Set several months after Czech Mate, Frankie deals with the fear of what a relationship with Will means.

"It's with a conscious, purposeful swallow that he locks away the terror in his chest. Every time they do this, he knows it could be the end. They could vanish forever - easily, unsurprisingly, incontestably." {lyatt oneshot, post-S2 universe} (TFP)

"We only remember what we remember, this is all we really have." And her tongue burns with what she doesn't say, but she hears it in her mind anyway. We are all we really have, aren't we? [the journey of Lucy to Wyatt in this and every timeline]

He couldn't speak for her, but he was pretty sure he was more than halfway in love with Lucy Preston. And watching her now, looking so incredibly beautiful and happy, like she had just stepped out of a painting, made his heart ache with how much he felt for her. 2x03 - Hollywoodland - Missing scene.

"It's, uh...too bad this bunker didn't come with an attic, huh?" {lyatt. post-S2. oneshot} (TFP)

"Her gaze slinks back up to his and it's like a whole new universe has been breathed into existence. There's layers upon layers of copper and caramel peering back at him, the depths of all the trauma she's been holding so closely, the said and unsaid of what's building up between them." {post-S1 ; lyatt two-shot}

"It's all melting away into the color of whiskey - her eyes, the new drink that's just materialized in front of him, the glossy polished bar, his sloshing thoughts - it's all whiskey." {a.k.a. lyatt getting drunk and disorderly; post-S1 oneshot}

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin. Castle and Beckett have their first date. Set early season four. Might need to read the first two in this series.

In close quarters, they can't deny their mutual attraction any more. Set during 4.15 Pandora and written for a prompt.

"She's so ready for this. For him. For happiness and love and movie dates." AU - what might have happened had they gotten to have that Jon Woo marathon. One shot. Complete.

She doesn't skip straight to the page, she forces herself to make an evening of it, let the sinful truth of what she's about to do, what she's contemplating, build within her with every preemptive action. She runs the water, hot, steamy. Set during 2x04.

Her eyes search his at the door. Pupils rapid, darting back and forth, manic with something he's seen flares of before but hasn't dared put a name to. Post Cops and Robbers.

Written for the Winter '14 Kink Meme. Prompt: Beckett gives Castle a full body massage. Set in an AU season four post Cops and Robbers. They're not together but their secrets aren't quite... secret.

'She hadn't meant to hear. And she most definitely hadn't meant to feel her stomach flip, with something like elation, something like hope, and something too much like relief.' Post 3x12, Poof! You're Dead. For Laura. COMPLETE.

Post Cops and Robbers. The first time her foot grazes his ankle beneath the table he passes it off as accidental.

This can't be real. He must be dreaming. This can't possibly be real... Castle catches Beckett in a compromising situation. (Allow me to clarify: This is NOT a sequel. This is the complete piece in one post.)

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

"There will be a later, there will be plenty of time to do everything she's ever dreamed of with him, but now – right now she just wants him." A continuation of the 'Always' deleted scene.

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

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.

Castle's brilliant idea - "act drunk" - is not cutting it. She makes a mental note never to listen to him again. Ever. About anything. - fill for the winter hiatus kink meme.

"If it's so adorable, why won't you sleep with me?" An AU episode insert for 03x11. For Meg, because her tags inspired it.

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

A one shot circa season four, a few weeks after the Ryans' wedding. A birthday present for closingdoors and my first M rated fic. Ellie said: car sex, and I said: okay.

He starts out slowly. Subtly. A light touch at the small of her back to usher her through a doorway. Grazing his fingers across the bend of her elbow to get her attention in the bullpen. Freeing the hair trapped in her collar after helping with her jacket. Small gestures of physicality meant to acclimate her to his touch, the feel of his hands on her body. One Shot. Complete.

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).

She'd almost run out and bought him something on at least three separate occasions. She's so glad she didn't. **Post ep for 5x14. One shot. Complete.**

"Maybe it's the exhaustion, maybe it's the way her heart is racing once again at his proximity, or maybe it's just that his words have always gotten to her, reached her in ways that no one else's can." Three-shot based off of Pandora/Linchpin. Now complete.

They're in this whether they like it or not. But they're in it together. He takes comfort in that. The knowledge that she's ready for him, willing to let him stand by her side and accept his love and support. Post ep for 5x13. One shot. Complete.

