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blue_bells» Title: Call of Duty
» Fandom: Castle
» Warnings: None
» Pairing(s)/Characters: Ryan/Esposito
» Summary: Esposito goes to his partner's aid on a more domestic affair.
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They're due at the station at eight-thirty and Esposito knows he's not going to get any sleep that night when he drags himself to Ryan's apartment doorstep at three in the morning.
He blinks down the dim, quiet hallway and his vision glazes at the reflection of light on polished wooden planks. He knows his body is telling him he should be resting, he can barely focus and if he turns too fast the world wobbles around the edges; he sighs and knocks twice at number thirty-two.
The door swings open and Ryan's smile of relief is so bright, so painful, that Esposito swallows the tired grumble he'd been saving ever since he got the weepy phone call twenty minutes ago.
He takes one look at Ryan's pale face, his eyes still red-rimmed and shakes his head. "She really left, huh?"
Ryan huffs a laugh before his expression crumples and he wipes at his face with his sleeve, muttering apologies behind his hand.
"You didn't have to come all the way out here. I didn't expect that," Ryan's voice is tight and nasal. He'd probably been crying for some time before he called Esposito, but his partner just sighs and steps in, holding out his arms.
He's too tired to roll his eyes when Ryan predictably falls into them with a grateful noise buried in his shoulder. They'd been here before and Esposito knows just how far to lean, even holding his partner like this, so he can kick Ryan's door shut behind them.
Esposito mangles a yawn against Ryan's hair as he closes the firm hug and pats him on the back.
"I'm just glad you called, man," Esposito says, "It's why I'm here."
Esposito doesn't notice his eyelids getting heavy, his blinks slowing as Ryan holds on for a long moment.
"Thanks," Ryan mumbles softly, but when he moves back they both stumble, not realising how much Esposito had sagged against him. Ryan catches his partner's shoulder, eyebrows frowned in concern. "Hey -- hey! You all right, Esposito?"
Esposito blinks at him once, slowly. "What time is it?"
Ryan glances at the clock. "Uh -- three-twenty? Why --?"
"Yeah," Esposito staggers past him and throws his coat over the counter benchtop. "I need to lie down. If I'm gonna cheer you up, let's take it to bed; I'm not doing this standing up. Or with my eyes open."
Esposito's too exhausted to notice the way Ryan stops like a deer in headlights, blinking at his back when Esposito gestures for him to follow to Ryan's bedroom. He could probably counsel Ryan in his sleep, but if he's only going to occasionally nod while Ryan babbles and moons about Jenny's departure, Esposito might at least get comfortable.
In the morning, he'll reflect that he could have phrased the approach a bit better.
» Fandom: Castle
» Warnings: None
» Pairing(s)/Characters: Ryan/Esposito
» Summary: Esposito goes to his partner's aid on a more domestic affair.
» A/N: Written here for
raapsteeltje in comment_fic.They're due at the station at eight-thirty and Esposito knows he's not going to get any sleep that night when he drags himself to Ryan's apartment doorstep at three in the morning.
He blinks down the dim, quiet hallway and his vision glazes at the reflection of light on polished wooden planks. He knows his body is telling him he should be resting, he can barely focus and if he turns too fast the world wobbles around the edges; he sighs and knocks twice at number thirty-two.
The door swings open and Ryan's smile of relief is so bright, so painful, that Esposito swallows the tired grumble he'd been saving ever since he got the weepy phone call twenty minutes ago.
He takes one look at Ryan's pale face, his eyes still red-rimmed and shakes his head. "She really left, huh?"
Ryan huffs a laugh before his expression crumples and he wipes at his face with his sleeve, muttering apologies behind his hand.
"You didn't have to come all the way out here. I didn't expect that," Ryan's voice is tight and nasal. He'd probably been crying for some time before he called Esposito, but his partner just sighs and steps in, holding out his arms.
He's too tired to roll his eyes when Ryan predictably falls into them with a grateful noise buried in his shoulder. They'd been here before and Esposito knows just how far to lean, even holding his partner like this, so he can kick Ryan's door shut behind them.
Esposito mangles a yawn against Ryan's hair as he closes the firm hug and pats him on the back.
"I'm just glad you called, man," Esposito says, "It's why I'm here."
Esposito doesn't notice his eyelids getting heavy, his blinks slowing as Ryan holds on for a long moment.
"Thanks," Ryan mumbles softly, but when he moves back they both stumble, not realising how much Esposito had sagged against him. Ryan catches his partner's shoulder, eyebrows frowned in concern. "Hey -- hey! You all right, Esposito?"
Esposito blinks at him once, slowly. "What time is it?"
Ryan glances at the clock. "Uh -- three-twenty? Why --?"
"Yeah," Esposito staggers past him and throws his coat over the counter benchtop. "I need to lie down. If I'm gonna cheer you up, let's take it to bed; I'm not doing this standing up. Or with my eyes open."
Esposito's too exhausted to notice the way Ryan stops like a deer in headlights, blinking at his back when Esposito gestures for him to follow to Ryan's bedroom. He could probably counsel Ryan in his sleep, but if he's only going to occasionally nod while Ryan babbles and moons about Jenny's departure, Esposito might at least get comfortable.
In the morning, he'll reflect that he could have phrased the approach a bit better.
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Date: 2010-03-15 10:17 pm (UTC)I can so see this. Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2010-08-03 03:45 am (UTC)Wow. Both the dirty part of my mind and the fluffy fangirly part had fun with that line x]
Aww! So cute! Nice work ^^
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