"The hell you don't remember. Do you want to know trauma? I was shot in the chest and I remember every second of it." And suddenly, she did. AU from 47 Seconds. #Castleficathon2019

One-shot based on the end scene in 3x21: Dead Pool when Beckett tells Castle that from now on she's a one-writer girl. COMPLETE

He was leaving. This might be the last time she saw him. This could be her last chance to be with him. And she wanted that. She wanted him. 2x05 AU. ONESHOT. For Castle Pornado.

"Only bought this dress so you could take it off." 4x20 AU in which Castle goes undercover with Beckett in The Limey and she wears the black dress for him.

"She thinks he's just watching all of the girls, but then he's still staring at her when she looks again a few minutes later. He's not watching all the girls, he's watching her." AU. Kate's a stripper, Rick meets her at a bachelor party. Prompt fill.

Kate Beckett or, as you might know her, Nikki Heat has been in the business since she was sixteen years old. And everything was fine, or at least so she thought it was, until she met him. He wasn't like the others, he didn't understand it was a job. Because it WAS. A. JOB. It was HER job. Her job to satisfy his, and others', needs. But what does one do when the job turns into more?

Bringing up both hands Castle scrubbed them across his forehead and asked himself for the millionth time: Why? Why couldn't he just let her go? Caskett Angst post The Limey

"Beckett," Castle calls, dropping his forehead against the door's frame while his arm remains upright, mechanically slamming his fist into the surface of the door. "Why aren't you answering?" Ah, definitely drunk then.' A season 4 AU set between 4x21, 'Headhunters', and 4x22, 'Undead Again'. For AC.

'She's in the middle of seducing Nigel Wyndham with her words, earning his interest with ease, and he's about to give up that champagne glass he'd been nursing with his prints all over it, when a hand touches her waist, a throat clears. "May I cut in?"' An AU insert for 4x20, 'The Limey'.

Her best friend was getting married, and Kate Beckett needed a date. What she got was more than she bargained for. Caskett AU meeting. Based on the movie of the same name. Castle Summer 2016 Ficathon Entry. Complete.

Kate Beckett never expected to find herself nineteen, pregnant, and motherless, but that was the hand life dealt her and she was dealing with it the best she could. She had finally decided to give her baby up for adoption when the baby's father showed up and complicated things. Richard Castle had a tendency to do that. (Caskett AU)

'Loving her wasn't going away quietly. Loving her might break him.' Takes place after 4x21 Headhunters. Co-authored by jstar1382, chezchuckles and griever11.

"She can't get the image out of her head: the way Castle had looked at her when she walked across the bullpen earlier tonight wearing that strapless black gown." Set during "The Limey."

Set during 4x11: "Till Death Do Us Part" Jenny is in need of an extra bridesmaid. Three-shot.

When a bridesmaid is killed hours before a wedding, Ryan and Esposito are called to solve the case. Serving as their shadow, Rick Castle runs headlong into his past; ex-girlfriend and current bride, Kate Beckett. An AU re-telling of 2x12 'A Rose For Everafter'. [An eight-part prompt from the Castle fanfics prompt blog on Tumblr.]

It'd been one of the more bizarre phone calls she'd ever received... AU post-ep for episode 4x20, 'The Limey.'

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.

An alternative to how Castle and Beckett get together, starts after 4x22 Undead Again.

AU set post 3x22: Unbeknownst to Kate, Castle already made a deal with her captain to shadow her. Unbeknownst to Castle, Kate has a huge secret. For Summer 2015/2016 Castle Ficathon.

Set around "Headhunters". -The hammer blow comes when she least expects it, and it's devastating. He wants to follow another cop, and not just any other cop. He wants to follow Ethan Slaughter, this uncouth meathead from Gangs whose last three partners all died on the job under questionable circumstances, earning Slaughter the unfortunate nickname: "The Widowmaker."

When a power surge and overloaded transmission line cuts power to the city, Beckett and Castle find themselves trapped with only one method of illumination.

AU: Castle is the fun English teacher. Beckett is the strict English teacher. All their students ship them together. (And they may ship themselves together, too). Castle Ficathon 2015 Entry.