How is it that he can make fun of her for Valentine's Day and then make her watch this. It's a good thing she has a plan... Episode insert for 5x11, "Under the Influence". Goes between the first day, and the second morning when Beckett wears that blue sweater and the scarf so strategically wrapped around her neck…

The rain has lessened, she thinks inanely, clinging to the random scraps of reality that she can process as they zip and crisscross through her brain. Much less than the downpour that stranded them here, on the side of some highway in the middle of New Jersey. A season four story, set after 'Cuffed.' One-shot. NOT a Christmas story. :)

"Did you come over to shake hands?" - Post 5.03

Written for the Kink Meme on LJ.

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

He's never hosting Lanie's birthday party again.

"Did you ever think about us here?" - Post Finale, Castle and Beckett stop by her apartment for the first time since she showed up at his door.

Kate asks Castle out on their first date as a couple. Fluffy one-shot. Can be set after 'Always', but stands on its own, too. COMPLETE.

Door. Desk. Bookshelf. Bed. Spoilers for the end of the Always promo.

The first thing he becomes aware of is her scent, the subtle, familiar notes of cherry and cinnamon sugar that tease his nose. ONE-SHOT.

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

Post-ep for Headhunters. Beckett stops by Castle's loft to fix some things, both skin deep and otherwise.

Episode reaction to 4x21, "Headhunters."

"So rather than call me or text me or read one of my books, you decided to drive over at ten minutes 'til midnight in your pajamas?"

"...When you lose something you can't replace, When you love someone, but it goes to waste, Could it be worse?" Episode reaction to 4x20 'The Limey.'

Fracture: the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. Post-ep for 47 Seconds.

"I heard you," he blurts, pulling his arm back out of her grasp. They're doing this on the sidewalk in front of a Starbucks and isn't that her line? Post-ep for 47 Seconds

"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!" – Mae West. Co-authored by ColieMacKenzie and International08.

For a few infinite moments, they are suspended in time, weightless within the draw that glimmers and dances between them, electric, sizzling, effervescent. Episode reaction to 4x17, Once Upon a Crime.

Kate finally sees what's been standing in front of her this whole time. For manuxinhace, who asked for something light.

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

He really has to wonder how it is that they end up in these situations. It's like they're magnets for near-death. Complete. Sequel: More Than Them.

There is a reason she doesn't usually let Castle touch her. This is the reason. Spoilers for the 4.13 sneak.

It's cliché, he knows, that this happens on New Years Eve. He's having a party, she comes, and the writer inside of him dies a little bit over the fact that fate has chosen this moment for them.

Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night.

Kate helps Castle through a tough time when he receives some bad news.

Letting loose and laying her cards out was easy in the comfort of her apartment, but saying them to someone other than her therapist was harder. But Kate didn't need to worry about that just yet, right? Slight spoilers for Cuffed.

Beckett/Castle. I dare you to let me be your, your one and only.

"You asked me to come over here so you could handcuff me to a bed?" "Well – yes, but it sounds creepy when you say it like that." Caskett.

"Not like this": as if she has a favourite way for Castle to die, as if she has an order of preference, as if *anything* could make it better. - Mid-ep scene for Cops & Robbers, you know, that time when Martha couldn't shut up.

Beckett and Castle handcuffed together. no real spoilers because I don't know anything at all about this ep . COMPLETE

post ep oneshot for Cops & Robbers. for Gabee, who begged me

This is not something she has ever done before, come home with Castle after a case. Spoilers for 4.07 - Cops & Robbers episode stills.

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

Kate Beckett is confronted by Alexis about rejection. SPOILERS for 4x1 Rise and 4x3 Head Case. A birthday fic for clayfish32, unspeakably early.

Kate thinks that she has never seen such a perfect sky. Season 3 finale fic. Sort of.

A magician never reveals her secrets...usually.

Finale didn't happen. Castle gets the nerve to ask Beckett on a first date, but bodies have a way of showing up at the worst of times. Happy Birthday to Carolina17! WARNING: Violence and angst. SPOILERS for 3XK. COMPLETE

Beckett and Castle find themselves alone at the precinct in the wee hours of the morning. Just a funny little one-shot to brighten your day!

Kate supposed it fit that the biggest step of their lives would be summed up in a gesture that would mean nothing to any normal adult.

It's never been if. It's always been when. Alternate Universe. Oneshot.