"She doesn't even pause when he calls her name, and his heart sinks as he watches her walk away, her strides long and sure. He waits for a few minutes, hoping she reappears, but she doesn't. With a heavy sigh, he shoves his hands in his pockets and leaves." A post-1x10 one shot. COMPLETE.

In 4x21, "Headhunters," Castle and Beckett are compelled to do something they're loath to. Complete.

She shocked him when she walked out on him seven weeks ago. She can surprise him in a positive way by showing up now. An 8x07 insert. COMPLETE.

"He must have drifted off, because instead of lying down like she'd expected, he's sitting up, his head leaned back, neck twisted in a way that can't be comfortable. When she sneaks closer she can see the file on his lap, open, his hand on it, and her heart swells." A Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom AU. COMPLETE.

'The messages come daily, sometimes motivational messages to start off her morning, other times mid-day pick me ups. They vary in type: sweet reminders, funny animal photos to make her laugh, small messages of inspiration. Sometimes, she even replies.' AU meeting prompt fill.

'Life hasn't exactly been going well for him throughout the last three years, but he hadn't expected dying lost, alone, and in the middle of New York's worst blizzard in decades, to be his fate.' An AU twist on season 8 that picks up from the end of 8x07, 'The Last Seduction'. Two shot.

"The world is bright. His eyes are closed, but the world is bright, shining through closed lids in swirls of pastels, of smoke twining with itself, waves of different shades lapping at each other, mixing into new shades, maintain the view's beauty. It has him almost not wanting to open them. To risk seeing what comes next." Post-finale fic. For Rachel.

There are many kinds of morning, but this may just be one of the best. Post 7x06 'The Time of Our Lives'. Canon-compliant. One-shot.

'Loving her wasn't going away quietly. Loving her might break him.' Takes place after 4x21 Headhunters. Co-authored by jstar1382, chezchuckles and griever11.

"For such softly spoken words, they've continued to echo in Kate's mind for several minutes, the reassurance she's sure Kyra intended only leaving the detective with a new mystery to solve. How could Castle be all hers when she didn't know she wanted him in the first place?" An AU ending for A Rose for Everafter (2x12) featuring a wedding reception for two.

It hurts. God, does it hurt. In the bad way and the oh so good. Their first time together following the s8 finale shooting. Written for Mobazan27.

'It shouldn't feel like he had abandoned her. She hadn't even wanted him around to begin with.' A post 2x05 AU for New Year's.

Six months after their Vegas wedding, Kate and Rick get to tackle a new challenge: Christmas as newlyweds. Sequel to Waking Up in Vegas. A Caskett AU.

"He likes this side of her, a side he's never seen, the soft, vulnerable, slightly clingy Kate. It's such a stark contrast to who he sees on a daily basis, different even from the glimpses of vulnerability she's allowed him to see, and he really likes it." A post-2x18 AU.

There's a whole lot of dreaming going on, but no one's admitting it. Set in S2. Complete.

"It's stupid, how he has her wishing she could enjoy Christmas, that it wasn't tainted with grief, has her imagining that she could enjoy it, if only he was at her side." Season 2 Christmas AU. For Cathey.

"She ignores the churn of nausea in her stomach at the scent of her familiar morning brew, swallows it back as she reaches for the cup. Intent on not letting him know of the uncertainty swirling in her head, the queasiness twisting in her gut." A season 2 AU. For Lou.

On the anniversary of their kiss, Beckett takes a step to show Castle where she hopes they're going. A Season 4 AU two-shot. Now Complete for CastleFanficMonday: Tuesday Edition.

"I'm sitting in my living room with you on Halloween watching scary movies, Beckett. What more could I want?" Set season 4. Final entry for the Castle Halloween Bash 2016.

"Royal is not going as a nun, a banana, a taco, or Zorro. She's not sure he has to go as anything at all, seeing as he is, in fact, a dog, but Castle's sheer enthusiasm and pleading looks had her caving fast, and so here she is, picking out a costume for their co-parented dog on the eve of Halloween." Entry for Castle Halloween Bash 2016.

'There are only two options: let her die, peacefully, naturally, like a human should, or save her life by damning her at the same time. ' A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Three shot.

a co-authored fic by jstar1382 and chezchuckles. takes place after 'Always Buy Retail.'

"The day Richard Castle found a stray cat strutting through an alley, uncollared, unchipped, but clearly very expensively pedigreed, was the end of his world as he knew it. He just didn't realise it. Then." Fluff in six chapters. Written for the Castle Hallowe'en Bash. Caskett Cats Universe #1

'Kate casts her gaze to the evening sky, momentarily ponders how she ended up here with a supposedly unlucky cat and a ludicrous writer both accompanying her home on Halloween night.' A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Set in season 3.

On a quiet, cool morning in early July, Jim Beckett steps out onto the knotted wood porch of his cabin and does what his daughter can't or won't do for herself: he calls Richard Castle.

Season 4 AU that takes place before the 47 seconds arc. Beckett gets hurt and Castle doesn't like it. Based on a three word prompt.

A collection of Caskett one shots.

The darkness of the precinct has always fascinated Castle. Set early season 4

For a brave rabbit! GoodLuckStana. Prompt fill for a cause! When the bank had blown up, her world had stopped spinning. Her heart only beat to the rhythm of those words. It's not over. It's not over. It's not over.

Castle receives an unexpected visitor. Set during the Season 8 "fake separation" arc. Unrepentant PWP.

Rough case. Long day. It's just a little nightcap among friends. Mid S4 AU. Prompt fill for the #GoodLuckStana prompt challenge. Cover art by the talented E (random-ship)

a co-authored fic with jstar1382. An AU version of the Nikki Heat episode. "How could he ever settle for a generic substitute when the original graced him with her presence every day?"

They've been together almost two years before she tells him. *One shot. Complete*

'We're just friends.' 'Friends who kiss.' Kate tells herself it will never happen again, but she couldn't be more wrong. A late season two AU.

When Rick Castle agrees to a meeting with the head of one of New York's more efficient crime families, he has no idea what he's getting into, or how it's going to change his life. A 2016 Castle Hiatus Mini-Ficathon story. Meeting AU. Job AU. COMPLETE

AU set early Season 4. "Where's Beckett?" A dark head appears over the top of a computer screen. "Yo! Can't say, bro." Esposito taps the side of his nose. "Top Secret." "Yeah, need to know," Ryan chips in, grinning at the immediate look of frustration and indignation that pops up on Castle's face when Kevin backs up his partner, refusing to help. COMPLETE

"God, what the hell had she been thinking? Marrying a guy she met in a bar on what amounted to a dare? Do something crazy, Kate, her friends had teased the moment they landed in Las Vegas. It's your last chance before you go serious Stanford on us." - A Caskett AU.

