This is a collection of light, fluffy one-shots starring our favorite duo, Castle and Beckett. Not in any particular order - just as I write them. Some have more than one chapter. It is clear which ones go together since I give each fic/chapter a title. The latest update is a secret kissing one-shot.

Beckett reads something she shouldn't in Castle's office. Set immediately after 2x18 "Boom!" Complete.

A collection of those one shots I consider too small to stand on their own. So, stories with less/around 1k words each. Will most likely post them on Tumblr (lololova) too since, after a poll on Twitter (lololovax), that's what most of you guys wanted. All will be about Castle and Beckett and the things/people surrounding them (but still with Caskett as the main).

Prompt: My flight was delayed 3 hours so I was doing what any human does when they're bored. Minding my own business swiping through tinder & the guy behind me goes "ouch hard no for that one?" And I turn around ONLY TO SEE THE MAN I JUST SWIPED NO ON BEHIND ME HAHAHA

When Castle and Beckett cross paths on a dating app, will this be the thing that finally brings them together or will it drive them apart?

A collection of unrelated one-shots exploring various 'what if' scenarios. #18: What if… Castle didn't come clean about Johanna Beckett's murder at the end of 1x10?

"This is a bad idea," Kate whispers as Lanie fluffs the skirt of her dress. Her best friend straightens to adjust the stray curls of Kate's hair, ensuring the pretty bun at her nape is secure. "A little late to be getting cold feet, honey." Set any time between 4x10, 'Cuffed', and 4x11, 'Till Death Do Us Part'.

20 prompts. 20 moments in time. All can be read as separate pieces of work. Drabble-fic.

'He's never known a laugh more beautiful than the one that belonged to her. He'd never forget it either.' One shot.

Castle 2x23: Overkill. Fic Prompt from ProudTVJunkie: "Cornered in the break room by Beckett after seeing her kiss Demming in the hall, Castle comes out and asks, why him? Why not me?" Two-shot. COMPLETE

Furious at Castle for showing evidence to an outsider–a flight attendant–and hurt by his dismissal of her, Beckett decides to take action. But so does he. AU set immediately after 4x20, "The Limey." Complete.

(Post 47 Seconds) She knows she made a mistake, one that she was hoping would fix itself over time. But her first case comes back to haunt her and she's up against too much to go it alone. She needs him back. {COMPLETE W/ EPILOGUE}

Prompt from Tumblr: Kate's mom didn't die, During her model time, she's hired by Black pawn to show up at a storm book launch. Her job is to be a beautiful person for the press to see mingling around. But when she bumps into Castle and hits it off, Gina is not happy. For Gina has plans to be the next Mrs Castle and no tall model is gonna get in her way.

A one-shot story for today, set in the Eliot universe, but without Eliot. Complete.

[AU, post "Rise"] "You wouldn't care if I was gone." Castle and Beckett have an argument, and they break up. However, Rick Castle seems to lose his mind, and thinks about suicide. [TW: suicidal thoughts and attempts]

"Do you actually believe this or are you just trying to drive me crazy?" In which Castle does not ask Gina to the Hamptons and Lanie takes matters into her own hands. An AU to the end of season 2. Entry to the Castle Ficathon Winter 2018

While away on a book tour, Rick returns to his hotel room to find someone special. A November 2018 Castle Pornado fic.

Nothing else exists in this world after Kate Beckett utters the words, "Castle, if we were getting married " with that open, adult look in her eye. AU set during 4x11: "Til Death Do Us Part"

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!

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

"All I want this Christmas is just to be here, to remember. But if I can't do that… I want to make new memories, build new traditions to go with the old." An AU that takes place immediately after the events of 3x24, Knockout. Set during the Christmas season.

Sequel to the previous one shot "Research? Yeah right." so if you haven't read that one I recommend you do before you read this one! Also, second chapter is M-rated!

Following their rogue mission in Los Angeles to solve the murder of Mike Royce, Castle and Beckett find themselves making an emergency landing in Las Vegas where they make a life-altering bet. NOW COMPLETE

A different twist on the discovery of Beckett's "stick man." Set Mid-Season 4. One Shot

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

It's Kate's turn to pick a movie but Castle believes he can persuade her to give up her turn. Set any time after 5x11. Some fluffy smut written for the Castle Pornado!

