Sorry I haven't updated for the past couple of days, work has been consuming my life! And sorry this is so short, but here is a little tid bit to get you through and to give you a glimpse of where this story is going! Thank you again for your reviews, they make me happy in my heart.
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"So you are basically telling me this guy is a real life super hero?" Castle all but squealed. Kate glanced over at him in the passenger's side of the car and had to fight the small smile that she felt melting away from the corners of her mouth at the tickled pink look on his face. She'd been slightly disappointed when he hadn't protested her driving and just slipped into the passenger's side. It had reminded her that although Castle was pretending things were normal, there were still a lot of things she had left unresolved and the balance in their relationship would be off for a while yet.
She rolled her eyes at him and he could see the smile that she was fighting hiding in the shadow at the corner of her mouth, where he used to imagine she kept her sweetest kisses.
"Vigilante, Castle, our killer is a vigilante."
"Vigilante Debutant-ay." He quipped, "Definitely a super hero. I wonder what his super hero name is? Why do we want to catch him again? Especially if he is killing guys like the victims you've just described to me..."
She sighed and looked over at him. "Despite the fact that within the last week he has killed a gang leader, a mobster and a rapist he is still on the wrong side of the law. He doesn't get to play God, Castle."
Castle gasped. "What if he is half God? Like Thor?"
She ignored his comment and brushed off a chill brought on by their surroundings. As a cop Kate had seen almost everything, but this part of town still never failed to crawl up under her skin and give her the creeps.
Castle was still talking over in the passenger's seat, the animation in his face very closely mimicking that of a little boy. That was one of the things Kate loved about him, his uninhibited excitement and zest for life. She was glad to get a glimpse of it again. Maybe this case would be what they needed to get back on track? Maybe, if she didn't avoid the herd of elephants that was sitting in the room every time they were alone. Despite Castle's willingness to come on board with this case she could still see questions dancing behind his eyes. Questions that she didn't know if she could answer yet.
"I have an idea! If we want to catch this guy we should just go up on the roof of the precinct and dust off the bat symbol." Castle looked pleased with himself and Kate couldn't say that she wasn't pleased with the lightness in mood inside the car's interior.
"He isn't batman. Batman doesn't leave quotes from intelligent literature at his crime scene."
"Hey, Bruce Wayne was a classy guy."
Kate shifted the car into park but didn't make a move to get out right away. She didn't know if she was ready to break out of the moments of magic and safety the car ride had provided her.
"Na na na na nuh nah na na, Na na na na nuh nah na na Batman."
"Please promise me you won't sing at the crime scene." With that she ducked out of the car and into the world.