College AU in which Skye is deaf and Jemma is lonely. They don't speak the same language, but neither girl can deny there's something between them. [Skimmons]

This is not a continuous story, but a collection of Castle fics I've written from prompts. I am no longer accepting prompts. I've now marked this as complete. Thank you for all the prompts, for reading, and all the feedback. I hope y'all continue to enjoy these stories.

Sequel to my fic Just a Temporary Thing. AU season 3. Four months after the events of "Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom", Kate is still staying with the Castles. But could a family tragedy make this temporary arrangement a bit more permanent?

Takes place three years after early-season 5. Castle & Beckett haven't seen one another during that time, each going their separate ways. They both travel to Paris, neither knowing the other is there, & when their paths collide, desire & passion take over as they gain back those missed years & rediscover one another. . .Rated M. *Updated 07/07/2014* Final chapter is now up!

"There would be no unexpected sound of her key in the lock. No sound of stilettos across the floorboards. No laughing greeting or warm embrace or welcoming kiss. Not any more." -My entry for the 2013 Castle Hiatus Ficathon

Alexis didn't survive 'Hunt' and Castle never returned to New York. 5 years later he is back.

Highschool lovers, Kate and Rick meet after years of separation. Though their lives have gone completely opposite directions, that old spark is still there, urging them both to do something incredibly stupid. AU. I'm really bad at summaries- just give it a chance! PLEASE!

A valentine's day fanfiction, as a gift for everyone who's kind words fill me with love always. The bookends of Kate and Rick's second valentine's day together.

It should have brought them closer together, not torn them apart – she understands this now. What she doesn't know is whether any way back for them still remains. Future fic - Complete. **Winner of 'Favorite M rated Fanfic Multi-chp' in the 2013 Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Awards**

"This isn't your fault, Kate." An Under Fire post-ep. Spoilers for 06x11.

Holiday fic. A chapter a day. Spoilers for all US aired episodes. Set in the More Than Together universe, although I suppose it's not necessary to have read that fic to understand this one.

AU: Castle and Beckett meet, but in an unusual way - one of which neither of them want.

To the girl at the table near the back of the library...

Based on a monologue from the play Crave by Sarah Kane. Set a couple of weeks after the season five Valentine's Day episode. The quiet ways they love each other. One shot.

"Here, there is a sky full of stars she can actually see. There's the sound of the waves crashing, the smell of fall and salt air and fireplaces burning. There's a chill in the breeze off the ocean and the feel of sand underneath her feet." A collection of oneshots set in the Hamptons.

A place for little things that are too short to stand on their own. Rating varies anywhere from K-M depending on the chapter, be warned!

A baby, a funeral and a mission. Mindless fluff set February of season six, spoiler free.

They haven't spoken in three days. Not since the night they'd shouted at each other over the phone, the two hundred miles of earth between them fracturing, a chasm spreading wide and threatening to swallow them whole.

"I've got my eye on the door, Just waiting for you to walk in, But the time is ticking." Kate's been in DC for five months, it's Kate's Birthday, and Castle should have been there. Inspired by the song The Moment I Knew by Taylor Swift.

Her face pales as her eyes snap to the television screen. Future fic. Spoilers for Season 6. One-shot

It doesn't hurt as much now.

A one shot set in early season five, a few weeks after Secret's Safe With Me. A gift for Aisling, who deserves immeasurably more than this. M rated.

AU from season 4, in which Castle doesn't let Beckett run from him over the summer she recovers from the shooting. "She is sand slipping through your fingers. You need to hold on for one moment more." COMPLETE.

Beckett is diagnosed with brain cancer. Set one month after Always/After the Storm.

A Castle/Beckett baby fic. "He'll never lie and say that he didn't picture it sometimes, Kate with a swollen stomach, glowing. He knows she's imagined it too. He's seen the deep flush of her cheeks late at night when he catches her daydreaming." Cover art by houghtonsbeckett. COMPLETE.

It's slow tonight, calm, laced with a tenderness that almost aches. Episode tag for 5x19, "The Lives of Others." Complete.

Happy Birthday, Richard Castle. No spoilers.

Post 'The Wild Rover' —Beckett finds out who Jordan is.

"Fan of the genre, remember?" Beckett does some light reading in bed.

He hates that this woman, this maddening woman, who hurt him so deeply, so seemingly irrevocably, can still undo him effortlessly. He hates her for it. He hates himself for it. Takes place during The Limey.

This...this is so much more than just a drawer. Short post-ep for 5x14.

Post ep for 5x11. For all those of you who wanted more of Castle and Beckett.

Spoilers for 5x10: 'Significant Others'. Based on the final scene. "She watches Castle's nervous energy spike giddily as he reacts to the relief of getting his life back in order, everyone back in their own little compartment; no bleeding between the lines, no comingling, separate boxes for everything, and everyone in their appropriate place." 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.

