever."

She rested her head on his shoulder. "I do."

On their fifth wedding anniversary, Castle had a beautiful cake made that said "I do." Everyone thought it referred to their wedding vows. Only Kate and Rick knew better.

Author's note: I've noticed that since the beginning of season eight, my stories are getting more Casketty. What an odd coincidence.