'She's fairly certain she's no one's mother. Surely she'd remember that. How many glasses of wine did she have last night? She'd needed a drink after their case, after the non-hickeys on both her and Castle's necks caused quite the commotion in the bullpen. One? Two maybe? Three tops.' Time travel fill. Two shot.

What if the events of "The Squab And The Quail" took place earlier in the Caskett relationship? And what if they actually *talked* about their feelings and stuff?

A continuation of 'The Last Battle'. Beckett and Castle, after surviving the season finale, must work to create the home they dream of. Two of three.

"TFLN (803): Oh, I also stabbed a guy Friday and he still asked me out." A Caskett AU.

One of the last things true crime writer Richard Castle expected when he took a meeting with convicted murderer Kate Beckett was to be sent on a quest for proof of her innocence, the other was to fall in love with her. A Castle AU. Written 2012. Revised 2016.

Collection of one-shots. "The blinking cursor stared at him from his computer screen, mocking him. Every time it appeared felt like an order. Write, write, write… The blank page on the notebook next to him wasn't helping, either. He liked to have it close by, so he could switch back to pen and paper if he was in a more traditional mood."

Many years earlier, childhood best friends Rick and Kate made a marriage pact. Now, while playing a silly quiz game, the topic resurfaces. AU. One Shot.

"Those texts, Kate. Those damn texts." A three-part prelude to 8x09. Smut ahead.

One Shot based on Fembot77's irrelevant headcannon: Beckett gets a delivery of 8 roses, with a note "A rose for every year since we first met. Happy Anniversary". A few months later, on a Wednesday afternoon, Castle opens the door to a flower delivery with his original note attached. There are 17 roses.

"She's going to wake up, one day. She might be one for evidence and statistics, but he's one for miracles, for hope." Tumblr prompt fill.

S2. M! insert for When the Bough Breaks.

Two strangers meet in a bar and spend a single night together, never to meet again. Can it really be that simple? Of course not.

Season 1. Kate's learning things, too.

'He's been snapping pictures of her with his phone since she clawed her way into wakefulness and she is done...' A fluffy little season 5 one-shot about what Castle and Beckett get up to during her suspension, in honor of the last Castle Fanfic Monday of this interminable hiatus.

"Her breath catches in her throat, serpentine as it chokes her. She can't do this. She can't let herself think about that night when she has to bury her dead captain come morning." AU from season 2. Three-shot. For #CastleFanficMonday.

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.

Castle and Beckett's first New Year as a married couple, spent at her father's cabin. A sequel to Living is Easy, although it's not truly necessary to have read that story. A chapter posted every day for advent.

Rick Castle stumbles - literally - upon a new friend during a late night run for pizza rolls. A Caskett AU

Johanna Beckett rotated the medallion running a finger over the intricate carvings. Legend said that it was the portal to an alternate dimension. It would transport the holder to a reality where their biggest regrets had never happened, where their dreams came true. Then the room glowed white. Based on a Tumblr Prompt from rtsd9fan.

post epi 8x07

"If she hadn't had that thrice-damned third whisky she wouldn't have bet more than she could really afford to lose, or indeed have got into the poker game with him at all." M-fluff. All characters belong to Marlowe, ABC, et al.

PWP with mild Season 8 spoilers. Based on prompt: "when they get back together, kate tells castle that she was turn on by Professor Castle"

How Castle and Beckett went from working together to waking up together. A What Happens in AC prequel.

The moment she set foot into this place on Broome St, she had felt at home, had felt an attachment she couldn't quite explain... Pre-season to S4-ish AU. Alternative version to my story 'Fade Into Light' (see author's note). COMPLETE.

"Their feet move in time together, dancing to a song that can't be heard, crickets creating a choir in the background and merging with the soft rippling of the river in the distance." One shot, post kill shot.

A season 8 Halloween love story. Castle Halloween Bash entry

It's not a date. It's not a relationship. It's nothing. Season 2 AU.

When it appears, moments after he's turned the shower on, it takes him a few seconds to move beyond surprise to the grinning stage of his enjoyment. Fluff. Written for #Castlethemeday. Set during Valkyrie s6.

The words may not be there, but inspiration can be found in many nooks and crannies. It's time to explore a new one. Two shot set before season one. Little to no plot. Happy #CastleFanFicMonday everyone!

"It's in the stars. It's been written in the scars on our hearts that we're not broken - just bent." A post ep for XX/XY 8x01 and 8x02.

"One step my heart is breaking, one more my hands are shaking." A late night run in at the precinct, after Beckett leaves the loft. Post ep for 8x02.

An episode insert for 8.02 XX. Between Kate getting home from her talk with Rita, and the final scene. One shot.

"It was so soft, he thought he imagined it. A hum through the apartment, melodious and sweet." A 7x19 pre-ep, of sorts.

She didn't miss the tightening in Castle's jaw when he saw her; his eyes followed her from his perch at the headboard, but as she got ready for bed he said nothing. A speculative 8x02 post-ep. COMPLETE

When Castle has a breakthrough about their case, he's eager to share it with Beckett, and his need to track her down has nothing to do with the hope of catching her in the middle of her sparring session. Nothing at all. Gratuitous fun set during Fool Me Once (2x04).

Mission: Surveillance. Subject: Richard Castle. Transcripts from 27 Feb, 2009. [Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry] See my author page for new M!rated companion to Ch 81. Now complete.

An AU post-ep to 2x18 "Boom." "He cares about you, Kate. You may not see it; you may not be ready to. But he does." She saw it. She just didn't know what to do about it.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a gated community, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Set Christmastime of season four, after Cuffed.

For CastleFanficMonday. One shot set season 4. "Truth or Dare?"

"I thought I was going to die," she murmurs. "All the time. Always. But you knew I was safe." An episode insert/post-ep for Always. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

After Castle was shot with a bullet meant for his real-life Nikki Heat, Kate wrestled with her expected guilt and fear. When she found a gift he'd set aside for her, being able to talk to him again became that much more important. An AU ending for Boom! (2x18).

Set after Kill Shot: Her badge is heavy on her hip, an anchor to keep her present. Little good it does as her mind races, as her body welcomes each drop of rain that hits her skin. She keeps herself still as a car putters by. Her heart hammers in her chest, her fingers twitch but she stands tall. Just noise.

"He's tired of fighting it. Tired of fighting the pull of her. Maybe it's selfish. Maybe she'd be better off with the robbery detective. Maybe it's the dumbest idea he's had so far; but he's not ready to give up yet." AU post 2x23. Oneshot.

AU. "Your fugitive's name is Mr. Richard Castle."

This is not a place where St Nicholas would distribute presents, though it might be where his demons let off steam. Danger abounds here: hot, heavy and welcome. This is a club where dreams can come true. Of course, dreams should only be a one-time experience... See CH1&3 A/N for Warnings Before Reading and note M-rating. Castle belongs to ABC/Marlowe.

