The Fix

Summary Welcome to 'The Fix' - or 'Fixing (Season) Five' if you like. The concept is to rewrite bits of Castle Season 5. It will be fixing what I or others (I'll be seeking input and possibly contributions) didn't like or even wished could have been done better, or simply weren't there.

For the record I don't hate Season 5, I just wanted somethings done differently or at all. At lot of what I write will no doubt be internalisation and this is very difficult to show on a 42 minute TV Show.

I certainly don't think I am better than Marlowe & company, I simply respectfully disagree with somethings. It's why I write Fan Fiction.

This is my Castle Hiatus 2013 Ficathon entry.

Disclaimer – even in my wildest dreams I don't own Castle or any of the characters. If I did, you'd see way more than primetime TV allows and no stupid angst arcs! All the other legal stuff applies too.


Endings

She surveyed the scene before her. The evidence laid out her marked a watershed in her life. One from which there was no turning back, no second guesses. She was still conflicted about it. Head and heart argued long and hard and even now were still tossing around second, third, fourth guesses about the decision.

But that was all academic, she had made her choice and informed everyone who mattered. She could still visualize and feel the shock from her father, her friends, colleagues and her boss at her news and the decision, but she had to admit she was increasingly comfortable with herself.

He had naturally been so disappointed but she had taken time to explain why. He had accepted her decision eventually. His family had been forgiving and accommodating even if she could tell they wanted to push for more answers. Why.

Kate Beckett looked around her apartment. Most of the packing was done. She was really going to miss this place. In the years since had been forced to find a new home after her previous apartment had been reduced to ash, this had slowly grown on her. She had added her touches, replaced items where she could and got new things, made it hers. It had become her home, her refuge and whatever else happened she would miss the security of the latter.

She had been tempted to keep it and sublet but that smacked of cowardice and hinted at a lack and loss of faith in her decision, in her future. She had none, aside from the familiar soft voices in head. So the boxes confirmed she was moving out and moving on.

She had been right when she told him it was about her. Before she could consider others –even him - she had needed to decide that her choice was true to herself and that she could live a lifetime with that choice. She would always be grateful to him for making it possible for her to have the freedom to make the choice, especially for the events and joy of the last year. Since that night she had torn down her wall and finally admitted to herself and him what she wanted then.


Author's Note

So I'll admit I didn't like bits of Season 5 especially the contrived angst arc at the end. This is my solution. Rewriting Season 5 to fix it to my satisfaction. I've been thinking about this for a long time before the season even got close to finishing. My 'One and Done' has been extremely patient dealing with my ranting. Then the 2013 Castle Hiatus Ficathon came along to give me the proper motivation.

Having railed at the overly clever ploy by the writers of leaving so much open to interpretation in the angst arc, I find myself equally guilty of it with this start. However, this is so we can have a relatively clean slate as this progresses and can arrive at the final chapters with room to manoeuvre.

As the introduction states I am opening this up for input from other Fan Fiction members. Ideas, concepts, themes, and scenes you want done over again. I will try and keep it fairly close to canon but we may see some AU or OOC departures and some timeline events may change.

Please PM or leave a review.

It not my intention to replay the full episodes for entire season and this may result in the story free-forming somewhat as we strive to hit the roughly 2100 words per episode needed to reach the magic 50,000. Some chapters will be longer than others. Other than fragments and ideas, I do have drafts running for 'After the Storm', 'Probable Cause', and some additions to 'Still'.

I'll start with the rating of T as I appear incapable of not swearing and leaving some leeway for some gentle smut.

And yes I will be continuing with One of Us.

Edit Comment - Updated to provide clarification on my intent. Maybe the anon haters will back off - or maybe not.