This is my Castle Halloween Bash 2018 Entry. I have never done this before so I'm sorry if I got anything "wrong". Anyway, I hope you guys will enjoy this small multi-chap I've cooked up. Also the cover for this story was made by the amazing Fania, and if you don't follow her already you SHOULD. Her instagram account is fania.fanart and she has so many amazing drawings!

Kate Beckett had come to expect a lot of things from a public bathroom. A guy correcting the English of the bathroom graffiti was not one of them. Rewritten fic

When Castle decides that Beckett's had a stressful week and buys her a present to cheer her up, matters do not proceed precisely as he had hoped. Caskett Cats universe, pre-children. Two shot. Strongish T. Cats Universe 5.5

"I was listening to 'Sorry' by Halsey and it made me remember of season 4 of Castle. So I was thinking could u do a one shot based on this music?" - prompt from @ stanaticlover on instagram, THANK YOU FOR THIS!

"When he shut the door behind him, locking himself in her space, he huffed, catching sight of her lounging on the couch, reading a book. Not his book. For some reason, that ticked him off a little more." A random fluff/smut piece.

What would have happened if our favourite female detective called a certain mystery writer during one of her therapy sessions?

Prompt: "In 4x01 Kate is heavily medicated and ends up telling Josh she loves him thinking he is actually Castle." Based on an episode from Desperate Housewives. For Jo.

Season 2 AU: Rick sees something he wished he didn't and now he's finally had enough. What happens when he's given an Ultimatum, in turn giving Beckett her own Ultimatum.

Beckett and Castle play a surprising new game, early in S5. Three-shot. Rating will go up to M in the second chapter. Complete.

'It's been five years and she's undoing him in five minutes.' AU.

AU based on 3x08, 'Murder Most Fowl'. Inspired by a prompt from the castlefanficprompts page on tumblr: Richard Castle meets Detective Beckett when they show up at the soccer field that their children are playing their game on. One shot.

A one-shot exploring a different way things could have gone at Captain Montgomery's funeral in the Season 3 finale.

Castle overhears Beckett interrogating Bobby during the Boylan Plaza bombing case, but instead of storming off in a hurt fit, he is too stunned to move. 47 SECONDS AU. Oneshot. Originally posted as a tweet fic.

The moon's too close. I love you more - An originally tumblr pic inspired ficlet.

My first published AU. Read the author's note to see where this came from. Basically, Caskett meet on a Hamptons beach, and the sparks fly. Not much more to it.

Post Ep AU one shot for 47 seconds where Kate never confessed to Bobby and instead invited Castle for dinner.

She ends up on the roof hoping to starlit night will bring some solace to her aching heart

Being in love with someone isn't always enough to want to be with them. Caskett AU. Two-shot.

What would Kate be like if she had met Rick before she ever entered the academy? How would her life had been different? How would Rick be different if he met Kate before his marriage to Gina? This is a repost of my original posting to correct issues with the second chapter.

"I bet you don't even know there are different levels to your jealousy. Sometimes it's sexy, but tonight it's just downright adorable." A little fluffy Caskett one shot with the whole package. A what should have been their future. Banter, jealousy, family and more!

Inspired by the prompt: "Beckett gets to know Castle while he's married to Gina." Pre series AU.

"So, he does nothing and watches her leave, embraces the blank, sour destiny that stretches before his eyes like a boundless, arid land." Season 4 - Soulmate AU.

(S3 AU) "Brattleboro, Vermont?" Beckett asks. "Yes, ma'am. I'm calling because you're listed as the emergency contact for a Richard Castle. I'm afraid we have some bad news." *COMPLETE*

'All he wants for his birthday is to move past her. But his heart doesn't want that at all. His heart wants Kate Beckett to show up at his door and prove him wrong. Or, better yet, prove all of his previous misgivings about her, about them, right. But there aren't enough birthday wishes in the world to make that one come true.' Post 4x19 AU for Castle's birthday.

Countdown (3x17) AU from when Castle defuses the bomb. "She isn't thinking when she lets her feet carry her across the small distance separating them; she just acts on pure, raw instinct, wrapping her arms around his neck once more, only this time she pulls him down and captures his lips with hers."

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

"The elusive 3XK killer, Richard Castle, comes out of hiding after years of solitude and becomes attracted to the NYPD's greatest homicide detective Detective Kate Beckett. His attraction becomes a game and she takes the bait, finding herself slowly involved in his world and unable to shake him." AU. One shot.

