Author's note: First Castle fanfic! Please be easy on me, it has been some time since I've last watched Castle. I just started up again

Chapter 1

NPOV

Kevin Ryan walked into the office to see Beckett and Castle already working on a case. Today was the first day Esposito and Beckett got back from suspension. He was glad to see them, but still got a glare from Esposito. He frowned and sat at his desk, not saying a word.

"Ryan, are you okay? You look pale." Kate asked as she looked up at the detective.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He replied, shoving it off.

She didn't ask any more questions as she got back onto the case.

"Okay, a body of a thirty year old woman was found. She was tortured before being killed. Lani is searching for the types of torture she endured. The man believed to have done this is Thomason Grey. He's done it to twelve women when he was in his twenties. Now he's in his fifties. He got out of jail a year ago. Anything I missed?" she asked.

"Sounds pretty good to me. We should start by looking in his apartment." Esposito replied.

"Wait, how do we even know he did it?" Castle asked, turning towards the group.

"We're not sure if he did, that is why he's a suspect. We'll search his apartment and then go from there." Kate said.

Ryan didn't say a word the whole time. He sat there, listening to their conversation.

"Ryan, do you agree?" Kate asked, looking at him.

"Huh? Oh, yeah sounds good." He mumbled.

She casted a concern look in his direction, before turning her focus back to the case. "Ryan and Esposito will go to the crime scene, try to find any clues we're missing. Castle and I will go to his apartment." Beckett said as she grabbed her keys.

They all walked out of the office, Esposito snatched the keys before Ryan could though. Esposito hopped into the driver's seat, while Ryan got into the passenger's. He didn't argue like he usually would, he just stared out the window.

The silence was bothering Esposito, and the fact Ryan hadn't argued. He was tempted to ask him if he was okay, but the words fell flat on his tongue. He didn't know what to say, since he had ignored his calls and texts, and gave him a rude glare this morning. He sighed and just continued driving. Once they arrived at the crime scene, Ryan hopped out quickly. Wanting to avoid the awkward silence as it dragged on. Esposito eyed him carefully as he got out normally. He walked with Ryan to the scene. Where a lead officer was directing the cops.

"You must be Esposito and Ryan?" the chubby man asked.

"Yes, Beckett sent for us." Esposito replied.

"Alright, well we're done here. So you can start searching. We didn't search for clues."

"We know."

Both detectives go to work. They spent three hours studying the ground, looking for anything. They only found two blood spots, a strand of short hair, and some necklace. They also got lucky and found a boot print.

As they searched though, they didn't realize there was a man watching them. He was tall, but kind of chubby, he had dark brown eyes and dirty blonde hair, and dirty skin. He glared at them, his dark eyes burning with rage. He grinned to himself, a plan forming in his head. To stop this case and distract them. He would only need the one detective. He needed Kevin Ryan.

"This will be fun." He whispered to himself as he turned and left.

Author's note: So here's the first chapter. Hope you enjoyed it! Sorry for any mistakes! Please review, favorite and/or follow! :D thanks!