thebestseller: (with promise - cheek kiss)
Richard Castle [Castle] ([personal profile] thebestseller) wrote2011-10-24 11:38 pm

Chapter 38. Vampire Weekend

[This entry is forward-dated slightly to midday tomorrow. The writing is still recognizable as Castle's, but the hand trembles a little.]

Promise ----> Alexis
Nikki ----> Detective Kate Beckett


I'm a mystery writer. Nikki- Kate- wasn't isn't my wife, but she's a homicide detective, and we're partners. I shadow her and help her solve cases because she's the inspiration for my new series of books. I live in a loft apartment with my daugher, Alexis, and my mom, Martha. I'm famous, too. REALLY famous.

Alexis is waiting for me. I [There's a long pause here, and the writing becomes steadier, but slower as he carefully considers each word and phrase.]

I've made a lot of friends here. All of you have helped me through some tough times and been the best friends... and everything else... a guy could ask for. "Thank you" doesn't seem like enough at this point, not nearly. I'm never going to forget any of you.

But my daughter is back home. She needs me. And I'll keep having adventures. Not without saying goodbye in person, not without making arrangements first, but... I'm going home.

[identity profile] bloody-pens.livejournal.com 2011-11-07 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
... Me, too.

[Castle hugged Genius tightly yet again. There were so many ways this could go wrong, but... it's not like he hadn't engaged in risky behavior before, right?]

But we're going to do this, no matter how hard it looks. With our designer puppy and everything. I'm filthy rich, so we'll find a way to... take care of all the potential problems that could arise. And hey, you never know- if I ever get bored of writing crime, I could write futuristic crime. With Jedi and Gundams and ninjas in it. It'd be sure to be a hit.

[identity profile] man-genius.livejournal.com 2011-11-10 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
No more deaths. No more kidnappings or evil twins or zombie or giant ants. Or unicorns. I don't--God we're gonna need so much therapy.

[He leaned into the hug and laughed.]

Filthy rich huh? So was I--damn it. I never did get to dive into my piles and piles of cash like Scrooge McDuck from Duck Tales.

Dude. That sounds like the worst fanfic ever.