Some days, "it was a long day" doesn't even begin to cover it. Set immediately after the end of episode 4x19 "47 Seconds." Very belated birthday fic for Lou.

Their hands met across the table. The silence not feeling awkward at all

Richard Castle, LAPD, considered himself very lucky, today. Of all the breaking and enterings he had been on in the past , this just had to be the best one yet. To Love and Die in LA - AU. Rated T to M.

'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.

It's new and tentative, this thing between them – sharing beds and lives and progressively larger pieces of their hearts. A different take on the events of 3x22 through 4x01. One-shot.

He loved watching her hands. The way they would graze over his when he handed her that first cup of morning coffee

The tension between them had been building all day

"Let me get this straight," Lanie recaps. "You're on a date with someone else because you assume Kate doesn't have feelings for you, but you don't actually know that for sure?" Takes place anytime between The Limey and Undead Again. Two-shot. Complete.

A collection of unrelated oneshots inspired by prompts received on tumblr.

'Watching Kate Beckett dancing in a club is nothing short of a religious experience. Witnessing it once isn't enough.' A late season 3 four shot.

'She doesn't know where she is, only that he isn't here, that amidst all of the pain surging through her veins, she's more acutely aware of the harsh emptiness in the middle of her chest. She can't determine if it's because the bullet shattered her heart, or if it's because he took it with him when he left.' A Castle Halloween Bash 2017 entry. Set post 3x24, 'Knockout'.

'He isn't sure where she has gone, but it's obvious she wants to be alone. Or at least, without him. Until nearly a month into the summer when his phone chirps with a new message. From Kate Beckett.' Set during the summer after Beckett's shooting.

Kate knows she's complicated, and has been for a long time, but apparently she's no fun either. She'd just thought that he'd been willing to wait until she'd become less complicated. A post-Limey fic.

"It's him," her colleague answers and it's the solemn tone of his voice, the grave quality of words that she's heard in only the most dire of circumstances, that confirms it for her before he has to say another word. "It's Castle. They found him. Alive." AU. An entry for the Castle Ficathon 2017.

"That was amazing. The way you kissed me." An AU moment for 3x13, 'Knockdown'.

"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.

'It took every ounce of restraint he possessed not to follow. Until he just couldn't stay away any longer.' An alternative route for 4x09, Kill Shot. For the #castle28 project on the castleficmentors' blog on tumblr. Prompt: "I can't believe you did this! I didn't ask for any of this!"

Rick & Kate go out to Q3 for their anniversary and run into Maddie.

When Rick Castle agrees to a meeting with the head of one of New York's more efficient crime families, he has no idea what he's getting into, or how it's going to change his life. A 2016 Castle Hiatus Mini-Ficathon story. Meeting AU. Job AU. COMPLETE

Post-ep AU for The Limey, written for a prompt from Lou @inkycoffee on Twitter. I hope i did the prompt justice. The actual prompt is at the end, because reasons.

Castle has been talking about something he shouldn't, and Beckett is in a rage. Set during 6x12, "Deep Cover." Complete.

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."

'The glimpse of her face, her smile illuminating his screen, causes his chest to burn, consumed by fire that chars his heart. He loves her, but it's not enough. It's too much. And he can't take anymore.' An alternate end to season 4 that changes everything.

"So, Captain Beckett, have you successfully completed your agenda for your lunch meeting?" "Indeed I did. Three times." An insert for 8x09, 'Tone Death'.

Based on a tumblr prompt: What if "The Belly of the Beast" happened post "47 seconds"

A silly little piece of fluff written for the prompt: "Kate's recently been busy at work, Caskett's child pretends to be sick so Kate will stay at home"

Everything was going just fine until Detective Tamera "Tammy" Demming showed up and took an interest in a certain mystery novelist shadowing Detective Beckett. Season 2 "Den of Thieves" AU. Based off a prompt found on tumblr. ONESHOT.

Just as Katherine Beckett was finally ready to make a move on Richard Castle, he pulled away. What the hell happened? Why is he with that flight attendant? Not for nothing was Beckett the youngest woman in the history of the NYPD to make detective. She's going to figure this out if it kills her. Unless she kills him first. Set during 4x20, "The Limey." Complete.

"She's Kate Beckett and it's midnight and she's falling apart on his doorstep." An AU set two months after Season 3. COMPLETE.

