What happens when Gates finds out about Beckett and Castle's relationship? How does Castle prove his worth to the Captain? Will he be able to stay at the 12th Precinct or will the partnership be broken? Starting sometime in mid Season 5 - pretty much fully AU from then on.

Castle gets disturbing news while Kate is at her dads cabin recuperating. He decides a change is in order for his life. How will Kate cope with this news. Can Caskett even happen? We will have to wait and see, but I don't think Beckson or Davidett has a ring to it. Do you?

Kate has went on an undercover mission and hasn't returned. "They say she's dead but if she was wouldn't I feel worse?"

Alexis has had enough, and she lets Kate know. Rated for language. Based on speculations flying on finale. It has become a multi-chapter story exploring how decisions have a ripple effect, whether we realize it at the time or not.

AU Prompt: Johanna Beckett is still alive she comes back one day after all those years. Beckett is so mad & in shock. (Beckett and Castle are already married with kid(s) & she's also pregnant at the time) Johanna doesn't know much about what happened to Beckett & that she's married with kid(s) or anything about her life. Goodbyes are always more difficult than one could fathom.

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.

Rick is a fireman. His wife left him a year earlier, took his twelve year old daughter with her. Kate is a homicide detective. Young but savvy, knows what she's talking about. One day, Rick goes into a house fire and something goes very wrong and Kate and her team are called in to investigate.

AU: One man and one woman, both experienced survivalists are taking on the most punishing adventure of their lives. They have no water, no food and no clothes. Their task is to survive on the barren island of Andros in the West Indies for twenty-one days, Naked and Afraid.

Kate has a daughter named Kaylie. She and Rick meet similar to the way they meet on the show, though its AU after the first episode. What happens when Kaylie's father returns? Starts with Alexis 10 and Kaylie 5.

AU. Arrested for a crime he didn't commit, Rick Castle is in trouble. Even more so when no one believes he's innocent. With the evidence stacked against him and time running out, can Kate Beckett save him before it's too late?

Kate Beckett's and Rick Castle's daughters meet at the public library and develop a friendship. Their parents also develop a connection while battling their children's other parents and Kate's daughter's very sneaky grand parents. Hope you give it a try.

"Beckett got a faraway look in her eye as she caught Esposito's barely-there nod, and then looked at Ryan who wore a grim face. Suddenly, it registered with her - what they might have discovered. Her pulse began to race; her heart was going to come out of her chest. She had to control her breathing at the possibility of what may be." Kate is strong, but facing this part of her past

All Castle wanted was for his wife to wake up, for her to come home, and for everything to go back to normal. But what he got was far from normality. Spoilers from all seasons.

Fourth story in the Revelations Series and follows directly on from Finality. Follows Kate and Rick as they begin their married lives together and deal with life at the 12th, FBI Field office, starting a family and the persistent rumors of mirror ball trophies. Rated M because Kate and Rick are total hornbags and get more action than a pair of overworked porn stars!

Rick Castle had it all: a successful career, a wonderful daughter and a beautiful fiancée. And yet, something was missing. Until certain detective crashed his book party. My entry for the Castle Winter Ficathon 2015.

In any universe, they are meant to be together. It's only a matter of time. (Multi-chapter romance set entirely in the AU!Canon reality.)

Totally AU where Beckett has a younger sister. Rated T for language that is sure to come later.

After being held captive for nine months Kate Beckett is finally free, but now she must work with Detective Castle in order to solve the case that almost destroyed her. Can Detective Castle solve the case and bring justice to her? As the case unravels how will it affect both of their lives? AU & Pre-Season.

[Post s6 finale] Following Castle's death, Beckett tries to deal with his loss. But when he comes back five years later, holding HER book in his hands, Kate retreats in her guilt and tries to adapt to this new situation with Martha, Alexis and the twins she had after his "death".

My entry into the "2014 Ficathon Entry." They were so close, but now he's missing and it's up to her to find him. This time it's his past that's hurled them into danger. A 6X23 continuation fic. with lots of angst, a riveting case with twists and turns and our favorite crime fighting couple.

