#castle 2x24

[renegadesstuff]

“See you in the fall?”

“See you in the fall.” 🥺

S2E24, “A Deadly Game” aired 14 years ago (May 17, 2010) ❤️‍🩹

[nikki-rook]

2x24 / 5x04 - You can just skinny dip

[bravevulnerability]

prompt: the 3x13 kiss happened in s1 or s2

A/N: I feel like you all figured out my weakness for Knockdown...

Set during 2x24, A Deadly Game; Beckett and Castle didn't figure out that their victim was not a real spy quite so quickly.

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"Good evening, 223, the informant has been identified. Ally contact will meet you at Café Moulin in 315 hours with further instructions. If compromised, return to Belvedere Castle. Aid will be dressed in black. Wear the pin. Use the following code phrase, "Aren't you Steve's friend?" Response, "No, Steve is my brother." Good luck, 223."

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"Our victim's a spy, so we have to play the spy game," Castle muses, walking with her through the park. "Act natural."

"Castle, you are the one making weird hand signals at me," Beckett huffs.

"At least I look like I'm engaging in conversation and not scanning the trees for killers," he mutters, reaching for her hand and tucking it in his elbow. "There. Realism."

She rolls her eyes, but - much to his delight - does not yank her hand back. "What are we supposed to be, a couple on a romantic stroll?"

"Um, duh. Why else would we be walking through a park together at 2 p.m. on a Monday? For fresh air? If whoever killed our spy is watching, they already saw us at the crime scene this morning."

"Maybe it's pointless to even try playing this off," Beckett mutters, but her hand still remains relaxed and curled in the crook of his elbow.

"The boys are investigating the cafe, we sweep the park." He shrugs. "Can't hurt. Besides, it's a nice day."

She cuts her eyes to him, but her body remains a present heat at his side as the castle comes into view. They stroll up the stone steps leading to the main terrace of the castle. The wind is more prominent at this higher point in the park, the water of Turtle Pond surrounding the Belvedere rippling under the clouded sky.

The pavilion is barren at this time, the cool bite of spring still prominent enough in the air to discourage lingering visitors.

"Castle, ten o'clock," she murmurs, noting the man in black strolling in solidarity along the castle's perimeter, climbing up to the second level. "Think that might be our guy?"

He shrugs, following the other man's lead. "Only one way to find out."

But just a moment later, Esposito's voice crackles in her ear and Beckett's fingers tighten at his arm.

"We made contact in the café. The castle meeting is a trick, if you show up there trying to make contact with the dude in black, the jig is up. Fall. Back."

But they can't fall back. The guy is clocking them over his shoulder right now.

Kate shoves Castle into a curve of stone railing, using the nearest wall of the castle as cover. Spinning to face him with hands on his chest and body pressed up against him, she meets his gaze with a calm expression and a wild gaze.

"You hear that?" she murmurs. He nods, heart accelerating from both her proximity and the sudden threat. "We just play this off, okay?"

"Okay, I have an idea." She doesn't hesitate, her eyes so trusting on his, even as he relaxes his face into a smile and slides his hands into the back pockets of her jeans.

Her expression is priceless, wide eyes and parted lips, but she's smart, knows exactly what to do.

A very unlike-Beckett giggle flutters past her lips and she laces her arms around his neck, pressing her full weight against him.

"Is he watching us?" she grins, but her teeth catch on her bottom lip.

Castle leans forward to whisper in her ear, using the curtain of her hair to hide his gaze as he flicks it to the man. The guy is watching them from above.

Creepy.

"Yep," he mutters, drawing back to touch his hand to her face. Oh, and that startles her. "Play it cool, Beckett."

She huffs at him and leans in closer, impossibly close. He can smell the sweetness of her body lotion, the sharp bite of vanilla in her perfume.

"My bad for not loving the idea of a potential sniper watching us," she growls, but her hands are slipping down his sides, slithering beneath his jacket. His breath hitches and she arches an eyebrow. "Be cool, Castle."

"I..." Her eyes are on his mouth. He swallows hard. "Am."

Fine. Two can play it this game. While trying to survive being murdered.

He checks the potential killer once more, still staring at them like a peeping tom.

"My idea just got a little dumber but also a little more foolproof."

