AU. On January 9th, 1999, Castle saves Johanna Beckett from being murdered. His act of bravery sparks a complicated love with her daughter, and a totally different life and career path for Kate Beckett. Because although Johanna lived, someone out there still wants her dead, and as the years go by, Kate Beckett and Richard Castle are determined to find out who.

A companion piece to 'Apologize'. Chronicling the lives and love story of Jim and Johanna Beckett through the years. See Authors Note at the beginning of Chapter One for more details! Cover art by LordofKavaka

Richard Castle wrote about death, and often researched real murders. He was in no way squeamish about it, but the senselessness of this particular tragedy just made him feel so helpless. - - Beta reader: Shutterbug5269.

On the brink of divorce nearly two years following the events of 8x01, Beckett uproots her life in New York to move to Los Angeles, where Castle lives now, to try to repair what she broke. Season 8 AU.

A collection of deleted scenes, missing moments and some alternate scenes from Apologize.

When Kate Beckett, no-nonsense professional ballroom dancer, takes on bestselling novelist and renowned playboy Richard Castle as her partner for the third season of Dancing with the Stars, will the sparks that fly light up the dance floor, or send their chances for the trophy up in flames?

Photographer Kate Beckett and aspiring novelist Rick Rodgers are perfectly content in their solitary lives. But it's only after an unlikely matchmaker conspires to have them meet that they realize how extraordinary their lives could become. A Castle AU for Summer Ficathon 2016 co-written by airbefore and caffinate-me.

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.

Newlyweds Rick and Kate Rodgers are celebrating their first Christmas together. Rick is determined to make it special for his wife, despite their financial troubles. An entry for the Castle Winter Ficathon 2015.

The moment they met, their lives became extraordinary. They just didn't know it yet. A pre-series meeting AU. Entry for the Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon.

An episode-by-episode response to season two of Castle. Follows Season One but it is not necessary to have read it.

When a bridesmaid is killed hours before a wedding, Ryan and Esposito are called to solve the case. Serving as their shadow, Rick Castle runs headlong into his past; ex-girlfriend and current bride, Kate Beckett. An AU re-telling of 2x12 'A Rose For Everafter'. [An eight-part prompt from the Castle fanfics prompt blog on Tumblr.]

Series Finale Fic. Takes place directly after the violent events in the Castle kitchen and spans the period of time directly after. Spoilers for all seasons of Castle. Multi-chapter.

When Castle and Beckett meet in a bar one night, they have no idea what's about to happen when Castle finds two detectives on his doorstep the next day. This launches Castle into a search he never thought he'd be involved in. Beta-read by Sanctuaria.

'The blood has consumed the white of her shirt, drenched the fabric of her jacket, left her skin dull and papery, but he fell in love with a fighter, a warrior of a woman, and she can't give up now. He won't let her.' Takes an AU turn immediately after the shootout in the kitchen in 8x22, 'Crossfire'.

A chapter per episode of season one. Sometimes they might go AU, a what-if version, sometimes they just fill in between the blanks, sometimes it's only a reaction to the episode as a whole.

3x24 post-ep. AU. The gunshot damages her spine and leaves Beckett paralyzed."This is going to break her, but losing you, that would shatter her."

"This wasn't her typical scene, but she swallowed down the hesitation and painted on a smile. After all, he did all of this for her, to honor her mom." - Season 3 AU based around the time of the Johanna Beckett Scholarship Benefit. *2015 Winter Castle Ficathon*

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.

When Special Agent Kate Beckett is offered an interview for a Secret Service position at the White House she didn't know what to expect, but even less than the position as personal protection for the first daughter, she never expected him. President/SSA AU. COMPLETE.

She broke something wonderful, tore it to shreds. She left him, and now she needs to come home. She needs to fix this, for him, for them. All of them. A post 8x02 story.

A serial Bomber is loose in NYC. Kate and her team meet with a new addition to their team. Meet Lt. Richard Castle. An active member with the NYPD's Bomb Disposal Unit. He is teamed with the homicide detectives from the 12th precinct to stop this mad man. But what they don't know is that Rick has a tortured past. This case will either ruin him or save him. Will Kate fall for him?

An advent style story for the holiday season. Current with season eight, contains spoilers. For the soundtrack, visit my utube channel under chezchuckles. Thank you all for another blessing of a year.

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.

During Wrapped Up in Death, Castle hits his head and gets seriously injured when Beckett rigged his chair. Submission for Castle winter 2015 Hiatus Ficathon.

