Retreat

[december21st]

“Retreat”

A drabble of 100 words

By December21st

Fandom: Castle

Rating: PG

Pairing: None

Warnings: Implied character death

Summary: In the face of failure, retreat may be the only option. Response to castle100 challenge endings.

A/N: Nominated for the Castle Fanfiction Awards.

Comments

[december21st]

Thank you!

[theaquamarine]

Oh my gosh, that LITERALLY just took my breath away. Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh!!! I'm with coloneljack saying that he is discussing the victim ;)

But I love that Ryan thinks that someone must be dead... like the inevitable "Who died?" joke actually having a solid answer. Beautiful, beautiful job.

[december21st]

Thank you kindly.

[evraealtana]

Oh. Oh, wow. I'm such an awful person, but... throughout this whole scene, there's no Esposito. Ryan would have asked about him, like "Espo down there too?", unless he thought...

Oh geez. Mentally, I just killed Esposito.

Nuuuuuuu ;___;

But yeah, for some reason I didn't mentally jump to "wow Castle's gone" until I reread it. I took the "he's downstairs with Lanie...discussing the victim". Which, in hindsight, doesn't explain Beckett's reaction. But a dead Espo does.

Oh, I'm an awful person =[[

[december21st]

That's an interesting take on the fic. It's not what I intended, but I really enjoy the idea of fics going in directions that the author (me!) never intended, and how they take wing and have a life of their own. So thank you for your unexpected insight.

[kanackering]

pretty much what theaquamarine said...

Oh my gosh, that LITERALLY just took my breath away. Oh my gosh.

This was just...wow.

As always, AMAZING job...

[december21st]

Thank you, thank you!

[ich_faultier]

I can't decide if I want to go with theaquamarine or evraealtana's theory. Either way it breaks my heart to think that Beckett lost yet another part of her family.

Once again, fantastic job with the snippet!

[december21st]

Thank you kindly!