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.

An entry for Castle Ficathon 2018: In this AU, you will meet Kate Beckett, a woman who long ago moved back to her small hometown to help care for her father, and you will meet Rick Castle, a famed mystery author at the lowest point in his career, and thanks to one arbitrary decision, they meet one another. Love ensues.

When Richard Castle meets Kate Beckett four months after she was shot at her captain's funeral, he's catapulted into a decades-long conspiracy that has long haunted her. Working by her side and helping to solve the case may be the only way he can give her the closure she needs. A very AU take on the end of the JB case.

"The elusive 3XK killer, Richard Castle, comes out of hiding after years of solitude and becomes attracted to the NYPD's greatest homicide detective Detective Kate Beckett. His attraction becomes a game and she takes the bait, finding herself slowly involved in his world and unable to shake him." AU. One shot.

Set during 4x19: "47 Seconds." Goes AU after Castle overhears Beckett tell Bobby Lopez, "I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it."

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.

They'd been stranded on an island for almost 5 months, and now it's time to go home... where everything has changed. Sequel to SOLID GROUND. Rated M. NOW COMPLETE.

Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry. Castle's first time at the Becketts' cabin, summer after season four.

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

A chance meeting between two people has the potential to change their lives forever. A Caskett Meeting AU.

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing." An AU story for Christmas.

Kate's sitting at her desk, miserable and all alone ever since Castle's disappearance. She sees a hand with a cup of coffee come into her field of vision and thinks it's from Espo again. Only this time, it's not Espo handing her coffee. Alternate insert for 7x01 "Driven"

Episode insert for the Season 6 finale - based on the bts photo of Stana Katic studying her script notes between scenes while wearing Beckett's mother's wedding dress. ONE-SHOT. COMPLETE.

"This time, though, it's their daughter, and she's a mother and not a cop, and she's falling apart, and he can't because she needs him, they both need him." Castle and Beckett's daughter is kidnapped.

With no reason left to hold onto where life was taking her prior to her parents' deaths, Kate Beckett stumbles into a different world. Can she keep herself and her emotions buried deep or will everything crack open when fate throws Rick Castle her way? An AU Caskett meeting. Ficathon 2014 Entry. COMPLETE

"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

Castle's away on a book tour, and Kate's home with the kids. I'm bad at summaries, but give it a shot. Rated T for some sexual references.

Birthday fic for my darling KT, who actually asked for this. "I know, Castle, I know," she sobs, doesn't know what else to say, she understands, and this fire is tearing her apart. COMPLETE

"Javi?" Ryan asks, "Javi what is it." Esposito whispers a thank you into the receiver and hangs up the call, swallowing thickly he looks with pained eyes at the three people standing before him, his eyes averted from Castle's. "It's Beckett," he whispers... and the world crumbles down around him. / - AU Post-Ep for 6x17

Canon up to 6.10 This is my first fanfic so be gentle. I'm a Brit so I admit to not having a clue about NY, or NYPD procedure, it shouldn't affect the story. I don't own Castle but all mistakes are mine. Storyline: Conversations Kate Beckett needs to have before setting that wedding date.

This is an extended scene for the dance at the end of 6x15, just because it ended so damn soon!

In the quiet room there was no one awake to hear her almost inaudible whisper of 'I love you too.' When Detective Beckett wakes from her surgery with a rather puzzling case of amnesia she is left wondering about many things, especially her last name. Set at the end of season three.

"Nobody can see me. I know that. Because nobody at the wedding can see the dead." Castle and Beckett's wedding from Johanna Beckett's POV.

This is my entry for the 2013/2014 Winter Ficathon. She awoke with a start. The bed beside her was cold, the room still dark save for the soft glow of the streetlight filtering in through the window as it reflected off of the steadily falling snow. I will be using prompts #1 & #3. A carefully planned pregnancy brings hope and joy into the Castle's lives. Rated M for Caskett fluff.

