[Fic] The Suit and the Pen - Chapter 8: Sunday Hospital Visit (Suits/Castle, PG-13 with NC-17 spots)
Title: The Suit and the Pen
Chapter Title: Sunday Hospital Visit
Rating: PG-13 overall, NC-17 in spots
Chapter Word Count: 1,362
Overall Word Count: 17,263
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for all of season 1 of Suits and up to the end of season 3 of Castle. Also huge spoilers for Heat Rises, a tie in book to the Castle series.
Summary: With Castle's life spinning apart if he doesn't make a decision on writing the next Nikki Heat book, Harvey comes in and picks up the pieces.
Author's Note: I do not own Suits or Castle.
Harvey woke up in his own bed on Sunday, looking around confused at the fact that he was at home. He remembered that he spent the day with Richard and then … of course. He was at home because Jessica had been in the car accident and he wanted to be at home to get a shower and a change of clothes. It nearly brought up an argument on how Harvey should at least have a change of clothes at Richard’s place but it stopped when Richard saw how tired Harvey was. He looked around for his cell phone, checking for messages, before he got up for that shower and a change of clothes.
He decided to just go to the hospital instead of calling to see if there was anything new. He was a bit surprised to get to ICU and learn that Jessica had been moved to a private room but he didn’t question it too much. He just went to the correct floor and knocked on the door before entering. He smiled at seeing her awake, even though her left arm and right leg were both in casts. “I hope they’re giving you the good drugs.”
“If they weren’t, I would be yelling at them,” Jessica said.
Harvey smiled and sat down in a chair. “When were you moved?”
“Around ten,” Jessica said. “They waited to put any sort of cast on me until I was awake, since the breaks were clean and there wasn’t any sort of muscle damage.”
“Well, if you’re going to break a bone, that’s the way to go,” Harvey said with a smile.
“How the other driver?” Jessica asked.
“Fine,” Harvey said. “Just her arm broke - she was wearing her seatbelt. I’ll take care of it if anything comes of it. I doubt it will; she was joyriding at the time.”
“Well, the original owner of the car might,” Jessica said. “It doesn’t matter.”
Harvey smiled at that. “So, this means you actually get to have a vacation.”
“I am not calling this a vacation and neither should you,” Jessica said.
“Well deserved rest,” Castle said from behind the vase of lilies that he was carrying. He put them down on the ledge. “Hope you aren’t allergic.”
“I’m not - thank you,” Jessica said. “They’re beautiful.”
“From Harvey and me,” Castle said.
Harvey made a mental note to thank Richard later for including him on that. And also smack him for not being able to keep a secret for more than a week. “Well, I hope that you like them.”
“I do,” Jessica said and motioned for Castle to close the door. “Do I have any reason to be concerned that you’re getting my top lawyer into ethical trouble?”
Castle looked innocently shocked. “Ethical?”
“Richard,” Harvey said, his tone a bit sharp.
“Fine,” Castle said. “I’m not. At least, I don’t think I am. I also don’t get what’s so wrong about it.”
“It undermines objective detachment,” Harvey said. “I think I’ve been more than objective though.”
“Alright,” Jessica said. “Are you going to be alright being alone in the meeting tomorrow?”
“Yes,” Harvey said. “I’ll bring Mike in, but I don’t think there needs to be more than the two of us. I don’t expect anything to go wrong. Richard on the other hand…”
“I have writer’s brain, remember?” Richard said. “Besides, I believe life is more fun when you think that zombies are real and we’re about to have the apocalypse any day now.”
Harvey sighed. “See what I have to put up with?”
“You seem to be fine with it,” Jessica said. “Just get through Monday and we’ll talk about what else to do later.”
“Alright,” Harvey said. “Anything else?”
“I’m pretty set here,” Jessica said. “I’m going to relax and enjoy not having to do anything before I go stir crazy in an hour.”
“So I should come back?” Harvey asked.
“No, by that time, someone else will visit,” Jessica said with a grin. “Or I’ll call someone. Don’t worry about it.”
“I’ll drag him out,” Castle said, moving to grab Harvey’s arm.
“I do have to tell him one more thing,” Jessica said. “So out.”
“He’s going to tell me anyways,” Castle said.
“No I won’t,” Harvey said. “So out.”
“Fine, fine,” Castle said and left the room.
Harvey turned to Jessica. “Think I should have Mike take over?”
“Yeah,” Jessica said. “You’re too emotionally involved. A blind person could see it. It’s cute though and I’m glad you found someone.”
“I - I don’t think it is quite like that just yet,” Harvey said. “But I’ll tell Mike as soon as I’m able to. He’s ready.” He paused for a moment. “You’re not worried about him taking over a meeting without having taken the bar yet?”
“Considering that you’ve had him doing everything else, you’re just asking this now?” Jessica asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Good point,” Harvey said. “Should I tell Richard?”
“Unless you want to give him a nasty shock,” Jessica said. “Just make sure that he understands why and you’ll be fine.”
