Thanks again for all the reviews/favourites/follows, you guys are the best! This is rather short but I didn't want to add more so here it is. I hope you enjoy it :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Castle or the characters.

The bear has watched Kate grow throughout her life and now watched Castle and her become a family. He's watched Kate become happy again but he's still needed from time to time. Sometimes Castle finds her with Mr Snuggles and that's when he really knows that something is wrong.

He may have been out at book meetings for the day or just in the other room and he'd walk in and find Beckett curled up, holding her bear close and he'd know then that she wasn't okay.

The first time he'd found her, not long after they'd started dating, she'd been at her apartment, tears in her eyes as she held the bear close. They'd had a big argument and he'd left her like that apartment, coming back less than an hour later to apologise. At first, he didn't know what he should do. Should he leave her, let her have some alone time to think over her problems by herself or should he try and comfort her?

But when he thought about leaving her, he couldn't do it again, not when she was like this, so he walked over to where she was curled up, sat down beside her and gently pulled her into his lap. Beckett froze when he did so he paused, gave her time, let her pull away if she wanted to but then she snuggled further into his lap and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close and apologising for their argument.

She does the same for him now too. Sometimes when a case hits him too hard or he's just having a tough day, she'll just hold him close, let him know that she's there and that alone makes him feel better.

It was bad for both of them after Alexis had been kidnapped. Castle had thought his little girl was dead and Beckett had thought that he was. Castle had comforted his daughter until she fell asleep, putting on a brave face for her but he'd broken down instantly when he'd walked into his room and saw Beckett there, bear in hand, eyes read like she'd been crying. She was off the bed and in his arms in an instant, wanting him close but also wanting to comfort him in return, knowing what he'd been through in the past few days.

The worst time he found her was after her mother's murder had been solved. She'd gone into the bedroom to change but Castle had grown worried when she hadn't come back out. He realised then that he probably shouldn't have left her alone, even though she seemed like she was handling it okay but when he entered the room, he knew she wasn't.

There she'd been, curled up on the covers with her bear held tightly in her arms. He'd noticed one day that she'd brought it over with some of her other belongings to his loft. They weren't living together officially yet but she had been spending more and more time at his place recently. And he was glad she had it now, pressed against her chest as she sobbed silently into the pillow. He was at her side in a second, climbing onto the bed behind her, wrapping his arms tightly around her. She turned into him, pressed her face into his chest and held him back just as tightly.

They're married now, have a child together, but sometimes he still finds her with the bear, usually during or after a tough case and he just holds her, knows she gets comfort from him just being close. And he's thankful that he can do that for her, be there for her.

But she goes to him more now, lets him know when sometimes wrong so he can comfort her instead of the bear. Mr Snuggles is still there, sitting in their room and she still finds a level of comfort in him but nothing is more comforting and makes her feel safer than being wrapped in Castle's arms as he holds her close.

And now they have a child, a little girl, and sitting there holding her, with Castle's arms around them both, there's nothing in the world that's more comforting than that.

What did you think? I'm toying with the idea of writing a 4th chapter but I don't know if I will so I've marked it complete again in case I don't.