'Loose auburn curls fell over her shoulders and freckles were scattered over her nose and cheeks.' But all is not as it seems. Life isn't black and white, we live in the grey, as do most of our secrets. But the thing about secrets is they're bound to come out. Sometimes, feeling as if we're helplessly unravelling... Trigger warning: themes of sexual assault/violence.

New darvey fic, a follow-up to 8x16. From cuteness to angst, Donna and Harvey are on a journey, and I don't know what kind of journey you and I are in for or maybe I do. (rated between T and M) and POV switches.

My hopes and dreams for 8x16, following on from what happened in episode 8x15. It's my first attempt at writing a fic, I hope it's not terrible!

Five things that change with Harvey and Donna's relationship and one thing that doesn't.

The continuation of THAT scene from 8.16. Rated M for a reason!

The morning after 8.16

...because after 8 seasons, THAT scene was just so quiet and beautiful and utterly perfect and I just had to write this.

A heated fight in the file room leads to...

Having recently made up with his mom, Harvey asks Donna to spend Christmas weekend at his brother's in Boston. The catch? He accidentally lied and told him he was seeing someone. What happens when he asks Donna to be his fake girlfriend and they have to act like a couple?

A series of related individual one shots. Explained more at the end of chapter 1.

A collection of unrelated oneshots inspired by prompts received on tumblr.

'She tortures herself on the walk through the airport, wonders how he's spending his Thanksgiving this year.' AU set post 5x24, 'Watershed'. Two shot for Thanksgiving.

'For Kate Beckett, he would have tried. He would have continued to love her quietly. Not anymore, though. Not with the lying and leading him on and sinning by silence. But it doesn't stop him from wanting her.' One shot set throughout the '47 Seconds' arc.

'He may not have every muscle chiseled and sharp, may not meet his own standards, but she adored his body, every inch of him, and she wants him to know.' Post 5x01.

'She's in the middle of seducing Nigel Wyndham with her words, earning his interest with ease, and he's about to give up that champagne glass he'd been nursing with his prints all over it, when a hand touches her waist, a throat clears. "May I cut in?"' An AU insert for 4x20, 'The Limey'.

'It took every ounce of restraint he possessed not to follow. Until he just couldn't stay away any longer.' An alternative route for 4x09, Kill Shot. For the #castle28 project on the castleficmentors' blog on tumblr. Prompt: "I can't believe you did this! I didn't ask for any of this!"

'Castle narrows his gaze on her, risks a brave step closer. "Beckett, were you really doing yoga when I got here?"' An insert for 4x02, 'Heroes and Villains'.

"You're right. It's probably lucky you don't remember. I just didn't think you'd choose to forget me." Insert for 4x01, 'Rise'. Inspired by the recently released episode script.

He looks nervous and indecisive, his tongue darting out to wet his lips, before he seems to come to a decision. His grip tightens on her shoulder and he tugs, pulls her into the wall of his chest. A 2x18 Boom! AU, prompt from castlefanficprompts Tumblr. COMPLETE.

Inspired by the prompt: 'Castle is looking for Beckett and the boys tell him she's in the gym, but he finds her crying in the shower.' Set post 4x09, Kill Shot.

Beckett and Castle fight as hard as they possibly can to spend their last moments together. 8.22 Insert. WARNING: Character Death

'It's probably later than what is appropriate for him to be showing up on her doorstep, the city-lit darkness of nightfall pressing in against her windows, the lingering taste of her mouth still on his tongue, and his hand still alive with a pain that laces through his knuckles.' An AU post-ep for 3x13, Knockdown.

'All they went through, all they fought for, shines so brightly in moments like these. And as Castle so often likes to remind her, she would never change their story either, not a single chapter. Not when every page spent with him means more to her than words could ever describe.' Post-ep for 8x22, 'Crossfire'.

"This date night is everything I dreamed it would be." How Castle and Beckett's date night continues. Post-ep for 8x20, 'Much Ado About Murder'.