"Well, what are you waiting-"

He curls his hand at the back of her neck, holding her wide eyes, alive with fear and surprise and heat sparking like gold around her pupils, and then she's letting him draw her in.

She fists her hands in the sides of his shirt, as if bracing herself, but her lips are soft and willing when he presses his mouth to hers. A small hum vibrates against his lips, a sigh that flutters like relief from her mouth, and he feels some of his restraint, his careful, tender restrictions when it comes to Kate Beckett, slip away.

Rick lifts his other hand to her face, cradling her cheek as he kisses her more boldly, the feather light brush of his lips over hers deepening into a firm caress, a slow drag of his tongue to the seam of her mouth.

Her hands move, snaking from beneath his jacket to traipse up his chest, clutch at his shirt collar. Her mouth is suddenly alive beneath his, her body like a wave eager to rise, and he holds her as she crashes into him.

When she moans, a dirty little purr, he forgets everything except the feeling of Kate Beckett.

He spins her, swallowing her gasp as her spine connects with the railing, soothing the clash with his palm spanning her lower back, crushing her hips against his.

"Fuck, Castle," she groans around his tongue, raking fingers through his hair. "He's gone, he's gone."

She's gasping against his lips, but he's slow to let her go, to tear his mouth away from hers.

"Good," is all he says, moving his lips to her jaw, scaling the harsh bone until he tastes the throbbing beat of her pulse beneath his open mouth.

She mewls and shoves at his chest, but her hand is clawing at the back of his neck, holding him to her - her body and mind at war with what to do with him.

"Uh guys," Esposito's voice rattles to life in her ear once more and she startles hard in his arms. "I think we may have figured some stuff out here. Meet us back at the Twelfth."

Kate sucks in a deep breath and radios back, "Noted. On our way."

He's impressed by how calm, how steady, her voice is when her body is trembling against him. He whines when she tries to shrug free of him, earning a fierce glare.

Hot. So hot now that he knows how fierce her mouth can be on his.

"Castle, we gotta go," she pushes, straightening against him, hands slack against his chest now.

He's not ready to go yet. Not when he spent all weekend building up the courage to ask her to his beach house in the Hamptons and all he gets in return are coy smiles and sidelong looks he doesn't understand.

"I was serious," he says, earning the flicker of her attention for a moment longer. "About coming with me to the Hamptons this weekend."

"Oh, Castle," she sighs, pressing a hand to her eyes. "Just because we - this doesn't mean-"

"You kiss Demming like that?"

Her hand drops and her eyes flare towards him.

"Rick," she warns.

"I knew it would be good, Beckett, but I had no idea you'd be so eager. The way your teeth tugged on my-"

"Stop it, that is not-"

"Almost like you've been waiting to kiss me as long as I've been waiting to kiss you," he husks, tilting his head, lowering his eyes to her mouth. God, he already wants to kiss her again. "So I gotta know, do you kiss Demming like that?"

"That's none of your business," she mutters, but the fight isn't in her anymore. She's distracted, her throat bobbing as she flicks her eyes up from his mouth. "You and I are-"

"What?" he interrupts, placing both hands on the railing, on either side of her hips. Trapping her. "What are we, Kate?"

Her lips purse, eyes blazing with indecision.

"I know what I want to be," he muses when she fails to respond. "Do you?"

He pushes off the railing, bends to snag the scarf he managed to shove from her neck, and turns to walk on ahead. The catch of her fingers in his jacket reels him back in, jerks him back into place against her. Kate's mouth on his is hot, certain, and he groans against her, kisses her back instinctively.

"No," she husks, lips moving over his as she speaks. "But maybe I'd be willing to figure it out. This weekend. On a beach."

His heart could explode with joy, catches on fire when she scrapes her teeth over his bottom lip. Oh, he may not survive a weekend with her.

"But first, we need to finish this case and I - I need to talk to Tom," she admits, drawing back just enough to knock her forehead against his in a kind of intimacy that has the heat between them simmering to warmth.

Castle nods, reaching up to brush a strand of hair behind her ear, brush his thumb to her swollen lips.

"I can wait," he swears to her, taking a resolute step back. "But just know, I'm not going to be able to stop thinking about that - this."

Her cheeks flush, but she's smirking as she steals her scarf back. "Yeah, well, me either, Castle."