“Right,” Harvey said. “Anything else?”
“I might be calling you later if I get bored,” Jessica said with a grin. “And you’re in charge until I’m able to get back in.”
“So, until Monday,” Harvey said and ducked when she threw a pillow at him. He got it, dusted it off, and put it back into position. “Still got a wicked throw.”
“Thanks,” Jessica said. “Now, get.”
“Yes ma’am,” Harvey said and went out to the hallway. He looked around before heading over to the nurse’s station where Richard was chatting up a couple of them. He smiled to himself and caught Richard’s eye, which made him come over. “Ready if you are.”
“Been ready for a while,” Richard said as the two of them made their way out of the hospital. “This way,” he said as he led the way to a car that was waiting for them. “Easier than trying to hail a cab.”
“Thanks,” Harvey said and got into the car. He relaxed for a moment as Richard gave the address for his apartment, closing his eyes until Richard leaned against him. He made sure that the privacy scree was up before he said anything. “Got to tell you something.”
“What?” Castle asked.
“I’m going to have to let Mike take over the case,” Harvey said. He sighed as that made Richard sit up and look at him. “I’ve become too involved with you. Jessica noticed it.”
“Jessica notices a lot about you,” Castle said. “I don’t understand why you can’t just continue.”
“Because I’d be risking my license,” Harvey said. “There’s a thing called professional conduct. If anybody figured it out, especially Gina’s lawyer, I could be called up against an ethics board. And what would they do about your contact? I’m thinking about not just myself but about you. I don’t want to put your livelihood in jeopardy.”
Castle took a breath and thought about all of that. “So you’re really not supposed to have any sort of personal relationship?”
“No,” Harvey said. He moved and kissed Richard deeply and lovingly. “Doesn’t mean I don’t love you though.”
That made Castle freeze at hearing that. “What?”
“You heard me,” Harvey said with a grin. “Especially with freezing like that. I’ll wait, Richard. But don’t keep me waiting for too long.”
“Right,” Castle said quietly. “Mind if I’m just dropped off at home?”
“No,” Harvey said. “I’ll see you Monday?”
“Yeah,” Castle said before kissing Harvey. “Even though I like that kiss.”
“Don’t forget to bring what you’re working on and I’ll give you more than kisses Monday night.”
“Now that I really like,” Castle said with a grin. He relaxed against Harvey and got out at his apartment. He waved as Harvey went off and went up into the apartment alone. He went to the laptop and wrote a bit, but nothing really felt right. He decided to give pushing himself to write a rest and powered up the Wii, working through some frustrations until he was able to sit down and finish up the chapter he was working on.
Chapter Title: Sunday Hospital Visit
Rating: PG-13 overall, NC-17 in spots
Chapter Word Count: 1,362
Overall Word Count: 17,263
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for all of season 1 of Suits and up to the end of season 3 of Castle. Also huge spoilers for Heat Rises, a tie in book to the Castle series.
Summary: With Castle's life spinning apart if he doesn't make a decision on writing the next Nikki Heat book, Harvey comes in and picks up the pieces.
Author's Note: I do not own Suits or Castle.
Harvey woke up in his own bed on Sunday, looking around confused at the fact that he was at home. He remembered that he spent the day with Richard and then … of course. He was at home because Jessica had been in the car accident and he wanted to be at home to get a shower and a change of clothes. It nearly brought up an argument on how Harvey should at least have a change of clothes at Richard’s place but it stopped when Richard saw how tired Harvey was. He looked around for his cell phone, checking for messages, before he got up for that shower and a change of clothes.
He decided to just go to the hospital instead of calling to see if there was anything new. He was a bit surprised to get to ICU and learn that Jessica had been moved to a private room but he didn’t question it too much. He just went to the correct floor and knocked on the door before entering. He smiled at seeing her awake, even though her left arm and right leg were both in casts. “I hope they’re giving you the good drugs.”
“If they weren’t, I would be yelling at them,” Jessica said.
Harvey smiled and sat down in a chair. “When were you moved?”
“Around ten,” Jessica said. “They waited to put any sort of cast on me until I was awake, since the breaks were clean and there wasn’t any sort of muscle damage.”
“Well, if you’re going to break a bone, that’s the way to go,” Harvey said with a smile.
“How the other driver?” Jessica asked.
“Fine,” Harvey said. “Just her arm broke - she was wearing her seatbelt. I’ll take care of it if anything comes of it. I doubt it will; she was joyriding at the time.”
“Well, the original owner of the car might,” Jessica said. “It doesn’t matter.”
Harvey smiled at that. “So, this means you actually get to have a vacation.”
“I am not calling this a vacation and neither should you,” Jessica said.
“Well deserved rest,” Castle said from behind the vase of lilies that he was carrying. He put them down on the ledge. “Hope you aren’t allergic.”
“I’m not - thank you,” Jessica said. “They’re beautiful.”
“From Harvey and me,” Castle said.
Harvey made a mental note to thank Richard later for including him on that. And also smack him for not being able to keep a secret for more than a week. “Well, I hope that you like them.”