You're not supposed to fall in love with your friend with benefits. Complete.

Written for a prompt on castlefanficprompts. Castle and Becket meet in a bar while they're traveling. "You are this stranger on the other side of the world that somehow knows all of my secrets and I don't think I am quite ready to say goodbye to that."

"It's close to eleven now and she's tired, maybe exhaustion is letting her guards tumble. Or maybe it's just the gaze he fixes her with, something like awe in his eyes which makes her completely uncomfortable and warm on the same time" AU Meeting.

"Okay, look, I think maybe you're hoping for perfect, Beckett. All this work you've been putting in…it's great. Really great. But I can tell you for a fact…perfect doesn't exist." One shot post-4x22 "Undead Again". COMPLETE

"It might have just been a dream, a figment of his imagination, but Kate Beckett is very real and if something happens to her he'd never forgive himself." One shot, set after The Limey.

A request sent to me by the lovely Sid, and filled for Castle Fanfic Monday. Kate guides her husband through the grief of losing his mother. Character death warning, obviously. One shot.

For CastleFanficMonday. Takes place during Beckett's suspension early Season 5. "She loves him with a desperation so profound it overwhelms her, settles in the deepest parts of her heart, encases her lungs so every breath she takes is full of the love she harbors for him. There are no remainders of her wall, he's beaten them down and swept it all away..." FLUFF

'Kate jerks up from her seat, ready to do damage, to make Vulcan Simmons pay, but before she can even dig her hands into his shirt and fling him against the wall, Castle already has him by the neck.' A twist on 3x13, Knockdown.

He's not wrong; he is leaving something of himself behind when he goes off to write a certain British Secret Agent, but it's neither his insistence upon the proper usage of irony, nor his constant complaints about 'you're' vs 'your' in internet debates that she'll have to remember him. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

'The soft leather cuff tightens around her wrist, the first of her limbs to be thoroughly secured and her heart rate spikes as she tries to remember how in the hell she agreed to this.' Post ep for 1x06 Always Buy Retail. One-shot.

Kate finds out how Castle feels about her with a little help from a friend. Complete.

Cnuasach: Gaelic for "Collection." A collection of ficlets and one-shots. Episode inserts/continuations, AU meets, etc. All chapters rated T or lower. Note: Not being updated anymore. All one-shots are being posted as separate stories.

Away on a book tour, Castle finds a surprise waiting for him in his hotel room.

It had happened so fast. One moment she was offering to buy him a burger and the next they were tumbling into her apartment, ripping each others clothes off. Eye of the Beholder AU ONESHOT. Rated M.

'New York was bracing for a hurricane and Kate Beckett was terribly ill prepared. But she was even less prepared to see Richard Castle again after a summer of silence.' Set late in the summer, post season 2.

"Where do you see yourself five years from now?" The question haunts her. Post-ep for 5x23, The Human Factor. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

"I was shot," she murmurs, her hand moving to her chest almost reflexively. "I was shot and you made me hold on. And then a month ago, you pulled away." "A month ago I found out you'd lied this entire time," he hisses, watching her eyes widen. "You remember everything, and I felt – still feel – like a fool because you won't just tell me the truth." -Written for CastleFanficMonday.

Beckett's post honeymoon root through their combined movie collection leaves Castle having to make a confession. written for CastleFanficMonday.

Takes place season 7, couple months after 7x06. "Beckett pushes the lamp out of the way to grasp the box, pulling it towards herself with one hefty tug. It's surprisingly heavy, making her grunt in the process of pulling it out and lifting it into her hands." Beckett makes an interesting discovery about her husband.

From castlefanficprompts: While doing grocery shopping with Kate, Rick notices some college boys talking about how "hot" Kate is. He gets in on the conversation, and they tell him that he has no chance with a woman like that, and that any of them can get her number.

"He wants to scream and shout at her, 'Give me back my fantasies'. Give him back his dreams and his hopes and his words. He has no words." Castle, after 1.10. One shot. Usual disclaimer of ownership.

Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry. Castle's first time at the Becketts' cabin, summer after season four.

'He knew now how to calm her racing heart, how to distract her from the claws of a nightmare she's trying to escape. Or at least, he had an idea.' Set early season 5. One shot.

For Castlefanfic Monday. Castle, Beckett, and a late night phone call.

"The familiar cadence of her voice, the bite of her lip, and the tilt of her head were interwoven with a weariness and uncertainty that he wasn't used to at all, and he became even more interested in putting a smile on her face." An AU take on Castle's date with Captain Beckett, set during Time of Our Lives (7x06).

"Bet you I could though," he calls out as her hand touches the doorknob. "Bet I could keep my mouth shut. I'll do it for a whole week." Set early season 1. Based on a prompt from the castlefanficprompts blog. One shot. Complete.

A new series about a certain British secret agent? Even if it meant no more Nikki Heat, the offer was a dream come true. A change of scenery and a fresh challenge were exactly what he needed. So why did Castle feel like instead of starting a new story, he was closing a book mid-chapter? AU from 'When the Bough Breaks'.

[Post 4x10. Fluff. Gratuitous fluff. Also porn. Pornado June 2015.] Castle and Beckett wait out the rain together.

"She's wheeled into his room the day after Mr. Johnson dies, seemingly asleep, perfectly silent. The only thing he knows about her by the end of the day is that her condition isn't good." Sharing a room, waiting for a heart transplant, Richard Castle gets to know the quiet, dying Kate Beckett. AU. Three-shot.

This is a What If AU of Knockout. She is Alice and this case is her rabbit hole. And despite its madness, at least Wonderland will have answers for her.

Post Sucker Punch. Castle takes the guilt on himself, she's noticed that about him.

'Now, as he stands on the edge of the rink, his skates done up tight, he could not be happier as he watches a bundled up Kate Beckett glide around the rink.' A Season 2 fic, set not long after Boom. For Jill.

She wakes to a singular, profound and unusual idea that could quite easily have leaked from the consciousness of the man sleeping next to her. Set sometime beyond After The Storm.

AU for 4x06 Demons. What if, instead of quoting Ghostbusters, Kate said the other thing Castle really wanted to hear? One shot.

'Her hand flies to his forehead before she even realizes what she's doing, but his damp skin and fevered flesh steal her attention from the meaning behind her unplanned touch and that familiar worry uncoils from its hiding place inside her stomach.' In which a cold tests the boundaries of Castle and Beckett's partnership. Season 4 AU.

'She hiccups out a desperate sound, trying to keep quiet but he can tell it's not going to work.' Set late season 6. Originally written for the Winter Hiatus '13 Kink Meme but now a two-shot.

"Are you seriously telling me this over the phone? Couldn't you wait until I got home before dropping the bomb that you're dating Beckett's dad?" A little story set in season 4, for #CastleFanFicMonday

'Just another job, that's all Richard Castle would ever be. Maybe if she repeated it enough, she would actually believe it.' Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr.