5x01 episode insert: their second night together. For a prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr.

'There was a story, always a story, and she was only here temporarily, but she wanted to know his, wanted to invest in his. And hadn't she just discussed yesterday with Decker that fraternizing with fellow recruits was a bad thing' AU for 8x15, 'Fidelis Ad Mortem'.

"How did we end up here again?" 8x15 Insert.

"It takes him some effort to stand, a moment to steady himself on his feet, and then he's reaching for her, his fingers outstretched in a silent invitation. Silent, because they're still not talking." An 8x15 post-ep.

When a power surge and overloaded transmission line cuts power to the city, Beckett and Castle find themselves trapped with only one method of illumination.

'The glimpse of her face, her smile illuminating his screen, causes his chest to burn, consumed by fire that chars his heart. He loves her, but it's not enough. It's too much. And he can't take anymore.' An alternate end to season 4 that changes everything.

Birthday Prompt Fill for a good friend. Based on All I Ask by Adele. Pre-Always. Rated T

"So, Captain Beckett, have you successfully completed your agenda for your lunch meeting?" "Indeed I did. Three times." An insert for 8x09, 'Tone Death'.

'He's silent beside her, quiet fury and disbelief radiating from the tense set of his frame. And if she's going to be trapped here with him, if he's forced to remain inside this car until the storm blows over, she may as well speak her truths while she has the chance. Even if it is too late.' Castle and Beckett are stuck in a blizzard together. Post 4x22, Undead Again.

Three word Prompt. What if the sniper had targeted Beckett at her apartment instead of the funeral? Now Complete.

I just escaped from possibly the most awkward date in the history of Earth, and I need to decompress. I brought ice cream. And wine. And cupcakes. 1x7, Home is Where the Heart Stops.

Chapter 8 AU – One night was all it took to change her course of actions…(Post 8x05) Beautiful cover art courtesy of Nadia.

She doesn't deserve him, but oh how grateful she is to be loved by him. [A Post 8x08 oneshot.]

'He wants to take the apologies from her mouth with his teeth and breathe his forgiveness into her skin.' Post-ep for 8x08, 'Mr. & Mrs. Castle'.

8x08 Post-Ep, enough said.

'The second he kisses her, she already knows her chances of leaving the loft anytime soon are doomed. ' An insert for the bedroom scene of 8x07, 'The Last Seduction'.

She really hates her training officer. Three shot. AU.

Post-ep for 8x02, XX. Castle doesn't allow Beckett to walk out, not without a fight.

After the events of 47 Seconds and The Limey, Castle and Beckett wake to find themselves handcuffed to each other in a dark room. Will they be able to set their differences aside? A two-part exploration into what could have happened if Cuffed took place after The Limey. An M-rated two-shot. COMPLETE

Prompt: my favorite episode of the show is Probable Cause, and was wondering if you could write a fic where this episode happened after 47 seconds, when they weren't together and he was mad at her?

"Don't do that," she says.. "Don't act like this is some sort of gift." One shot, set after Always. Complete.

Strong T. Picks up right at the end of Cops and Robbers. She kisses him. Three times. Two-shot. Now Complete.

Oneshot following 4x16 finale. Donna/Harvey

Post-4x23, my take on THAT night. Posted in honor of the Alwaysiversary. A little smut, a little fluff. Two-shot. COMPLETE

"In spite of her desire to see him, she knocks tentatively; a quiet, undemanding sound that gives nothing away of the need raging inside her." A post-ep for 7x21 (In Plane Sight).

STANATHAN. Esta historia se me ocurrió tras ver el impacto surgido a partir de la subasta que Stana inició hace unos días.

An AU version of sorts for the events of Resurrection (7x14) and Reckoning (7x15), set in season 4.

'Kate surges forward, not taking but offering her mouth to him, offering him everything. But he denies her.' AU to 4x23, Always.

