It took her a daunting thirty-storey drop to realize she needed him, a torrential downpour to realize she wanted him, and a relentless ache to realize she just couldn't take it anymore.

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.

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.

"Rose Tyler...I". The Doctor and Rose were having a moment, until the TARDIS started crashing. This tale is filled with the ups and downs of their relationship. The pair explores a mysterious planet named "Eterno Fiori", governed by none other than Bad Wolf. And what does it have to do with Rose? Minor character death. Be prepared for fluff. RoseXTen! COMPLETE. R&R

All your life you were trained for this...for this battle between good and evil that you would inevitably join. But the one thing they never prepared you for was falling in love with your arch-nemesis.

There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. He threw away his chance to be the kind that pays better. Very AU.

"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"

What happens when Castle gets kidnapped! Will Beckett, Esposito and Ryan find him in time? Will Kate finally say those 3 words before it's too late? Will Castle survive this or will he die in the process!

When one of the team is marked for death, Kate has to find a way to keep herself from spiraling out of control before she loses everything. Caskett & Esplanie, but romance really takes the backseat in this.

Richard Castle started as a pain in the neck. All the detectives wish he would go away and leave them alone. But he just kept getting in the way. UNTIL that fateful weekend in the Hamptons. This is Just a different start up for Castle and Beckett. Completely AU After some drama in between fun and happy in the end

"Haha very funny Castle. But seriously, what am I doing in your body!" "How can I know?" "I don't like to be you." "I understand that you miss your body detective, you have amazing breasts." With that he hung up. She stared at her, o wait, his phone with open mouth and wide eyes. Did he really just told her he liked her breasts? She felt a blush warming her cheeks.

"Secrets are like time bombs, eventually they explode" Post-Limey(ish). Disclaimer: Just another fangirl trying to survive the hiatus.

If she were with him, he'd tell her everyday. Slide his mouth across her cheek in a soft smile, tug gently on her ear with his teeth as he murmurs it into the shell of her ear - everything she does to him. Everything she makes him feel. Season Two AU that follows 2x23, "Overkill."

"Oh God, no! Don't die, Kate! Please, don't do this to me. Don't die!" Rick cries out into the night, holding the woman of his dreams close to his chest. The woman who filled his nights finally made it into his days and now he was going to lose her. Forever. *AU* CHAPTER 21 IS NOW UP - AND UPDATED! I ADDED ABOUT A 1000 WORDS TO IT.

A new city, a new job, and four years of distance can't change the fact that Manhattan is home - where her heart is. (AU from 3X01. Beckett accepts her D.C. job offer while Castle spends the summer in the Hamptons with Gina.)

A collection of Castle and Beckett first kisses! Number Eighteen: "Dare You To Move."

During a case, Castle and Beckett somehow travel into the future and end up meeting their future selves. How will this change their relationship once Beckett sees what her future could be like? AU. Includes season 1 and season 6 Castle and Beckett.

Will one woman's desperate need for revenge against Castle tear Beckett away from him? Can he get to her before she's been pushed too far and chooses to change for good? Follows the events of Disciple (6x09). A winter ficathon 13/14 entry, prompt one.

AU. Castle and Beckett might seem ordinary, but in fact they're both highly trained assassins. When an ordinary assignment goes wrong, neither of them could have predicted the consequences. Now complete.

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

Variations on a theme. This will be a series of small one and two-shot fics about what would happen if the Castle crew lived in a world with vampires. (Note, they don't sparkle). Each arc is a separate continuity. Very AU, obviously. Enjoy! Rated T for the f-bomb. I know it sounds weird, but give it a try. Ch. 6: So Very Pretty

AU: Kate and Rick lost each other five years ago. Now she's marrying another man. Can a chance encounter change everything? A story about finding yourself, what you'd lost, and what you didn't even realise you were missing.

Co-authored by cartographical, chezchuckles, and muppet 47. Something of a post-ep for Recoil. 'As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.'

