Forgot to put this in my post of a minute ago. Sorry everybody. Abc, I noticed the similarity between the two elevator conversations too. I was a little upset that Beckett didn't make a reference to being like a Jedi or something sci-fi like Castle did though. I thought it would bring out her playfulness and they're on an elevator, so only he would know and be able to appreciate the comment.

One of my favorite parts from A Rose for Ever After was when Beckett walked in to find Castle and Kyra talking in the reception room and just stared at the two of them before saying anything. The look on her face spoke a thousand words and emotions – I wish I had someone real, I wish that was me looking into his eyes, jealousy, envy, loneliness. It's one reason I've become such a fan of Stana's – she is so darn good at conveying so much in one look. I love her facial expressions. Anyway, when I saw that look, it just confirmed that deep down in places she isn't ready to admit to herself that she's in love with him.

Brought a tear to my eye Beckett Brigade. Good stuff there.

Beckett brigade that would make a good fanfic :) have you ever tried writing one?

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Beckett Brigade said:She leans in and kisses his cheek, he turns and sees tears in her eyes as she says,

You would make a wonderful husband, Castle.  "Just not yours, he says. 

She takes the annulment papers and leaves quietly as he continues sitting at the piano but not playing…..She turns to look at him as he slowly, thinking she is gone lays his head down on the piano and cries…..

Once at home Kate, is restless.  She hurt him.  She is confused.  Her heart is attracted to him, he lets her be herself and allowed her to have fun again.  He is good for her.   She gets up…takes the papers and tears them up.  She will find a day, the right day, to tell Castle they are still man and wife.  She will never annul the marriage…but she'll find the right moment to share what she really feels when she can deal with all of her emotions.  Today is not that day.  It can wait….

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Beckett Brigade that was quite a story you've spun there. Even as an outline it's very emotional and heartfelt. I hope you decide to turn it into a full fledged fan fiction. Well done.

I agree, Beckett Brigade, you should try to turn that into a full-fledged fan fiction, if you have the time. Don't know how full the rest of your life is.

Moby Dick, I loved that part with Lanie too. I laughed out loud when she implied that even the corpse can see that Beckett was jealous! I wish there was more of her and maybe Esposito/Montgomery/Martha telling Beckett to drop the tough girl act and let Castle see how she feels about him. But, I guess since she kinda came clean at the end of Sucker Punch there's no need for that kind of conversation to take place. And I love the looks Beckett & Castle gave each other over the food. I thought, wow, they have come so far since that first episode.

And dmcw, I watched that scene at the end of When the Bough Breaks the other day and couldn't believe how much the looks on both of their faces were conveying. The first time I saw it, I was practically yelling at Castle to hug her or peck her on the cheek again, like he did in the first episode. But it was classy of him to simply shake her hand. Then the simultaneous phone calls were hilarious, especially the look on Castle's face when Beckett looks at him like he did it on purpose. The icing on the cake, of course, was when they walked out the door of the apartment building bickering. I thought "Geez, they are CRAZY about each other!"

Moby Dick said:

Elevators have been featured in several scenes in the series. Many of us believe that it will be on an elevator where they finally embrace/hug/kiss.

musiclover
Just WHO is guy X ????????? How did I miss that one?
Little help here. Now please!

just what I cal the potential love intrest for Beckett sorry

Van said:

Tick, Tick, Tick has taken Beckett and Castle's relationship to the next level.  The finally slept together  although they were in separate rooms and Beckett kept her gun with her all night.    I think they were way more open about how they feel about each other.  They didn't say the words but Castle refused to leave her unprotected and Beckett expressed her jealously, openly.  But I think Beckett got a glimpse into what life would be like at work if she entered a relationship with Castle.  There were constant jabs about the two of them sleeping together which seemed to make her very uncomfortable.  She is very guarded when it comes to her profession and she has more to prove because she is a female in a male dominated field.  Her hooking up with Castle, especially Castle (celebrity playboy known for his romps with women), might minimize her credibility at work.  This case may have done more damage than good to the Beckett/Castle hook up.