'Anything else' She asked him, her notepad in her hand. 'I don't know, your phone number might be nice.' He stated with a smug smile. -The Beckett's own a restaurant, what happens when a certain author walks in? College setting. AU

AU. It's been seven years and so much has changed. Has too much happened over their time apart? He isn't her professor anymore and she's not his love-struck student. Eventually M. & Caskett

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."

Set after season three, but Kate had a daughter not many people knew about. Some self-harm.

AU: Kate Beckett finds herself thrust into a world in which she and Richard Castle have never met. But this world is far more different than she realizes, and not every difference has to do with her relationship with her husband-to-be.

SEQUEL TO THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY Now married, Kate and Rick Castle have to navigate the ups and downs of their new life, how they fit in at the precinct and what their relationship means for the future. Cases, family, everything changes when they hit the big bump.

Kate Beckett, aka Lola Banks, is the award-winning superstar of Hollywood, and her entire life is under threat. After a shooting on the red carpet, Kate's publicist insists on hiring her a bodyguard. Richard Castle, ex-army sniper, is hired to protect her, though Beckett insists that she can take care of herself. AU Rated M

A few bad decisions and unfortunate circumstances leave Kate Beckett, age 19, homeless just a few months after her mother's death. Richard Castle happens upon her in the park one day, not knowing he's just met his biggest fan.

The continued adventures of the Castle/Beckett family. A sequel to Lost Dreams.

Sequel to my fic Just a Temporary Thing. AU season 3. Four months after the events of "Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom", Kate is still staying with the Castles. But could a family tragedy make this temporary arrangement a bit more permanent?

AU story in which Johanna dies when Kate is 10 and Jim finds an alternate outlet for his frustrations. Strong T rating in future chapters. You were warned.

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

What if the Castle crew had met in the First Grade? How would their lives have been different? Would Castle and Beckett have gotten along as children? How would the path their lives took have been different. These will all be answered (in theory) when you read this Fic. This is my first shot at Castle FF so be kind.

After a weekend of romance between Kate and Rick, Kate is left alone, pregnant with his child. Five years later, a murder leads Kate to question Rick, where she can't seem to get rid of him after. How long can she go keeping their daughter a secret from him? Can they forgive each other?

After the death of her mother Kate finds herself in a depressed and bitter. Her friends that surround her are happy and in love and all she wants is someone who understands the pain she feels. One night she goes to the Old Haunt and a chance meeting of a stranger changes her life for good. (THIS IS AU AND CASKETT)

Written for NonnaSo, a 5x19 "The Lives of Others" insert because there are plans that sometimes go awry and then there are perfect ones.

Just because it's the Christmas season. Richard Castle was rich and successful, the president of a hot shot publishing company. He wakes up one morning with a wife and kids, in a life that can't possibly be his.

Alexis finds herself needing her mother. And, yet during her time of crisis she ends up in D.C., on Kate's doorstep in the middle of the night. How will Castle react to the situation? Will he forgive Kate for hiding the truth from him?

What happens when Kate and Rick meet in front of their children's school? AU

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".

The Castle family tries to move onward and upwards after their three years apart. Sequel to Silentium! Please read and review!

Richard Castle has no one. No one except his month old child and he has no idea what he's doing. His career is suffering. His thoughts are bordering on insanity and he needs something, someone to come help. One fateful night in the infant of a convenience store, his life changes

Young Kate Beckett was the scholar of her class even at her first year at uni. But then came professor Rogers, the first professor to ever test her intellectual capabilities but also, to frustrate her in a way she never thought he would. Rated M for sexual content.

Detective Beckett meets a stranger in the coffee shop. He helps guide her through the next period in her life. And beyond

Set in Season 4, Episode 1 after Kate Beckett is shot. Story goes AU immediately after Rick leaves Kate's room in the hospital. Rick takes a very different road, and finds a very different and fulfilling purpose.

She has a baby. She brought a baby back from Haiti. Can you even do that? Season 3 AU.

