An Unexpected Return

All about that Bass-ment

When Castle woke up from his nap in the car he was on a bed, he didn't think anything of it. He felt a warmth along his side and a steady wave of warm air brushing across his arm... Almost as if someone was breathing on his arm. Someone was breathing in him, it was Kate! She was sleeping soundly with an arm around his waist and her head on his chest. Castle had noticed his shirt was back on but he couldn't remember putting it on. After ignoring his slight confusion he tried to determine where he was. Without waking up Kate, he sat up to look around the room. The room was dark and smelled of mold and dust. There was a small window at the top of an exterior wall, but it was too high to see out of from the floor. Castle realized that the only way to see out of it was for Kate to get on Castle's back. He only saw one one problem; Castle lifted up his hand and it was handcuffed to Kate's.
"Kate...Kate... Hey, you gotta wake up hun," Castle whispered into her ear. He wiped the hair out of her eyes and smiled as she weakly opened her eyes.
"Hey, Castle," she said in her tired voice. She smiled sheepishly when she saw him. "Castle, why do you look so worried?"
"Kate, we're in a basement. And we're cuffed together," he said as he raised his cuffed hand pulling hers off the bed. "I started looking around while you were sleeping and the only way out, I've noticed was that window over on that wall, but it's too high for me to see out. I think you'll have to get on my shoulders to see out. Do you have your phone? You had it in your bra before and I hope they didn't reach in there, while you were sleeping, to get it out."
"Um," Kate pressed her hand to her chest to feel for her phone, "yeah it's right here. And how did we get in here anyway? How long were we sleeping?"
"I don't know how we got here, but someone definitely moved moved us because my shirt is back on and I didn't do it and I'm pretty sure you didn't either. Does your phone have any service? We can contact Ryan and Espo."
"Can we canvas the room real quick? I just want to get a sense of where we are being held captive," Kate said.
So Castle and Kate started to do a quick sweep of the room.
"Castle, I can't see very well. I'm going to turn on the flashlight on my phone. I just hope we won't be seen."
Kate turned on the flashlight. "Woah... This is not what I expected"
Half of the room was completely empty, the side they had been currently walking around, the other half was full of appliances: a refrigerator, stove, microwave, sink, toilet. It also had a locked box in the corner.
"We are literally being held captive. I have a feeling they want to keep it that way for while. We should call Ryan and Espo because I don't want to stay here as long as they planned. I didn't even wear my silk boxers! Man this sucks!"
"Quit whining Castle," Kate held her phone up in the air. "No service. Dammit. What if I try by the window?" They walked to the window and once again Kate held up her phone, this time getting on her toes. "Ah nothin. Well this sucks."
"Kate what if you climbed on my shoulders. You're a good 4 feet away from that window if we get closer it might work."
Castle knelt down and Kate swung her legs onto his shoulders. He stood up once she was situated, which took a few minutes, and wobbled closer to the window. Castle and Kate were extremely unbalanced from the handcuffs pulling them to one side. "Castle! I got something! Let me text Ryan and Espo."
There was a knock at the door. Kate while rushing to put her phone back in her bra she became off balanced and Castle and Kate toppled over and landed with an "Umph!" Castle fell on his back and Kate fell on top of him, their faces mere centimeters away. The could feel the rise and fall of each other's chest as they tried to catch their breath. Kate smiles shyly and looked to Castle. She instantly got lost in those deep blue eyes of his. And he was taken back by thee lovely emerald color harbored in her eyes. Nothing could ruin that moment... Until the door flung open.