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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 the bar at one point - before she decided to order something stronger than coffee, at least.)

Today, however, she has the morning off, and she plans to spend it wisely - namely, making her own list of what to get friends and family for Christmas (but not necessarily checking it twice).

The closer it gets to the holidays, the less time she'll have to do her shopping, so she's anticipating the stress and attempting to nip it in the bud here and now.

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[fanofthegenre]

"In the sense that pretty much everything I tried to find out was under top-secret lock and key," Beckett admits, with a small sigh.

"I'm still not sure I ever got a completely straight answer from Agent Westfield. If that was even his real name."

[trigger_man]

Jack's face reflects even more confusion and suspicion than before. "Did you even find out what agency he was from? What kind of case was this, anyway?"

[fanofthegenre]

"A woman murdered who apparently had proof of alien life," Beckett replies, curling her hands around her coffee mug.

"But it turns out it wasn't anything that outrageous."

[trigger_man]

"Compared to that, a lot of things would seem pretty normal," Jack says with a snort. "What was it?"

[fanofthegenre]

"Just a satellite," Beckett explains.

"Though most of the details were kept under wraps - or, you know, away from Castle."

[trigger_man]

"Which is probably about the same thing," Jack says with a wry smile. "I guess he was like a kid in a candy store with that case."

[fanofthegenre]

"Oh, it took me at least a week to get the theme from X-Files out of my head," Beckett adds, rolling her eyes.

[trigger_man]

"Let me guess: because Castle was humming it for the entire week?" Jack asks.

[fanofthegenre]

"Whistling, more accurately, but yeah, that's about the reason."

She grins after a moment.