“Solstice”
A drabble of 100 words
By December21st
Fandom: Castle
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Summary: It’s the longest night of the year. Written for
castleland's Advent Calendar.
Beckett and Castle leave the City at ungodly o’clock in the morning, before the sun has even started lightening the sky. Frequent refills of coffee and the car’s pathetic heater barely stave off the bitter December cold.
They find the victim’s sister in a tiny town in Upstate New York lightly dusted with snow. The lonely woman has the lead the pair need, and invites them to stay for the town’s annual solstice festival.
Clad in bulky wool coats, writer and detective attend the celebration. The crisp air smells of pine and a thousand candles turn back the winter darkness.