"He cares about you, Kate. You may not see it, may not have been ready to before all of this, but he does." An AU twist to 2x18, Boom!

Years pass and memories fade with time but his words never will because he wrote them down, every chapter of their story inked across the page for eternity. Sequel to Spiral Bound.

Season 2 finale AU. Lanie sees the disaster happening as Castle leaves with Gina. She talks to Beckett, then goes behind Beckett's back to stage an intervention. Life, love, cases, crises, etc. follow.

Season 3 story based on a Twitter prompt by Castlefied Forever. Set in the aftermath of 3x17: Countdown. One-shot. COMPLETE

A/U For years, he thought she was dead. Murdered - he had been a suspect. He loved her. He mourned her, but the problem was that that person didn't even exist. The Castle characters aren't mine, but I raise my glass in Auld Lang Syne to Marlowe and company.

A long lost relative, a curiously worded will, and an expansion of their partnership agreement lead Castle and Beckett down a path neither of them could have ever imagined. Caskett. Set mid-Season 3.

A sequel to A Night to Forget

A collection of Caskett drabbles, ficlets, and one-shots based on prompts. Today's offering: Observation - An outside perspective of a moment between Castle and his boys. Rated K.

She doesn't consider herself a cat person, but maybe Kate will make an exception for this cat. Two-shot.

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

A what-if from "47 Seconds." What if Kate had sent Ryan away when he interrupted Castle's speech about the victims and missed opportunities. One-shot. COMPLETE.

Thanks so much to Vala who sent me this prompt about a week ago! Without her this little something wouldn't have seen the light of day, so to say lol. Hope you're all having an amazing week! Prompt will be at the end of this one shot in order not to spoil too much. All you need to know is it's set in early S4, enjoy loves!

This is wrong, this is all wrong...she wants her husband.

'"You're a really good father," she mumbles, words he already knows, has heard countless times from her before. But after watching him work so persistently with their son, whispering endless encouragements into his ear, and picking him up each time he falls, she can't help speaking the truth again. "Just in case I hadn't said that today."'

Set weeks after Lily was born. Castle's losing battle with his overprotectiveness and paranoia has Beckett wanting to get out. Unfortunately, she runs into trouble. Originally published as a part of Castle Season 9 MOA project. A great bunch of stories written by an awesome bunch of writers. Check them out! Marlowe owns the characters, but the characters own my heart.

A/U just before "After the Storm." Complete.

"It's time to make the most of their lives. Starting with embracing the season, embracing the fun they can have with one another and their friends and family." A collection of holiday moments. Caskett. For the 2018 Castle Winter Ficathon. Complete.

The disappearance of Richard Castle rocked Kate Beckett's world—and his return just might do the same. Semi-AU Season 3. Post 3XK.

"There's always a story, always a chain of events that makes everything make sense." A collection of unrelated one shots, ficlets, and/or drabbles. I'm open to prompts.

"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.

What if it was Castle's voice Beckett heard calling for her while she was hanging from the edge of that building after all? An alternative take on 4x23, 'Always'. One shot.

AU set in the summer after S4. Castle and Beckett have left the precinct, but not together. Complete.

Continuing the three words prompt-fills from tumblr.

After leaving work early one night, Beckett surprises Castle with something magical. Season 7 fic. Caskett

For the May 2018 Castle Pornado: an episode insert for 6x03 "Need To Know." Because neither of them expected to see the other at the 12th Precinct that day, and the supply closet was right there, minding its own business.

"She gapes at him, utterly shocked and unbelieving. She must be dreaming. That's the only explanation for this because there is no way Dr. Burke just outright told her to have sex with Castle." Episode insert for 4x21 in which Beckett accidentally tells Burke what she really wants to do with Castle.

Beckett returns to the precinct to find that things have changed more than expected. Set early in Season 4.

Missing scenes and additional glimpses for the 'Hiraeth' universe.

He only needs to keep seeing her. To listen to her stories. He doesn't need to tell her about his missing book, because if he can only hear her brisk, uptown tones then the story is going to be there. He only needs to keep her near. AU, shortly before 1.1

A/U Meeting. Richard Castle is talented handing figures, but he didn't know he was missing a past part of his life until he met Detective Kate Beckett. I give all the credit to the original owners of Castle, but claim interest in their characters' unrealized appreciation. *No Accountants were harmed in the writing of this fic. #TaxFic

'She's just missed him, Paula tells her when she shows up at the site of his book signing, Heat Rises clutched to her chest and sealed against her bullet wound. "You've got the guy twisted up enough over you, either get him out of your system or move on already."' An alternative take on 4x01, 'Rise'. Four shot.

In which Castle recovers from the bullets to his chest, shows up at the Twelfth, and begins to slowly but surely weasel his way into Captain Beckett's life…and her heart. A reimagining of the series in which Castle & Beckett first meet in the 7x06 (Time of Our Lives) AU storyline. Entry for the Castle Ficathon Winter 2017. Complete.

A book with short stories about Castle and Beckett from the tv show Castle. The reason I have rated this story M is because I'm thinking of adding some short stories that are rated M in the future, so it's mostly to be safe. Prompts are taken from castlefanficprompts, fanficprompts (both tumblr) and sent in from you guys. Enjoy and feel free to review!

