Note: None of these characters are mine.

First Time

"Shit, Castle," Kate says, breathing heavily. "That was fun."

"I told you that you'd like it," he pants, smiling smugly.

Kate lets out a deep chuckle, and leans her head back against the wall, closing her eyes. Her body feels like jello. Yoga may be relaxing, but it's nothing compared to this. "To tell you the truth, Castle, I always thought I'd be drunk the first time we did this."

"So you've been thinking about it, huh?" Castle teases. She throws out an arm to smack his chest. "No, honestly, Detective, did you think it would be that bad?" He raises the edge of his shirt to wipe the sweat off his forehead. When he looks up, he catches her eyes grazing his torso.

"God, no," she says, recovering. "I knew it would be good." He raises an eyebrow, so she amends, "Alright, I knew it would be great. I just figured I'd need something to lower my inhibitions. Just enough to let me get started."

"Well," Castle says, sliding to the floor and pulling her down with him, "I'm glad you gave it a chance. I've wanted to do that since we met four years ago."

"That was a long time to wait, Castle."

"This was well worth it, Beckett."

She grins and nudges him with her shoulder. "So, old man. Are you ready for round two?"

He groans playfully as she springs to her feet and hauls him up off the floor. "You're going to be the death of me."

"You betcha," she laughs as she shoots him twice in the center of his laser tag vest and darts off down the hall.

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