Kate buys a new home, only to find that it is haunted. A ghost story. A love story. A pre-season to season 4-ish AU story. Entry for the Castle Halloween Bash 2015. COMPLETE.

Always AU. Not much has changed in a year from the shooting. He still loves her. She's still looking the other way. Only now there's a lie and there's a secret. No cemetery. No gunshot. Just a soul lost. Pinned. Waiting. Not much has changed a year from when she almost died - but how the tables turn.

'They'll be fine. This isn't permanent. She won't let it be, and she wants to believe he won't either. Kate leaves their home without another word, just a final slam of the door.' For #CastleFanficMonday.

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.

AU. Castle and Beckett meet during the bank robbery in Cops And Robbers. After the events of Montgomery's shooting, her own, and breaking up with Josh, will Beckett still learn to let Castle in? COMPLETE.

AU. Two shot. It's his sick mother that calls Rick Rodgers back to his hometown in North Carolina. He's been gone far too long, and while many folks welcome him home, he's only concerned about seeing one. Kate Beckett.

The tires chew up the road, carrying him back to the city he escaped from less than two weeks ago. Back to the oppressive heat radiating from the sidewalks and the cold loneliness of an empty loft. Back to the haunted streets, where the ghosts of happy memories and what-might-have-beens lurk around far too many corners. Post season one AU.[Summer Hiatus Ficathon Entry]

Post-ep for 2x24 Beckett deals with the aftermath of Gina showing up at the precinct and then leaving for the summer with Castle. She makes great efforts to move on with her life, and then disaster strikes. "Make. Me. Care." She uttered the words one last time in a tissue thin voice, as cruel, embarrassing tears coursed down her cheeks. "Too late, Kate. You already do."

Based on a Tumblr prompt - 'Tyson and Nieman have been working for years, Castle is an NYPD detective and is called to investigate the murder of Kate Beckett...' full prompt at the beginning.

This isn't how it works. He's just supposed to drive his mom home from the animal shelter with her new puppy, not get adopted himself. Apparently, Charlotte didn't get the memo because she's bound and determined to come home with him. AU

They met briefly during the war. Now she is out for justice and revenge. He is trying to resurrect his writing career and get over a divorce. Their paths cross and soon they are plunged into a world of murder, spies and constant danger.

Rules - (noun) a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere. Rule Number 1: Don't fall in love with your best friend. Written as a fill for CastleFanFicPrompts

They last a month. Twenty-seven days until she gives in to him. To the constant teasing and innuendos slipped into conversations about paperwork and standard operating procedures. :: An AU based on a gifset by katigron

"Maybe this is what he deserves. To find someone that can actually give him everything I thought I could give him, and everything I can't." - A little bit of an AU, set sometime between The Limey & Headhunters.

Based off text post on Tumblr. Castle and Beckett AU arranged marriage. In a society without true romantic love, Kate Beckett has been betrothed to a man she has never met since her birth. Now, it is the time for them to meet and start the year-long engagement before being bound forever. Can she go through with it? Will she learn to love him in a way that does not exist? Rated M

It's looking to be a record breaking day for storm chasing and Kate Beckett is itching to get her team out in the field but she's not too happy about the journalist who is there for a ride-along, one Richard Castle. - Storm Chasing AU, prompt fill.

He's never far from her thoughts, hovering in the back of her mind. The Detective in her, (not the warm-blooded woman, she keeps telling herself) yearns to know why her favorite author disappeared from the spotlight after completing the Storm series. She's never more shocked when a year later he steps off the precinct elevator, searching for her. AU/Romance/Co-written w/Retired1984

'He's been coming to her library for over a month now and she likes him, really likes him.' An AU that explores the meeting of a burdened librarian and a struggling writer. Three shot.

One "missed moment" from each and every episode of Castle. Moments that I think could have taken a slightly more M-rated route.

A cowardly betrayal leaves Rick Rodgers and Kate Beckett fighting for their lives. Can they learn to rely on the other; will it lead to something more? What happens when they return from exile and the world learns the truth? A/U. Complete. Giant hugs to who've taken a chance on this story and followed to the end. Which is just a beginning...

"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.

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

A series of somewhat related ficlets that follow the adventures of Kate and Castle as they work their way through the book, "100 Sex Positions of the Kama Sutra." Expect the unexpected! Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, they are the property of Andrew W. Marlowe and company, with whom I am, unfortunately, not affiliated.

Nobody Lives For Ever: Spy Castle works to get Beckett away from the ever-tightening net of the Collective - with the dubious help of his father.

