#castle 2x18

[castle-dominion]

First names my beloved

Busts down her door!

Girl is this safe?

She would not have survived bro, unless maybe she was taking a bath at the time & managed to simply get some mild burns all over her body.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT NUDITY First thing you do is take off your jacket & give it to her. It’s like when an a-hole rips off someone’s hijab, I was told the first thing you do is offer your jacket if you couldn’t snag back their scarf.  Castle: Your Apartment Is On Fire. m- now might not be the best time for Modesty!

I’m assuming the buttoning up of the jacket was offscreen.

At least the paramedics had smth for her to wear.

Well thankfully not everything is absolutely brunt & broken, & not everyone in the building has to move, just the ones in proximity to beckett’s apartment.

Wow clever. You know, my brother still needs to duck tape me up so I can try to escape.

Her phone survived?? I guess she was holding it when she jumped in the tub. It would be hilarious if there was an episode where someone was murdered by an explosion but it turns out they technically didn’t kill the victim because the victim survived the explosion by jumping into the still-full tub but died in the tub because they were drying their hair at the time. How bout that?

How was he so good at hiding from every camera 30 times?

Castle raising his hand <3. But ngl as an adult I love to put up my finger when someone is talking so they let me in & I don’t need to interrupt

I don’t understand baseball. “His only other joy in life was the knicks.” ‘poor guy.’ Is that a statement on the sport team?

KB: What is missing from these pictures? RC: Good taste. JE: Area Rug. KR: Decent Lighting.

Oh wait “If you’re a knicks fan you’ve got to share your pain with somebody” so it WAS a statement on sports

You know what, as someone in the restaurant industry (with love to family owned, ethnic, & diner-style) I honestly respect her for working that angle!

Behaviour is very big. See this is the only good thing about the fbi.

RC: ... I get half of these (Bro he’s smart & literate & you’re smart & literate) JS: Yes & you also kill people for a living, in your books.

I like agent montgomery & agent avery Smart, smart!

Creepy apartment... Neat red light tho. Interesting choice in design.

Man either has a printer or gets a lot of magazines...

He has gotten away with murder!?? Smart of him to be able to write about it & then make it happen. One part fact, one part fiction, that’s like my friend+’s fictive alters XD. Sorry petrichor, I hope you find this comment funny & not offensive. Tho tbh I feel like as somewho with neurodivergency who experiences psychosis & also has fictive/introject alters & is a writer I feel like maybe you would hate this episode. Then again you are also an adult & able to enjoy it while seeing points to critique. 

If you have burned off finger prints, you would still leave finger marks, juts without the print pattern. 

Like the clown episode in murdoch with the phone calls.

RC: Now you know what it’s like for me

GIRL JUST RADIO TO ADVISE THEM OF HIS POSITION Girl he’s not going to stop when you say police. He knows you’re police.

When I first saw this I thought he would jump on top of the train. Also lucky timing to be able to get on the train & not have her get on it & he’d be trapped with her.

I love captain montgomery.

I love mature adults who deal with things thoughtfully.

MR: Well that explains the hunky guy with the earbud. I assumed it was Richard making a point on my dropping by unannounced.

RC: AND THE BACON!

I wish I had a relationship like that with my gran or gramma... sad...

I love how she’s having an intense conve & he’s just eating a hot egg.

Jordan, not shaw?

2009 lookin email lol

That’s def how technology works

The thing is, you want quiet shoes but non-slip shoes!

GIRL COMMUNICATE

Ooh a gun.

Everyone needs to learn sign language or at least their police signals & scuba signals & important & rudimentary stuff

calls herself nikki heat.

Good aim!  Oh wait nevermind

Bro the police does not need more budget going into gizmos & gadgets. That money could be spent in crime prevention, like, say healthcare, housing, amenities, food, counseling...

Care is so good. Love is not necessarily there & friends can care for each other & crushes are something in there too.

Writer airbrushed across the back window... Ryan & Esposito have a better car than you do! I’m embarrassed to have criminals in the back of that thing!

I made dinner! (looking at takeout)

Bro you literally have a guest bedroom... but I do like the joke about the home theater. It’s like the home gym after the kids go to college

[renegadesstuff]

“My father's watch. Thank you.”

“You're welcome.” 🥹

S2E18, “Boom!” aired 14 years ago (March 29, 2010) ❤️‍🩹

[i-prefer-west-side]

EAVESDROPPING Post-2x18 AU

She doesn't mean to overhear.

She wasn't eavesdropping or snooping, not technically. Not at first. She was simply returning his t-shirt, the red one he let her wear as pajamas when she stayed with him for the past few nights.