After two more close calls and the beginning of a confession, Kate can't deny her feelings for Castle any longer. Still, diving into something new with her best friend and partner isn't as easy at she'd like it to be. This is a journey through the end of season three and how the C/B relationship might have developed if Kate had broken up with Josh after Countdown.

A twist on Beckett's interrupted confession at the end of season two.

Post 47 Seconds. What happens when their inability to communicate pushes Kate past the limits of endurance? *My entry for 2015 Summer Hiatus Ficathon and #CastleFanFicMonday NO major character death and there will be a Caskett happily ever after. Promise. Trigger warnings for severe angst and suicidal thoughts. Rated M for sexual content and mature themes.

Castle gets an unexpected phone call from Kate when he's in the Hamptons during the summer.

"The buzzing of her cell phone on the nightstand wakes her up. Before she even sees the caller's name, she recognizes the blue eyes in the picture. Castle. What does he want now?" Set after 3x22

Captain Kate Beckett-Castle gets a text from her husband at work for some "inspiration" while he's stuck at home writing.

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.

One "missed moment" from each and every episode of Castle. Moments that I think could have taken a slightly more M-rated route.

Set in Season 4, Episode 1 after Kate Beckett is shot. Story goes AU immediately after Rick leaves Kate's room in the hospital. Rick takes a very different road, and finds a very different and fulfilling purpose.

"Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing." An AU story for Christmas.

Post-episode for 7x06. My version of Castle and Beckett's wedding night because they're finally married.

This wasn't her. This wasn't his Kate, his Beckett. This was the hollow shell of a woman he'd met nearly seven years ago, beaten down endlessly by a case she was never going to solve. She was just older, her hair lighter, but her same cynicism surrounded her. This is the Kate, the Beckett, he spent years trying to knock down the walls of.

A 7x03 post-ep that picks up right where the show left off. I own nothing, I am simply borrowing from the genius mind of AWM.

Kate Beckett is on her way home from a long day at the office. She gets pulled over and needs to get out of a ticket so naturally...she bribes the officer.

Rick Castle takes little Alexis to the same baseball game that newly made lead homicide detective Kate Beckett is at with her father. After a little problem in the girl's bathroom, their paths cross and leads to new adventures for the writer and detective. As they get closer together, secrets come to light. AU. Very AU.

This story follows one week in the life of Rick and Kate. Castle and Beckett hire a wedding planner.Turns out she is one of Castle's ex girlfriends and she has a renewed interest in getting involved with Rick. One of Kate's exes is called in to assist on a case. Murder, comedy and sex. Please leave feedback! thanks.

This story is set during the end of Season 4, events after The Limey episode. Beckett's jealously takes over and she finally admits her feelings for Castle. This is my first fanfic! Sorry if it's not that good! Rated T just in case!

Fill for tumblr prompt: called the wrong number while drunk AU. Kate and Lanie have a girls night out which ends in Kate attempting to call her ex, Josh, for some fun. What happens when she calls Castle by mistake? Set S4 but pre-Always, one chapter split into two.

Alternative ending of knockout so, AU from there. It's my first writing in english,this is a training so just tell me what you think and if you want more or not. Please read the notes.

Beckett gets proposed to which leads her to an interesting realisation as she imagines married life. What does Castle have to do with it? Caskett.

"I can't have you showing up at crimes scenes in a Ferrari, Castle. With a big-breasted blonde. I'm not saying the image isn't just fascinating, but here's the thing—you're giving the Precinct a bad name." When Castle shows up with Jacinda at a crime scene for the second time, Kate kicks him out of the precinct. Takes place after 4x20 "The Limey". One-shot.

Kate is at mandatory police training and Castle gets into trouble while researching a story. Can the 12th save him in time? This story is a continuation of "The Call" (rated M) and is now finished. Thanks for reading.

Set during season 3, Countdown. After they defuse the bomb, Rick tries to tell Kate how he feels, but Josh shows up. Castle decides he will let Kate have her life and he will finally move on. For them, there is NO TOMORROW! Or is it possible to regain that feeling?

No more hiding in relationships with men she doesn't love, no more hiding from the truth, no more hiding from her feelings. This is a journey through unseen and AU events in S3 and early S4, including the beginning and end of Beckett and Josh, and the aftermath of her shooting. I didn't like Josh either so don't be put off; all roads eventually lead to Caskett. T rated epilogue up.

