A/N: This is it. Last part up. I didn't expect this one to be too long.

Part Three: Esposito and Ryan to the Rescue

Castle was knocking the back of his head on the headboard. He was wondering why in the hell did he use the cuffs on Kate? One would think he'd know better but the writer rarely learned. He sighed. This was his punishment, and in all, not a good way. Castle preferred Kate in leather with whips and chains involved. Alas, instead, she booked him. The odd thing was that Esposito even warned him. This got Rick thinking.

How would Javier know about this certain detail about Kate? True, they were friends. Espo was way in the picture before he'd ever graced them with his presence. There was something there. Castle felt when those two were in close encounters with one another. It was the same chemistry he implied for Rook and Heat when he was writing the series back then. Come to think of it, it was how they started before things exulted into something much bigger.

His eyes went wide at his theory, though it would come to be not to be as ridicules as some of his others. It was possible that Espo and Beckett could've been together. Then, why didn't no one tell him if they were? Wouldn't have someone mentioned that tiny fact?

"Castle!"

Esposito broke into his thoughts.

"I'm up here!" Castle cried out.

Javier dashed in. He cracked a smirk.

"Not a word." Castle warned. "Not a single word."

It didn't stop Ryan from busting out laughing.

"Hey, I said-"

"I'm laughin', ya didn't say anything 'bout not laughin'." Ryan reminded him. "The picture really doesn't give ya justice at all." Ryan continued as he gestured at Castle.

"She didn't." Castle gawked.

"Yup, Laine showed us." explained Javi as he walked over to Castle's bedside to get him out of the damn things.

"Aw man,"

There was a click behind them. Kevin helped himself to a picture as well. "Jenny is gonna love this!"

"Are you done?"

Ryan put his phone away only to give before he laughed again. He cleared his throat and declared: "Al'right, I'm done now."

"Good, maybe ya can give me a hand here." Esposito said. "This is going to be an image I won't be able to get out of my head for a long time."

"Can't ya do anything?" Ryan joked as he went on the opposite side of him. Epso couldn't do laces, now this. He was becoming disappointed with his partner with this aspect of skills.

Being detectives, it didn't take them long to get Castle out. Well, Espo longer than Ryan. In the end, he had to push his partner away so he could get it done himself. Castle thanked them but kindly asked the two to leave so he could take some to get ready for this morning. By now, however, it was well into the after early hours of the afternoon. Beckett was so not going to get coffee today.

Actually, Rick would get Esposito a fresh one. It turned out to be a good day. The case got wrapped up, solved by New York's finest, Beckett went home early, Ryan was home with Jenny, and Javier was finishing up some grunt paper work. It wasn't one of the perks on the job, but someone had to get it done. Considering he was the only one among them who really didn't have a significant other, he volunteered to it.

"I thought you could use this." Castle said.

"Thanks."

"Why don't you head home?" Castle asked.

"Meh, I'm almost done. No rush." Esposito promised. He really didn't have much to go home to these days.

"Can I ask you something, and can you be straight up with me?"

"Sure. Shoot." Jaiver put the pen down.

"You and Beckett?"

"How did ya find out?"

"Call it a hunch." Castle replied. "I put two and two together after you suggested that I shouldn't use the handcuffs on Kate."

He sighed. The cat was bound to come out of the bag sooner or later, he'd hope much later but this was how his luck ran sometimes.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Esposito shrugged as he leaned back into his chair. "Dunno bro, dunno… I'd thought it'd be awkward. So, I didn't say anything. Ryan and Laine helped us keep that under wraps."

"I don't think it would be, and it still doesn't." Rick promised him. "If you would have said something, I would've-"

This made Javi smile, open up his dimples. This was why he liked Castle. "Under the bridge,"

"Are you sure."

"Yeah." he went on to say: "But Castle, can ya promise me something?"

"Name it."

"Don't hurt her."

"I won't." Castle promised.

With that Castle bid him ado before taking his leave so he could be with Kate back at home. Javier went back to the paper work. He doubted that the writer would actually hurt Beckett. They were a match the moment they met, but just as a stand by, Esposito made sure that if Rick did hurt Kate, he'd come up with a that they wouldn't be able to find Castle's body.

END