Summary: What is it that Professor Rodgers had for his student Katherine Beckett? No one knew. Is it mutual? Will they cross the borders? Angst&Romance

'He's silent beside her, quiet fury and disbelief radiating from the tense set of his frame. And if she's going to be trapped here with him, if he's forced to remain inside this car until the storm blows over, she may as well speak her truths while she has the chance. Even if it is too late.' Castle and Beckett are stuck in a blizzard together. Post 4x22, Undead Again.

When Special Agent Kate Beckett is offered an interview for a Secret Service position at the White House she didn't know what to expect, but even less than the position as personal protection for the first daughter, she never expected him. President/SSA AU. COMPLETE.

While staying at Castle's loft after her apartment has blown up, Beckett stumbles on something…surprising. Set shortly after 2x18. Complete.

"She glanced down at the slip of paper on the passenger seat, crossed with the hasty scrawl of the address. Yup. This was the place, all right." What if, in Headhunters, Castle found himself dumped out in the sticks mid-investigation by Slaughter? Belated birthday present for the lovely Nic/ColieMacKenzie. Twoshot. Rating will go up in the second chapter.

Detective Kate Beckett and mystery novelist Richard Castle are both on their way home to New York when their flight gets rerouted, but worse things could happen than being stranded in Montana for Christmas. Right? A Christmas AU set around the season 3/4 time frame.

In order to pay off her family debts, Katherine Beckett volunteers to work at the royal castle. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she meets the prince. AU Thanks to Emma for the awesome cover art.

A sort of AU post episode universe. Kate and Castle meeting in a coffee shop after each case, to talk things out and have a moment of closeness.

"What is she thinking? Uprooting her life, leaving the only town she's ever called home, and, even worse, dragging her father along because she's too selfish to leave him behind. But the new job should excite her. And it does. Secret Service Agent? It's a leap she never thought she'd take." Based on a prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a gated community, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Set Christmastime of season four, after Cuffed.

Castle and Beckett both join the same dating website after incessant encouragement from their family and friends and start talking to each other without knowing it due to the anonymity of their profiles. Loosely based on "You've Got Mail." My entry for the Rom Com Fic Challenge.

"Still, she's smiling, and it's the same gorgeous, open smile that he's seen more in the past several weeks than in their first few years of working together, stunning in its sincerity. If he didn't know better, he'd think it held an unspoken dream, curved around honesty and love and forever." Castle and Kate attend Ryan's wedding just as their own relationship is falling apart.

"Okay, look, I think maybe you're hoping for perfect, Beckett. All this work you've been putting in…it's great. Really great. But I can tell you for a fact…perfect doesn't exist." One shot post-4x22 "Undead Again". COMPLETE

Au after season 4. Kate didn't come to Rick's loft. Will she get him back, or will he be lost to her forever?

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."

Season 4 AU. Wounds take time to heal. Sins...sometimes longer. (Prompt from Castlefanficprompts: Cops and Robbers post 47 seconds.) Cover Art inspired by Calpal052699/whatifellinlovewith (tumblr)

'Just another job, that's all Richard Castle would ever be. Maybe if she repeated it enough, she would actually believe it.' Based on a gifset by veraflynns on tumblr.

He doesn't want to care. He doesn't want to be concerned. He doesn't want to love her as much as she does. Prompt from castlefanficprompts.

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

"She's so ready for this. For him. For happiness and love and movie dates." AU - what might have happened had they gotten to have that Jon Woo marathon. One shot. Complete.

"But the longer she stares at him, the more she realizes that she knows him, that she dated him in high school, and that this is the man who took her virginity." Inspired by this tumblr prompt: childhood sweethearts who moved away and then into the same apartment block by chance AU

"Maybe this is what he deserves. To find someone that can actually give him everything I thought I could give him, and everything I can't." - A little bit of an AU, set sometime between The Limey & Headhunters.

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

Castle escapes to Vegas for the weekend to "clear his head". Beckett ends up on the first flight out to sin city to change his mind. Set immediately before 4x20, The Limey. Three shot.

