"I remember crying over you and I don't mean a couple of tears and I'm blue. I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon." For the Castle fanfiction Challenge. "I'm in pain."

"How did we end up here again?" 8x15 Insert.

"The conversation between your fingers and someone else's skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have." - Iain Thomas. Oneshot. Set between Always and After the Storm.

"They say where you invest your love, you invest your life. For seven years, I'm immeasurably grateful you've spent it on me. I'm grateful you held onto me, hopeful for us when I often couldn't be. Fighting for us when I didn't know how, loving me before I knew I could love you back. You've given me all of you, and I will strive to do the same for the rest of my life. Always."

A night at the hospital shouldn't be fun, but when Beckett runs into Castle, he taps into her Christmas spirit – trying to rekindle its life with everything he's got.

"I'll find you in every story the universe writes us in. No matter where you are, no matter where you are, I'll be there...with coffee." A collection of oneshots. Collaboration between Prosemeds and Swallowedminds. Rating T for future chapters.

"Always," she mouths, leaving another kiss to taste. He nods, cradling her head as he rests his forehead on hers. "Always." And the promise lives on their breath, soldering both hearts; their unified souls a sun, untouchable, even by the darkest matter.

"To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping." Episode Insert for 8x05.

Always AU. Not much has changed in a year from the shooting. He still loves her. She's still looking the other way. Only now there's a lie and there's a secret. No cemetery. No gunshot. Just a soul lost. Pinned. Waiting. Not much has changed a year from when she almost died - but how the tables turn.

"This is me. This is something I should've done a long time ago, before we got together. I'm trying to keep you safe, just trust me, okay?" "Safe from what?" he snarls. A faint smile spreads her lips, contrasting the stream of tears trailing over them. "From me." 8x03 Ep Insert. AUish sorta. Angst galore.

"She keeps going over the details, the logic in her head, but only one conclusion keeps coming up amidst the haze of grief; when all is said and done, the only life she's concerned over is the one she loves. Not her own, but the one that showed her how to live, again. Richard Castle stays alive, no matter what that cost may be." 8x03 Spec fic based on promo. No spoilers.

8x02 Episode Insert. Missing scene(s) before Beckett comes home after the case and before she talks to Castle. May contain spoilers for episode.

AU. Two shot. It's his sick mother that calls Rick Rodgers back to his hometown in North Carolina. He's been gone far too long, and while many folks welcome him home, he's only concerned about seeing one. Kate Beckett.

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)

Beckett doesn't know what to expect for Castle's plans in the Hamptons for their first anniversary, but she certainly doesn't expect this. Suggestive themes.

Prompted from tumblr or randomly inspired one shots. Generally rated T, but be mindful of reading A/N or Prefaces.

Just one night...One night together with some scotch, some songs, and a dance or two to fall in love. Could they leave each other the next morning, boarding to fly separate ways? Would they stay instead? AU Meeting Fic. Prompt Response from Castlefanficprompts blog.