It's been eighteen years since the party on Meridian. Sara's been stuck in stasis for seventeen of them. And, as usual, no real problems have been solved without the hero, but complications abound. Slow burn. Sara/Peebee, Scott/Cora, Gil/Reyes, maybe more. Spoilers everywhere. Darkening the tone, playing with the story, and enjoying the hell out of these characters.

AU: When Kate walked into the coffee shop before work, she had no idea she was going to run into her favorite author, literally. A story of how two people fall in love after a chance meeting. Kate is in her second year as a homicide detective and is 28 and Rick is 35. I know i'm off on the ages but its how it worked into my story. Please review. Rated T to be safe.

A series of one-shots, a moment or scene from each episode from a certain character's perspective. (Probably Beckett most of the time.) I will try to make some non-obvious scene choices, but no guarantees. (Disclaimer, I do not own Castle or the characters, that's Marlowe's cross to bear)

"I'm not quite sure I had a say in the process, but Castle has been very good about the research. He's gotten inside of me maybe more times than I'd like, but all in the name of research right?" Rick chokes out a laugh and then one, two, three, the detective's eyes widen.