She didn't realize his shirt had been part of her laundry pile until she was folding it, and she was just ducking into his bedroom to drop it on his bed.

Quickly, while he was in the shower.

In hindsight, of course, she realizes that she could have waited until he was out, or left it on top of the dryer, or literally anything else. That way, she wouldn't have heard what she did, or given into her curiosity and risked a peek.

She also wouldn't have been treated to a sight that will play into her fantasies for a long time.

Her initial thought when she heard him moan her name was that he might be hurt. He could have fallen, she thought, and simply called out for her with hopes that she'd hear him. So really, she was coming to his hypothetical rescue.

The groan that followed, though, along with a few other expletives...

Well, someone was coming, all right.

And she just happened to see it happen.

How the hell is she supposed to not jump his bones now that she knows what he sounds like moaning her name?

She managed to leave before he caught her, and she's back in her room now - the guest room, she reminds herself - trying to ignore the throbbing between her legs and image in her mind.

No wonder the ladies at the MADT auction last year called him the white Whale, she thinks. She doesn't blame them; she also wouldn't mind experiencing his Moby Dick.

"Down, girl," she mutters to herself, zipping her duffel bag shut and making a mental note to stop by a store and replace her vibrator after she leaves.

It isn't until she's in her new, temporary apartment for the night that she realizes she still has his t-shirt.

Well...

It's hers now.

[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

[aceofwhump]

No. 29 ALTERNATE: Crutches 

Hawaii Five-0 5x01 | Supernatural 7x03 | 9-1-1 2x18 | Castle 5x19 | MacGyver 6x18 | Supergirl 2x07 | The Resident 3x01| Second Chances (2013) | Leverage 5x08 | 9-1-1 Lone Star 3x16

[do-it-for-the-fandom]

Fic prompt: 2x18, Castle is giving Beckett his clothes to sleep in/seeing her wear it for the first time

He sat in the kitchen, hands wrapped around the glass of water he had poured - almost twenty minutes ago - but hadn't sipped from: not even once.

It was more of a prop, really. Something he could touch to anchor himself to reality.

He should be in bed. Asleep. Dreaming peacefully of... well, anything. But every time he closed his eyes he saw it again: the flames; the thick, billowing smoke; her tiny frame all battered and curled up in the tub.

Guilt settled heavily in his chest.

He had put a target on her back. She assured him that she placed no blame on his shoulders, but he did. He had created the perfect target for this psychopath and she had almost paid the ultimate price.

Oh God, he really did not want to think about how close he had come to never seeing her again.

His eyes wandered toward the staircase as he briefly wondered just how inappropriate it would be for him to sneak upstairs to check on her.

Turning back to his glass of water, he shook off that idea. The last thing he needed was to get himself shot because the already frazzled detective woke to a figure lurking over her in the dark.

She's okay, he reminded himself. She had a bed to sleep in, a roof over her head and people who care for her here if she needs to talk. He knew that he had done everything he could.

Still, he wanted to do more. He wanted to completely erase the damage of the past 48 hours. Hell, he'd erase the past year - any trace of himself, of Nikki Heat - from her life it that would make the guilt subside.

"Hey."

The soft rasp of her voice pulled him from his thoughts and he looked up to see her standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Beckett, hi." He released his grip of the glass as he straightened his back and stood tall. "Everything okay?"

His eyes searched her, looking for any sign of distress. The clothes he had given her to sleep in - one of his favourite cotton tees and an old pair of grey sweats - were baggy, almost comically so. She looked so delicate, so fragile in them.

But apart from swimming in his clothing, the tiny cut that was barely visible in her hairline and her bandaged wrist, she looked fine.

She's okay, he reminded himself once more for good measure.

She looked down at his too-big, burgundy shirt.

"Not my best look," she said, looking back at him with a smile.

He mustered a weak smile; for her. "I think it suits you."

Her smile faded with his words. "It's not your fault, Castle."

Despite his best efforts, he never was able to hide from her. He shook his head, forced his smile to be real.

"Can't sleep?" he asked.

"Just need some water." She walked into the kitchen and pulled a glass from the overhead cabinet, filling it with water from the tap. "Throat's a bit dry."

"Yeah." He let out a huff of air, turned back to his untouched glass of room temperature water. "Fire will do that," he mused absentmindedly.

He could feel her eyes on him, her presence lingering in the silence until suddenly she came into his line of vision, leaning against the counter just as he had been before. She jerked her elbow to the side, tapping it gently to his arm to gain his attention.