“I do,” Jessica said and motioned for Castle to close the door. “Do I have any reason to be concerned that you’re getting my top lawyer into ethical trouble?”
Castle looked innocently shocked. “Ethical?”
“Richard,” Harvey said, his tone a bit sharp.
“Fine,” Castle said. “I’m not. At least, I don’t think I am. I also don’t get what’s so wrong about it.”
“It undermines objective detachment,” Harvey said. “I think I’ve been more than objective though.”
“Alright,” Jessica said. “Are you going to be alright being alone in the meeting tomorrow?”
“Yes,” Harvey said. “I’ll bring Mike in, but I don’t think there needs to be more than the two of us. I don’t expect anything to go wrong. Richard on the other hand…”
“I have writer’s brain, remember?” Richard said. “Besides, I believe life is more fun when you think that zombies are real and we’re about to have the apocalypse any day now.”
Harvey sighed. “See what I have to put up with?”
“You seem to be fine with it,” Jessica said. “Just get through Monday and we’ll talk about what else to do later.”
“Alright,” Harvey said. “Anything else?”
“I’m pretty set here,” Jessica said. “I’m going to relax and enjoy not having to do anything before I go stir crazy in an hour.”
“So I should come back?” Harvey asked.
“No, by that time, someone else will visit,” Jessica said with a grin. “Or I’ll call someone. Don’t worry about it.”
“I’ll drag him out,” Castle said, moving to grab Harvey’s arm.
“I do have to tell him one more thing,” Jessica said. “So out.”
“He’s going to tell me anyways,” Castle said.
“No I won’t,” Harvey said. “So out.”
“Fine, fine,” Castle said and left the room.
Harvey turned to Jessica. “Think I should have Mike take over?”
“Yeah,” Jessica said. “You’re too emotionally involved. A blind person could see it. It’s cute though and I’m glad you found someone.”
“I - I don’t think it is quite like that just yet,” Harvey said. “But I’ll tell Mike as soon as I’m able to. He’s ready.” He paused for a moment. “You’re not worried about him taking over a meeting without having taken the bar yet?”
“Considering that you’ve had him doing everything else, you’re just asking this now?” Jessica asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Good point,” Harvey said. “Should I tell Richard?”
“Unless you want to give him a nasty shock,” Jessica said. “Just make sure that he understands why and you’ll be fine.”
“Right,” Harvey said. “Anything else?”
“I might be calling you later if I get bored,” Jessica said with a grin. “And you’re in charge until I’m able to get back in.”
“So, until Monday,” Harvey said and ducked when she threw a pillow at him. He got it, dusted it off, and put it back into position. “Still got a wicked throw.”
“Thanks,” Jessica said. “Now, get.”
“Yes ma’am,” Harvey said and went out to the hallway. He looked around before heading over to the nurse’s station where Richard was chatting up a couple of them. He smiled to himself and caught Richard’s eye, which made him come over. “Ready if you are.”
“Been ready for a while,” Richard said as the two of them made their way out of the hospital. “This way,” he said as he led the way to a car that was waiting for them. “Easier than trying to hail a cab.”
“Thanks,” Harvey said and got into the car. He relaxed for a moment as Richard gave the address for his apartment, closing his eyes until Richard leaned against him. He made sure that the privacy scree was up before he said anything. “Got to tell you something.”
“What?” Castle asked.
“I’m going to have to let Mike take over the case,” Harvey said. He sighed as that made Richard sit up and look at him. “I’ve become too involved with you. Jessica noticed it.”
“Jessica notices a lot about you,” Castle said. “I don’t understand why you can’t just continue.”
“Because I’d be risking my license,” Harvey said. “There’s a thing called professional conduct. If anybody figured it out, especially Gina’s lawyer, I could be called up against an ethics board. And what would they do about your contact? I’m thinking about not just myself but about you. I don’t want to put your livelihood in jeopardy.”
Castle took a breath and thought about all of that. “So you’re really not supposed to have any sort of personal relationship?”
“No,” Harvey said. He moved and kissed Richard deeply and lovingly. “Doesn’t mean I don’t love you though.”
That made Castle freeze at hearing that. “What?”
“You heard me,” Harvey said with a grin. “Especially with freezing like that. I’ll wait, Richard. But don’t keep me waiting for too long.”
“Right,” Castle said quietly. “Mind if I’m just dropped off at home?”
“No,” Harvey said. “I’ll see you Monday?”
“Yeah,” Castle said before kissing Harvey. “Even though I like that kiss.”
“Don’t forget to bring what you’re working on and I’ll give you more than kisses Monday night.”
“Now that I really like,” Castle said with a grin. He relaxed against Harvey and got out at his apartment. He waved as Harvey went off and went up into the apartment alone. He went to the laptop and wrote a bit, but nothing really felt right. He decided to give pushing himself to write a rest and powered up the Wii, working through some frustrations until he was able to sit down and finish up the chapter he was working on.