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

'Maybe this night can be salvaged after all.' Episode insert for 7x12, 'Private Eye, Caramba'

'It's been months since Montgomery's funeral, since the gunshot, since the damning diagnosis after she awoke from surgery. ' An alternate ending to 'Knockout' that changes everything. AU.

Post-episode for 7x06. My version of Castle and Beckett's wedding night because they're finally married.

"She's forceful when she rolls him onto his back and shifts so that she's lying on top of him completely, but it's purely so that she has his full attention. He blinks up at her with wide eyes that tell her although they're married; he still wonders if he's good for her." A post-ep for 7X06

'Agreeing to drinks with him was probably a bad idea.' What if an AU twist had been taken in the alternative universe? Insert for 7x06, The Time Of Our Lives.

Alternate Ending/Post-Episode Fic for Countdown. ""Hell of a day, huh?" She shakes her head, still trying to fathom everything that had happened. It's all a bit surreal. "Hell of a day," she agrees, giving him a soft smile that makes his heart flutter rapidly in his chest." Rated M. *Updated 10/16/14* One-shot.

She wanted him. She wasn't supposed to want him. He was her partner. Castle was her partner. Based off of the SVU fic "Ropes" by MaddyM.

What if the drugs Castle and Beckett were knocked out with in "Cuffed" also happened to contain an aphrodisiac? Castle and Beckett wake up to find themselves with an ache that just needs satisfied.

"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.

Knockout fic. Assuming Josh is out of the picture, there's another way they could have channelled their anger during that fight.

Post-ep for 6x17, 'In the Belly of the Beast'.

'He should have been there, should have protected her like the partner he was supposed to be.' A post-ep for 6x17, In the Belly of the Beast. One shot.

Another Ed Sheeran inspired song. The song Kiss Me. Kate goes to Castle's loft unannounced after a day at the precinct that has her thinking about her life choices. Castle invites her to stay, they watch a movie and then well ... You know what follows ;) - ONE SHOT - COMPLETE.

"You are the most remarkable maddening, challenging, frustrating person I have ever met. And I love you Kate, and if that means anything to you, if you care about me at all, please don't do this." a slightly different version to Always.

Paul Tandler es un periodista que pide historias de amor peculiares, de las que te enternecen. Pensando que su idea había fracasado al no recibir ninguna, se sorprende cuando un día encuentra una carta de un tal Johnny Rosales, dispuesto a relatarle la historia de cierto escritor y su musa. (ONE-SHOT)

What if Knockdown hadn't ended with Castle and Beckett never talking about what happened? AU, set after Knockdown that evening.

The bank explodes and so do the emotions inside Beckett. She enters the building with only one thing in her mind - Castle. She finds him alive. Will she be able to hold back her emotions? Slightly AU take on Cops & Robbers - Note the rating change. Complete.

What if Castle had followed Beckett into the hallway when she had a panic attack in Kill Shot? One-shot.

"Kate," he rasped, tentatively slipping a hand under her neck and sliding the other down to rest along her side, feeling the warm rush of blood sluicing through the spaces between his fingers. "Please, Kate, please don't leave me. Not again." Based on a tumblr prompt. Cover art by half0utloud.

'The problem, though, was that her staring had set him on fire. And he failed to find relief from the burn. ' Post 3x23. Two shot.

They haven't spoken in three days. Not since the night they'd shouted at each other over the phone, the two hundred miles of earth between them fracturing, a chasm spreading wide and threatening to swallow them whole.

An Always AU, in which Ryan calls, and this time Castle answers. A two-shot, co-authored by seilleanmor and BerkieLynn

When Beckett explains to Castle that she has walls inside that practically shut him and everyone out Castle can't help himself. He needs to kiss her to reassure himself that he's not crazy and that he does feel the connection between them.

"Twenty minutes ago, she had already begun her interrogation of Bobby. Twenty minutes ago, he would have slipped into the observation room to watch. Twenty minutes ago, he would have heard her confess to remembering everything, in the worst possible way." -What if Castle never heard her say she remembers? A 47 Seconds fix-it, because there's no such thing as too many of those.