"Hurry," he murmurs, grabbing her hand and starting towards the steps that lead back into the park. "We need to get back to the precinct and solve this case. You'll need time to pack that swimsuit."

She hums as she fixes her scarf around her neck and slips past him.

"Who said anything about a swimsuit?"

[continue-to-be-amazing]

CASKETT APPRECIATION WEEK 2023

Favorite Painful Moment - 2x24 - A Deadly Game

[i-prefer-west-side]

HOSTING DUTIES

HOSTING DUTIES Post-2x24 AU

Rick prides itself on his hosting duties, on making sure his houseguests feel welcome, relaxed, and never obligated to contribute. And that's exactly the weekend that he and Kate are having - at least, he hopes she feels welcome and relaxed.

She has still insisted on helping him with meals, but he's not complaining one bit. Not when her arm brushes his occasionally while they chop vegetables or wash dishes, or when she offers him her signature shy smile, the one she rarely lets him see, when a dish turns out perfectly.

True to his word, the weekend has been completely innocent - well, outwardly anyway; his thoughts and dreams have been anything but, especially since she did, in fact, grace him with the vision of her in a bikini. He's refused to give into his raging libido, though, and he tells himself that's why she comes up to him on their last day, the strap of her swimsuit top undone.

"I can't get it tied," she explains, apology lacing her words as she turns around, holding her hair up with one hand.

His mouth goes dry at the vision of the bare expanse of her back, but he just ties the halter and watches her go back out to the pool.

And when she leaves the next morning, it's with a smile tugging at her mouth, the promise of more in the press of her lips to his cheek, he's never been more grateful that he invited her.

[revenge-of-the-assbutt]

Castle you fucking idiot you better not get yourself killed

[castle-dominion]

c2x24 the last episode

THIS IS THE SENSUAL VIDEO THAT WAS PLAYING IN THE WASHROOM AT THE FANCY RESTAURANT I’M GETTING A JOB

My mom. “You got in I’m so proud of you! ... What did you get in TO though?”

That’s how I got into college lol but it was harder Illegal fireworks? Don’t you work with the police? Don’t they have a poster saying there’s a reward for bringing in illegal fireworks? Oh yeah this is the usa... I guess it really is convenient to have a 21y/o on each floor...

Esposito why do you look like a normal cop today? Ryan, you too!

Ryan did u get a haircut?

How much information are you allowed to ask from Agent Gray?

How is there an address in the middle of a river?

Captions were wrong, “wallet” should have been in quotes

Unless he doesn’t have a car bestie.

Funny how Gina hasn’t called him since he got to work. It would be funny if they were on a case & he had to be quiet but then Gina called him.

Ryan was so cute when he showed them the 5k euros & then “AND” he says all bright-eyed, then he brings out a gun lol *gives the gun to esposito immediately* This spy stuff is honestly p cool, & they must have had a good bomb tech making the pens.

Oh there, they do contact the spy places. 

He flirts with her all the time, she probably assumed this was “another” joke... another try to get into her pants... I’d assumed that he genuinely was inviting her from the start

Poor gal, still looking for a new place to live.

I mean, you already know this is my liveblog of my rewatch... So obviously there are going to be spoilers...

The thing is, Hans Brauer seems like the kind of guy to be hosting the game, not playing it, judging by his character.  & then he shoves castle into the wall very realistically. Caldwell also seemed very genuine when running away from the assassin. He has no idea the gun is real! He’s a great roleplayer tbh But is it really how the game works that he’s going to get a phone call telling him to leave? Is it like “You lost the game & this is basically taking you back to your last checkpoint” or smth? Castle is enamoured. I’m assuming you called Jordan Shaw? (& Agent Gray?)

What was that camera whip? With the sound? “Yo Beckett” *fwoosh*

I like how she can clear the rooms while she gets Castle (a non-cop) to open up the drawers

KR: Hey, that gun-- RC: *blasts right past Ryan* KR: ... *paper he was holding just waves vigorously in the airstream*

I love the way his demeanor just Turned Around real quick there. Confidence in roleplay is not the same as IRL. Super useful actually.

Interesting, the book cover says “murder” in mirror image...

Alexis really is a teenaged girl. I love her. Poor castle. He really is like my mom.

