Chapter thirteen

[thebestseller]

Barney's gone now, too.

Guess he was just too much awesome for the castle to handle. Don't know about you all, but I'll feel his absence a lot.

I'll be at the Death Match for a while.

[Open to either journal replies or action. Castle will be tending bar, but will be quieter than usual and methodically cleaning the place.]

Comments

[thebestseller]

[Castle kisses her back, then seriously considers the question.]

Maybe back home, it might have been... but we've been through the wringer here. Like we were just discussing, people up and vanish and there's nothing we can do to stop it. I want to enjoy things while they last.

[not_nikkiheat]

Exactly my thinking as well. So now the bigger question. Are you moving, or am I?

[thebestseller]

For you, my lady? I will be a gentleman and take up residence in your humble abode to spare you the trouble of moving.

[not_nikkiheat]

[She ruffles his hair, still trying to wrap her mind around what's happening, and how incredibly happy it makes her.]

That's so big of you, Castle.

[thebestseller]

[Castle puts his arm around her.]

I am nothing if not incredibly generous.

[not_nikkiheat]

[She leans into him with a smile.]

And so modest, don't forget that.

[thebestseller]

[That earns her a soft kiss on top of the head.]

Always.