First Draft [Action/Video] It was a cold and dark night...

[cuffmeonce]

Beckett! Where are you! You know I’m counting on you to save my lily white a—
[Castle looks wildly, dramatically around the area, taking stock and noting that he is not in New York City anymore. He’s got his bullet proof vest on that says writer across the front and a gun in a holster on his belt. The safety is on. The safety is always on because Beckett insists]

This is an interesting turn of events. I—uhm—I’m Rick Castle. You might have heard of me before. I am a best selling novelist. You might even recognize me from the ruggedly handsome photo on the back of my books. I’m also a consultant with the NYPD and my partner…she’s going to be mighty upset when she finds out I’ve been kidnapped…

[He pauses again, considering the situation]

Beckett? If this a prank it’s not a very good one.

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

Okay, on my way, I'm just around the corner. [She might sound a little happier than she should.]

It's-- a thing. I'll explain once I reach you and it goes away.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[If he weren't in such a panic and so confused he would note the happier and tease her for it. Or at least be a puffed up peacock over it]

Okay.

So...

I'll just...

Wait.

Re: video

[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

For once, yes. You're probably not going to believe half the crap I'm about to tell you. You're-- we're, uh, not exactly in Kansas anymore. This is the City, and it's pretty much every impossibility anyone's ever thought up, with no escape.

Re: video

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

Did you hit your head?

We weren't in Kansas to begin with. And yes I get the literary reference. The question remains...did you hit your head?

Did I hit my head?

Re: video

[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I'm still not 100% sure that I didn't.

Re: video

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

That's not comforting, Beckett. You're supposed to be comforting me here! You're the calm, cool, good in a tight spot one and I'm the pretty one or have you forgotten that?

Oh God...we both hit our heads. Maybe we've been shot? Is this what being shot feels like?

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

Hate to break it to you but I'm the pretty one.

This is not what being shot feels like. [Siiiigh.] This is some kind of alternate dimension or something.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

Beckett...we've been over this before. Delusion will get you kicked off the force.

Well how am I supposed to know! I only write about being shot! You're the one who gets shot at. Or at least you were until I met you.

...

WHAT? How many comic books have you been reading?

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[Kate reaches him after rounding a medium-sized crowd, and okay she might be trying to catch her breath. It's not like she hurried or anything. It's just that Castle isn't really the type to not get into trouble. Especially if it's a curse day or something.]

You're the one who lives in fantasy worlds, Castle. Not me.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[Yes that is a smile on Castle's face. He is incredibly happy and relieved to see Beckett. Whatever the hell they've gotten themselves into, she'll get them out of it]

Well I am a lucky bastard that way...Except in my fantasy world you're undercover.

As a stripper.

And you have to play your part.

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sorry Castle. Anything involving me stripping?

[She thwacks him on the back of the head.]

Will have nothing to do with you. ...The ticking stop?

Re: action

[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[Well now he feels right at home which is why he's still grinning like an idiot]

Why you gotta go crush a guy's dr--yeah. It did.

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[Good, cause he's getting her 'Castle you're an idiot' stare right now.]

It's cause you aren't alone now. Look, it's hard to describe. You get the guide yet? It'll help.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[He wouldn't have expected anything else]

Yeah. I've been flipping through it.

[He's waggling his eyebrows at Beckett]

This mean you and me are room mates?

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

You know, here I could shoot you and pretty much get away with it.

[But this is her walking away, expecting him to follow.]

One night. Then you can find your own place.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

I knew you wanted me.

[He knows he's pushing it but it's Beckett and this is all so WEIRD and she's so normal and it's Beckett!! By the way, he does follow]

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[She might have sped up for that one.]

You get the couch. Maybe a pillow.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[To which he's absolutely delighted]

I have a bad back!

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[Masochist.]

I'm rethinking the situation. Hardwood floor would be great for that, I think.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[He let his mother move in with him. Have you met Martha>]

Hardwood floor is great for your back if you're twenty-one. In case you haven't noticed, I'm not.

Re: action

[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[...Good point. Apparently mental anguish makes him productive?]

Oh I've noticed. It's just...you whine and it makes me not want to be nice anymore. Funny thing.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

[Incredibly so]

It's not whining. It's stating my needs. I have many, many needs, Beckett.

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

None of which I will be helping you fulfill Castle.

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[cuffmeonce.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I've got a rich imagination.

[He's just egging her on now]

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[cuffyoutwice.livejournal.com]

[Kate actually just laughs at that one.]

Yeah, don't we all.