To win a date with Richard Castle tell us in a 100 words or less tell us why you want to meet this award-winning author? It was a silly competition that Beckett didn't need to enter,yet why was she staring at the entry form only minutes before the competition closed? Set mid Season 4

Castle gets kidnapped by a very deranged person. (All chapters now spell-checked)

Kate Beckett loves to make love with Rick Castle. Now she wants to LOVE him. Pure Caskett-Smut!

Huffing slightly, Kate shook her head. She had a half a mind to find those women and wallop them. Fat writer…how dare they? Rick Castle was not fat! The man was damn sexy. Caskett

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.

He's leaving after Frozen Heat. Will Beckett finally make her move or will she let him go? This story happens before '47 seconds' and it does have some Season 4 spoilers.

'This used to be my favorite place in the whole world,' she starts quietly and he opens his eyes to look at her. Post-Headhunters fix-it fic.

SPOILERS for Headhunters. "She's a little girl, she's a tigress, and she's a warrior. She's insecure and she's indomitable. She's everything." -Stana Katic on Kate Beckett, Parade Magazine March 16, 2012

COMPLETE: Kate's secret comes out in a hail of blood and bullets. Det Beckett finds herself in the line of fire, and Castle is damned if he's going to let her get shot a second time.

ONE-SHOT. After closing the 'Zombie Case' Castle and Beckett play a little game of Laser-Tag.Fluff to no end. Spoilers Not really. We all know there are zombies in that episode, right? for Undead Again 4x22.

He doesn't know what to do with all the left over emotion. Anger and relief. Sheer joy and terrible, aching fear. Season Three AU. Complete.

This is my very hurt/comfort-y take on how events in and around Headhunters could have gone, had things got a little more out of hand for Castle when he was chasing down suspects with Ethan Slaughter.

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

"I'm pretty sure she's under the impression that you're angry with her." Takes place in "Headhunters" timeline, but only tiny synopsis spoilers. *Chapter 3 up now. *Now M-Rated.

One for my mom. One for Castle leaving me. One for the stupid brunette. One for the bullet that once sat in my chest. One for being my stupid, damaged self. - absolutely deserves T-rating, might be triggering.

A confrontation, confessions and a promise.

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.

Kate goes to confront Castle regarding his abberant behavior only to find him home alone, very sick with the flu. Could a little TLC be the thing that brings this couple back together.

"Her coffee is bitter and jaded. Like her. Like him. Like both of them. It's fitting." She made him wait, and now, he's gone. Can she get him back, or is it already too late? Spoilers through The Limey and speculation for Headhunters.

One shot post 47 Seconds. I just really needed some confrontation after all of that, so here it is.

Kate tells Rick she heard what he said when she was shot. Now, months later, the floodgates open and she finally talks to Rick. Chapter 5, Like the Ocean. Rick tells his secret, and the conclusion to the story.

Set during Till Death. Yes Castle really does want to know about all the men Beckett has slept with, but more importantly he wants her to know his number. Caskett Fluffiness. One shot

"He hadn't called, hadn't said anything as he left, didn't give her a chance to say anything to him, he just stormed out of the precinct like a child who didn't get their way, talking to the love of his life as if he didn't mean anything to her." One-shot

What if Beckett and Castle's under cover date to the night club went a little differently? How hot can it get? Now complete.

A sequel to the fluff Dating series, where we 'move the island' and find that life is more difficult than expected for our newly married couple!

This time it was different, this time it wasn't both of them facing death. This time Castle was going at it alone. Oneshot

Takes place three months after Countdown. Beckett is still with Josh, but when Castle can no longer stand to see her with him and begins acting distant, will she be willing to do whatever it takes to save their partnership?

Seeing Beckett happy with Josh kills Castle but the million dollar question is...Is she REALLY happy with Josh? Spoilers for freezer & bomb xD Dont know ep names!

A close call during a case brings raw emotions to the surface. Will Kate finally tell Castle how she feels? Just how much will it take for them to wake up to the undeniable attraction love that exists between them? Will be Caskett through and through...

Castle and Beckett have been tiptoeing around each other for too long. Will he step up to the plate when it looks like he's going to lose her? And how will she react to his life changing news?

Kate breaks off their engagement

A new apartment...requires a housewarming gift