Something that was taken from Kate is suddenly restored. However, it was never in a way she imagined. Will a stunning revelation bring our duo closer together or deepen a growing divide? Season 4, AU after The Limey. A 2014 Ficathon Entry that was not completed in time.

"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).

Kate Beckett is the new nanny for Richard Castle's young daughter, trying to pay back loans and attending Community College as a way to build up credits for her entrance into the Police Academy. She takes the job as delightful Alexis's nanny thinking that it would just be that; a job. But she finds herself falling for her charge's father and finds his affections returned. AU

Takes place three years after early-season 5. Castle & Beckett haven't seen one another during that time, each going their separate ways. They both travel to Paris, neither knowing the other is there, & when their paths collide, desire & passion take over as they gain back those missed years & rediscover one another. . .Rated M. *Updated 07/07/2014* Final chapter is now up!

Sequel to 'heart so helpless'. Castle and Beckett's struggles to overcome their past, the murders, and the mess they left behind. Cover art by half0utloud. COMPLETE.

Sequel to How to Lose a Finn in 10 Days. Random one-shots of life for Finn, Rachel, and of course Vlad after the 10 Days, including through the eyes of other characters. AU/Future Finchel, Quick

On the Secret Service. After Kate Beckett's encounter with Senator Bracken, she and Castle must face the fallout.

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.

Skyfall: Spy Castle and Beckett return home from the Congo to rest and take up the case against Senator Bracken once more.

A Dash Universe mini-epic. Set four/five months after the events of Mad Dash.

Arriving in San Francisco, Castle and Beckett find themselves assisting in a murder investigation at the request of the SFPD when a body drops outside their hotel. Looking into the case while they explore the City by the Bay, they try to find the killer before another victim is discovered. Sixth in the Beware of Darkness series. Caskett pairing. Complete

Never Say Never Again. Castle flies Beckett to the heart of the Congo to track down his father and hopefully acquire the missing elements of the regimen.

kairos (ancient Greek) - (n) the perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words, or movement; the time of possibility. COMPLETE

A sequel to 'Coming Home'. "She thinks she understands – the life she led here for three solitary months is still a mystery to him. So she gives him latitude to catch-up, to ease into the small space she made for herself: the sharply delineated edges that her DC life was defined and constrained by. She resolves to show him that he missed nothing, while all she missed was him."

Coming out of World War II, the song had a hopefullness to it. Now, it held an omninous dread for her. And it just kept coming back again and again to taunt them. 2013/14 Winter Ficathon Entry. Rated M for violence, language, and mature sexual content.

A View To A Kill. Castle chases Beckett to Tunisia where she's being held by Black.

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.

"How did it get so late so soon?" - Dr. Seuss

It should have brought them closer together, not torn them apart – she understands this now. What she doesn't know is whether any way back for them still remains. Future fic - Complete. **Winner of 'Favorite M rated Fanfic Multi-chp' in the 2013 Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Awards**

A case involving the murder of an unknown woman in an alley brings Castle and Beckett into the world of aircrash investigations and the NTSB. They race to find the killer as more victims; and more warnings; appear. Fifth in the Beware of Darkness series. Caskett pairing. Complete

CE 13: Quantum of Solace. In the aftermath of Spy Castle's super bug, Beckett goes on a hunt for the regimen. Meanwhile, Castle furthers his investigation into Bracken.

Post-47 Seconds. 'Kate stands several feet away from Castle's spot at the far end of the bar, hands jammed into her pants pockets, fists curled up tight with her short nails digging half-moons into her palms while the writer studiously tries to ignore her. "You're angry." "You think?" His voice is harsh, dripping sarcasm.

It's the offer to sleep on his side of the bed that does it. And maybe absolutely everything to do with the seashells he kept and framed and hung on the wall. Set after 6x08 and during 5x04.

CE 12: Dr. No. Spy Castle and Beckett begin to build their case against Senator Bracken but are forced to confront old wounds instead.

Sir Richard Castle, a wealthy & successful writer in 19th Century England, does everything to please his wonderful daughter Alexis. So when she wants to go to London to meet the infamous crimestopper Lady Beckett, his love, combined with his writer's curiosity, make him powerless to refuse. But who, really, is this Lady Beckett that the Castles are so desperate to meet? *COMPLETE*

While investigating his latest case, Detective Richard "Castle" Rodgers crosses paths with NY Times reporter Kate Beckett and an unexpected partnership ensues.

For Your Eyes Only. Spy Castle and Beckett return to New York.

"Castle, where the hell are we?" "Vegas baby." He mumbles, a sleepy grin stretching across his face.