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: What if Castle had never become a famous, successful, and wealthy writer? Struggling to make ends meet, failed writer Richard Rodgers meets Detective Kate Beckett under quite different circumstances.

AU Meeting. Kate Beckett is a homicide detective at the 12th precinct. What happens when she and her friends go for a drink and Richard Castle, her favorite author, is the bar owner? Will the two give in to the obvious feelings they have when they first meet?

Kate Beckett as a bad mom. No violent stuff or abuse, she's just a careless mom to a little boy up until Richard Castle, a wonderful father unexpectedly enters her life and makes her see how it's supposed to be done...(The story is AU!)

"I'm like a broken mirror, Castle. I look into it and see parts of me are missing, but I don't know how to get them back. I don't know how to find them again." What if Beckett hadn't disappeared for 3 months after being shot and let Castle take care of her? With tensions running so high, will their love blossom or will secrets tear them apart forever? AU from 3x24. Complete.

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

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

"It's a love story baby just say yes" Castle and Beckett are in high school and started seeing each other. Jim Beckett doesn't approve of Castle and doesn't want Kate seeing him.

As Kate finds herself getting back on solid ground in her relationship with Castle, her world gets turned upside down by an unexpected visitor. As emotions run high and danger lurks will she and Castle be able to stand together and become stronger or will their secrets and lies eventually tear them apart? AU Set after 4x22 Undead Again. Cover Art by LordofKavaka. Now Edited 9/2015.

Kate Beckett was looking to spend the day at the park with her son. Rick Castle was looking to spend the day at the park with his daughter. Little did they know, what they would find in each other, would change their lives.

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.

Castle's been absent. Character study set somewhere in the spring of Season 2. I like to create back-stories for these wonderful characters and give them opportunities to flesh out their "off-camera" lives a bit. Marlowe & Miller et al own Castle and my heart. I only own my imagination, creativity, and excitement.

Kate Beckett, a pre-law college student and part time model is hired to start dating Rick Castle for publicity reasons. When they actually meet they hit it off immediately, and what started as a business deal for Kate quickly turns into something different for the both of them.

After a case goes wrong, Kate Beckett experiences an attempted rape. With the help of her friends and Castle, she works to overcome the after effects. Can Castle help her to overcome this? What does this mean for their future?

An old cliche with a twist. Rick and Kate meet in a book store, but not in the way you'd imagine. They start to get to know one another and soon find that they both have a lot of things going on that neither expected of the other. Can they make their baggage match, or will their histories clash too much?

AU. Kate Beckett has a secret, and that 'secret' is coming to town - what happens when she arrives, especially given that even Castle doesn't know who she is? Now complete.

Season four fic, set shortly after Once Upon a Crime. A misunderstanding makes the green-eyed monster rear its ugly head.

What if a lost notebook had brought Castle and Beckett together a long time before season 1?

AU fic: After two failed marriages and none of his books getting published, Richard Castle and his daughter moved into his mother's place and work in her coffee store, Muse. As a struggling writer, Castle is determined to get published. Can one of his regular customers, homicide detective Kate Beckett, change all that with a little inspiration? (Set in 2011 - Season 3).

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?

Post 6x23- Struggling to deal with Castle's disappearance, Beckett finds out that she has some additional motivation to find her missing fiance'

A collection of stories changing something, to change the direction or portrayal of an episode. These are mostly unrelated and are out of order. They don't essentially change canon. Chapters stand alone and feature many different forms and writing styles As usual, I own nothing, but Castle lives in my dreams. Follow me on twitter @CheerfulChemist

Castle and Beckett have made the move to DC after she says yes to both Castle and the job, but nothing is ever easy; at least nothing with them. Now that the dance is over and reality has set in; what life will they ultimately choose; one together or apart? Post Watershed - All spoilers game - Rated M - just to cover the bases. 2013 Castle Ficathon Entry #2 Cover Art dtrekker

"They're both having trouble sleeping, but when one is awake the other is dreaming." The Caskett Connection started before they even properly met, seeing each other in their dreams. He is the ruggedly handsome Derrick Storm to her Clara Strike, and she the mystery woman he's falling in love with who he may never meet outside the dreamworld. Awesome cover by dtrekker! #Ficathon2013

"Since it's our wedding day, I thought I'd make a couple of confessions. I can't think of a better gift, really. For the man who has everything, all you've ever wanted from me is … more juicy info about me." Unplanned second chapter now posted! AU Wedding fluff.