An early start to the morning and career day, a pretty easy day for the Castle house hold. It doesn't stay that way for long as something is bothering Nate that is far more troubling than a normal seven year old problem. 3rd in AM series

AU. When a teenage girl is found orphaned after both of her parents are murdered, Beckett struggles to find the girl more family. When the DNA results return Beckett as a match, she quickly realizes the young girl is the baby she gave up for adoption. Set during season 6.

Time Will Tell (6x05) happened in Season 3. When Doyle says that they're married, living in New York , she's a senator and they have three kids she doesn't know which one that she finds most alarming. Castle's reaction is just to ask "Senator?" The reaction she comes out with is "Three kids?"

Post 7x01 AU. Summary – After finding the fake Henry Jenkins, Beckett starts questioning the evidence against Castle and finds it isn't what it seemed to be.

When driving to their wedding in 6x23 Castle is not kidnapped but is involved in a serious car accident. First fanfiction.

"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.

Sequel to To Rise Again (Not necessary, but helpful to read that first). Season 4 AU in which Castle and Beckett have gotten together directly after her shooting and spent that summer together. Begins at Beckett's first day back to active duty and continues through the season.

Everyday was the same. Get up, work, and then go to bed. Kate Beckett was bored. She needed a change in her routine. So, after some nagging from her best friend, she allowed herself to be set up on a blind date… and that's when she met Rick Castle. AU. Spy Castle. Entry for 2014 Castle Ficathon.

(Based on a Tumblr prompt, I think.) From the all the stories you will leave universe, but not necessary to read that to understand this. Christmas!fic!

An AU story set in the late spring/early summer of 2015 where Castle and Beckett are married with three teenage kids of their own besides Alexis.

Kate is a wild phase teenager. She was only looking for some fun. Find herself. She wasn't tying to be rebellious with her parents, she actually loved her parents, especially her mother. However her latest choice took her down the wrong road, and she didn't see any off ramps in the distance. Rick is dealing with his own problems on the other side of the country. Everything changes.

Beckett is forced to take two weeks of paid leave, and Castle invites her to the Hamptons with him. She reluctantly agrees, and starts to discover that her feelings for him are stronger than she was willing to admit.

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.

Post- Watershed fiction. Picks up after Beckett calls Castle up and says "We need to talk"

Entry for the 2014 Summer Ficathon. A horrible ordeal threatens to rip the Castle's family apart. A prequel to 'A Bright, Shining Hope.'Note that the rating has now changed to M. Totally AU.

AU. Meet Richard Castle, playboy mystery writer and reality television latest star. Beckett's undercover to bust a drug ring and part of her cover involves getting very close to one of New York's most eligible bachelors. The strait-laced cop isn't charmed by his flirty banter and she won't chase after him like the female contestants on the show. She's out to cuff him, not jump him.

1998. It's just a small bookstore. She's nineteen; he's twenty nine. AU of Beckett and Castle's first meeting before Allison Tisdale's murder, though the later chapters continue on from "Flowers for Your Grave" and stay mostly AU.

This is a Season 7 supposition only. I have no knowledge of spoilers or teasers, this is purely an idea at what their winter would look like in 2014-2015 after that season-ending fiery accident.

"Now on day 103 she smiled the first genuine smile." An AU meeting shortly after Johanna Beckett's murder. COMPLETE.

A post 6x23 fic previously titled Hours Lost Forever. What happens when Castle shows back up after the car crash and thinks the crash happened after the wedding and Kate was in the car with him. 3XK or Bracken are not involved. This deals with Castle's time shadowing the CIA. I combined the 2nd part with this one because I thought it might be easier to keep track of.

But then it's the way her face lights up when she sees her, and, more importantly it's the shriek of "Mommy!" that has her taking a step backwards. (Time travel AU, of a sort, set after 47 seconds)

2014 Ficathon Entry. AU from 4x01. Three months after her shooting, Beckett is back - but Castle isn't. He's had enough and isn't following her anymore - and if she wants the happy ending then she's going to need to do the chasing, even if Castle is adamant he doesn't want her to. Now complete.

