“Hi.”
The simple word spoken da the speechless autore himself was enough to make the once tough detective to break. Her bloodshot smeraldo eyes began to water as she quickly made her way to him. Her slender arms wrapped themselves around her own waist as she plopped herself in the plastic chair that was da his bed. Beckett sniffled once as her eyes sucked the sight of him in.
He was only wearing boxers underneath the hospital blanket that was wrapped around his midsection. His black and purple chest was wrapped around carefully with an ACE bandage, and around that, he had wires connecting him to the cuore monitor. His arm, now in hospital cast, was carefully placed on a cuscino and an IV was in his right arm. His hairline was now sporting a rectangle shaped bandage over his stitches. She couldn’t believe how small and fragile he looked in the cold and unforgiving hospital bed. Although thoughts were running through her mind a mile a minute, her stone face on the exterior showed no signs of her troubled thoughts.
“Beckett...Beck...Kate?” She was shaken out of her reverie on the third try from Castle. She looked up at his eyes and only saw concern. No pity o anger at all, those being the two she feared to see the most. “Are te alright?”
Beckett shook her head incredulously. “You, Richard Castle, are unbelievable.” She sat back in her chair as she spoke.
castello looked adorably confused. “What?”
She had to give out a chuckle at the child-like confusion that washed over his face. He was truly a nine anno old. Her head shook once più as she gave him her signature smile. The one that can get him to smile no matter what has happened.
“I’m confused,” castello detto with a mock pout on his face.
Men, Beckett thought as she stuck her tongue out at him. “I guess te will never know.”
“Beckkkkkkketttttttttttt!” castello whined, petulantly, and she laughed at his antics. But her laughter turned into a yell for help as castello started to violently cough as a result from his whining.
Josh and a nurse that had hooked the IV into Castle’s arm rushed into the room. She stood at the back corner of the room as Josh ripped out his stethoscope and quickly placed it on Castles bare chest and the nurse attempted to hold castello down. Josh yelled something outside of the room and she watched in horror as blood came out of Castles mouth as he coughed violently. His coughs turning worse as his cuore monitor screeched and he started to convulse.
It all happened in a blur. She brought her hands up to her mouth and covered it as tears began to blur her vision. She felt a warm arm place itself on her shoulders and her feet automatically moved from under her as she was led away.
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Beckett sat in the waiting room, castello was in the Operating Room due to one of his broken ribs re-tearing his lung. That had been the original reason why he was brought into the hospital in the first place. She shuddered as she remembered the most horrible moment of her life.
Flashback
Beckett had hurriedly left Castles loft as he spoke about how it wasn’t her fault. She couldn’t handle it and she wouldn’t dare let him see her cry again. She bolted outside of the building and instantly was soaked from the rain that was booming above her. Aimlessly, she walked around to wherever her legs carried her. A piece of raised concrete looked up at her as she nearly tripped over the offending step. Her hands caught the bacheca and she leaned against the wall, breathing hard, as she looked around her.
She saw no one around her and suddenly saw a flash of lightning. Beckett shook her head and slowly made her way back to his building. About 30 minuti later, she climbed to last stair, opting out of using the elevator, and walked into his hallway. Within a few secondi she was face-to-face with his door. A long breath escaped her lips as she walked through his door and shivered as the cool air struck her. She needed a change of clothes badly.
Turning left down a hallway, she saw a closet and opened it. She grabbed the first camicia and shorts that she saw and immediately went into the closest bathroom to change.
Beckett gasped in the mirror as she saw herself sporting Castle’s clean baby blue button up camicia and probably Alexis’ old pair of shorts. She shook her head, telling herself that she was being silly for being emotional. She quietly found her way to Castles room and pushed slowly on the ajar door.
Her eyes widened as she took in the sight of the man she refused to have feelings for, laying only wearing boxers and the blanket thrown carelessly on his chest. She slowly stepped towards him, and then she heard it. A small wheezing sound coming from the man on the bed. Her steps quickened and she crawled up onto the bed, the sound becoming louder as she drew closer. She inhaled the mild scent of his cologne and instantly felt the heat radiating from his body. He was clearly the fonte of the sound and she placed her two fingers precariously on the pulse point on his neck, recitazione quickly when she only felt a faint one.
What happened successivo was all a blur. She called an ambulance, they arrived quickly, waking up Martha and Alexis in the meanwhile. And castello was rushed to the hospital.
He was rushed into surgery immediately as the paramedics informed the doctors of what they knew. Josh had to assist in the surgery to make sure nothing went wrong with his cuore again. Josh had told her that his ribs had cut into his lung and had caused an infection.
He crashed twice in the surgery.
He didn’t wake up until 2 days after the surgery took place and she never left the hospital.
And now they were here.