Just a few days before Kate leaves to have her first, and long awaited, baby, a case comes across her desk and she's determined to solve it before her last day. But it soon becomes apparent that there may be a far deadlier reason for a quick solve to be required.

This story follows one week in the life of Rick and Kate. Castle and Beckett hire a wedding planner.Turns out she is one of Castle's ex girlfriends and she has a renewed interest in getting involved with Rick. One of Kate's exes is called in to assist on a case. Murder, comedy and sex. Please leave feedback! thanks.

Castle and Beckett never met five years ago. Beckett's Mom's case remains unsolved, and Castle has no muse. What happens when their paths cross? An AU Target/Hunt meeting.

They meet again in the hospital. AU. Cover art by half0utloud.

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.

It started in a club and then ended like this. Reeling from a break-up, Kate Beckett is most definitely on the rebound. But what she gets instead is something she never imagined. AU

AU: Professor Alexander Rodgers was never one for the lime light. Though he moonlights as famed novelist, Richard Castle, his true pride lies in his work teaching at NYU. All this comes to a standstill however when he finds his worlds colliding, with his alter ego called out as a person of interest in a murder investigation.

What if Beckett lost it after her mother's death and her only sense of sanity came through Richard Edgar Castle's books? (Set before season 1. Winter kink Meme Fill) Beckett has abducted her favorite author and keeps him cuffed, tied up and or drugged in her bedroom to have her dirty way with him whenever she likes. AU. (This will hopefully be a memorable love story ;)

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture in front of him would indeed speak a thousand words to anyone else but to her he knew it had only spoken one. Betrayal. Rick centric story. Action/Adventure/HC/Angst. Rated T for occasional strong language and a violent scene in chapter 7. AU. OOC.

What if Castle met Kate instead of Meredith. AU.

Dying had been all too easy. It's coming back to life that's hard. AU, starting immediately after the shot in 3.24, Knockout. COMPLETE

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.

Based in a world where there was no Caskett doorway scene at the end of Always. Instead, that night ended with friendship and John Woo movies. Would Meredith's visit during Alexis' illness push Castle and Beckett together or break them apart for good? Winter Ficathon 13/14. Prompt one.

A requested fic for alwaysdefectivecastle. What would have happened in the Hamptons if a dead man hadn't fallen into the pool?

She doesn't like him. Not one tiny little bit. She hates him. She hates him every minute he turns those bedroom eyes on her and heats her blood and fries her nerves. Very early in Season 1. AU. Fill for the 2013 Winter Hiatus Kink Meme. No plot to speak of.

Waking up to the sound of his voice is intoxicating. Makes her feel safe. She'd know his voice anywhere. She'd always hear him... even now... when his heart is shattered... (Sometime early S6 - No spoilers) - COMPLETE - {2014 Castle FanFic Writer's Guild Winner - Fav. T Rated Multi-Chapter}

They had originally been so in love, yet their happy existence is slowly being ripped to shreds and all that Alexis is left with are broken fragments of an illusion. While she hides behind the happiest of smiles, Kate sees through the façade, and the detective is soon caught between her fiancé and his daughter, as she attempts to find a place inside her future family. AU after 6x05

"You turned me down. I had to move on, Kate." Castle said softly, as if his words were going to break her. And by the feeling of it, she might; because it was over. {Castle moves on and is a serious-as-a-heart-attack relationship with a woman that isn't Beckett. Kate, on the other hand, is still very madly in love} Spoilers at play. [ENTRY FOR CASTLE FICATHON 2013]

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

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

Beckett is in DC and Castle is in NYC - Post Watershed - with all spoilers inherently in play. Decisions have been made and stands taken, but someone from their past will force them to face one another one more time. Will Caskette conquer all? This is my first fanfiction EVER! Cover art by dtrekker - Castle 2013 Ficathon entry-Rating M for some language and later chapters.

Beckett is diagnosed with brain cancer. Set one month after Always/After the Storm.

Castle is LA collaborating with the Naked Heat team and Natalie Rhodes is booking on a performance no one - Castle included- will ever forget. Until he drops off the radar. Sequel to Roving Heat (but can be read without it).

Two years ago, she told him that she'd get him out if he ever ended up behind bars wrongfully accused of a crime. Unfortunately for him, the crime he's being accused of right now is against her, and until she wakes up, it's his word versus all the evidence piling up against him. Now AU because I'm slow and new episodes just keep coming out faster than I write new chapters. COMPLETE

Written for the prompt: Drunk Beckett. Kate and Lanie go out on a girls night, and Kate has a little bit too much. Cue Castle doing the gentlemanly thing and escorting her home. Silliness abounds.