"When you called this morning, you said 'Tell me that you need me.'" She pauses at his sharp inhale, but quickly continues, as if she'll lose her nerve if she stops. "And I didn't say anything because it threw me off guard, then the rest of the day happened. But I do need you." A 4x07 post-ep. AU. COMPLETE

Christmas AU set during Season 4. Complete.

A series of Christmas themed one shots, each a glimpse into a minimum of ten previously written stories.

"Someday you're going to find that your way of facing this realistic world just doesn't work. And when you do, don't overlook those lovely intangibles. You'll discover those are the only things that are worthwhile." An AU story set after the events of 2x24, 'A Deadly Game', for Christmas.

In which Lily Castle sees something she shouldn't. Oops! A bit of utterly silly Christmas fluff.

Photographer Kate Beckett and aspiring novelist Rick Rodgers are perfectly content in their solitary lives. But it's only after an unlikely matchmaker conspires to have them meet that they realize how extraordinary their lives could become. A Castle AU for Summer Ficathon 2016 co-written by airbefore and caffinate-me.

She doesn't understand what happened between them, why it all went south. And at the touch of a hand it all comes rushing back to her, a wave of heavy emotion hitting her directly in the chest. Her eyes fall shut and she knows she's showing her hand, her heart, but god, she could have sworn they were headed somewhere five months ago. Probable Cause (5x05) AU

Castle's adventurous and creative courtship of Katherine Beckett. Just like Castle, Andrew Marlowe and his band of cronies have wooed us into playing in his adventure park. Thanks for your inspirational characters and for letting me hang around the sand box. Set during season five.

A post ep. 2x24 story, based upon a prompt I happened upon which had its author hoping to read about Rick and Kate's weekend in the Hamptons that never was, one that began as platonic but became a bit more.

Set after season 2, right before the beginning of season 3… goes AU from there. Castle and Beckett are reunited after a summer apart because of an accident. What will happen next? This is not Beta'd. All mistakes are mine. Amnesia trope (because I love it) You've been warned!

Her heart is beating so fast inside her chest she's positive that it will beat a hole and spill out on to the floor. Post 4x02 Heroes and Villains. Obviously, this is AU, so before you review and tell me something is 'off' take this into consideration please. (Ch. 5 is M rated. You have been warned.)

Entry Castle 2015 Summer Hiatus Ficathon. Kate has been recuperating from her shooting at Jim's cabin. Kate is having nightmares about her shooting and misses Castle. What if Jim confronts her about her feelings for him? Will she be able to deny them? This story will end after chapter 12, but there is a sequel in Return To Maine

A desk duty kind of day. Something for #CastlePornado. Don't look for too much plot. Definitely set before Always. Thanks Lou and Katherine for the read-through.

Some of the ways they got to know each other during Beckett's suspension. Shameless smut for the #CastlePornado.

Her husband looks great in anything, of course, but she especially loves the way his broad shoulders fill out the tailored suit jacket, how his ass looks in his slacks. How the Christmas lights strung from the ceiling reflect in his hair, against his skin. A season 7 M-rated one shot. COMPLETE.

Busy single mom Kate Beckett doesn't have time for unnecessary distractions, particularly from a certain mystery writer she meets on the subway. Then again, he might just be the exact thing she's been searching for. Caskett AU. Trigger warnings inside.

Set during 4x01 "Rise". AU from the bookstore signing scene. One-shot. COMPLETE

Third Installment in the Medical Attention Series: New York City was in a state of panic but he couldn't think about that right now, all he cared about was making sure his family was safe. S3 AU

A s7 one-shot for the following prompt: "Castle finds the letter that Royce sent now that they're married. They talk about their feelings etc and adorableness happens."

'Someone had kidnapped them. Handcuffed them together in what appeared to be a basement, the longer he studied their surroundings, and left them here with no apparent way out. All while Beckett was in the midst of a cold that suddenly sounds and feels far worse than it had this morning.' An AU take on 4x10, 'Cuffed'.

This is an AU story set in 2009. Richard Castle is engaged to marry a well-know Public Defender. During a TV interview he offers an opinion which puts him at odds with his friend the Mayor. As a result he agrees to work with the 12th Precinct where he meets their best detective, Kate Beckett and her team. His life quickly becomes, complicated.

A follow-up piece to 'Between Here and There,' catching up with Rick and Kate several months after their time in Chicago. They find themselves heading out on a vacation together and what one of them hopes to be much more.

"The closest I came to taking an art class was posing for one, as a model." Set early season 4. Inspired by 4x05, 'Eye of the Beholder'.

"Detective Castle, this is Katherine Beckett, famous mystery novelist with 26 bestsellers to date, perhaps 27 soon if this all works out. And your shadow for the foreseeable future." AU.

Kate Beckett only has one full length evening dress. And Richard Castle bought it for her. AU Insert for The Limey. I blame my husband for this one. COMPLETE

Forgiveness isn't something you are only granted by others. Forgiveness is something that you also have to grant to yourself. An AU starting about six months earlier than canon did, and in part a Christmas story. Please see warning in Ch1. COMPLETE.

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.