An AU meeting inspired by 1x03 Hedge Fund Homeboys

"Why? So I can be one of your conquests?" - "Or I could be one of yours." Episode insert for 1x01, 'Flowers For Your Grave. Prompt fill for the ThankYouTerri campaign.

They're full of almosts. The summer before season four. COMPLETE.

Prompt Fill for :You're in a hurry and come rushing into the room just as I'm leaving it so we run into each other and accidentally kiss whoops (AU or pre) submitted by Anon to Castlefanficprompts

Prompt: some girl at a bar gave you a fake number, but it's mine and this is awkward why is this strange man calling me. AU.

tumblr prompt: They slept together after Ryan's wedding but never talked about it. Kate finds out she is pregnant but doesn't know how to tell him, especially after the events of 47 seconds (and Limey).

A response fic to a Tumblr prompt (S7). "The scalpel – her only weapon – is still clutched in her hand as she hears her name being called by a familiar voice and she finally, finally turns, even though her eyes can't really focus, her whole world a sea of red."

Response to a Tumblr fic prompt. "He doesn't think he will survive this. There is no way he will walk unscathed from this, not anymore."

"But he can't, his body is now limp and dumb, out of reach and his mind is slowly shutting down as well, and all he can think about before dark consumes him is how he failed her." AU Reckoning

Kate runs into Josh when she and Castle are engaged and Josh reflects on Kate and Castle's relationship. Some fluff to get through this mini-hiatus. One-shot set in early S6.

On the surface they are living the American dream, but as the sun goes down, so does their façade. An Alternative Universe

"Honey," he murmured. She heaved a breath through her lungs, fingers twining with his short hair. "Think it's your turn to sing," he murmured gently and she wanted to rip his hair for an entirely different reason. Rated M for a reason.

An alternate beginning to season 3, as prompted on castlefanficprompts on tumblr: "Castle doesn't return after the summer, and Beckett arrives to a crime scene, face to face with 'Castle's' dead body."

Kate arrives at the loft for an impromptu visit and she comes bearing news. A Season 6 AU that picks up after the beginning of 6x01, Valkyrie.

"This was her favorite mountain to climb." 7x17 Post-Ep.

'I can't stop wanting you. Needing you. Loving you. And it's really starting to piss me off.' What if instead of Castle overhearing Kate in '47 Seconds' Kate had overheard Castle talking to Martha and had come to a similar conclusion? Potential spoilers for all episodes. (Real chapter this time. :) 3-15-15 )

Prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr: "Castle piggybacks a drunk Beckett home". A 2x06 post ep.

(Based on a tumblr prompt) 'She deserved to be cuddled and comforted. She deserved someone who could take that sad, desolate look away from her eyes.' Full prompt at the beginning.

"The lovers, the dreamers, and me." -Rainbow Connection. A Castle 6 Year Anniversary story, a little celebration for the fans.

AU. "He's passed out and the flask in his right hand leaves little to the imagination. And yet there's something about him that intrigues her. Maybe it's the way he's dressed- a well-fitted suit and tie; maybe it's the hair- gelled to perfection, wavy and soft; maybe it's just how troubled his face looks, even unconscious."

A co-authored story by bravevulnerability and seilleanmor. Castle accidentally gives Kate a black eye in his sleep, and Kate does everything she can to appease his guilt.

As Christmas approaches, Beckett gets a little help in realising that by keeping Castle waiting for her, she's also been putting off her own life. A tribute to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

Prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr; '"It's raining on the bus stop and you have a big umbrella sooo…"' Pre-Series meeting AU.

It was just a random run. AU meeting somewhere around season 4ish I imagined.

This is what she dreamed of for a whole year. But now? Now it makes her miserable. :: A season 3 AU.

AU one-shot based on the Tumblr Prompt from toomuchwineornotenough: KB is a struggling single mom of 2 boys working part time at a pizza place to make ends meet. Castle starts buying pizza daily, then bringing her coffee every morning.

[a 4x09 insert] In the years she has known him, he has never stood so silently before her. Never has his gaze permeated her defenses in a way that made her feel so broken; fragmented into thousands of shards were her confidence.

AU. Based on prompt from Tumblr- Castle is Beckett's physical therapist. When he had read "stabbed in the back", he had imagined a punk of a kid who had gotten on the wrong side of the law, not a gorgeous young woman from a well off family sporting a Stanford sweatshirt. A story in three parts.

A moment of uninterrupted quiet.

Castle made it clear that he couldn't watch her drive herself into the ground and she wasn't about to ruin his graduation celebration with his daughter to tell him he was right. :: 'Always' alternate

Castle gets drunk and listens to Miley Cyrus, other hilarity ensues... AU 6x01 One-shot (plus...?) This is just a silly little piece that I wrote a couple months ago to bide my time during the hiatus.

Because fate exists in every universe.

3x17 'Countdown' AU. When Kate tried to shoot off the lock on the freezer door, what if a bullet didn't miss Castle?

"What's past is prologue." -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene I. An AU season six Castle story.

Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.

AU set during 2x17/2x18. Rick Castle was a firefighter but he quit when his daughter was born, and he knows he shouldn't do anything, but he finds himself bolting up the stairs to Kate's rescue.

Set during 4x01: "Rise", immediately after the swing scene. Kate is shocked by how much seeing Castle again affects her. She can't get him out of her head. "So…what? I just wait? Behave like old times? Let things crawl on like before, with neither of us admitting what we really want?"

'There's a saying that states: 'when one door closes, another one opens'. But it's not entirely true with Kate Beckett. She's a bundle of contradictions, a mix of twists and turns that spin his mind and renders him useless for a few moments as he tries to regain his ability to think.' AU-ish.

It had been an accident, a mistake. It had shown all over her face the morning after, but he couldn't bring himself to regret it, not the act at least, despite the circumstances. ThankYouTerri Prompt fill #48.

S4 AU – Rick has a plan to make Kate his first kiss of the year.

"The other offer is amazing. I'd be stupid not to take it. But walking away from Nikki – from you – would be even more stupid." Episode insert for 2x05.

Based off a tweet I saw from Terri during "Bad Santa" that said "rumor has is that Beckett is a big fan of lap dances". Well, Castle's about to give her just that.

I'm the apple that didn't fall far from the tree. I barely rolled further than the roots. AU-ish Future Fic

"One day, I'll wake up at three in the morning. I won't be alone. I won't text you or call you. I won't miss you, or want to cry. Because one day, when I wake up at three in the morning, you'll be laying next to me, and not miles away." / for sugar free vanilla.

A smutty one-shot post-ep to 7x9, "Last Action Hero." Kate talks to Castle about his little escapade to get the slot-car and then Kate gets distracted...