Castle believes in magic and faerie tales and happy endings, Kate Beckett however doesn't have that kind of faith. But is she willing to learn? Because she is going to have a major obstacle to overcome to get her happy ending. - COMPLETE - Careful there is character death.

Post Watershed. Kate has accepted both the proposal and the job. As she begins training while Rick is off on a long book tour she becomes quite ill. Will Rick be at her side in time?

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

Wrongly accused of two murders he didn't commit, Richard Castle escapes police custody in hopes of proving his own innocence. FBI Agent Kate Beckett is on the team assigned to bring him in, but as the bizarre evidence stacks up, she begins to question his guilt-particularly after meeting him face-to-face. AU. 2014 Ficathon Entry

Third Story in the TMYFML Universe: Kate balances family and career as she navigates the ups and downs of new motherhood.

It was supposed to be always; they were supposed to have their happy ending, their fairytale. Not this. Post 6x23.

The wedding did not happen. Where do we go from here

Post 6x17. Kate and Castle try to come to terms with the aftermath of the botched undercover assignment. AU after Elena leaves Kate in the woods. Starting out T-rated, but will switch to M-rated at some point. Spoilers for last 2 episodes of the Season.

For the past 5 years Richard Castle has been following Detective Nikki Heat, or at least that's what he thinks. The truth is that, for the past 5 years Richard Castle has been on a Mental Health Hospital trying to cure his mild psychosis, product from the horrible car crash he survived. HIATUS

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.)

This follows 6 x23 as my interpretation of events that would happen afterward.

Post ep. 6.03...my take on unemployed Beckett and how she reacted to the news. Will she go back to work or will she stay unemployed?

"There would be no unexpected sound of her key in the lock. No sound of stilettos across the floorboards. No laughing greeting or warm embrace or welcoming kiss. Not any more." -My entry for the 2013 Castle Hiatus Ficathon

Season 3 AU. Post-"Countdown" - What if Castle had been able to say the things he'd always wanted to?

Sequel to Second Chance. AU. One year has gone by since Rick and Kate confirmed their relationship to the public. Join them as they enter the next phase of their relationship and try to navigate through it. Mainly fluffy family moments ;) Readers are advised to check out Second Chance before reading this. Now COMPLETE.

"Kate knew it was time. After all those months of appointments with the doctor, ultra sounds, aches, mood swings, cravings, and driving Castle crazy, It was finally time." Caskett Fluff. Caskett family fiction:) Read on as Rick and Kate take on the joys and pains of parenthood :)

Author Richard Castle stumbles across Assistant District Attorney Kate Beckett and is instantly captivated. Using his connections with the mayor, he gets himself a six week pass to shadow her. Kate begins to count down the hours, wishing the six weeks were up, not realizing those six weeks will change her life forever. AU.

Richard Castle has kept a secret from all his friends. Especially his partner and friend Detective Beckett. How will she treat him once she discovers the truth?

AU: For over a year, Kate Beckett has been missing and through a friend she tries her best to contact Lanie Parish. It's up to the medical examiner to find her best friend and bring her home before the boys find her, and the men after Kate find them. Will she rise to the occasion and save not only the detectives life, but the life of her own? (RATING WILL CHANGE)

Six and a half years ago, Kate Beckett had a one night stand. Nine months later, she gave birth to a daughter. Five and three quarter years after that, Harriet Johanna Beckett be-friends Alexis Castle.

Young Kate Beckett had looked for a night to forget only to find it turned into one she would remember for the rest of her life. AU

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.

Three years have gone by since Detective Beckett accepted Agent Stack's offer and left for DC, severing all contact with New York. Everyone has moved on with their lives, but what happens when an old enemy targets one of their own? Entry for 2013 Castle Ficathon. Amazing cover art by Angie(Dtrekker)! Now COMPLETE.

"Why so many ifs, Beckett?" AU, Post 2.24. English translation of What If? by Dodge1989

Rick and Kate celebrate the new year and their lives may be changed for ever. Please give it a chance, the summary is really horrible.