This was definitely fun to read! Great job with characterization!
I really enjoyed the lighter moments, which managed to make me laugh.

Just wanted to let you know that we're (Caroline and I) rewatching Castle, we got to this episode, and I made a unilateral decision that we had to reread this fic as I consider it to be better than the canon. Plus it was the only way I could make it through the episode without heckling.

PJW

Really enjoyed this take on the freezer scene, it never occurred to me before that one of them at least should know more about what to do in that kind of situation. I liked when Beckett punched Castle, that made me laugh :)

Oh, my gosh. I think that was an X-Files reference in there. (And, because I remember random crap, I'm gonna state that the name of that episode was Detour.)
I am still stuck on the possible X-Files reference. So cool. Especially since my mom caught one very disturbing episode and it put her off the whole show forever...
Yeah, so, I like this, and, um, yeah.

ugh! how so beautiful? i love this story. it's fantastic!

ohmygod. this is so perfect. i love this so much! the thought processes are brilliant; you captured their voices; i simply can't with this. this is all kinds of wonderful. i can't even properly express my love for it.

Great fic, I love this, always hated how time flew and they did nothing. This is great

Excellent fic and significantly better than the actual scene.

Yes, indeed, how could they possibly be so ignorant about hypothermia. Sitting next to each other with nothing on their heads has to be the worst plan. Ok, getting nekkid in the freezer would have been worse, but really, the scene in the ep was not much better. Anyway, great job making it plausible and shippy. ;-)

"When we get out of here, I'll buy you dinner."

She smirked in spite of herself. "Shouldn't you have done that before you stuck your hand up my shirt?"

snarf!

"I don't think anything about this makes for good storytelling. Why force your characters to sit around and talk? There's no reason, unless there's something vital to the plot—or to the characters—that one or both of them are unwilling to discuss in casual conversation."

eeeexcellent metafiction! i love it!

great job! i'm so glad you finished it!)

(this is artekka btw)

This was a lovely and believable way to describe the hours in the freezer :) I wouldn't have mind if they'd talked some more serious stuff or even acted on it, but the way you did it it was real and it could be canon. Which is good. :)

Oooh, XF reference in the first chapter! 3 3 3

Nicely done! I, too, would have thought they could come up with more than what they actually did to preserve body heat, so thanks for writing about it.

Fantastic, you are a gifted writer. This was so much better than the show episode!

Absolutely fantastic conclusion! You have totally mastered their banter, in that it usually has 2 levels of interpretation. You had both the humor and the deeper meaning in what they said. I also appreciated the realism of the situation immensely. Thanks for filling in this missing piece of the story so perfectly!

I'm amazed by the fact that you took a scene so powerfully dramatic and turned it into a story that it's making me laugh so much! Without loosing the drama!

An this: "I don't think anything about this makes for good storytelling. Why force your characters to sit around and talk? There's no reason, unless there's something vital to the plot—or to the characters—that one or both of them are unwilling to discuss in casual conversation.". So meta it was hilarious.

I really enjoyed the ride, and like your version better that the canon one. Every time I picture the scene, I'm bothered by their physically detached positions. Such a waste.