Richard Castle and Kate Beckett try to take a long hard look at their relationship, while unknown people are on the warpath. In progress, updates Wednesdays.

This is a post-headhunters fic. It was brewing in my head and I had to get it out. One shot.

After Linchpin contains spoilers up to and including Season 4:16 Castle and Beckett once AGAIN have to deal with the fallout from near death. Or do they? They've managed perfectly well not to so far.

a co-authored story by chezchuckles, FanficwriterGHC, International08, JeuxDeVagues, Sandiane Carter, and Topsy. After Beckett is shot, Mr Smith enters the picture to 'save the day.' But who is Mr. Smith and what is he to Beckett and Castle?

We all know the guy behind the conspiracy, "the dragon", is going to eventually get caught. This is not how that arrest will take place.

An additional/alternative ending to "Once Upon A Crime"

She seems to realise her mistake the moment the words leave her lips.

SPOILERS - Pandora/Linchpin - 'Your songs remind me of swimming which I forgot when I started to sink.'

For Julie, who needs Castle and Beckett to not miss their moment.

SPOILERS for Once Upon a Crime - season four arc - post-ep oneshot. COMPLETE.

Secrets come in all shapes and sizes, and they all come out eventually. You'll want to have seen Linchpin and not as importantly Once Upon a Crime before you read this.

Takes place after Cops and Robbers

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

Beckett. There wasn't much left of her. It was like another person had stepped in and taken over her body – a much weaker and far more vulnerable person. s4 spoilers.

The one big connection between the recent murders is a symbol - a circle and a cross. COMPLETE.

Spoilers within for "The Blue Butterfly" S04E14 . An alternate/continuation to the ending of the episode.

When you can't run you walk; when you can't walk you crawl; and when you can't crawl you find someone to carry you. Kate Beckett had come to the moment in life when she realized that when she couldn't crawl, she needed to be carried out.

Castle spins a story about a 65-year-old case that has present day implications for him and Beckett. Spoilers and speculations for 4x14, The Blue Butterfly.

A seemingly innocent gift from Castle sends Kate on a journey to rediscover her past and possibly a wall-less future. Post "Cuffed." Romance/Angst/Humour/Friendship.

Castle tries to convince Beckett of the magic of the season. A chapter posted every day. COMPLETE

Castle drags Beckett to a police Christmas Carnival and from there on things start changing between them. Tiny "Cuffed" spoiler.

"It was essentially the basic Properties of Equality. Her dad was important to Kate; Alexis was important to her Dad; therefore, Alexis was important to Kate." Two-shot, Kate x Alexis family fluff with some Caskett to taste set sometime after 04x07.

He tries not to think about how comfortable he is with death or what he might have become if his mother hadn't raised him so well. Minor spoilers form "3XK" and "Little Girl Lost"

Coffee and pie, conversations and confessions. She's had almost thirteen years to build up her walls, but if ever there was a reason to tear them down it's him.

It was a Friday afternoon, there were two days until Christmas, and the forecast called for snow – not even Captain Gates was foolish enough to believe anyone would be getting much more done that day.

Standing in a strange hallway wrapped in bath towels, Beckett unexpectedly seeks the steady warmth that Castle offers. The crime scene revolves around them but for the briefest of moments they are lost in each other.

Alexis looks back on when she first learned of love. Just a little one-shot :

The way I would have loved the hotel room scene of Castle's s03 e22 "To love and die in L.A." to develop. Just my fantasy, though...

Because he can't be falling in love with her, he just can't be falling in love.