MR: “James Patterson called, he’s going to be a bit late for the poker game.” RC: “He’s probably going to use the time to write another book” XD imagine being able to write an entire book in the 30 minutes you’re going to be late. Then again, Castle hasn’t written much so that’s where it’s coming from

HOLY CRAP THAT IS NOT WORK APPROPRIATE OMG Y’ALL R GOING TO THE BRIG

I feel bad for her, she’s a female cop & when she gets a book written inspired by her she’s written for sex appeal. For someone who boasted the praise of the depth of his female characters, Rick kinda sucks.

It’s really neat to have the offshore account. I think it really would make things more fun

“mais oui” is NOT THAT HARD TO TRANSLATE. Come On. Captions are super important. I hate it when they do this. 

True. My father had not the first clue about selling cars, but his first business was based on relationships so Dad got the job anyways. Of course, then covid happened & eventually he got fired but still.

Hey... demming Hey... castle

SAD, going beach-housing & just lying to castle? I mean you’re right he probably WOULD take it better than “yeah I’m beach housing just with another man, the one I’m actually with” Altho ig she didn’t have it set in stone. She said she would check into it. He said take a break like it was a relationship,, the showwriters did that on purpose. She really is his work wife Poor Ryan & Esposito, they just walk in on this heavy conversation & Beckett looks like she got her heart broken

Xenophobia...?

On nice, Lanie said the death was 23.00-1.00 but we know he was alive at 23.30 & midnight now. Cool

wow acab. That must be a good impression on the ukrainians for the usa /s.

Castle was SO afraid that there would be ukrainian kids with fake IDs who are used to drinking at alexis’ summer program

hhhh Esposito layin down the FEELS. (castle’s tho, not his own.) Going away party <3 (I love his little faces) How many episodes have there been? about 50? 25 last season 25 this one? Yep that’s 50 books’ worth.

Patterson is so right. “Personally I’d spend more time writing & less time hanging out with your cop friend.”

I love beckett’s jelly beans but it’s also so sad

DX she thought he was going to confess his feelings. & not in the “let me in your pants” kind of way but the “I genuinely enjoy your company & want to take you out on a date” kind of way. Then he talks about murder & you can see her face fall

Oh my goodness.  RC & me: So-- so, let me get this straight. Your alibi for your friend’s murder... id you were do--,, doing his wife.??? Lmao “Are you serious? My house is too nice.” & I mean they weren’t having sex anyways,, but like wow Aww esposito gives beckett a coffee

JE: Except it was warm enough to leave the windows open. KB: Oh no KR: *eyebrows furl but eyes go wide & mouth opens* JE: Oh Yes. The next-door neighbours distinctly remember the sounds of (in floaty voice) “loud passionate love-makinig” coming from the open window.  RC & KB: *disbelieving faces* JE, taking a sip of his coffee: Kept em up till well past midnight.

Oh. I remember the end now. At least she doesn’t need to be a wife anymore. Just a mom. ...And a dad too now I guess. Nevermind, it is NOT any better. (it was a joke in the first place) That’s actually,,, really, really sweet. Hmm, all the hallmarks of a pro hit, but it was just an american gun owner... I’m surprised he didn’t own more. I would have expected beckett to say “You are a registered gun owner, among your many many guns, is a glock 45.”

Roy Montgomery ftw. “Too bad they had to die because people were scared to say how they really felt.” *eyes emoji eyes emoji eyes emoji* beckett

fdskahkljdsfhk RC: I need to run but I will be back in time for that little surprise party the boys are throwing me Not much of a surprise XD but he must have learned a thing or two about how to be a detective in his time here. You know what, he should get a license to carry. (Actually no he shouldn’t but for the sake of the show.) 

She really does like him. This episode bro.

TD: It’s Like A Real Restaurant Grade Cappacino Machine You know, I was in the special needs class in high school & the teachers in that class had a coffee machine right in the room. Of course there was another one in the teacher room but shush. Actually that reminds me, it was a GCL program & we all had to see our TAs before first block. Mine was in my special needs classroom, other students had classrooms, one group had the teacher’s break room. I had a friend who told me that some of the students would steal the teachers’ lunches sometimes. That was nasty bro.

