AU. 9 years ago Kate Beckett left New York and her father. Longing to find happiness again she returns to New York, and winds up in bed with author Rick Castle. The two of them get far more than they bargained for. Starting a family with a stranger is a challenge, it's even harder for Kate who is still trying to pick up the pieces of herself after her mother's death.

I just escaped from possibly the most awkward date in the history of Earth, and I need to decompress. I brought ice cream. And wine. And cupcakes. 1x7, Home is Where the Heart Stops.

Kate Beckett is repaying a favour for a colleague, his client has got himself arrested stealing a police horse and needs a lawyer. For her sins legal, his representation falls on her shoulders. At least it is only a onetime thing. Who she's defending doesn't click until she seems him in his jail cell. *Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry*

"When you coming home? It's the quiet in the night that makes my mind make noises and guessing second times. Tell me that you're mine. Say it one more time. I'm ready to lose everything but you." An AU of sorts post-ep for 8x02, XX.

"Silent noise," he says, trying it on his tongue as he moves to help her. "You know what, that's exactly what this. Noise without the chaos." Post ep for 7x16, The Wrong Stuff.

"You're just a small bump unborn, in four months you're brought to life." - Based on 'Small Bump - Ed Sheeran' excluding the last verse.

"What's past is prologue." -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene I. An AU season six Castle story.

Castle had always raved about the zombie apocalypse, spoke of it as if it would be some compelling adventure. It wasn't.

Dying had been all too easy. It's coming back to life that's hard. AU, starting immediately after the shot in 3.24, Knockout. COMPLETE

Beckett, Castle, pregnancy hormones, and a lazy Sunday in the loft. That about sums it up. Rated M.

Young Kate Beckett had looked for a night to forget only to find it turned into one she would remember for the rest of her life. AU

They had originally been so in love, yet their happy existence is slowly being ripped to shreds and all that Alexis is left with are broken fragments of an illusion. While she hides behind the happiest of smiles, Kate sees through the façade, and the detective is soon caught between her fiancé and his daughter, as she attempts to find a place inside her future family. AU after 6x05

Outside, cops and clerks moved about their days. She felt far away from that world. It was just her and him and he knew her and when he held her at night, she didn't feel lonely anymore. She let out a long breath. "I'm pregnant," she whispered.

A Colors story. M-Rated pregnancy fic. "She's standing by the window when he walks into the loft, sunlight gilding her body. The loose, white, summer dress falls in soft waves around her knees, her arms are crossed, a steaming cup of something hot in one hand, her wedding band gleaming; bright, brand new and hopeful." COMPLETE

After a vivid dream, Beckett thinks she's been given a second chance. When she begins to doubt the reality surrounding her, there is only one person she can think of who has come up with crazier things than what she's living through.

ii. They had an unspoken agreement to not share details of their sex lives before they got together. But if he wants, she'll share.

If it were possible for time to stop, for the earth to pause in its spinning, it would happen for them on this night. The hours between "Always" and "After the Storm." Now complete.

With a new bar open in town and his team AWOL Castle takes on a little undercover mission of his own, never dreaming that 'Ace in the Hole' is where he'll find his Midnight Queen.

Just like the dandelion seeds on the breeze, they had no control over their fates but they had plenty of hopes and wishes to keep them aloft.

Hospitals are a place of healing; a place of rest. Try telling this to Castle and Beckett.

How could anyone be better than the image in his head? Meeting anyone but the head of the CIA would be a let down. A co-authored story from Chezchuckles and FanficwriterGHC.

Castle tries to convince Beckett of the magic of the season. A chapter posted every day. COMPLETE

SPOILERS for Knockout. Post-episode series. What happens after Beckett gets shot? COMPLETE at chapter 9.

It was a summer's night and the smell of the old rose bush was as heavy as rain. Under the light of the moon and guidance of the stars, two friends finally take that step into something more.