Prompt: Caskett Meeting AU. When Beckett gets pregnant with (author's choice)'s child, the father abandons his girlfriend and baby. Beckett meets Castle, who is her OB/GYN when she goes to have appointments for her baby.

Based off of the tumblr prompt: 'Kate writes Castle a letter telling him she loves him and she's sorry because they lost their chance since Castle's done waiting.' Set after 4x21, Headhunters.

Prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr; '"It's raining on the bus stop and you have a big umbrella sooo…"' Pre-Series meeting AU.

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.

Post-Ep for '47 Seconds'. "I need a word with you." Castle's voice cuts through the hubbub of the bullpen even though he has it purposefully toned low. Low and rough, scraping at his vocal cords with a touch of something dark and smoky that tugs at Kate's gut, exciting and scaring her in equal measure.

Prompt: AU - Castle and Beckett were both set up on blind dates at the same restaurant, but their dates don't show and they start talking and hit it off. (Anonymous prompt from the castlefanficprompts tumblr).

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.

She crossed her toned, endlessly long legs, tugged down the edge of her tight skirt that had ridden up her thighs, checked her watch. Sadness, annoyance, resentment flashed across her face in quick succession, well hidden to anyone who wasn't watching closely, who was not as attuned, not used to observe quite as closely... An AU Caskett meeting.

A post-ep to "Undead Again" bridging the gap between what happened between Castle and Beckett in that ep and the beginning of "Always." Because I always felt that the post-"47 Seconds" story arc got resolved too quickly in "Undead Again."

Season 4 story. Castle has been giving the Beckett the cold shoulder, and she doesn't know why. He's so different than he was, and she can't help but wonder if she's missed her chance. One night, the tension finally gets to her and she tries to numb the pain. Set somewhere after 4x19, "47 seconds" and before 4x22, "Undead Again". - Update 10/19/14 - now a multi-chapter story.

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.

'She hadn't meant to hear. And she most definitely hadn't meant to feel her stomach flip, with something like elation, something like hope, and something too much like relief.' Post 3x12, Poof! You're Dead. For Laura. COMPLETE.

AU. Rick's completed the Storm series and is looking for a female muse for inspiration. He hears about the stunning, illustrious Diamond through an exclusive men's club and decides he has to meet the high-end escort for himself. He's amazed by her hidden depths and floored by the realization that he just might not be man enough to handle her. (Romance/Angst)

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.

When Beckett gets the flu during her time of the month, she is in for a long few days. Or is something else going on? Regardless, Castle is there for her to lean on through it all.

[Post "47 Seconds." Long one-shot.] Castle and Beckett have a long-overdue heart to heart with many miles between them.

lousiemcdoogle's prompt: When Demming asks Castle if there's something between him and Beckett, Castle doesn't say no.

AU 4x20 "The Limey". Qu'est-il arrivé à Jacinda. Castle veut oublier Kate. Martha et Alexis, peuvent-elles intervenir avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

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

Kate Beckett hates hospitals. She hates the white linoleum tiles and how she can't help but wonder how often they are stained red. She hates how the walls all look the same, that no one could paint on even an ounce of joy. But what she hates most now is that her grandfather is there and she has no idea why. Post-Undead Again.

Episode insert for 4x16 Linchpin. When Kate and Castle have their argument in the morgue, what would have happened if he had responded to her "Sleep with whoever you want - the more, the merrier!" comment honestly? Written for a prompt/challenge on Twitter. One Shot.

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

After the Limey, only Castle didn't go out with Jacinda and Kate didn't go out with Colin. Sometimes you need to just face the facts and admit things to each other. But getting together to talk is the hard part. One shot... no smut, sorry

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

Definitely AU. Kate attends a ball where she meets Rick, not realizing he's the Prince. This started out as just some one-shot I was doing, but it turned into a multi-chapter story.

AU: When Alexis gets kidnapped, Castle and Beckett must put aside their differences and bring her back. Set between 47 Seconds-Undead Again. This is my first fic, so tell me what you think. Cover art done by the lovely shakeitlikeaparsnip from Tumblr.