ThankYouTerri prompt fill for Hope (tshlw). Kate's eyes narrowed into slits as she looked back at the woman who was openly ogling her husband's rear. She looked vaguely familiar, and that God-awful nickname "The White Whale"; she had heard that somewhere before...

[S7ish. Three-shot. Flangst.] If he had roses this time, he'd drop them all over again.

"Castle, Castle wake up." Their joined hands wiggle against her belly in her efforts to rouse him. "Castle, we got married last night," she hisses. - A Season 4 AU that starts mid-4x08 (Heartbreak Hotel) based on a tumblr prompt. Caskett.

From a tumblr prompt "Castle never brought Jacinda to the crime scene in the Limey." Would lack of a blonde flight attendant give Beckett the courage to tell Castle how she feels?

Focused on Kate's suspension between 5x01 and 5x02, following how her and Rick become accustomed to the new aspects of their lives together.

"His seat-mate is the slip of a woman, all skinny and efficiency-sized." / An AU where Kate and Castle meet where they least expect. Immediately follows Johanna Beckett's death. Pre-series. Now complete.

"Her mind flashes back to his question – his invitation to the Hamptons. He's building up ideas in her head, painting pictures of a Fourth of July spent on the beach, fireworks and bonfires; relaxation and a break from the work she's thrown herself into even harder since Memorial Day. And it's tempting." A post season 2 AU in which Castle returns after only two weeks.

"He's beginning to think she remembers far more than she's saying. He's beginning to think that she's missing because she's at medical appointments: more than just physical therapy appointments. And now she's here, in his loft, for at least a week, and doped into a state where those walls she talked about seem to have fallen down." S4 AU, 1 month in. Property of ABC/Marlowe.

A post-ep to "Undead Again" bridging the gap between what happened between Castle and Beckett in that ep and the beginning of "Always." Because I always felt that the post-"47 Seconds" story arc got resolved too quickly in "Undead Again."

A thoughtless remark from Beckett makes Castle give up on them ever becoming more than partners, and he leaves. Without being able to talk to him, Beckett must convince him that he's wrong about her feelings.

A short, fluffy one-shot set almost entirely during the time-jump in 6x1, "Valkyrie." "Did you just call me babe?"

Post epi 7.04 Kate wriggles her fingers and applies the ice directly to his back, setting the cloth bag against his skin and waiting for the oncoming hiss.

Can you lose something that you never knew you had? Season 6 AU. Two shot.

All the different names Castle uses to call Beckett. Vaguely inspired by a question on castlefanficprompts.

When Richard Castle learns his publisher hired a writing consultant to help him complete his latest novel he's insulted-until he meets her. Dr. Kate Beckett was merely looking for a summer job between semesters, but could three weeks with the famous writer might be more than she bargained for? Caskett AU.

"Even better," she called from the bathroom as she stepped out of her panties, the last piece of clothing to go. Rounding the bathroom door, she paused, waiting until she had his attention. He sat up, eyes roving her naked form, and she smirked at him. "It's invisible," she teased. Post-ep for 7.03, picking up where the episode ended. One shot. Complete.

'She has so much to say to him, so much she wants him to know, but how would she find the words? How would she find the courage' An AU oneshot set in the summer after Beckett's shooting. Birthday fic for ournorthstars.

Castle struggles to make sense of the questions that swirl around his own life. A post-ep one-shot for 'Montreal' (7x02).

"Kate's not sure what she expected to find, but this was definitely not it." Beckett comes home and finds Castle in a ridiculous situation "for research".

Heat, flashback, revelation, realization. The morning after the first night they spent together in his loft again. Episode tag to 7x01 "Driven," with title from the Grateful Dead song. Oneshot.

He just can't go to sleep. (7x01 post-ep)

"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"

A post-ep for 7x01, Driven. One-shot.

Beckett's apartment is different now. So is Beckett. Post-ep for 7x01.

Post 7x01 fic of the smut variety. "She gives him her body. But she cannot give him her heart." COMPLETE

What would've happened if Kate had called Castle before going back to work in Rise? A season 4 AU. An extremely late 2014 Summer Hiatus Ficathon entry.

"Dark. If he could just see across the room…" "Fire. The car had been on fire." Immediate post-ep for 7x01 "Driven," written with caffinate-me (@aspen musing on twitter, aspenmusing on tumblr).

"…Give thy worst of thoughts/The worst of words." -Othello, Act 3, Scene 3. After Castle disappears, the only thing keeping Kate Beckett afloat is her conviction that Richard Castle is alive. But in order to return to work, Beckett is forced by Burke to keep a daily journal. 6x23 2014 CastleFicathon. Thanks to Angie & E for gorgeous artwork & Alex for an amazing summer of editing.

'Tomorrow they'll pretend this never happened. They'll go back to normal and part of her hates that more than the idea of things changing.' Season one AU. Oneshot.

"I'm sorry, there's a mistake. I've never been married." The clerk was not to be put off. "Well according to this, you have. And it looks like you still are." What if Kate's Vegas bridegroom wasn't Rogan after all? An AU meeting/6x23 fix-it, cowritten by AnnieXM and louisiemcdoogle.

"Are we pirates?" "Huh?" "We're all just pirates." "How profound of you." "Zzzz." Season 4 AU.

She can't help but let out a laugh, a surprised and breathless sound, at seeing him like this. No idea what he's doing, but still cute. When his head whips around to look at her, his shocked blues meet her green ones and she can feel a soft smile settle over her face as the tension of the day finally starts to slowly seep out of her bones. Oh yeah, she's home. Definitely home.

'He's testing the boundaries, wondering how far down her wall has really fallen.' An alternate ending to Undead Again, 4x22.

"Kate tilts her cup slowly, savoring the way the flavor rolls richly through her mouth. They've been in Albania for less than seven hours and she's in love with the coffee." Castle and Beckett finally get around to going on their honeymoon. 2nd Place Winner in the Castle Summer Hiatus Contest.

A resurrected season 3 one-shot: A post 3x04 (Punked) piece - Kate finds an unexpected visitor at her door at the wrong time. Or, perhaps at the very right time.

All this nothing between them has the strangest habit of recurring. Season 2, post-Boom. Oneshot.

Season four fic, set shortly after Once Upon a Crime. A misunderstanding makes the green-eyed monster rear its ugly head.

lousiemcdoogle's prompt: When Demming asks Castle if there's something between him and Beckett, Castle doesn't say no.

"He wonders what she's dreaming about - the case they just wrapped up or something completely different."

When she gets him back after the accident, she doesn't want to let go of him for the fear that she'll lose him again. She wonders if this is how he felt after she had been shot. Sure they weren't together then, but he had loved her. And with love, came pain. Developed from a prompt I received on Tumblr.

When Kate gets into a car accident, the outcome of her injury is retrograde amnesia – she doesn't remember her life after 2008. Rick, as a result, is left to deal with the consequences of his wife's memory loss while she comes to terms with their life together. Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr. 2014 Ficathon Entry.

