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.

Two years ago, she told him that she'd get him out if he ever ended up behind bars wrongfully accused of a crime. Unfortunately for him, the crime he's being accused of right now is against her, and until she wakes up, it's his word versus all the evidence piling up against him. Now AU because I'm slow and new episodes just keep coming out faster than I write new chapters. COMPLETE

"I haven't been able to resist you since the day we first met. Even if you were hostile and rude." - The only post-"Always" fic you're likely to see where they don't immediately sleep together. Light on angst. Spoilers for anything through 4x20. - NOW COMPLETE.

It was an important milestone in her life. But no one was there to clap and cheer and take pictures. Instead, she was alone.

Going to Ryan's wedding so close to the thirteenth anniversary of her mother's death takes a toll on Kate.

This is the universal symbol for a hug.

AU. Set after Johanna's death. When an elevator brings Kate and Rick together, fate seems to have it's own plan for the pair of them.

Out of heartbreak comes a new life for more than one person.

When Beckett makes an embarrassing admission at a crime scene, Castle lets her in on a guilty little secret of his own.

He rearranges her words until he has hope.

Spoilers for 3x24. At first, Kate was thankful that Josh had done her lifesaving surgery. But as she recovered, she began to understand what it truly meant to be there for someone and realized that Josh had never been the one she could count on.

Post-Knockout one shot. "He ripped the page off furiously, his sorrow-stricken face plastered on the cover of a gossip magazine. . ."

"Katherine Beckett. It had been a name that had gone through many transformations during the life of the beautiful detective." Future-fic, Kate-centric, Caskett but not prominent :