They're both muddling through life. Her days are full of politics and paperwork. His are spent surfing the web in his underwear and buying gadgets to drive his mother crazy. Could a charity auction be what Captain Kate Beckett and novelist Richard Castle need to find their way together? Or will fumbles and stubbornness keep them apart? AU. A Castle 2015 Hiatus Ficathon story.

"Kate shoved the note under his door carefully treating it as something precious and fragile. Sighing she got up. They were doomed right from the beginning. She exited his building and disappeared into the night. Away from him." Set S4 and is inspired by Misconception by chezchuckles and Friends with Benefits by AddisonSp. If you haven't read them they're wonderful and so talented

It feels like they might be crossing that line they've been toeing for years. That line between friends and something more. An early relationship AU.

AU meeting fic. Kate is a young mother, living in the same apartment complex as Castle. He is annoyed that the baby is crying all night while he tries to write, and goes to yell at her. Instead, he finds her disheveled and upset, pacing with the baby down the hall, and offers to help.

AU: "It still catches him off guard, the wave of curiosity like a weight lifted off his shoulders, the wave of inspiration so very sweet, a taste of something he hasn't had in forever. Kate Beckett. She's going to be a tough nut to crack." Castle and Beckett meet in yoga class. Entry for the winter ficathon 2015.

AU: Castle is the fun English teacher. Beckett is the strict English teacher. All their students ship them together. (And they may ship themselves together, too). Castle Ficathon 2015 Entry.

What happens when Professor Rodgers is assigned to teach one Katherine Beckett. What happens when a spark ignites between them which nobody saw coming.

AU: Violinist Kate Beckett is both nervous and excited that superstar composer Rick Castle is guest-conducting the New York Symphony's holiday concert. But when a murder takes place in Symphony Hall, Kate and Castle find themselves collaborating on more than just music. Entry for the 2015/2016 winter hiatus ficathon.

...so she's sure, or at least hopes, that he's alone. Because what she has planned for him? No one else should be home for that... A season 1 one shot. COMPLETE

Castle has a small problem and asks for Beckett's assistance.

Based off the tumblr prompt: "My parents are coming to town and I really don't want a lecture of how single I am, so will you be my boyfriend for the weekend?"

Beckett interrogates Castle about the many places where he has fantasized about having sex with her. Takes place right at the beginning of Beckett's suspension in season 5 (i.e. right after she says "I'm pretty sure I'll think of something" in 5x01).

Her finger is hovering over the send button, and she debates the last part; does it sound too forward? Like she's asking him out? Because she's not. She doesn't see him like that, thank you very much. An AU ending to 2x05, When the Bough Breaks. COMPLETE.

Castle and Beckett both join the same dating website after incessant encouragement from their family and friends and start talking to each other without knowing it due to the anonymity of their profiles. Loosely based on "You've Got Mail." My entry for the Rom Com Fic Challenge.

A post-ep for the Season 2 finale A Deadly Game, when Castle leaves Beckett to go to the Hamptons with Gina. Because I wanted to do this to him. Rated T for safety but only a little violent. My first fanfic, so please be gentle. Now complete.

"She was never going to be able to face her neighbors again. She'd have to move out, secretly, in the middle of the night." Short little one shot, takes place early relationship. COMPLETE

Follows the events of episode "Overkill" in season 2. Castle saw Beckett and Demming kiss. What's his reaction? - Please be kind when reviewing, English is not my mother tongue.

AU FIC. Castle and Beckett were childhood best friends but growing up made them grow apart and now Kate is the most popular girl in high school and Rick is well...the writer boy. But is a tragic event the catalyst for them rebuilding trust as friends and perhaps something more?

Richard Castle attended public school for one semester in fourth grade, where he sat across from Kate Beckett. When the two meet again years later, have things changed that much between them? And how will they react to each other as adults? AU

The first time she said it, they were on the roof of the loft. They had slipped right past her filter, and she almost regretted it. Almost

He loves her. She loves him. But it's not that simple. Kate Beckett and her friends feel like they've been preparing for this, for senior year, their whole lives. But they never could have prepared for what happens when two new kids show up at Marlowe High and turn everything on its head. AU, the entire Castle gang plus some as high school seniors. Caskett and Esplanie.

She schools her features and controls her word choice. It's an interrogation and he's not even entirely sure of the charges against him, but he's going to fight back. Slightly AU take on the elevator scene during "Linchpin." Spoilers. Castle/Beckett.

AU/maybe OOC. Alone for a week, with no parents. Teenage Castle and Beckett decide to have a little "fun" after school while doing their science project. However, when she turns up missing, he must look for her...