AuroraBlix
To Kevin Ryan, it was unthinkable that he could be utterly and mercilessly in love with his work partner, Detective Javier Esposito. Too bad his heart didn't seem to agree. He supposed it made sense, in a way--the heart was responsible for feeling, not thinking.
His partner defended himself rather weakly, Kevin, when Castle made a joke about being in love with him. Why was that, he wondered...
Javi sometimes felt like his relationship with his partner, Detective Ryan, was as precarious as a sandcastle. There was just no telling--in Javier's mind, anyway--just when that final grain of sand, that final straw, would shift and their entire friendship would come tumbling down...
Javier kept a careful line between himself and his partner, Kevin Ryan. A border between their bodies. It kept him firmly in the land of "Don't molest Ryan", most days. Days like this, however, where they were just playing Madden in Javi's apartment, the border patrol had an unfortunate tendency to disappear. The line went unguarded. And, occasionally--VERY occasionally--Javier Esposito allowed himself to briefly cross the border...
The East Coast and West Coast were very different, Kevin Ryan had to keep reminding himself. As a man with many Irish relatives in Boston and who could throw a stone and hit an Irish pub, California was a bit of a culture shock. But, with his partner Esposito with him, showing him all the good Mexican restaurants and bars, it wasn't so bad. Besides, it was insanely sexy to hear his partner on the streets, though not between the sheets, speak Spanish with such ease. He'd never tell Espo, for fear of getting punched in the face, but Kevin just loved flirting with local Hispanic dudes just to hear his partner curse them out in their native tongue.
Louisiana liked to think she was fairly sensible. She only took jobs that she could complete, no matter how dangerous. She never spent more money than she had. She only took shots at targets that she could make. She cleaned up the messes that she made. But standing there with a goofy grin on her face at York's antics, then watching her tan-armored colleague walk over to his lady-love and whisper like a five-year-old with Carolina, the ache in her heart didn't feel very sensible.
Javier Esposito was normally very sensible when it came to his partner, Kevin. Kevin Ryan. His police partner for years. But watching him there, sucking on a cherry tootsie-pop, his sensibilities all went to hell, and he dragged his partner in for a kiss.