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Maybe in the short range. Al of them – Ryan, Esposito, Montgomery and of course Beckett, need to see that Castle is really serious about Beckett. So far, it's still a very long way to go to get there. First of all, Castle needs to change, stop being this "celebrity playboy known for his romps with women" and prove that Beckett is the one and only for him.

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abc123 said:

Molina said they had a storyline in mind that they wanted to use Will for. Stana said at the beginning of the season that they had plans to bring Will back at some point in the season. I honestly think the plan was to bring Will back for episode 17 & 18 and perhaps a few more after that. Having the FBI in that storyline would have worked beside what we know so far. I never take what these entertainment reporters say to heart, significant love interest before the end of season 2. I agree with those who said Will & Kyra were both significant and yet they only came on for a few episodes.

I can take a third party so long as I'm not forced to get to know or route for the outside party.
I need them to just be a plot point, something that creates tension for Beckett & Castle and does not become the focus of the storyline. I'm not interested in seeing Beckett or Castle fall in love with others, I'm not watching for that, I can deal with the conflict if it is kept in the right content.
We have to assume that at Kate's very core she does not fool around freely with men, so of course for her to have any sort of dating relationship it would have to mean she was enjoying herself and her dates with the other person VS Castle who can just have sex with his ex (deep fried twinky), his interior decorator and so on and not really have to have it mean anything or lead to anything. Frankly I'm not sure that Castle is really looking to find a partner for life, he has his home life and I think he looks to women for a good time and some companionship, but he has been married twice. While Beckett is more about the relationship and finding the right person. Other people at this point are only going to amount to a vechicle in which they are somehow brought together, at some point both or one of them must realize that the person with whom they are with is not it. Essentially I think that Castle is going to be the person who shows his hand first, because she doesn't really seeing him as a relationship option and he is going to be forced to perhaps come face to face with his fear or wrecking what he has with her vs not really having her as he does right now. Currently there are no outside parties to demand their time or take away from the time the spend togehter. His calling her or her calling him can be done freely because they are not connected to others. Her calling on him for help with her mothers case or him taking this on himself can be done now, because both are free and not romantically attached to others. But Castle's got another book to write and I'm not sure how any romantic lover interest would feel about his writing of Niki Heat and the relationship the two leads of the book have and how they are both based on a part of Beckett and a part of Castle.

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 Hi I just got register and I can't help but comment on your post although its like 2 months ago but then you have a point when you said about Castle writing a book about Niki Heat and having a relationship with another.  I think Castle and his personal life is connected to his books. 

He writes about Kyra, and I think Storm is based on himself and his encounters.

Maybe that would be the conflict that the other people that would come to their lives will be jealous about.

 

 

Well said CastleMuse! I agree wholeheartedly!!!! 

CastleMuse said:

I think someone without Castle's innocence, who isn't jaded by life, a slave to conformity, rigor, and societal norms may not be able to love Beckett in the way she needs. I feel it's Castle's child-like wonder that enables him to have an adoration for her someone like Will could not, not to mention draws her to him…..Castle has shown a great deal of growth in becoming willing to put Beckett's needs above his own. And after being sucked into the rabbit hole because of her mom's murder, he seems like the light in her life that she is starting to trust will always be there for her when she drifts back into the darkness.

Conversely, Beckett's maturity and respect for the more serious aspects of life I believe gives Castle that groundedness he lacked as a child and as an adult in his relationships. He can't seem to be able to have the love I think he deeply desires as a romantic, but has never known how to manifest into reality vs his imagination. Imo Beckett has the ability not only to hold his attention, but to make him want to put down roots in something that he cares about nurturing to grow and wants to prove lasting. He already has that with Alexis, but in terms of a significant other, I don't believe anyone has ever inspired him to want that for himself until Beckett.

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Couldn't have said it better.  They totally bring out the best in each other as well as let the other feel comfortable being serious (in Castle's case) and funny (in Beckett's case).

Beckett Brigade: why are you still a guest? you should be a full card-carrying member here… what you wrote here has so much potential. i hope we can read a completed version in the near future. i'm going to go and look at your other stories on fanfiction as well.