Everyone is leaving the Castle loft and he is left all alone. What will happen when Beckett comes to check on him? OCC WARNING: This story contains sensitive material that may be offensive to some. Now on Wattpad - Username Writernut55

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 wasn't planned, wasn't a date, but when he'd shown up looking striking in his suit and with his arm empty, she'd gravitated to him like she always did, her whole body orienting toward him as if he was her shining beacon in a dark, starless night. Follows episode 4x11, "Till Death Do Us Part." -COMPLETE-

Sometimes there is a conflict between our head and our heart and before this conflict can be resolved, something happens that makes us wish, we would have listened to our heart before to save valuable time. This story takes place in the middle of season 4. Castle and Becket are not in a relationship yet.

Way back in season one Meredith actually moved back to New York.

It had been three days since he had last seen her smile, three days since he had last heard her laugh. Most importantly, it had been three days since he had told her 'I love you', but now, where is she?

"She fights him, she does. But she's just not strong enough. After that fight with him, her former partner, she's just hunting the dragon, with no reason to live. Without Castle she can't win. Now she hangs there by her two hands and feels her life slip away." AU from the rooftop fight in 'Always'.

A new detective in the 12th and castle become close friends. And she is teaching Castle a self-defense thing. And then Kate being miserable in DC decide to return to 12th. Castle and Kate didn't talk after the rejection of proposal. The knew detective look like Olivia Dunham..bec. I like her in fringe and she's beautiful and intelligent. I hope someone can make it good.

"Is it enough?" "It's enough for now". What happens when it stops being enough... This is an AU multi-chapter story where all roads lead to 'caskett'... NOW COMPLETE

An AU multi-chapter that picks up where A Death in the Family left off… Castle keeps investigating on his own.

¿Qué hubiese pasado si al principio de la segunda temporada, Rick y Kate se hubiesen separado por la oferta de Rick de escribir sobre el "conocido agente secreto inglés" y se hubiesen reencontrado 2 años más tarde? Denle una oportunidad, no los voy a desilusionar! Último capítulo!

"It wasn't self defense, it was murder." SET S5. Draws inspiration from 5x03 & 5x05 This story is a new version of one I've written before. Beckett has spent half her life bringing justice to victims of crimes. Now she has done the unthinkable and committed one herself.

A new case finds Alexis kidnapped and puts Beckett on the radar of an old enemy who is out for revenge, resulting in Castle making the hardest choice he's ever had to make. Rated T for minor language and violence, rating may change as the story progresses. Caskett throughout the story.

Because it's not like her life was perfect before her mom was murdered, and it's not like that doesn't affect her anymore. - might be triggering.

My entry for the 2013 Ficathon . Set primarily in the future, nearly a decade after season five. Crippled after the events of Probable Cause, Jerry Tyson plots his revenge on Castle and Beckett. I would like to thank Dtrekker (aka Detective Angie) for the lovely cover art.

Following directly from S05 finale, Rick and Kate try to handle the outcome, while an old friend comes under attack. And where does military grade explosives come in? My usual multi-chapter hiatus story - read, enjoy, review! Now complete - just in time for the new season!

Set during season 3, Countdown. After they defuse the bomb, Rick tries to tell Kate how he feels, but Josh shows up. Castle decides he will let Kate have her life and he will finally move on. For them, there is NO TOMORROW! Or is it possible to regain that feeling?

Inspired by a fanvid by Half0utLoud and pe4alhar. It was supposed to be easy. A visit to a suspect and asking him some questions. Just a regular job. But this particular visit turns out to be anything but such for Castle and Beckett.

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

All she can feel is extreme pain and somewhere in the midst of it all is a pair of blue eyes that she wishes she would get a chance to see again. Set after 4x21 "Headhunters"

Episode 2x05, what if Castle's walls were a little more broken down? making him able to take the initiative to start a real relationship. Disclaimer: I do not own Castle nor any of the shows characters

Esposito and Ryan don't come into the room when Castle tells Kate she smells like cherries. A series of events follow. Does the nature of their relationship change? Takes place during Vampire Weekend (2x06). Be aware, this is a fluff piece. I'd agree we need it.

It floats across her mind, her history. Her past. The reasons why she is what she is and why she can no longer be who she was. Why Kate Beckett disappeared and Lone Vengeance was born. AU.

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

¿Qué pasaría si Beckett fuera la escritora y Castle el inspector? Pues aquí os dejo una lijera idea de cómo lo veo yo y situada a principios de temporada. Espero que os guste.

Set right after Boom (episode 2X18) when Castle offers to let Beckett stay with him. My take on how things should have gone.