'They go straight back to her apartment after her suspension is handed down...' An After the Storm post-ep.

"She did what she had to do. She knows that unequivocally. And no matter the cost, she'd do it again. Because the life she took, saved someone else. It wasn't even a choice. It was the only choice." 2x13 Sucker Punch oneshot.

Castle had always raved about the zombie apocalypse, spoke of it as if it would be some compelling adventure. It wasn't.

"She picks it up, unlocks the screen and scrolls through her contacts until she finds his name – just like every night that she has been here. And just like every other night, she finds herself staring at his picture, but not brave enough to press 'Call'."

Kate has just made detective when she finds out her mother's murderer was caught. Distraught, she runs into Richard Castle and brings him home.

An M rated one shot to bridge the gap between chapters fifteen and sixteen of Jane Doe, although I suppose it could also work as a standalone fic.

4X16 episode insert. Kate's convinced she's part of a muse "club" and Castle's desperate to prove to her that she's wrong.

Kate Beckett hates hospitals. She hates the white linoleum tiles and how she can't help but wonder how often they are stained red. She hates how the walls all look the same, that no one could paint on even an ounce of joy. But what she hates most now is that her grandfather is there and she has no idea why. Post-Undead Again.

"You know, I remember being told by a certain morgue technician that I shouldn't get into a drinking competition with you because you would drink me under the table. Where did that Kate go?" - set between S4 and S5.

In the dark of night he wakes. Mumbled whispers draw him to her. So… she speaks in her sleep? Set in early Season 5, somewhere between "Secret's Safe with Me" (5x03) and "Murder, He Wrote" (5x04).

"Why do you even care so much? What is it that you want so badly that you can't just let this go so we can both move on with our lives?" Set in the summer between 1x10 and 2x01, continues on throughout season 2. Cover art by ournorthstars.

Post 3x23 Pretty Dead. I feel like this is where they would've ended up had Knockout not happened.

Episode insert for 4x16 Linchpin. When Kate and Castle have their argument in the morgue, what would have happened if he had responded to her "Sleep with whoever you want - the more, the merrier!" comment honestly? Written for a prompt/challenge on Twitter. One Shot.

"Since it's our wedding day, I thought I'd make a couple of confessions. I can't think of a better gift, really. For the man who has everything, all you've ever wanted from me is … more juicy info about me." Unplanned second chapter now posted! AU Wedding fluff.

Episode tag for 6x02. Let's pretend this happened before Castle wakes up from his dream. One-shot.

"See you in the fall." The last words he told her. In an attempt to heal his heart, Castle ends up causing more damage. Alternate timeline AU. One-shot.

If it only takes a moment for your life to change forever, can a 'one time thing' right the wrong? An AU Caskett meeting.

And today—today was an unspoken agreement, a late night text that didn't surprise her at all.

AU in which both Castle and Beckett attend their senior prom, and it changes the course of both of their lives. One-shot.

"He's so focused on her conspiring that he doesn't notice it might not be a bad thing." Happy birthday Jennifer!

Post ep for Veritas. Hopefully, a little different to what you're expecting. An unexpected visitor intruding on Castle and Beckett's Saturday morning. Complete

"And then the crowd starts chanting, a slow rumble at first that builds into a fiery crescendo. It takes him a moment to realize what they're saying." Fill for anon prompt on Castle Fanfic Prompts on Tumblr.

They turn in opposite directions and his skin is on fire, hot annoyance like acid through his veins and - it stuns him - he's hurt. Set S2 during When The Bough Breaks. M for language and content. Now Complete.

They meet again in the hospital. AU. Cover art by half0utloud.

She pulled back so she could look him square in the eye before boldly announcing "I'm claiming you."

Kate made a choice, what if she stayed the course? Post A Deadly game, seriously starts after the elevator door closes

"No, it's… okay. It's okay. I'm… glad you're okay." A post-ep/AU of cops and robbers, co-written by tombombadillo and closingdoors.

"In the beginning she worried that they would fizzle out, that their passion would blaze like those old magnesium flash bulbs, hot and bright and over in a blink. She knew better now. What they shared burned so consistently and so brilliant it should probably have been given it's own stellar category." Wedding planning, bedroom banter, and the end of a few insecurities.

First day back from their honeymoon and someone had to find a body at – she glanced at the clock again – 5:53 in the morning? Set early season 7. Complete.

A post-ep for 6x15 Smells Like Teen Spirit. Because dancing is not the only prom night rite of passage that those two explored.

She's still unfurling her story ever so slowly, spinning her tale in little pieces, in the only ways she knows how. She'll never be a novelist who can disguise fact as fiction, so she embraces her truth instead, leaves it for him to find in rare and stolen moments. Complete.

Beckett's having a bad day at work, and Castle is stuck at home writing another chapter for his new novel. When writers block hits, he decides to get Beckett to help him out with a little...research. When he finds a certain item in her kinky box, he plans on using it...and making her lose control. Rated M for mature sexual content. Complete now, may add on future chapters later.

Based in a world where there was no Caskett doorway scene at the end of Always. Instead, that night ended with friendship and John Woo movies. Would Meredith's visit during Alexis' illness push Castle and Beckett together or break them apart for good? Winter Ficathon 13/14. Prompt one.

AU that explores Castle and Beckett's relationship if they hadn't missed their shot at the end of season 2, weaving in and out of canon. A Castle 2013/14 Winter Ficathon Entry.

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

It's when she takes the time for the lunch he brings her that she first notices he's moved - hidden really - the app for the calendar on her phone. She finds it moved to the last page of apps on her system, placed in a folder by itself making the date on the screen almost but not quite too small to read. One shot.

After a rough day in meetings, Castle returns home to a dark loft and faulty light-switch. [Set in the summer before Season 6. Beckett is a federal agent.]

Written for the 2013 Kink Meme, specifically for the prompt: "Castle catches Beckett masturbating. Author's choice is he joins, eats her out, and/or they have sex". The prompt asked for season one, but this...isn't. I hope you'll forgive me that little deviation.

"Don't move." He commands and she shivers, gripping tight to the thin, black scarf that binds her hands and wondering how she ended up like this... Birthday fic for Indie. Co-written with kimmiesjoy!

"It's late, and she's sleep-ruffled and wants to cuddle with him on their first night in the loft when both their names are on the lease. But it's been three years and she's still seeing a doctor and he has to know." Castle finds Beckett's medical records from her shooting. A sort-of future fic. Oneshot.

It's an answer that hangs in the air between them, only they might be asking the wrong question.

The detectives have all been sent home. Quiet has settled over the precinct. Only the captain remains. Early Season 5.

A Beth Companion by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles.

What if he had never come back from the Hamptons? What if he hadn't seen her in years? AU. Oneshot.