She's shaking, her legs wobbly, fingers clamped around the doorknob as if it's the only thing keeping her upright. Her stomach tightens, with fear, with want, with everything she's so carefully held in check for months, years... What if for 3x22, 'To Love and Die in L.A.'. Happy Birthday, Joy! Winner of "The 12th" Fan Awards 2013 for best M-rated fanfic (under 10,000 words).

Still reeling following his daughters kidnapping, Castle can't cope, and it could mean the end of his relationship with Kate. Disclaimer: The characters belong to Andrew W. Marlowe, not to me, though I wish they did because I would definitely have them kissing with the lights on!

Fill for a kink meme (or 2). Read authors note. Takes place in early September. Castle decides he can't go a third night away from Beckett and gets proactive. M for a reason.

A different, *Alternate ending to Always.* For my hubby who wishes that Rick would have had the nerve to tell Kate to take a flying leap for the hell she put him through during season 4 and kicked her out the front door instead of mauling her against it, lol... but I couldn't quite make it that angsty/dramatic.

It can never be enough, making up for all the time they've missed. She laughs, full and rich, shaking with it and it's infectious. He grins, pressing his forehead against hers as he watches the light fill her face. He lets the backs of his fingers graze her cheek, overwhelmed by her, by this, them-Everything. COMPLETE.

Kate divorced him over a year before. But while dropping off their two-year-old daughter, Castle discovers that Kate is still in love with him. Will the deal they strike be enough for either of them? COMPLETE

If it were possible for time to stop, for the earth to pause in its spinning, it would happen for them on this night. The hours between "Always" and "After the Storm." Now complete.

She's been struggling to find the words for months, to tell him how much she loves and adores him, how happy he makes her. How she feels like a whole person when she's with him. How he fills the empty places inside her chest with his love and his smiles.

"She falls against him, willing, pliable, her spine a convex curve against his arm, so tightly wound around her waist and then he presses his hips into hers, his mouth to her lips." Follows 4x23, 'Always.' NO SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5

ANOTHER Morning after always / After the storm fic. ONESHOT.

He's pretty sure he will never stop being amazed by her. Never. Spoilers for 4x23. Sequel: Every New Day.

Castle and Beckett work out their jealousy issues in a supply closet at the Twelfth. Post The Limey.

Post-ep for 47 Seconds. I totally wasn't going to do this...But then I had to.

In which Castle answers questions about his marriages, Johanna Beckett is remembered, and a dance is shared. Spoilers for 4x11. Complete.

Takes place right at the ending of 'Cuffed', season 4 episode 10. After Kate's slip that there will be a 'next time,' Rick refuses to wait for her any longer. Rated M for language and strong sexual innuendo/content. (My first fanfic story)

Picks up where 'Cuffed' promo lets off.

It was Kate's worst nightmare; that he'd see her like this and run the other direction. What she didn't expect, however, was that this was the night that would prove just how deeply his love ran. Possible spoilers for Kill Shot.

Castle has a plan to take down that wall. After three days, love will rise again. SPOILERS: season 4 premiere. by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. COMPLETE

30 minutes into Rise, Kate has a semi-breakdown. But in this story, Rick doesn't just sit there. Just a one-shot but may do sequel later.

She wasn't a writer... but for him, she would do anything. Warning: Major character death. One shot, terribly sad, but... give it a chance.

Post-finale. Castle tries to put the pieces back together.

Spoilers for 3x24. "Look me in the eye and tell me that meant nothing to you, and we can be done and I'll leave and you'll never see me again." In a desperate effort to save their partnership, Castle fights back after Kate tells him they are over.

They thought this was his most remarkable dedication yet. But he didn't write it for them. He wrote it for her, and she would be the only one who'd never get to see it. One-shot, terribly sad, spoilers, major character death. But... give it a chance.

A one shot wedding story. Fluff. Pure Fluff.