Castle's actually a little offended that he didn't know about the supply closet at the Twelfth. Post-ep for Swan Song.

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th. It's five years before the season one meeting. Cartographical sent me and Sandiane Carter a list of AUs she wanted to see. We were both so excited about Vice Beckett that we each wrote our own. This is mine. Thanks to garnetgivealittlelove for the cover art.

It's said that laughter is the best medicine; but together, Castle and Beckett find something even greater.

"Are you seriously asking for my number, Castle!" A playful look at Castle's misadventures as he tries to work out Beckett's magic number, all before 'I do'. Rated T for safety due to chap.4 content

Early season five. Only one thing could get Kate to return to the 12th. Someone's after Castle.

Running errands is simple enough and Richard Castle is a grown man, he shouldn't need Kate Beckett by his side for menial tasks. Today is different. Today he needs her; he needs her with such an intensity that it alarms him. Set post Cops & Robbers, anytime before 47 Seconds and all that angst… One shot.

Lanie comes into the morgue and finds Kate laying on her table. This does not bode well. Post-4x20 The Limey, ignoring Headhunters and beyond. COMPLETE

All he knows is that he has to talk to her. He has to talk to her before they find him. For ER, who begged me. A companion to Sweetheart. Complete.

His laughter rings through the speaker, makes her heart leap. One shot. Complete.

A sequel to 'Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop'.

AU. What happens to Kate Beckett when the Dragon is slain - and she's charged with his murder?

When Castle injures himself in her world, necessity dictates Kate Beckett steps into his. Fluff. T for absolute safety.

Sometimes, the only way to become whole is to break first. Post-Limey/Headhunters.

A smirk played on her lips, and she stood, gliding those tips once again along the surface, and she watched him watch her. That steady movement, and his eyes darkened, deep pools of sapphire.

Beckett makes a bet with Esposito about watching Ryan's infant daughter thinking it was a piece of cake. Soon she finds out just why this really was a bet. Can she survive the weekend or is she in over her head?

A man is found dead with Castle's wallet in his pocket

She's going to do this. Right now. She's going to tell him what he told her.

When Castle's life is threatened, Kate makes the choice to leave everything behind to go after her mother's murderer. Two years later, she returns. But will Castle take her back? Or has too much time passed? AU

Beckett and Castle never seem to deal with it because they're so busy being in danger. So Lanie figured there is no time like the present.NOW COMPLETE.

Castle makes breakfast for his daughter and new girlfriend. Post Always Oneshot

Esposito said pancakes are an edible way to say, "Thank you so much for last night." Kate's not sure they could ever say enough.

Beckett has a nightmare. Post-Always.

A moment in the break room. Wishful thinking for the end of Undead Again, slight spoilers for the sneaks.

Tumblr prompt: "Can't sleep? Me either. Let's can't sleep together." One shot. Complete.

If she survives this, she resolves to kick him out from now on when she feels the slightest hint of a sniffle. One shot. Complete.

Kate Beckett was twenty-six when the biggest accident in her life occurred. Five years later, the biggest miracle happens. AU.

He had provided the spark, but it was she that would set them aflame.

Walls fall down; that's the nature of the beast. And no matter how Kate looks at it, she's staring at piles of rubble. And from rubble, where do they go next? Slight spoilers for 4x11 and beyond.

How could anyone be better than the image in his head? Meeting anyone but the head of the CIA would be a let down. A co-authored story from Chezchuckles and FanficwriterGHC.

Post-ep for the Wedding. SPOILERS. co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Multi-chapter.

COMPLETE. Set at the end of Boom! Season 2. Beckett stays over with Castle after he saves her life in the warehouse, and finds herself a little more vulnerable than she would like. Caskett, of course.

A car accident that's more than a car accident. A tour for too long. Loving more than being loved. A wedding that won't be planned. Castle/Beckett, Lanie/Esposito.

What if Kate hadn't realized the reality of her and Castle's situation so quickly in the beginning of Cuffed? What if she had let herself linger a little longer in what she thought was a dream? One shot.

Beckett and Castle have always been close, but a case that threatens to put Castle's life in danger pulls them even closer. Scared, confused, happy, in love. It's Castle and Kate, at their finest.

After a year and a half apart, Beckett and Castle meet again. The path to recovering their relationship won't be easy, but easy things are never worth it. Rated T for now. Warning: features issues like violence against women and sexual assault.

A continuation of Cops & Robbers, of the romantic kind. After almost losing Castle, once again, Kate realizes she needs to act before it might be too late. One Shot.

