case no. 4 ₪ [action] // closed to richard castle
[Kate, even in her stubborn Grinch mode, had taken the time to wrap his presents. It wasn't that she wasn't fond of Christmas... On the contrary, she actually really enjoyed it.
At least, she had, before she had to deal with the fact that every year is was just another reminder of things she had lost with her mother's death. And even if things had got better, especially in the last couple years, she still wasn't the biggest fan of the holidays.
But she was clinging to something, anything, that could be like home, and celebrating the holidays always seemed really important to Castle. He was like a big kid and even if it drove Kate crazy sometimes, she couldn't deny the joy he'd brought into her life with his vivid stories and wide-eyed wonder. He made the world fun again and even she wasn't heartless enough to deny him that; more so, she wasn't cold enough to deny herself the vicarious excitement she'd learned to accept.
Gifts in hand, she carried the three packages across the hall and to his door. Pausing outside, she juggled the packages a little and struggled to knock.]
Castle, it's me. [She shifted a took a few steps back, smiling to herself as she stared at the door.] Ho, ho, ho... I have stuff for you. [Then she rolled her eyes at herself. Ho ho ho, really, Kate?]