I’m alexis fr. I would love to bring my mom along. Would she really be ok alone for that long? I’m always with her, sometimes we are mother & kid, sometimes we are roommates, sometimes I parent her. ALEXIS WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT.

At least kate & tom are being adults about it.

XD

RC: It was very emotional. Yeah there were a lot of tears. Um... Alexis was fine btw. (KR, JE, RM, LP all laughing) (There are a Lot of open beer bottles btw. So many.) JE: I’ve got to say castle, we’re going to miss you around here. RC: Yeah, I’m going to miss you too KR: You’re still leaving the coffee machine though, right? RC: I can’t have you suffer in my absence! RM: that’s good LP: We could really use one of those down in the morgue.  (Does he still owe her? Spa certificates, cash, & jewelry?) RM: With castle gone, I just hope our clearance rate doesn’t drop. (All laugh again, including Beckett who is walking in) RC: Oh look who’s off duty! KB: Yeah well castle I’m not all work. LP: Don’t get into a drinking contest with her; she can take you. RC: Thank you. KB: Oh I don’t need a drink to take him. (In a fight she means. Not in a sexy way.) LP: Ooh! What’s gotten into you? KB: Castle do you have a second? RC: Of course (KR & JE are watching & probably hoping they’re going to confess, actually lanie is too) KB: Look... I know that I’m not the easiest person to get to know &... I don’t always let on what’s on my mind... But this past year, working with you... I’ve had a really good time. RC: Yeah, me too. KB: So I’m just going to say this &... & then fuckin gina comes in & I’m not going to transcribe the rest bc it is sad But I’ll let you know that as soon as another woman is on the scene everyone who has been watching from the party room stands up & looks shicked, concerned, or angry Castle, at least hug her, man, at least HUG HER Oh yay hug-- no, wait. Handshake. Atamiskaw. Screw you bud. & then he raises his drink to everyone in the party room & doesn’t hug them or shake their hands? Why??? At least it ends with “see you in the fall” from both of them But still, everyone in the glass looks like they’re going to cry

[mysterymuseffn]

It never does 😭😭😭 I watched it live 14 years ago and it STILL hurts every time I rewatch.

Anyway, I wrote a fix-it fic if anyone needs it:

Not me rewatching Season 2 of Castle seeing Beckett slowly opening up to Castle and entertaining the idea of taking the next step, only to have that absolutely devastating finale.

[goodwhump-temp]

Castle Whump | Castle TV Show (2009)

1x01 Arrested, nose pinched, handcuffed, held at gunpoint, pushed 1x03 Ear pinched 1x06 Scared, embarrassed, shot at, threatened, risks his life 1x07 Threatened, punched, undercover, creeped out, held at gunpoint/punched, black eye 1x10 Slammed, manhandled, threatened, worried

2x01 Rear-ended, held at gunpoint, risking life, held at gunpoint 2x02 Nervous 2x04 Interrogated, sad 2x06 Tackled, manhandled, bit, childhood trauma? 2x07 Sad 2x09 Papercut, punched/icepack, handcuffed, paranoid, intimidated, worried 2x12 Self restrained, heartbroken the whole episode 2x13Hostage, held at gunpoint, pain, headbutt, guilt 2x14 Upset 2x15 Daddy issues the whole episode, fake headache (08:24) 2x17 Panic/worried 2x18 Panic/worried, runs into burning building 2x19 'Cursed,' papercut, chair breaks, pain, death threat, bullied/panic/coffee 'explosion', dog attack, scared, elevator panic, cuts finger 2x21 Jealous, heartbroken 2x22 Threatened (22:45), jealous 2x23 Jealous, heartbroken 2x24 Manhandled, heartbroken, sad

3x01 Shot at, held at gunpoint multiple times, insulted/arrested, ear pinched 3x02 Held at gunpoint 3x03 Mad, heartbroken 3x06 Held at gunpoint, restrained, manipulated 3x09 Abducted, injected unconscious, bruised 3x11 Upset 3x12 Upset 3x13 Worried, shock, shot at, hurt hand, bandaged 3x15 Emotional 3x16 Exposed to high levels of radiation, worried/emotional, shot at, trapped 3x17 Trapped, hypothermia, passes out, cold, scared 3x18 Worried 3x21 Intimidated (09:47), betrayed/jealous 3x22 Poked (pain/33:40) 3x23 In shock (41:20) 3x24 Dangerous situation, worried, confrontation, angry/heartbroken, mourning, emotional/crying

