"You've reached Detective Kate Beckett. I can't answer the phone right now, but if you leave me a message, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. If this is regarding a case, you can also call the NYPD tip line at 1-800-577-TIPS."

"You've reached the desk of NYPD Detective Kate Beckett. I'm not at my desk at the moment but if you leave me a ( Read more... )

[Though at the moment, it is far past five, but Beckett is getting ready to go home for the day. She just finished the paperwork she had on wrapping her last case, and now she is heading home for a hot meal and possibly a bubble bath ( Read more... )

( Under the cut )

I’ve got a tight grip on reality, but I can’t let go of what’s in front of me.

( Spoilers for 301: A Deadly Affair )

In which Beckett complains about her mun's penchant for crack.

( Spoilers for 224: A Deadly Game )

[Set in Writer and Muse. Cowritten with mysultry_voice.]It wasn't that he couldn't sleep. Well, maybe it was. Castle just couldn't get the latest case off his mind. Something was nagging at him and he wasn't sure what. He tried to channel his agitation into writing but that had only made his story agitated and that wasn't what he wanted. Writing was fun, not ( Read more... )

Castle wasn’t supposed to be someone she saw in that way, but yet when it happened, she couldn’t deny to herself how good that felt.

( Under the Cut )

It all happened in less than an instant-she went to having the answers regarding her mother’s murder in the palm of her hand, to having absolutely nothing at all.