Beckett sat in the chair with her head on her knees which were pulled up into her chest. She stared vacantly at the bacheca across from her, waiting for a doctor to come out and tell her the news.
That moment came a few minuti later when a doctor walked up to her.
“Excuse me, are te with Mr. Castle?”
“Yes I am,” she detto eagerly as she stood up, “Kate Beckett...How is he?”
“He had another tear in his lung which we just fixed and we repaired his ribs again. He should be fine. He hasn’t waken up yet, but he should in about an ora o two. Mr. castello will feel a bit of discomfort in his chest, but otherwise, he should be fine with some rest.”
The doctor gave her a reassuring smile and a slight nod of his head before he walked away to another patient of his. She let out a sigh of relief as she ran her fingers through her hair. Beckett pulled her hand back in slight disgust as she felt her hair. She hadn’t showered since the giorno castello got hurt.
She walked to the chair and got her bag of supplies that Lanie had brought in for her. It held her shampoo, change of clothes, and a towel. Beckett found the locker room that she had used before when she was here with Josh before and went to take a shower.
Might as well look good when castello wakes up, she thought as she stripped herself of clothing and stepped into the shower.
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castello opened his eyes a twinge and closed them back once più as the lights were too bright. Once again, he attempted to open his eyes and let them adjust to the lights as he reached his right arm up to his face to wipe the sleep from his eyes. Only, he couldn’t sposta his right arm because someone was holding it. He looked down at his arm and sure enough, there was a hand holding his. He followed the arm and his eyes softened at the sight of Kate Beckett.
She had fallen asleep in the chair da his bed. Her head, close to his hip and her left hand in his right and her right hand on his thigh. The detective had a peaceful look and a pout on her lips as she silently snored in slumber.
castello smiled and unconsciously rubbed his thumb back and forth gently on her hand. She started to stir and slowly peaked an eye open and smiled once she saw it was him.
“Hey,” castello detto simply as she took her right hand off of his thigh to rub the sleep out of her eyes.
“Hey to te too,” she replied teasingly as she looked him over.
They didn’t say another word as Beckett looked over him again. She saw that his color was back and he looked better than he had before. Still not back to normal, but looked less pale than he had been before.
Her eyes met his and they shared a fond look before her eyes widened tremendously as she realized that they were holding hands, though she didn’t make a sposta to take it away.
They stayed like that until a voice made both of them jump.
“Uhm...Am I interrupting something?”
The simple word spoken da the speechless autore himself was enough to make the once tough detective to break. Her bloodshot smeraldo eyes began to water as she quickly made her way to him. Her slender arms wrapped themselves around her own waist as she plopped herself in the plastic chair that was da his bed. Beckett sniffled once as her eyes sucked the sight of him in.
He was only wearing boxers underneath the hospital blanket that was wrapped around his midsection. His black and purple chest was wrapped around carefully with an ACE bandage, and around that, he had wires connecting him to the cuore monitor. His arm, now in hospital cast, was carefully placed on a cuscino and an IV was in his right arm. His hairline was now sporting a rectangle shaped bandage over his stitches. She couldn’t believe how small and fragile he looked in the cold and unforgiving hospital bed. Although thoughts were running through her mind a mile a minute, her stone face on the exterior showed no signs of her troubled thoughts.
“Beckett...Beck...Kate?” She was shaken out of her reverie on the third try from Castle. She looked up at his eyes and only saw concern. No pity o anger at all, those being the two she feared to see the most. “Are te alright?”
Beckett shook her head incredulously. “You, Richard Castle, are unbelievable.” She sat back in her chair as she spoke.
castello looked adorably confused. “What?”
She had to give out a chuckle at the child-like confusion that washed over his face. He was truly a nine anno old. Her head shook once più as she gave him her signature smile. The one that can get him to smile no matter what has happened.
“I’m confused,” castello detto with a mock pout on his face.
Men, Beckett thought as she stuck her tongue out at him. “I guess te will never know.”
“Beckkkkkkketttttttttttt!” castello whined, petulantly, and she laughed at his antics. But her laughter turned into a yell for help as castello started to violently cough as a result from his whining.
Josh and a nurse that had hooked the IV into Castle’s arm rushed into the room. She stood at the back corner of the room as Josh ripped out his stethoscope and quickly placed it on Castles bare chest and the nurse attempted to hold castello down. Josh yelled something outside of the room and she watched in horror as blood came out of Castles mouth as he coughed violently. His coughs turning worse as his cuore monitor screeched and he started to convulse.
It all happened in a blur. She brought her hands up to her mouth and covered it as tears began to blur her vision. She felt a warm arm place itself on her shoulders and her feet automatically moved from under her as she was led away.