Based on the episode 'Cops and Robbers' 4x07, but with an unsuspected twist! Caskett. Rated T, but possible some more mature content in following chapters! Read and Review!

S1 AU. As angry as Beckett is at Castle for reopening her mother's murder, when a body shows up outside his door, she's forced to put her resentment aside and help him through being targeted by one of the most prolific serial killers the world has ever seen. Takes place about 10-14 days after 1x10.

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.

A serial killer is on the loose...My first fanfiction, post-Watershed. Please review! I would have put in Ryan and Esposito as characters, but it only lets you do four and it didn't seem fair to list one and not the other :)

A serial killer that likes to play a game. Kate Beckett and Castle are on the look out. Will they finally give in once they realise they need each other? Does the serial killer escape? Has a little bit of angst and drama but mainly suspense and romance. First Castle Fiction. May be a little short. Ideas are welcome of course to make this better. Rating may change.

Somewhat AU - A bet gone wrong results in a kidnapping. With everything on the line, the team is willing to go to extraordinary measures to get one of their own back, safe and sound. **NOW COMPLETE

As Kate and Rick's relationship seemed to be broken, Castle receives a big death threat. Set 4 months after Watershed.

Kate has always favored the theory of evolution over the big bang...

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.

"Next, we figure out how to stop the evil faction of vampires and save the city." "You're kidding, right?" Set Season 7. AU. Aka Vampire!Fic.

If the couch in the break room could tell a stories - it could write a book. A snippets of our favourite pair. In the break room. Catching their sleep. Oneshots. Complete

She's breathing hard, so hard it hurts. Breathing like she's still running.

"Don't make me miss you too long." It's the last thing Rick Castle tells his beautiful, amazing partner before their world is upended. Before what he thought could never happen suddenly becomes a real possibility: a world without Kate Beckett. Dramatic and angsty for sure, but definitely a love story as well. Set during Season 5.

She thought they were finally getting somewhere. Apparently Castle thought differently. Kate wants her version of Castle back, not this one who acts too much like the one she met during their first case. She's prepared to fight. Set after 47 Seconds and The Limey.

Crack Fic. What would Season 1 Beckett think of her Season 5 self?

What if something bad happened to Castle? Will Beckett be able to save him and finally admit her feelings or will there always be the "What if...?". (end of season 4) Please r&r!

Even in dark times a new start can bring bright beginnings. AU.

An alternate story line beginning at the start of season 3, Beckett and Castle are thrown back together in the aftermath of a terribly tragedy. The discovery of a new, insane, cruel, and brilliant villain will test their relationship, resolve, and make them question their very actions.

The truth will set you free. Secrets are revealed, damage is done and relationships are tested to their limits. *Chapter 9 up* "Detective Beckett, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Bracken greeted, rising almost regally from his leather seat.

"He gravitates toward the back corner, hidden from the view of the window and bathed in darkness. There's only one other person in the back, curled up into a chair, winter boots on the ground so that her stocking feet are tucked under her legs." :: For the Morgans.

Kate Beckett is a hired assassin whose target is New York Times bestselling author Richard Castle. But when her chase to catch him begins to make her fall for his charming ways, whose side will she choose, Castle's or her employer's?

"I want to see you suffer. I want to break you. I want that you to feel so desperate that you WANT me to kill you." Kate is fighting against her greatest enemy. What will she do when the whole world is crashing down around her? Pure Angts.

"You know, for a minute I thought you were gonna let me leave without saying goodbye." "For a minute, I did too." When Castle accepts the offer to write the adventures of a certain British spy, where does this leave his relationship with Beckett? Caskett. Set during S2. Rating may change.

A co-written story by liviafan1 and Fanficwriterghc. A writer's blocked, post-Derrick Storm Castle meets Kate Beckett, a rising young mystery novelist acquired by Black Pawn to replace him. Despite their instant dislike of each other, they are given a month to co-write Black Pawn's next bestseller, or lose their advances, and possibly their jobs.

