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[bluewillowtree]

Title: Who We Are and What We'll Be
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Castle/Beckett
Written For: literary_critic for the castle100 holiday drabble exchange
Prompt: Something about Christmases past (like they tell each other about Christmases when they were kids)
Word Count: 750 (um, drabble, what?)
Spoilers: Vague references to conversations from He's Dead, She's Dead (3x02) and

Comments

[effie214]

1. MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL SHOUTOUT. I HEARTILY APPROVE. "LIGHT THE LAMP, NOT THE RAT! LIGHT THE LAMP, NOT THE RAT!" "THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME PART OF THIS." /dorkage

2. I kind of love this. I'm not one for Christmasy-based schmoop (it seems like it's all been done before, and it's just an excuse to get someone's OTP to kiss beneath the mistletoe) but the longing in this is just exquisite; first for Castle to make Beckett feel included and Beckett's reasons as to why she hasn't, to steal from a popular phrase, had a reason for the season. I particularly love the end. Delicious. :)

As always, thanks for a great read, doll! Happy holidays!

[bluewillowtree]

1. Yay, Muppet Christmas Carol love!! That part of the story is borrowed from my own life; my younger cousins were similarly obsessed and would watch it over and over every Christmas. And though we only watch it once per Christmas now, we stick with it because Muppets = so much Christmas love!!

2. I'm so happy you love this! I've never written Christmas fluff before (or much of any fluff, really), but with Beckett, I think holidays will always have to be somewhat bittersweet, which put me in more comfortable writing territory :)

Thanks, hon! Happy holidays to you too! ♥

[recycledstars]

Well I was meant to be writing my fic for Yuletide but then I saw this and clearly it was time for a break (incidentally, no, I haven't really started, looool, and every time I start something that's due on a deadline I swear I'll be better ahem).

And what a break it was. Man, you have no idea how much you've completely accidentally made this perfect. By this I mean there are so many little things that are completely personal that make this wonderful to me which you would have no way of knowing but man. (For example, we never had santa at all in my house - and Beckett's way of describing Christmas without santa rang so very true.) So good. Thank you thank you thank you.

She’s starting to trust what they’re becoming as much as what they’ve been.

That line was my most favourite!

Well I am just filled with glee right now. Thank you again. ♥

[bluewillowtree]

Yay, I'm so happy that you're filled with glee! You are very welcome, and thank you for the wonderful prompt! It was very much fun to write

[bluewillowtree]

I forgot to add this to the earlier comment, but sorry I couldn't work in the sexytimes - at least, not without making this even longer than it already is! But I figured implied sexytimes are beter than none ;)

[irishunicorn03]

What a wonderful story and so very true to who the characters are and will be.

He knows he’s pushed as far as he should for the moment, so he resists the urge to tell her he loves her. But he can show her, and that’s enough for now.

^Favorite line.

[bluewillowtree]

Thank you so much! I think it'll be hard for Castle not to just go completely insane and shout from the rooftops when he and Beckett finally do get together, but he's learned a surprising amount of restraint during his years with her, and he knows what will spook her. But she's opened up a lot too. They've both come a long way :)

[sparkles_mouse]

I am loving all this Christmas fic floating around.

I feel it's totally fitting that Castle watch Die Hard on Christmas. And I love her talking about her mother, the traditions, how it was pain free and carefree and good memories instead of murder and loss and regret. I can only hope that once they do eventually get together we FINALLY get a Christmas episode.

So deliciously good :)

[bluewillowtree]

Thank you so much! I don't think any fic I've written has ever been called "delicious" before :) I like it!

And I'm glad you like the inclusion of Die Hard! It's actually one of my favorite Christmas movies.

And yes, a Castle Christmas episode would be fabulous! Especially if it meant that we wouldn't have to go so many weeks in December without a new ep! (Is it January yet?)

[sparkles_mouse]

I'm not sure I've ever called a fic delicious before!

January isn't soon enough :( Except if it's January I have to go back to work, so December is good.

[bluewillowtree]

Yeah, I'm torn about January also; I desperately want more Castle, but that's my absolute craziest time of year for work, and most of me doesn't have the energy to even think about facing January yet! But since time moves forward either way, at least when January does arrive, we'll have Castle to balance out the work :)

[tracyj23]

This was simply beautiful. I read it this morning in bed but didn't have time to comment. It was a perfect way to wake up.

I too, lost my mother at an early age (14, but it was cancer not murder) so my Christmases were very bittersweet after that as I missed her very much. It wasn't until I met my husband and we started our family that we really began to develop Christmas traditions of our own, so this story really rings true for me. We also don't do Santa ... It was almost like you were reading my mind when writing this! (except for the Die Hard thng. I still don't really get that. I'm more of an old fashioned Alistair Sim version A Christmas Carol watcher. :). )

Thank you for this! It inspired me as well so I began a Christmas fic today too. Not Castle, unfortunately, but I'm enjoying writing it nonetheless. :)

[bluewillowtree]

Thank you so much for this lovely comment! I'm so glad the story rings true for you. And I'm delighted to have inspired you! I look forward to reading your fic, whatever fandom it's for :)

I rewatched "He's Dead, She's Dead" a few weeks before signing up for this fic exchange, and their Santa Claus conversation made me smile. But also, given Beckett's conversation with her dad in "Sucker Punch," where Jim is talking about Johanna's devotion to the truth, it makes a lot of sense to me that she wouldn't have tried too hard to sell her daughter on Santa Claus. When Kate figured it out, I'm sure Johanna wouldn't have even tried to keep up the pretense. But from the brief glimpses of her childhood that Beckett has shared, I think Johanna would have loved Christmas with a strong and contagious enthusiasm.

*hugs*