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Beckett sat in the waiting room, castello was in the Operating Room due to one of his broken ribs re-tearing his lung. That had been the original reason why he was brought into the hospital in the first place. She shuddered as she remembered the most horrible moment of her life.
Flashback
Beckett had hurriedly left Castles loft as he spoke about how it wasn’t her fault. She couldn’t handle it and she wouldn’t dare let him see her cry again. She bolted outside of the building and instantly was soaked from the rain that was booming above her. Aimlessly, she walked around to wherever her legs carried her. A piece of raised concrete looked up at her as she nearly tripped over the offending step. Her hands caught the bacheca and she leaned against the wall, breathing hard, as she looked around her.
She saw no one around her and suddenly saw a flash of lightning. Beckett shook her head and slowly made her way back to his building. About 30 minuti later, she climbed to last stair, opting out of using the elevator, and walked into his hallway. Within a few secondi she was face-to-face with his door. A long breath escaped her lips as she walked through his door and shivered as the cool air struck her. She needed a change of clothes badly.
Turning left down a hallway, she saw a closet and opened it. She grabbed the first camicia and shorts that she saw and immediately went into the closest bathroom to change.
Beckett gasped in the mirror as she saw herself sporting Castle’s clean baby blue button up camicia and probably Alexis’ old pair of shorts. She shook her head, telling herself that she was being silly for being emotional. She quietly found her way to Castles room and pushed slowly on the ajar door.
Her eyes widened as she took in the sight of the man she refused to have feelings for, laying only wearing boxers and the blanket thrown carelessly on his chest. She slowly stepped towards him, and then she heard it. A small wheezing sound coming from the man on the bed. Her steps quickened and she crawled up onto the bed, the sound becoming louder as she drew closer. She inhaled the mild scent of his cologne and instantly felt the heat radiating from his body. He was clearly the fonte of the sound and she placed her two fingers precariously on the pulse point on his neck, recitazione quickly when she only felt a faint one.
What happened successivo was all a blur. She called an ambulance, they arrived quickly, waking up Martha and Alexis in the meanwhile. And castello was rushed to the hospital.
He was rushed into surgery immediately as the paramedics informed the doctors of what they knew. Josh had to assist in the surgery to make sure nothing went wrong with his cuore again. Josh had told her that his ribs had cut into his lung and had caused an infection.
He crashed twice in the surgery.
He didn’t wake up until 2 days after the surgery took place and she never left the hospital.
And now they were here.
Beckett sat in the chair with her head on her knees which were pulled up into her chest. She stared vacantly at the bacheca across from her, waiting for a doctor to come out and tell her the news.
That moment came a few minuti later when a doctor walked up to her.
“Excuse me, are te with Mr. Castle?”
“Yes I am,” she detto eagerly as she stood up, “Kate Beckett...How is he?”
“He had another tear in his lung which we just fixed and we repaired his ribs again. He should be fine. He hasn’t waken up yet, but he should in about an ora o two. Mr. castello will feel a bit of discomfort in his chest, but otherwise, he should be fine with some rest.”
The doctor gave her a reassuring smile and a slight nod of his head before he walked away to another patient of his. She let out a sigh of relief as she ran her fingers through her hair. Beckett pulled her hand back in slight disgust as she felt her hair. She hadn’t showered since the giorno castello got hurt.
She walked to the chair and got her bag of supplies that Lanie had brought in for her. It held her shampoo, change of clothes, and a towel. Beckett found the locker room that she had used before when she was here with Josh before and went to take a shower.
Might as well look good when castello wakes up, she thought as she stripped herself of clothing and stepped into the shower.
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castello opened his eyes a twinge and closed them back once più as the lights were too bright. Once again, he attempted to open his eyes and let them adjust to the lights as he reached his right arm up to his face to wipe the sleep from his eyes. Only, he couldn’t sposta his right arm because someone was holding it. He looked down at his arm and sure enough, there was a hand holding his. He followed the arm and his eyes softened at the sight of Kate Beckett.
She had fallen asleep in the chair da his bed. Her head, close to his hip and her left hand in his right and her right hand on his thigh. The detective had a peaceful look and a pout on her lips as she silently snored in slumber.
castello smiled and unconsciously rubbed his thumb back and forth gently on her hand. She started to stir and slowly peaked an eye open and smiled once she saw it was him.
“Hey,” castello detto simply as she took her right hand off of his thigh to rub the sleep out of her eyes.
“Hey to te too,” she replied teasingly as she looked him over.
They didn’t say another word as Beckett looked over him again. She saw that his color was back and he looked better than he had before. Still not back to normal, but looked less pale than he had been before.
Her eyes met his and they shared a fond look before her eyes widened tremendously as she realized that they were holding hands, though she didn’t make a sposta to take it away.
They stayed like that until a voice made both of them jump.
“Uhm...Am I interrupting something?”
