"Oh God, no! Don't die, Kate! Please, don't do this to me. Don't die!" Rick cries out into the night, holding the woman of his dreams close to his chest. The woman who filled his nights finally made it into his days and now he was going to lose her. Forever. *AU* CHAPTER 21 IS NOW UP - AND UPDATED! I ADDED ABOUT A 1000 WORDS TO IT.

Don't wait. Don't think. Just... jump. Making mistakes is what we live for, they help us grow, they're confirmation of the freedom that every soul needs. But are some mistakes just too big to fix? When the dominoes start falling, Kate will have to wonder if it was really worth it - and if Rick is worth it, especially when there is so much more at stake.

What if Kate and Rick had met one summer after she finished highschool? (now with an alternative epilogue for the ones that didn't like the first one)

Gates knows, and policies are policies. When their romance is discovered, they are presented with an ultimatum-their professional partnership or their romantic relationship. Is it really possible to go back? Sometimes in order to know what is right, you've got to choose wrong first. Even the angst is romantic in this one guys.

Post-episode oneshot for Watershed.

My AU thoughts for the end of season 5. Castle has packed up to leave Kate. Is he leaving For good? Why? Will they reconnect? When?

SPOILER WARNING- This is it. Her luck has finally run out. She can't believe it's going to end like this. She's survived being locked in a freezer, a bullet to the heart, almost drowning, only to die at the hands of a bomb. Pre Ep for Still

Kate could barely breathe. She knew she had to remain perfectly still. Her life depended on it. Castle's too since he had refused to leave her side. What happens when Kate steps on a mine that works as the trigger for a bomb?

Spoiler-prompted one shot that my imagination went wild with.

Kate and Esposito discuss what Castle did to extract information from a suspect. A missing scene from "Target" S5:E15

Castle gets kidnapped by a very deranged person. (All chapters now spell-checked)

Kate meets Rick Castle when she's about to leave college, just after her Mom dies. They get to know each other, because they are both fascinated. - In the series, Kate's FBI ex says she waited in line for hours to get her book signed, and that the books got her through the murder, so this is what would happen if Rick didn't just sign the book. *COMPLETE*

This an AU, set in the past, one-shot, Christmas fic. Rick and Kate meet by accident on Christmas day. This is not your normal Christmas fic.

He's leaving after Frozen Heat. Will Beckett finally make her move or will she let him go? This story happens before '47 seconds' and it does have some Season 4 spoilers.

Friends with benefits. A bad idea when said partners are in love. It's even worse when they can't communicate their feelings. What happens when they both settle for casual because they think it's all they can have? Complications and consequences arise.

"I'm feeling anything but invincible at the moment. Tonight was one close call too many, Castle." ... Having survived a night of far too many close calls Kate realises she's come farther than she thought. This is a journey beyond the wall. COMPLETE

He's hurt; she thinks she can help. Takes place some time during S4, after Cuffed. Happy unbirthday, Laura! I love you.

Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night.

Caroline Forbes – she was unlike anything he had ever come into contact with before. If the moon was his curse, then the sun was his salvation – and he believed one-hundred percent, without a doubt, that Caroline was his sun. A retelling of Season 2.

She's falling for him and fast. She doesn't want too, she knows she shouldn't, but she can't help it.

The wolfs out of the bag and Tyler knows everything. To say that he's mad at Caroline and everyone would be an understatement. There's just one problem though. What happens when Caroline goes missing? Rating will get higher in later chapters.