4x01 Pushed against the wall, emotional, heartbroken, depressed, worried, confrontation, held at gunpoint 4x02 Cries 4x03 Jumpscared, jumps into trashbin (is fine) 4x05 Betrayed, angry 4x06 Freaks out 4x07 Hostage, held at gunpoint, life threatened, almost shot, confrontation, restrained, presumed dead 4x08 Dragged, threatened 4x09 Worried 4x10 Handcuffed, drugged, missing, tiger attack 4x12 Denial 4x14 Manhandled, punched multiple times, 4x15 Captured, held at gunpoint, trapped, car crash into water 4x16 Car crashed into water, drowning, reprimanded, 4x19 Worried, feels betrayed/very heartbroken, angry 4x20 Heartbroken/coping, acting strange 4x21 Held at gunpoint, hungover, in danger, gut punched 4x22 Heartbroken, surrounded, jumpscare 4x23 Emotional confrontation, tearing up

5x01 Held at gunpoint, restrained, worried 5x03 Emotional 5x04 Arrested 5x05 Hand cut (minor), framed, arrested, scared, threatened, missing, car rammed, bleeding, shot at 5x06 Emotional (happy), upset (not happy), paranoid, zapped 5x08 Held at gunpoint, hunted/missing, captured 5x09 Upset (abandoned), betrayed 5x15 Daughter kidnapped, worried, very emotional, panic 5x16 Worried, missing/desperate, held at gunpoint, betrayed, almost killed, captured, emotional 5x17 Paranoid 'cursed,' flustered, flashbanged 5x19 Wheelchair, paranoid, falls, panic 5x20 Threatened (evil gorilla), trapped, back pain, scared 5x21 Jealous 5x22 Worried, pain montage (ear pinched x2, shoved, poked, nose pinched, freezing to death, punched multiple times, all near death situations), denial 5x23 "Shot" at, finger nicked (not serious) 5x24 Upset, sad

6x01 Abducted at gunpoint, car crash, arrested, taken, exposed to toxic chemicals, 1 day to live 6x02 Infected, slowly dying, weak, passes out, hospitalized 6x03 Briefly held at gunpoint 6x04 In danger, held at gunpoint, shot, unconscious, bruised pain 6x05 Foot stabbed, limp, manhandled, choked unconscious 6x09 Guilt 6x10 Sleep deprived 6x12 Held at gunpoint, captured, betrayed 6x17 Worried 6x18 Ninja attack, held at gunpoint 6x21 Bummed/sore loser, comforted by the boys 6x22 Worried, hunted, paranoid, arrested 6x23 Held at gunpoint, restrained, car crash

7x01 Car crash, thought dead, abducted/missing, hospitalized/comatose, amnesia, mysterious past: (shot, dengue fever) 7x02 Held at gunpoint, found evidence: emotional, scared 7x03 Knocked back, punched multiple times, paranoid, held at gunpoint 7x04 Bullied, thrown to the ground, kicked 7x06 Insomnia, shot at, trapped in alt. reality, panic, held at knife point, abducted, threatened, shot, bleeding, passes out, guilt 7x07 Punched, manhandled, in danger 7x10 Hand sliced, held at gunpoint x2, heartbroken 7x11 Choked, peppersprayed, comforted (kinda) 7x12 Jealous, coping, abducted at gunpoint, betrayed at gunpoint 7x13 Panic, knocked unconscious, pain, stranded, guilt, denial 7x15 Worried, angry, arrested, emotionally tortured, tazed 7x16 Trapped, exposed to toxic gas, weak 7x19 Held at gunpoint, restrained 7x20 PTSD/reoccurring nightmares, therapy, obsessed, everyone worried, headache, held at gunpoint 7x21 Nervous, betrayed, held at gunpoint 7x23 Scared, childhood trauma (+threatened), childhood trauma, feels betrayed, tackled, knife attack, throat cut, bleeding