Kate Beckett realizes what she really wants, but will she be too late to get it? And what's with the Castle that we thought we knew?

Sir Richard Castle, a wealthy & successful writer in 19th Century England, does everything to please his wonderful daughter Alexis. So when she wants to go to London to meet the infamous crimestopper Lady Beckett, his love, combined with his writer's curiosity, make him powerless to refuse. But who, really, is this Lady Beckett that the Castles are so desperate to meet? *COMPLETE*

"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 happens when a jealous ex finds out Caskett are a couple. Just some fluff to make us feel good about our pair.

Castle and Beckett are trapped in a very small space together and both have to fight their sexual attraction while in a dangerous situation. Hotness/smut ensues. (Based on the kink meme prompt: No existing relationship, in a tight/confined space, inadvertent frontage leads to orgasms) Set during season 4 before 47 seconds.

Post 47 seconds. An unexpected guest throws Castle off and makes Beckett jealous. What does her appearance have to do with Kate's shooting? What does the mysterious murder of a fellow detective have to do with any of this? Angsty beginning, fluffy ending, and a roller coaster in the middle. Hang on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Spoilers through 4.19, AU thereafter.

Castle is forced to be on the sidelines this time and watch Kate work undercover in a sleazy bar... He thought he could handle seeing her dressed scantily with patrons hitting on her, but come to find out, he's more possessive of her than he originally thought. (Set season 5, before 'Target') Strong Rating T.

Castle and Beckett are drifting apart, but will a sudden accident bring them back together? Told from both Castle and Beckett's perspectives. Picks up at 4x20. Lots of Caskett. M for future potential. *Now Complete*

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.

Summary: Castle receives uncertain news from his doctor, and Kate helps him through the earliest part of the journey. This is an AU story with minor spoilers, if any. Takes place roughly between Undead Again and Always. More story info in notes before story. Rating may change as the story goes on. This one is also going to get dark at times. "It is always darkest before the dawn"

He has to get her out of his system somehow . . . Post-episode aftermath for 'The Limey' and going AU from there.

*Kate has been kidnapped* by an underground sex trafficking ring. Castle's trying to save her. This story is on the dark side as it will have light torture, light bondage, voyeurism. No BDSM / No rape. Strong Rating. *This is my personal favorite story*

When Castle and Beckett are sent to chase down a lead out of town and have to spend a few days staying in the same hotel room, things get a little... interesting. Smut-warning applies. Now complete.

CASKETT. Missing scenes for "To Love and Die in LA". While in LA, Castle and Beckett sleep together.

After nine years of marriage, Rick Castle finally has to get out. But when the daughter of an old friend comes into his life, he starts to find a reason to work for more. AU, Now Complete, with Epilogue.

Castle has to find a way to apologize to a very jealous Beckett...

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

After Headhunters but completely AU after that. Misunderstandings which cause them to have extreme reactions. Someone will get hurt trying to escape the pain of feeling unloved. Will they make it? Very angsty...and will eventually have some M chapters

Based on an idea from the chat during 'The Limey'. What if Beckett and Castle were locked in a room together by their friends and family, and weren't allowed to come out until they talked honestly? Rated M for future potential.

AU. What happens when two people, who are perfect for each other, meet in exactly the right place at the completely wrong time? For literature professor Katherine Beckett and writer Richard Castle, only time will tell. COMPLETE.

When Martha notices her son's behavior growing increasingly erratic, she decides an intervention is in order if Castle ever hopes to reach his "happily ever after." Set sometime between 47 Secs and Undead Again, so general spoilers.

Kate figures out why Castle has been pulling away from her and knows what she needs to do before he leaves for good. There was never going to be a perfect time to tell him how she feels. Set during the events of "Undead Again". Not canon if you've seen it

There's a moment of silence and then he speaks, his voice both soft and resolute. "I'll meet you there." Spoilers for 4x22 and 4x23. Complete.

