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.

lilacmermaid AU prompt: When Elizabeth meets Henry, he is raising his niece.

Henry was preparing dinner and waiting for his wife to come home when the DS agent showed up at the door to tell him exactly why Elizabeth was running late...

*2016 Winner MFA Awards Favorite Bones fanfic* Booth & Brennan, two sons & a daughter, friends & family and a life lived happily-ever-after. Told in random non-linear snippets. Expect warm and funny, poignant and touching, and a lot of fluff and stuff. Rated T for occasional creative cursing. AU - This story does not follow canon after S-7. Wiki: roots-and-wings.wikia(.)com

The team takes some much needed bonding time. What could possibly go wrong when they spend some time at Eliot's remote mountain cabin? Team Fic with my usual Nate/Sophie slant.

Rick Castle is father to a precocious 9-year-old Alexis who wants him to chaperone her class camping trip. The school decides to take advantage of a new NYPD program to have off-duty officers get involved with school activities. Enter Officer Kate Beckett, just over a year out of the police academy, but in need of a break from the stressful life of police work.

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.

A sweet and short glimpse into the possible future of Caskett. Oneshot.

Family can make anything better.