"She isn't here, Mr. Castle. Don't you want to protect her? Isn't that what all of this is about?" AU from "Always"

The rain has lessened, she thinks inanely, clinging to the random scraps of reality that she can process as they zip and crisscross through her brain. Much less than the downpour that stranded them here, on the side of some highway in the middle of New Jersey. A season four story, set after 'Cuffed.' One-shot. NOT a Christmas story. :)

It occurs to Castle that he might not survive this.

He has to get her out of his system somehow . . . Post-episode aftermath for 'The Limey' and going AU from there.

With a new bar open in town and his team AWOL Castle takes on a little undercover mission of his own, never dreaming that 'Ace in the Hole' is where he'll find his Midnight Queen.

Based on spoilers for season five episode five.

Just like the dandelion seeds on the breeze, they had no control over their fates but they had plenty of hopes and wishes to keep them aloft.

Castle and Beckett escape to the Hamptons for a little weekend getaway.

"Briefly, he wonders why he isn't blindfolded. The bastard wants Castle to see this-what he's planning to do to her." AU. Between "Undead Again" and "Always" Chapter 4 now up.

Castle and Beckett work out their jealousy issues in a supply closet at the Twelfth. Post The Limey.

"Katherine Beckett was not made of iron. She was not thick cut steel, tempered in the fires of loss and grief and anger." This blow might be the one that breaks her ... where else would she go when her world is falling apart around her?

Episode-fic set in late season 4. The case of a body drowned in paint causes Beckett to re-evaluate Castle's place on her team and in her life. Complete.