"Birthday brunch." He grins, pulling out of her reach. It's not fair, she's still in bits and - deliciously liquid - pieces from their morning in bed and he ... he's made plans.

The late hour is leaving its mark on his mind, and his imagination is creating a hundred and one different scenarios for how tomorrow will eventuate. Will she call because of a body drop, or should he arrive at the Precinct with coffee? Will it be awkward and jutted, or can they recapture the magic that had been the essence of them? Could they be more? Undead Again Fix it!

Fun two-shot based on Spoilers & Sneak Peeks for 6x08 'A Murder is Forever'. "Come here," he cajoles, his husky voice dripping bourbon and smoke from their night out at his bar; the night out that lasted until two in the morning when Kate pushed the last paying customers out of the door and locked up behind them so they could have a little private party of their own." COMPLETE

"She had slept in. And by all signs, the soft, sweet-smelling woman in his arms wasn't likely to wake any time soon." The third in my loosely related series of Daylight Savings themed one-shots. See "Time Saved" and "Time Well Spent."

When she had been in Rick's arms it was like the rest of the world didn't exist. The ringing of a phone proved that unfortunately it did. Set post Always

'He can't decide which is better. Having the power to make the unshakeable Kate Beckett lose all self control, completely at his mercy or lying back and letting her take what she wants from him. Luckily, he doesn't have to choose.' Insert between 6x04 and 6x05. One-shot.

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

Post-ep for 6x04. Beckett voices her disapproval about Emma being Castle's supposed "number one fan" as she helps tend to the bruise from the shooting. One-shot.

A quick 6x02 post-ep. Because I love the Martha/Kate dynamic. One-shot.

Based on a monologue from the play Crave by Sarah Kane. Set a couple of weeks after the season five Valentine's Day episode. The quiet ways they love each other. One shot.

A pre-"Lives of Others" fic dealing with the immediate aftermath of the snowboarding accident that broke Castle's knee. From a prompt.

He wants more. More than they are, more than they have been, more than either one of them has ever known, and starting right now they are going to strive for what they deserve. Post Watershed Pre Valkyrie.

He unpacks while he waits. Unwinds the bubble wrap from a few knickknacks he himself wrapped and boxed six weeks ago. The delicate little bird on rocker legs, a silver paperweight in the shape of an asterisk, the parade of elephants that sat on her desk at the precinct for five years. *6x01 post-ep/scene filler* Complete*

Beckett just wants to hibernate inside her apartment, cuddle up with the man she adores, get lost in a good book until she has to return to the precinct for her next shift... but he's lost in thought... [Two-Shot] ...Fluffy comfort. Very minor spoilers for "Valkyrie" (6x01) COMPLETE

'He had to know. It couldn't wait another day...' Post-Still imaginings with an AU slant.

A series of unrelated one-shots.

A baby, a funeral and a mission. Mindless fluff set February of season six, spoiler free.

In that one moment, he knows he's ruined.

This green-eyed woman took a bullet for Mal Reynolds before he ever learned her name. Kate Beckett becomes a character in the 'verse. Mackett.

"I thought you said you weren't going to dance," he says, bending his head close to hers. "I thought you wanted to touch," she says. A series of one-shots, each chronicling a different first for Castle and Beckett as a couple.

Beckett remembers wearing her Dress Blues at Roy's funeral. She remembers standing on the podium, and she remembers everything just going black. She doesn't remember the gun shot. Or anything else. What happens when Castle and Beckett have one less lie standing in their way? A season 4 AU, canon until 3.24 Knockout. 2013 Ficathon Entry.

'When they'd embarked upon this- them. He'd thought them to be like tiny paper boats, voyaging out into the depths of the ocean.' COMPLETE.

A sexy little romp leading up to 'The Lives of Others.'

AU from season 4, in which Castle doesn't let Beckett run from him over the summer she recovers from the shooting. "She is sand slipping through your fingers. You need to hold on for one moment more." COMPLETE.

'He opened it immediately, a smirk playing on the corner of his lips, realizing that she had never moved away from the door, before he really looked at her, a wave of concern crashing over him.'

Richard Castle's life has always been influenced by whatever he reads, watches or experiences... and has a LOT of fun with it. Now, how does this play with Kate Beckett in his life... having fun, in his shower?

"She doesn't try to hide it. She wants him to know, she wants him to see just how much this hurts." Spoilers for Watershed. A "What If?" scenario written for a lovely bunch of people who hinted not so subtly that they wanted it.

"Castle." She whispers, fingers reaching up to trace his lips. "Tell me you love me." Trigger warning: Self Harm. COMPLETE.

Brief post-ep for Undead Again

AU: Stuck in a wheelchair and completely bored, Castle turns to a pair of binoculars. Caskett, inspired by The Lives of Others.

AU. Lethal, hard-edged assassin Kate Beckett is hired to kill the handsome, best-selling author Richard Castle. But when everything's not as it should be, and feelings get muddled along the way, can she really think of him as just another paper target? Cover art by houghtonsbeckett. COMPLETE.

Spoilers for 5x17. "She isn't surprised to hear the soft knock on her front door, and she smiles to herself, wrapping the black silk robe a little tighter around her body, making her way on bare feet to answer it. "So I was thinking…not everything in life is black and white, right?" says Castle, leaning casually against her doorjamb." COMPLETE

Turns out, everybody's got one. A sexy little one shot.

What makes Castle's favorite snack even better? Eating it in bed with a very naked Kate Beckett!

Castle wears suspenders. Beckett gets turned on. Strong T, maybe even an M? I don't know, I'm bad at this rating thing.

There's absolutely nothing she can say that will make this easier for him. Post-ep for Hunt.

Making the call might just have been one of the best decisions of his life, he thought, as he stared at his phone again like he had been for the past five days. (AU from the S2 finale.)

Light-hearted one-shot highlighting the benefits of Stana Katic's 'Alternative Travel Project'. The story of what happened the day Beckett persuaded a reluctant Castle to 'ATP' to work..."I can't believe you got Castle on the subway," laughs Esposito. "Next you're gonna be asking Gates for matching push bikes with little blue flashing lights on the front." COMPLETE

"He's finally cleaning out the storage room when he finds it…The flash of red….The start of it all." co-authored with ajksmusic!

Based on a prompt: What if the crime in the alley scene in 'Always' had nothing to do with Kate's shooting or her mom's murder. And the John Woo marathon went ahead. Would Kate show up at the loft and what happens next? "His footfalls greet her like an approaching army, striking fear and terror, laced with excitement and something that feels suspiciously like arousal, within her."

Creating a new life is a long, messy, complicated process… but it just might be worth it.

Apparently a young uniform cop accidentally touched someone's chest at a crime scene last week. Meeting!fic. For Carto because she's stuck in one today.

