A/N: Just finding a home here for my Tumblr ficlets. Most are super short and unbetaed. Please note any chapters with individual rating changes.

I'm so sorry.

Castle belongs to ABC & AWM

aspenmusing asked: Prompt! Observations on Castle/Beckett relationship from the perspectives of the other hostages in Cops & Robbers.

She shuffled uncomfortably on the floor of the vault, her baby boy deciding now was a good time to break dance, or play soccer, or take a Zumba class. She had no idea what, just that this kid was going to be a handful once he was walking.

She really needed to pee. Even more than usual.

She should have taken her husband's advice and taken the early maternity leave.

The explosion had shocked them all, but there was little they had been able to do about it, locked away as they were. None of the so-called "Doctors" had been seen or heard from since then, and it sounded like the police were finally making their way inside.

One member of the police force, in particular.

Simone's eyes widened when she caught a glimpse of the woman the Doctors had been negotiating with, the one whose partner had become spokesperson for the hostages. It was the ambulance officer from before - although nothing in his earlier demeanor had made anyone think they knew each other, as they obviously did. She was beautiful, hair pulled back in a loose bun, dark eyes frantic with worry. She was calling for him, her voice hoarse, choked from debris and worry, and when he called back to her, she barely took the time to notify her colleagues as to their location before she made a bee line for him.

Oh, my.

So they were that kind of partner…!

The whole world had clearly faded away for the two lovers, and Simone couldn't help getting a little teary-eyed watching the scene playing out before her. Damn hormones! But those smiles of relief and her tentative hand reaching out to caress his lapel were all just heartwrenching in its sweet joy.

His mother said something then, breaking the moment, and another officer crowded into Simone's view, cutting her ties and helping her to her feet, so she missed the end of that little drama.

Strangely, though, that moment was the one part of the whole experience that stayed with her the longest.