"You doing okay?" she asked once his eyes were back on hers. "You would have inhaled-"

"I'm fine."

She rolled her eyes. "You don't have to pretend. You ran into a burning building to save me; and even heroes suffer from smoke inhalation."

"I wasn't trying to be the hero." He shifted, his entire body turning toward her; fast. "I-"

She moved, too; her back ramrod straight as she stared into his eyes, hovered just inches from him.

"You what?" she whispered urging him to continue, to say whatever it was that needed to be said.

He looked down, fingers tangled in the excess material of his shirt that had completely enveloped her.

Was she always so small?

So vulnerable?

So beautifully human: capable of bruising, of breaking, of dying because of him.

He closed his eyes and tried to force that thought from his mind, but he couldn't. The memories just kept replaying.

The flames, the smoke, her body.

She's alive.

The trickle of blood down her forehead, the wince as she stepped from the tub and into his arms, the fear in her eyes when Shaw had tried to pull her from the case; the one thing she had left.

She's alive.

The quiet moment of reflection as she wiped soot from her mother's ring, her too-steady-he-knew-it-was-forced voice as she called out "has anyone seen my father's watch?" and the poorly veiled helplessness behind her joke about insurance covering the cost of dry-cleaning.

Her world had been thrown off axis. How was she keeping it together? How was she worried about him? Why was she so willing to let him off the hook for this?

But, she's alive.

"I'm so sorry, Kate." He leant closer and pressed his lips to her forehead, careful to avoid her injury. "I'll shake it off eventually. Just not tonight."

He stepped back, grabbed his glass of water from the bench and retreated to his bedroom, hidden from her studying eyes, where he could dwell and wallow and chastise himself and she wouldn't feel any sort of unnecessary guilt.

Because he had meant what he said: he would shake it off, eventually.

Just not tonight.

[dailycaskett]

Thank you for answering my ask! I have a few questions: 1. When you think Castle have fell in love with Beckett? 2. When Beckett have fell in love with Castle? 3. What you think of Kyra and Royce? Were they their first loves?

Thank you! Sorry this took a while to get to. 1. We think it really hit for Castle in Boom (2x18) when Kate's apartment exploded.

2. For Beckett we both agree that it's between seasons 2 and 3, whether she knew it or not. Starting from the devastating end of season 2 when he leaves with Gina. 3. I've personally never thought too much about Kyra but I have a lot of thoughts on Royce. Lolo figures that Kyra is a wake up call for Castle - someone who makes him realise he's capable of a real relationship, and in her words "I don't think it was Love Love cuz then she woulda been an ex wife" 😂 With Royce it's a weird one, because I think Kate was definitely infatuated but I also have trouble with the whole abusing of power of it all - which has led me to really dislike that part of her story (this actually happens in most cop/consultant shows as part of the lead female protagonists backstory and something that personally I don't like very much!) Lolo and I both agree that it was based upon a misplace of grief and Kate latching onto something consistent in her life.

-Ellie

[katebeckett]

2x17 & 2x18 // 4x07

[trixiedeckerstar]

Caskett appreciation week 2020 | Day 7: free choice ⟶ favorite guest stars

[mistressvera]

[kate--beckett]

Are you in pain? Well, not nearly as much as you. 

[castle-dominion]

c2x17 tick tick tick...

RC: ask me why I’m here KB: I ask myself that every day

Ryan’s jacket again looks like one Dirk Gently (or my gay uncle who lives in australia) would wear

She’s so right, it is not her, but since it was Heavily based on her she Should get a say in who plays her. My family has discussed this many times. 

This was one of the first episodes I had seen. Actually, it was the last one I’d seen before never watching castle again because we only had four episodes on our TV. Then we got the DVD set & FINALLY I got to see the second part. Yay for two-part episodes...

MR: “you are not another man, besides, I trained you!” (so true bestie) (also, another point for the “rick castle is trans” AUs)

RC: they spell something,, they spell... Kinki :}

I love music sm. I know a fiddle song called calliope house that I can play in four keys & on any string.

Second intro ^-^ I am going to keep this post I think.

Oh right the fbi. I mean cooperation & acab & gizmos & all that good stuff.

He’s like a kid. Excited. Playing with this stuff.  Girl it is BETTER to have a machine to do the work, it is faster, it doesn’t matter.  Rick, ew, you have Nikki Heat & someone called “Rook” (which will get you killed in a chess club if you call it a “castle”) & it’s literally just RPF & you make em have sex. Come on bro, you know the BS she already deals with as a female cop in the early 00s? (& IG 2010s)

Yeah bud the animation sure works like that & it’s just that easy

Agent Shaw & Castle really are a lot like beckett & castle.