The moonlight casts a silver glow across the walls, a shimmering haze that draws her attention, the edges waving as the clouds roll past. She can feel the remnants of the champagne working through her body, the little bubbles hitching a ride in her blood, making her head float and her skin tingle. *One Shot. Complete*

Castle smiles, ruffling Ava's hair. She grunts softly but her little hands wrap around his back as if grounding herself to him, staying safe and warm. On the other end of the phone, Kate laughs, but there's something there; longing or regret and his eyes close. "You're not going to be home by midnight, are you?"

Kates plans for Christmas? Romance throughout the holiday Season.

Mild Spoilers for 5x09 "Secret Santa" "This Christmas is going to be awesome!" he declares, pressing his fingers over his mouth to contain the excitement that looks ready to fly out of him and race around the room somewhere near the ceiling, like the witch in the Wizard of Oz. Change of Rating to M. COMPLETE

He loves this time of year, the way the whole world seems to soften and slow, wrapped in a haze of twinkling lights and the spirit of the season. *Written for the Christmas fic competition at 12th Precinct. First place winner of public and judges' vote.*

Christmas Fluff- Oneshot

Because she may not be ready to hear the words again, but he wants to make sure that she knows how much he loves her.

Beckett has a nightmare about her shooting. Spoiler up until now I guess.

Beckett turns in a slow circle, surveying the damage around her. One shot. Prequel to Fluff.

What if Castle didn't open the door in Always? Time jump after Chapter 1.

Second in the Sleep series. Necessary to have read only Dash Away, but I suggest reading these in the order posted on my profile. A prequel in the chronology of the Dash Universe.

The secrets have been exposed, and our favorite duo has split. What happens when they meet one year later? Rated T for future chapters.

It can never be enough, making up for all the time they've missed. She laughs, full and rich, shaking with it and it's infectious. He grins, pressing his forehead against hers as he watches the light fill her face. He lets the backs of his fingers graze her cheek, overwhelmed by her, by this, them-Everything. COMPLETE.

"You can kid the world, but not your sister"-Charlotte Grey. It's been five years, but Cassie Beckett is back in NYC, and she won't let anything stand in the way of her big sister's happiness, not even Kate herself. A BabySisterBeckett!Fic. Nominated for the the 12th Precinct's Fan Awards: Best Character Specific Fic. COMPLETE

Yet another 'After Always' story. Beckett is still Beckett and Castle is still Castle. How will that shape their first morning together?

Rick and Kate love to break the rules, at least where their sex life is concerned. Where will they break a few rules next? Rated M. *Updated 10/19/2012* Final chapter is now up!

AU - 'Kate didn't have any luck at all that day. Or week, for that matter.' Takes place in college! Castle & Beckett.

He wants what he knows he shouldn't. It's wrong. These feelings are making him into something he doesn't want to be.

Set around 6 months after "Always." Kate has her job back and it's a normal day as a detective or so she thought. When Kate's past comes back to haunt her how will Castle take the news Kate has to share.

The story of how Castle and Beckett get totally busted by literally every person they know.

Of all the possible scenarios that her mind, and even Castle's more twisted mind, had come up with, this was far, far worse. COMPLETE.

Death isn't permanent. It can't be. Their story is not over. Takes place during Linchpin.

His laughter rings through the speaker, makes her heart leap. One shot. Complete.

Castle and Beckett have sex in the New York Public Library. Vaguely Post-Always.

Yves finds Sofia in New York years later. Xover btwn Castle and FLO you don't have to watch either to understand. Yves/Sofia

The panic attacks came back. And the nightmares and the fear-a constant, heavy thing, buzzing in her peripheral vision, clattering in the back of her mind. And he was gone. There was that, too. Post "The Limey". Castle/Beckett figuring things out.

Post 47 seconds. What can happen when silence is all there is.

They have a deal.

Set after the events of Season 2's "Tick, Tick, Tick/Boom" arc. What if Kate had stayed with the Castles for longer than we saw on the show?

Beckett isn't the only one who has trouble.

They thought this was his most remarkable dedication yet. But he didn't write it for them. He wrote it for her, and she would be the only one who'd never get to see it. One-shot, terribly sad, spoilers, major character death. But... give it a chance.

Her last stop is the dresser, where she removes her rings and sets them down into their velvet box. Standing next to it is a framed photograph that she tries not to look at too often. But today she needs that little push, and she finds it in his smile.

Something wrong, Kate?" he asked. "Do they have anything in common? The women you sleep with?" and there it was, the slight hint of jealousy.

It's Kate Beckett's worst nightmare come true. The DA wants Castle to testify at a murder trial. And the cross-examination doesn't go exactly as planned. By popular request, NOW UPDATED WITH A SECOND CHAPTER