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[fanofthegenre]

After everything Beckett's been through in the last week (government conspiracies, reports of alien life, Castle whistling an all-too familiar theme to a certain television show), it's no wonder that she has extraterrestrial - whatever on the brain.

(Not to mention that she's pretty sure she actually did see the fictional agents walking around

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[trigger_man]

Jack is more of the last minute "oh shit, it's Christmas Eve and I need to buy presents" persuasion, though that's because he's been out of practice for the last few years, and before that gift buying tended to fall by the wayside when faced with holiday stresses at work.

Needless to say, when he comes into the bar from his world--only a few days until Christmas there, so he really has no excuse for not noticing the time of year--gift lists are far from his mind when he sees Beckett bent over a pen and paper.

"Hey, Beckett. How're you?" he asks, tugging off his gloves and unzipping his coat. He has a bit of Eau de Motor Oil hovering around him, as he's spent the last couple hours coaxing his truck back to life.

[fanofthegenre]

Beckett looks up, simultaneously folding the list in half and tucking it into her pocket, her other hand idly clicking the end of the pen with her thumb.

The scent of motor oil reaches her nose, and she smiles, looking at his pink cheeks and automatically signaling to a waitrat to bring her a small pot of coffee to refresh her cup - and a second cup for Jack.

"Good," she says, and genuinely means it. This week hasn't been nearly as stressful as some of the ones preceding it.

"You look like you've been spending some time out in the cold."

[trigger_man]

"Thanks," he says, nodding at the waitrat. "Just came in from Arizona; I've been in and out bit the last few weeks. My truck was giving me trouble and I couldn't get it back to the garage before fixing it."

He dumps his coat and gloves on a chair, then takes a seat. "Am I interrupting some work?"

[fanofthegenre]

"You get it running again?" Beckett asks, before shaking her head. "What am I saying? Of course you did."

She discreetly tucks the list into the back pocket of her jeans.

"Nothing important."