One minute they were on a break, the next... Had someone told them that their lives would turn out like this they would have laughed. Then again, our lives can change irrevocably in a split second, throwing everything we held secure to the wind.

He always had this vague, half-formed desire for a family with Kate Beckett. He just never expected it to happen like this. - for Laura. I hope you had an amazing birthday!

Frustrated Beckett and excited Castle search through a forest way too early in the morning. Pre- relationship.

Anxiety knots in her stomach as she fills the sink with warm water, touches her fingertips to the assortment of items she needs for this. Her body aches with the weight of the week and she wants nothing more than to crawl into bed next to him, to feel the solid presence of his body against hers as she tries to sleep. One shot. Complete.

After viewing certain footage, Castle and Beckett express just how much they mean to each other. Spoilers for Season 5.

Castle and Beckett explore a few of their favourite things.

Things are supposed to follow an order. A season 5 story. No spoilers for any promos. COMPLETE.

She rips the paper from his hands with desperate strength, and tears it to shreds before he can read any more of it. Post Ep. 'Probable Cause'.

"You know, I don't typically hold hands on the first date." Because I couldn't stop myself from trying to tackle an old trope.

Ever since that weekend in the Hamptons, she's found it harder to hold it in. Particularly in front of her murder board, late at night. How Castle and Beckett change, post 5x04.

Kate Beckett is doing the walk of shame and she wants to do it as privately as possible. Please let the elevator be empty, she prays silently... We've all done the Walk of Shame; this is my version of what Kate's may have looked like post Always.

It's Kate Beckett's first day back at the precinct. Post Always. NO SPOILERS.

Early season 4- Castle's having trouble with the women in his life, who does he tell his troubles to? Kate Beckett of course. Just a light fun story. (Now Edited)

There are only these truths for him: Someone wants Kate dead. Kate wants him. He cannot let her walk out his door alone.

Lanie comes into the morgue and finds Kate laying on her table. This does not bode well. Post-4x20 The Limey, ignoring Headhunters and beyond. COMPLETE

When he said he wanted it to be special, she had no idea he was thinking of something like this. Pre-47 Seconds.

"It was a scary thing, facing death without their partner standing by their side." Complete.

"I wanted to get caught." She ducks her head in a smile. "Thought it was finally time to let the world know that you're mine," she says softly, lifting her hand to brush the backs of her fingers against his cheek. COMPLETE.

The people surrounding Castle and Beckett's life, one by one, slowly learn of the change in their relationship status. Castle/Beckett, one-shot, spoilers for "Always"

"We've got to find her." "You won't have to look far." Post-Always. Chapter 4 up now. Now M-Rated.

Kate wakes up in a strange bed, but not with a stranger. Post-THE LIMEY.

"He's sure he's never been more aroused in his entire life." Post-finale fic. SPOILERS for "Always" *Chapter 3 now up* COMPLETE

Suddenly tomorrow doesn't seem early enough. "I've got a better idea," he smiles tentatively, holds out his right arm for her. "Come with me." Set post 4x22, Undead Again. NO Spoilers for season finale. NOW COMPLETE.

He isn't afraid of Kate in the crosshairs anymore. Right now, Castle is more afraid of his partner behind a gun than in front of one.

His name is a sigh on her lips. "Castle." Co-authored with PenguinOfTroy. One-shot. No spoilers past Season Two.

She didn't expect it to be like this. Maybe she should have. Three years. So much time. So much waiting, wanting, aching. Too long for it not to come to this.

'It's just a brown coat . . . Except that it really isn't, not to her.' Post Ep. 'Headhunters'.

Certain things are inevitable. Castle pushes, Beckett twists an ankle, and walls crumble. Complete.

He doesn't know what to do with all the left over emotion. Anger and relief. Sheer joy and terrible, aching fear. Season Three AU. Complete.

The panic attacks came back. And the nightmares and the fear-a constant, heavy thing, buzzing in her peripheral vision, clattering in the back of her mind. And he was gone. There was that, too. Post "The Limey". Castle/Beckett figuring things out.

"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers as to why you're evidently injured and not in a hospital." Minor,synopsis mainly,SPOILERS for "Headhunters" 4x21. *Chapter 5 up now. COMPLETE

How they break and put it all back together again. Oneshot. Post "47 Seconds" and some references to the next two episodes.

There are these small moments with him where she breathes in and what she feels is completely weightless; what she feels is happiness. castle/beckett, abstract future.

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

In which a flimsy excuse gives Castle four whole Saturdays of Beckett-time, leading a friendship to deepen and the embers of love to kindle.

"It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." One shot. Complete.

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

Kate Beckett has put 'the job' first for as long as she can remember; but now that she's recognised she wants more what's it going to take to get her to make that leap? Episode style romance/crime-fic. Angst Free. No graphic violence.

"Nikki Heat wouldn't have let Rook cancel a book tour and put his job on hold for her. Nikki Heat wouldn't be as weak as Kate Beckett clearly was." A companion one-shot for "Lean On Me". And yes, I suggest you read that one first.

"She had always tried to be the strong one for them, but they had been her foundation." BeckettxRyanxEsposito friendship!fic. Some strong language and Caskett. Reuploaded because something went wrong the first time.

Post-ep for the Wedding. SPOILERS. co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Multi-chapter.

'Tis the season. The holidays are a relief after a long year at the 12th.

"...life was changing and evolving around them; the third act had begun, and they had no choice but to go forward." Life sometimes isn't written by a single writer, but the result of a collaboration. Set during/post S4, but no real spoilers past Rise.

After a year and a half apart, Beckett and Castle meet again. The path to recovering their relationship won't be easy, but easy things are never worth it. Rated T for now. Warning: features issues like violence against women and sexual assault.

Pre-ep kind of? for Killshot. Beckett gives Castle another bit of back story. TW: mental illness, and one brief mention of self-harm/suicide

Life isn't so easy with a sniper around. Very, very vague spoilers for 4x09, Kill Shot.

Castle/Beckett. The first time Alexis finds them, she knows she wasn't supposed to find them at all.

Castle and Beckett, a collection of oneshots and story arcs inspired by Carmina Burana.

In the span of two hours, Beckett began to question the very foundation of her working relationship with Castle. Because now she was faced with the all too real possibility that it was over. NOT a post-finale fic. Cover art by pauliporcupine.

A series of connected one shots about what happens post-"Countdown" when Castle and Beckett go back to work after not dying. Basically, my version of this oh-so-popular "after episode" scenario. Hope you like it. Now with installment number five.

She's still finding it hard to get warm. post-ep for setup/countdown. castle/beckett; beckett/josh.

Sometimes, one conversation can change everything.

It's Ryan and Jenny's wedding and love is definitely in the air.

When a throwaway comment leads to some serious revelations, Castle and Beckett's relationship is changed forever.

"You know, this story relies pretty heavily on me letting you feel me up in the back of a cab, Castle."