8x01 Punched, kicked, drugged/abducted at gunpoint, restrained, threatened, extreme psychological torture, wrists bleeding, painful kick to the ground, shot at 8x02 Feels betrayed, angry, held at gunpoint x2, emotionally hurt/betrayed 8x03 Depressed, coping 8x05 Coping, held at gunpoint x2 8x06 Jayne anxiety/jumpscare x2, held at gunpoint, ambushed, held at gunpoint, tackled, bloody nose, heartbroken 8x08 Worried, exhausted, heartbroken, confrontation 8x09 Slapped (8:15), pushed to the wall x2 8x10 In shock, embarrassed, guilt 8x11 Betrayed, handcuffed, threatened 8x12 Kidnapped/drugged, trapped, betrayed at gunpoint, sacrifices himself, held at gunpoint 8x13 Undercover, shot, "dead" 8x14 Flashbacks, aggressively patted/hit, held at gunpoint, feels betrayed, watches the video (after being shot, pain, worried), guilt 8x15 Guilt, hungover 8x16 Zapped, scared (Linus) 8x17 Falls, back pain, held at gunpoint, shot at, delusional (genie) 8x21 Superstitious spooks, wrist grabbed/pain, jumpscare x2, knocked out (offscreen), icepack 8x22 Hunted, shot at, worried, captured, restrained, interrogated, drugged, betrayed, crying, angry, shot, bleeding out

[justellie-b]

@do-it-for-the-fandom, this is for you..

2x24: Kate realizes Castle is really leaving, rejects Demming & was ready to confess

“Castle, do you have a sec?”

4x20: Kate feels Castle is pulling away, rejects Colin’s offer for drinks at first & was ready to talk with Castle

“Castle, do you have a sec?”

I feel this was more heartbreaking than the last parallel because this is Kate Beckett, ready to confess her feelings. And we all know how difficult that is for her. She doesn’t open up easily to anyone and her walls are so high. She was ready to put her heart on the line again. So to see her go through this twice - I really feel for her 😭😭

Then both times Castle left her in the precinct to go with/to another girl. I’m not putting the blame on Castle. But if I were in Kate’s shoes and I am reminded that this is the second time happening, I’d probably close myself again as the sting from the memory will definitely hurt.

Intentionally or just a coincidence, Kate even made the same emotional reaction in these scenes - in S2 was when Gina told her about the Hamptons and in the S4 scene, when Castle told Jacinda is fun and uncomplicated.

[bunysliper]

Words: 1,299

Genre: Romance/Humor

Rated: K+

Character: Rick C., Kate B.

As a firm believer in respecting the universe, he can't just leave the precinct. Not when something inside him is screaming that he's making a mistake by walking away. - A companion piece to Crisis Management, Caskett, 2x24.

[renegadesstuff]

Kate realising she's in love with Castle 🥹

Castle telling Kate for the first time that he loves her 🥺

Castle telling Kate for the 2nd time that he loves her ❤️‍🩹

And, after that fight, Castle proposes to Kate ❤️‍🩹

CASKETT APPRECIATION WEEK 2023

Day 3 - Favorite painful moment (s)

Each of these scenes was a key moment in their story 🤍

[alwayswritewithcoffee]

More about 3x01: Although Beckett "punishes" Castle for the hurt he did to her by leaving with Gina and the consequent summer of silence, do you think that, on some level, she knew that she was also partly to blame for what happened at the end of 2x24?

Well, yeah. Espo tells her in 2x24 that Castle's leaving because he isn't gonna stick around and watch her date someone else. She kind of blows that off and doesn't really say anything in response, but it gets her thinking enough that she acts on what she was already feeling -- that as nice as Demming is, he's just not what she wants. And you see it in her face when he asks about Demming in 3x01. She doesn't want to tell him they broke up. She basically broke up with the guy because he wasn't who she wanted, she's been single for months by this point; the hurt in her eyes isn't because she misses Demming. It's because she's embarrassed to admit it, because she thinks it makes her vulnerable because Castle might figure out she's got feelings for him when he's dating someone else, and because she feels that she drove him away by not being honest with herself and with him about how she felt. I don't think she set out to hurt him at all. She just connected with this guy and got swept off her feet. Just like I don't think Castle meant to hurt her with Gina. He was just lonely and sad and jumped in with both feet. But do they both know they're in part to blame for the sticky situation? Absolutely.

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