Aporia (n) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect; a logical impasse or contradiction; especially a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

An abandoned patch of land in a broken-down LA suburb becomes the unlikely site for a meeting of very different worlds. Modern-set AU.

She should have seen it coming. Angst/action/adventure set in a very slightly altered seventh year of Voyager's journey. Reposted from early 2014.

Emily was winter. She was a red scarf and the bitter December wind. She was always at his back, even without checking, and he was fearless with her beside him. She was all poise and cat-like confidence, and he tumbled gladly into loving her. / Emily was winter, and they buried her in the spring. / It took till fall to remember that winter always returned.

Before Haley, he'd have told you his favourite colour was blue. After Haley, he wouldn't have answered if you'd asked him. Then there was Emily and her red scarf, and the answer changed again.

The promise of working towards her commission is going to have to be enough to get Nyota through the academy since the instructors certainly aren't helping

"No, Gaila. I am not, absolutely not going to walk into Commander Spock's office and suggest that we pretend to date for an entire summer. I mean, we… I… he's not… I couldn't even spend that much time with him, nor would I want to. He's so… he's just really… I have professional mores, Gaila. Standards of conduct that this… just, no. No. No, thank you for the idea, but no."

When a murder occurs under suspiciously literary circumstances, Jo and Henry go undercover at the Regency-themed Austen Experience.

"My heart has known the coup de grace. Ah! I did not foresee it." -'A Season in Hell,' Arthur Rimbaud. Prompt from Panda09: where Castle takes the bullet for Kate at the end of season three

A glimpse into the shifting relationship of Mulder and Scully throughout Closure to Requiem.

Series of one-shots set in an alt-season 3 with the not-so-significant others removed from the picture. How might things have played out differently? Entry in the Castle Hiatus Ficathon 2013. Cover art by dtrekker.

He never thought it could hurt like this. AU for 5x05, "Probable Cause."

The last time Castle regained consciousness, he was just grateful to be alive. Now, that other world dances technicolor at the edges of his dark reality.

Castle smiles, ruffling Ava's hair. She grunts softly but her little hands wrap around his back as if grounding herself to him, staying safe and warm. On the other end of the phone, Kate laughs, but there's something there; longing or regret and his eyes close. "You're not going to be home by midnight, are you?"

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th, five years before she and Castle actually meet in the show. Based on an idea of Cartographical - chezchuckles and I just liked it so much that we each wrote our own. Variations on the same theme, sort of.

The wind howls outside as the sound of rain against glass envelopes them, none of the usual city lights casting their glow over the dark loft. Kate presses further into Castle, letting his warmth settle in her bones and leech into her soul.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th. It's five years before the season one meeting. Cartographical sent me and Sandiane Carter a list of AUs she wanted to see. We were both so excited about Vice Beckett that we each wrote our own. This is mine. Thanks to garnetgivealittlelove for the cover art.

The title says it all. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Spoilers for season four, but as you will see, quite a lot of it is. . .missing.

Castle and Beckett get stuck on a roof.

co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Beckett and Castle are assigned to work a case undercover.

Watching too much Setup/Countdown produces fic like this. Castle and Beckett encounter something that just might act as a wrecking ball.

Beckett isn't the only one who has trouble.

Big Eddie uses Olivia to get Peter's attention. But, it's not money he wants.

Heat Rises Spoilers! Kate reads Castle's latest novel and has some questions for him. "Heat, like work, is energy in transit." COMPLETE

by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. AU. Assuming all things are equal, the watch is for the life she saved; the ring is for the life she lost; but the bracelet is for the life she misses. SPOILERS for Boom! from Season Two. COMPLETE

COMPLETE at 100. AU: Kate and Castle try to adjust to life as parents. Check out AC's preview video on youtube: /watch?v nARnCrP2Z98 Thanks AC!

It's just a scar. It doesn't mean anything. COMPLETE Spoilers for oblique allusions to season 3 finale, and maybe some of season four. Second chapter due to popular demand.

He waits 8 months to go to her. HP

She knows it's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop at the end. For her, the descent is no less terrible than the crash. But at the bottom, at the end, she realizes there is no place to go but up. So she rises. Now complete, with epilogue.

When Beckett steps away from her desk Castle's curiosity gets the better of him. He never expected to be crushed by what he found in her drawer. Is it too late for them or can he convince her that he's her 'one and done? Rated M, not fluff, angst warning.

He knows now, as if he hadn't before, that this is why she guards her heart, why he sees so little of it despite all they've been through, all they've done together. Letting him in, the way she let Royce, could break him the same way.

Kate Beckett wants no help from Castle. But she needs an apartment. Badly.

Beckett celebrates.

It was supposed to be their one chance to be together. Instead it plunged them straight into a nightmare. An alternate look at what could have happened in "Touched" and beyond. R/K

Maybe it's not about what you end, but what you begin.

It was snowing, not the first of the season and certainly not the last. But she wouldn't see it. Couldn't see it. The whiteness blinding, but not enough to block out the red.

A stressful weekend for Castle and Beckett.