AU: carolina17 had this idea: What if Kate's mother was never murdered but her father was instead? This Kate Beckett never went to the police academy, grew up under the shadow of her mother's ambition, and has her own wall to deal with. COMPLETE

When Kate Beckett went to get her book signed by Richard Castle, she never imagined that she'd end up meeting his daughter, much less offering to babysit for the afternoon. AU.

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.***

"You can add vanilla to anything. It heightens the flavor, gives it warmth." RC and KB's first intimate encounter. Sometimes expectations are made to be broken. Absolutely no plot. M rating is probably a bit overkill, closer to T

"In retrospect, she should have noticed that the cup weighed about the same as any he'd brought to the precinct for her before, but lacked the usual sloshing of liquid inside." After a long day, Kate has a coffee craving. Castle has a surprise.

Ryan and Jenny's wedding is quickly approaching. What happens when both Kate Beckett and Rick Castle find themselves in need of a date?

"Always?" Josh asked sceptically, taking a step towards Kate. "What's that supposed to mean?" "Get a dictionary. I'm too tired to deal with this. Castle's my partner, okay? And 'always' is… nothing." Or is it?

"The best you can hope for is to find a place to make your stand. And if you're very lucky, you find someone willing to stand with you." As Kate recovers, she begins to realize the importance of Montgomery's words, both on the job and in life. Spoilers for Knockout. Complete.

How I think season 4 should start, realistically. A lot has changed over the summer: a new Captain, something's up with Castle. Beckett is back at work and re-considering their relationship, but Castle has other things on his mind...

Three months later. A sequel to "As For Now."

Esposito needs a little help with words. Castle is more than happy to oblige. Kate, however, has no idea what she's agreed to. And she agrees to far more than she planned.

Kate and Josh have broken up, and Kate and Castle have…well, they haven't anythinged. And tonight, they finally stop fighting it. Set somewhere at the end of Season Three, assuming that our shipper irritant is gone.

Kate Beckett wants no help from Castle. But she needs an apartment. Badly.

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.

Beckett goes undercover... without Castle by her side. And the latter is none too pleased.

Post-Countdown. Kate and Josh have dinner and a long conversation that leads to some interesting realizations.

Set a year or so into the future, Castle finds himself exhausted with the game Beckett and him are playing. When he threatens to quit shadowing her, Beckett has a decision to make.

After surviving so much together, Castle and Beckett discover that their greatest challenge lies in being apart.

Post Countdown... Castle and Kate find themselves addressing what they've tried to deny for so long! Will the truth finally come out? And will they finally do something about it! Caskett Rated M for sexual content

It's Ryan and Jenny's wedding and love is definitely in the air.

Ryan and Esposito find out exactly how Castle and Beckett got into the building to rescue them. Tag to 3x13. T 'cause I'm paranoid.

Castle and Beckett wake up handcuffed together in the middle of an empty warehouse. Will they be able to escape or do they have to wait for help to arrive? Castle/Beckett

Starts with the upcoming kiss from 3X13, and has some snippets about how their relationship might progress-or not-during the rest of the season . Just my guess. Hope you like it!

It didn't really matter what his rational mind told him: That it was a meaningless quip in response to a hypothetical conversation with Esposito. All he was able to do was equate "I'd get you out," to "I love you."

It's Christmas time and Kate can't understand what's making the King of Celebrations so... Grinchy. 2010 Annual Christmas Fic Challenge. C/B. Public Award Winner 2011 Castle Fan Awards!

Castle wants to try an experiment. Caskett. Post-"The Late Shaft"

They've both made a lot of assumptions and it's time to set the record straight. Spoilers for 224 but takes place LONG after.

Cawca Te tells Castle there's only one way to break the curse, and it involves Kate Beckett. Post-219 "Wrapped Up in Death"

A continuation of Dangerous Game. Highly recommended that you read that first. Beckett tries to figure out where she wants things to go with Castle. Meanwhile, a serial killer fixates on Beckett.

She'd never thought he'd be ready to marry again. Caskett fluff.

Beckett gets sick and Castle uses it as an opportunity to try to peel another layer off the Beckett onion.

Beckett is jealous. Castle wants to play a game. This could be dangerous.

Beckett finally realizes that she has feelings for Castle, but a clingy ex-girlfriend comes back into Castle's life and throws everything into chaos. Read and review please!

Spoilers thru Home Is Where the Heart Stops. Richard extends an unusual invitation to Kate Beckett after their appearance together at the Metro American Dance Theatre fund raiser.