She could have said “I will come with one person as backup, I cannot come alone, but I will somewhat respect your wishes” maybe?

I like shaw. We have more people than you do, our goal is to catch the killer. You need to get some rest, I’m a mom, I know that.

“Aha, one of your old wedding videos” he says, about martha rodgers the actress fighting with a guy in a monster costume

OH NO I FORGOT ABOUT THAT PART, DOES HE DROP THE BODY OUTSIDE THE DOOR? no wait I think it’s castle. She keeps her gun in a drawer? In Canada you need to have guns locked up, on the farm we would actually keep the gun but lock up the bullets. She doesn’t have it on her, she doesn’t have it locked up, she has it halfway in between?

Yeah data & gadgets are so cool & like... Granted, she does envy that he listens to shaw.

“I will have you know that I sleep with a gun” IS SHE OK? how do you even do that? Is it like bed knife from markiplier?

I like how he just made himself at home & went through her cupboards & all that. Though I’m sad she mostly orders in. It is not /so/ hard to meal prep on sundays,, at least for lunches & then you could order dinner... or maybe you make supper every night (that you are free) & take leftovers to lunch daily. It surprises me how much people don’t cook...

“there’s a body out there I need to find” comedic timing

Ryan how is that relevant??? XD XD ryan chill “what time did you & mr castle go to bed last night?”

Lanie (& literally everyone): So cute the way you do that

It’s neat seeing castle wearing normal clothing instead of his usual style

JS: Ok sweetie, Mommy has got to go arrest somebody now, I’ll be home for dinner. I love you, bye. So cute ^u^

Spoilers for the next episode: Ok but even after watching this I don’t understand. He shot the gun, where did the bullet go? The gunshot is what told the fbi to go in, & he definitely did shoot the gun, but how would it work? Ben conrad had to have been dead on the ground & set up before Scott shot. Once scott fired, he ran & hid in the hidey hole & let the pigs find the body. Where did he shoot?

two-floor apartments are so weird to me. I once stayed in a penthouse mansion in japan four times as big as the floors below, but... it was the entire floor, not double-leveled. 

Ok but this trigenerational household is so great!

No but listen. When you shoot a gun or loose an arrow, you usually use the hand that correlates to your dominant eye. I’m left-eye dominant (ish) but right-handed, I learned to shoot with my right hand, & I Really Really Suck. Ben Conrad might have been mixed handed in that way, writing with his left, shooting with his right. Except for them seeing him in the window that is.

Ooh I love a landline -u-

Sure bestie cuz that’s how it worked.

I actually just remembered, I DID see another episode after this on network TV, but it was way in the future & beckett said “I still don’t have a house” & I’m like ‘so she did survive & her home did get blown up, huh’

[renegadesstuff]

They were domestic even before they got together 💞

[i-prefer-west-side]

Source

PANCAKES 2x18

She’s staring.

It’s not unwelcome, although he can understand why she might find it creepy, someone watching your every move. He just continues on with what he’s doing, though, unloading the rest of the groceries and pouring himself a cup of cocoa before joining Beckett at the table.

He leans back and takes a sip, not missing the way Beckett’s eyes flick to his forearms. He smirks behind his mug. She may deny it, but she’s attracted to him. It’s definitely mutual, but he won’t make the first move. He’ll wait for her.

Finally, after several seconds of silence, she sets her mug down and leans forward on her elbows. “You made pancakes,” she says.

His brows raise. “Yeah.” Where is she going with this?

“Alexis said that you make pancakes when she’s had a bad day.”

Ah. “I do.”

“So,” Beckett continues, the look in her eyes unreadable, “yesterday, you were making pancakes.”

He lifts a shoulder in a shrug. “You had a bad day.”

Her gaze softens, and the corners of her mouth quirk. “Thanks,” she says in a quiet voice.

He tilts his mug in her direction. “I’ll make you pancakes any time, Kate. Even on good days.” Especially on good days. He doesn’t say that, though, doesn’t tell her that he’d make her every meal if it means she’ll spend time with him.

[buckleyswift41319]

Knowing Castle wrote "be with Kate" on his bucket list around 2x17/18, early season 2 is so interesting to watch now. The way he watches Beckett with the victim's sister in 2x08 (Kill the Messenger) I have little doubt that's that's about when he caught feelings.

[3cops-and-a-writer]

His sister said that he was a Knicks fan?