Now he knows he's just a plucky sidekick, and nothing more. Not her One and Done. Not the man she wanted to be with. Not enough. -Post-ep 47 Seconds. Spoilers for 4x19/4x20. I ain't kidding when I say it's angsty.

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

'It's just a brown coat . . . Except that it really isn't, not to her.' Post Ep. 'Headhunters'.

Castle knows she heard him and confronts her. Kind of. Set after sneak peek 5 for 4x20, or rather, continuing it. One-shot. Complete

Post-ep for Headhunters. Beckett stops by Castle's loft to fix some things, both skin deep and otherwise.

Castle and Beckett investigate a spate of high profile strangling cases in SoHo, finding themselves wrestling with their feelings for one another along the way. Drama, angst, love and romance. COMPLETE!

It's always the darkest right before dawn. A 'Limey' Post-Ep.

Can Ryan and Esposito talk... make that threaten... some sense into Castle? Fallout from 47 Seconds, The Limey and Headhunters promo. *Extra: Epilogue now up*

Castle's feigned indifference can only go so far when the gang crimes detective he's following shows an interest in Beckett. Oneshot. Post 47 Seconds and The Limey, Spoilers for Headhunters.

She can't believe their moment is going to happen here, in a hospital room, when she can't even reach out to stop him. Slight Spoilers for 4x21.

A slice of wishful thinking for Headhunters. Castle takes a walk late at night in Central Park to clear his head and runs into his partner and a long overdue talk ensues. Slight spoilers for 47 Seconds and The Limey. Includes fluff because I'm a fangirl.

'This is how the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper.' - "The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot :: Spoilers for post-'47 Seconds' and 'The Limey'

"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers as to why you're evidently injured and not in a hospital." Minor,synopsis mainly,SPOILERS for "Headhunters" 4x21. *Chapter 5 up now. COMPLETE

Prequel to 4x20 "The Limey." Castle tries to hit the off switch, but even a weekend in Vegas can't do much to erase three years of Kate Beckett in his mind. Angst and introspection. One-shot.

Castle and Beckett get stuck inside of Castle's apartment during a snowstorm...

Castle and Beckett get some unsolicited outside advice and insight. What they do with it is up to them. This starts right after The Limey and has a couple of lines that reference the Headhunters promo, but it's not really spoilery.

Takes place right after 'The Limey' ends. Kate would have never guessed who'd she'd see sitting in the back corner booth of The Old Haunt. One-shot

Spoiler Alert for 4x20 'The Limey'. I watched Sneak Peak 5 today...and so, this... Cue the red Ferrari. COMPLETE

"You let her fall, Castle. Now you have to let her heal." Lanie talks to Castle about Kate... SPOILERS FOR 4X20 AND 4X21!

Castle overhears Kate being asked out on a date by another man. Oneshot. Post 47 Seconds and SPOILERS for The Limey.

She slides down to the floor, curling her arms around her legs, her cheek resting on top of her knees. She is not leaving until he tells her what the hell is going on with him.

Kate Beckett had never been the jealous type; but then, Richard Castle had a habit of changing things.

co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Beckett and Castle are assigned to work a case undercover.

The last thing Kate wants to do is attend her grandmother's 80th birthday party. But she has to.

Kate is given guardianship of a friend's one-year-old daughter. Castle tries to help in his own unique way. Chaos and fluff ensues.

Castle and Beckett go undercover at a marriage counseling retreat. M for a reason kids...

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Eye of the Beholder". Castle and Beckett go out for burgers and talk some more about kissing.

It's the second time Castle has kissed a woman to create a distraction. This time, however, Kate Beckett is jealous. Based on the picture of Castle and Serena...you know the one...and the promo. Spoilers for 4x05.

Takes place after Countdown. Castle and Beckett finally talk about their undercover kiss, what it truly meant to both of them, and where they want to go from here. Story is now complete with an epilogue!

Beckett is sick and Castle takes care of her. Pure fluffy goodness - very little plot for the time being. I upped the rating because I realise that every now and again, there's a bad word :o

What happens when Beckett gets jealous of Natalie? Does it result in Beckett and Castle getting together or being forced apart?

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