What happens when our 'Season 3' Beckett catches the flu, and Castle, our hero, ever readily comes to her rescue... Will the 'Castle Cure' heal all illnesses between them? read on to know more ;) Mostly Caskett fluff. Might get into angst territory, but it'll surely end well. :)

A/U It's definitely not love at first sight. Prickly, aloof and strait-laced Kate Beckett isn't what Rick expected when he hires someone to protect a young Alexis. She's all business while he's all about the play. Shallow, irresponsible and a playboy is how Beckett would characterize her latest employer. But sometimes first impressions can turn out to be wrong.

This was inspired by the song "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink/Nate Ruess. It takes place about a year after C/B started dating, but is not tied to the specifics of season five. In other words, it's a slight AU, forcing the ugly conversation they've needed to have for quite a while.

"Only this time he didn't come to promote a book, this time he came to say goodbye."

A 2x18 'Boom' fic. What if Kate's stay at Castle's loft had gone differently? "She can hear the sound of the tub filling already. His loft has excellent water pressure, naturally, evidenced by the thundering spray echoing throughout the tiled space, putting the drizzle from her own building's ancient, cranky plumbing to shame. Well, no need to worry about that anymore." COMPLETE

"I love you." A set of eight semi-interconnected one shots set at the end of season four and into season five.

Takes place during Cops and Robbers (4x07). As the bomb explodes, Kate goes through a series of emotions. Once she sees Castle in the bank, all her walls come crashing down.

When young, successful crime novelist Richard Castle meets MI6 agent, code name 'Sierra', he has no idea just how much she will change his life. AU. Think Caskett meets spy thriller... *complete* M rated chapter (14.1) as a separate story.

When their world literally crumbles around them, will the members of the 12th Precinct be able to rise like a phoenix from the ashes? Note: Look for daily updates. This fic should be complete in a little over a week. Rated T for mild language

When she got the call, she didn't expect it to lead to this. Season 5 AU.

"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.

AU. What would happen if Castle met Kate through doing research with Lanie. How would he win her heart?

"The writer in him wants the sky to be overcast, with maybe some rain, or – better yet – loud claps of thunder. He's writing some dark, stormy scene in his head, lost among the words, so he doesn't notice the men behind him. He doesn't notice anything until a second before it all happens. And then, it's too late. Everything goes dark." Post Killshot AU

Post 47 seconds. An unexpected guest throws Castle off and makes Beckett jealous. What does her appearance have to do with Kate's shooting? What does the mysterious murder of a fellow detective have to do with any of this? Angsty beginning, fluffy ending, and a roller coaster in the middle. Hang on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Spoilers through 4.19, AU thereafter.

AU. What if Rick Castle is a lawyer fighting Kate Beckett's case? However, Beckett refuses to co-operate and Castle is determined to know why. This is my first fanfiction please be gentle...

Beckett has disappeared and is in trouble.. she thought everything was going to be ok but it isn't... with Castle left behind with Ryan and Esposito can they figure out where Beckett is before its too late!

SPOILERS. Pre-5x05 story based on the Promo. "There's such a look of absolute relief on his face when he answers the door to her that Kate allows him to draw her inside by the elbow and enfold her in an all-encompassing hug. But her body is stiff inside his embrace, rigid, and he pulls back after just a few seconds to look at her..." COMPLETE

She arrested him tonight. For the third time. This is the first time it's broken her heart. ***Spec fic for 5x05. Spoilers from US promo only ***

"You can kid the world, but not your sister"-Charlotte Grey. It's been five years, but Cassie Beckett is back in NYC, and she won't let anything stand in the way of her big sister's happiness, not even Kate herself. A BabySisterBeckett!Fic. Nominated for the the 12th Precinct's Fan Awards: Best Character Specific Fic. COMPLETE

Castle picks up his phone, expecting to hear Beckett's voice. Instead, it's Ryan, reporting something that shakes the foundations of Castle's world - Beckett's missing.

Kate knew that Castle would never get over it, would never forgive her for letting this happen. She had to get Alexis back safely. Nothing else mattered.

COMPLETE: Kate's secret comes out in a hail of blood and bullets. Det Beckett finds herself in the line of fire, and Castle is damned if he's going to let her get shot a second time.

Bad timing and life-altering choices cause Beckett and Castle to swap places: He's the one that is pulling away and she is the one reaching out. Now, if she wants her happy ending, Beckett will have to win Castle's heart...and prove they are worth of love

Beckett feels lost after a night full of nightmares and Castle can't help providing a little comfort.