Kate's heart shatters upon the realization that Tyson has Rick. He's going to torture him to his hearts content until he decides that he's sick and tired of playing the game and then kill him slowly to punish her. She chokes on a sob, trying to shove the fear aside, focus on her one hope - a young, psychic Heiress whose ability is inexplicably linked to them (Dark/Supernatural/AU)

It's not that the message isn't affecting him, it is, but for her, this is more. She's rooted to the spot, and not at all the personification of badass Detective Beckett that usually comes out to play when danger threatens to knock on their door. - Takes place immediately post-Disciple.

Castle and Beckett finally get to have that trip to Bora-Bora. But not all goes as planned. Instead of sipping mojitos in paradise, they find themselves stranded on an isolated island. Cover Art made from collaboration with @dtrekker. 2013 Castle Ficathon Entry. Rated M for safety, though the bulk of the story is T-rated. COMPLETE.

"Here, there is a sky full of stars she can actually see. There's the sound of the waves crashing, the smell of fall and salt air and fireplaces burning. There's a chill in the breeze off the ocean and the feel of sand underneath her feet." A collection of oneshots set in the Hamptons.

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

Because it was, and always would be, more than just a chair. Warning: reference to major character death.

Castle & Beckett get together after four years of dancing around their obvious feelings. Just when everything is perfect, they go on an undercover mission which causes Kate to get into a plane crash. She has amnesia. Lucas (their son) is kidnapped for ransom, causing Castle and Beckett to have to try and do everything they can to get him back home.

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.

After all that Kate Beckett has been through, this just might be the one thing that breaks her.

AU. Lethal, hard-edged assassin Kate Beckett is hired to kill the handsome, best-selling author Richard Castle. But when everything's not as it should be, and feelings get muddled along the way, can she really think of him as just another paper target? Cover art by houghtonsbeckett. COMPLETE.

Starting in 4x15 'Pandora'. Castle and Beckett find themselves in a sticky situation once again- locked in the trunk of a car. What if Beckett hadn't managed to get the trunk open and the scene were a little... different?

One mistake... One Discovery... One Choice... Two Words... One Fight... will change their world forever. Both handling the situation differently, both realizing something they had never truly felt before... will they be able to survive Kate being pregnant

One minute they were on a break, the next... Had someone told them that their lives would turn out like this they would have laughed. Then again, our lives can change irrevocably in a split second, throwing everything we held secure to the wind.

A young Kate Beckett spends her summer waitressing at a local shack on a Jersey beach, tending to her alcoholic father and paying her way through the academy. One night, her world turns on its feet when Rick Castle enters the door...and her heart. AU. COMPLETE.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th, five years before she and Castle actually meet in the show. Based on an idea of Cartographical - chezchuckles and I just liked it so much that we each wrote our own. Variations on the same theme, sort of.

For months she's been gone. Months in which Castle's been forced to believe that Kate Beckett was dead. Eight full months in which he's missed her, craved her, mourned her. Now she's standing on his doorstep, two coffees in slightly shaking hands and Castle's world collapses. Direct spoilers for 4x23 Always, but most probably AU from there.

Future-Caskett. Their lives through the eyes of their child, Amelia Castle. "Look how strong you're being about your Mom being asleep for so long, and how much of a good big sister you're being to Atticus. I love you, Amelia. You're so special. You know that, don't you?" COMPLETE.

All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Beckett together again.

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.

For some people one time is enough, but Kate Beckett is selfish. She wants him forever.

Cat's out of the bag for both of them, and Castle is crushed in the wake of the truth. Because if she cares for him at all - then how could she do this? ***Finalist for 'Best Drama' in the 2012 Castle Fanfiction Awards.***

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.

Nine months ago she gave him up at the behest of his daughter - choosing to break herself in order to free him. As dumb ideas go it's the worst one ever. ***Finalist for 'Best Romance' in the 2012 Castle Fan Fiction Awards.***

She knows it's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop at the end. For her, the descent is no less terrible than the crash. But at the bottom, at the end, she realizes there is no place to go but up. So she rises. Now complete, with epilogue.

Castle and Beckett, a collection of oneshots and story arcs inspired by Carmina Burana.

Kate celebrates her first Mother's Day with the Castles. Well, her first night-before-Mother's day.

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.