There are certain aspects of her apartment, here and there, where she's sprung for luxury over adequacy - her bathtub, for instance, was enough to make Kate openly salivate when she visited, and the stereo is just one more tiny indulgence among the old picture frames and the thrift store finds.

"I don't know what I'm more concerned about, the fact that you've just acquainted myself with my music library or that you want me to dance in my pajamas."

She takes his hand despite verbal protests, sliding her other onto his shoulder, and steps toward him as she waits for the first song to start.

"Last time we did this I was better-dressed," Beckett murmurs.