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.

From castlefanficprompts: While doing grocery shopping with Kate, Rick notices some college boys talking about how "hot" Kate is. He gets in on the conversation, and they tell him that he has no chance with a woman like that, and that any of them can get her number.

Forced out of her forest seclusion to heal a wounded Lexa, Clarke brings them both to Polis only to be entangled in the political web she has snarled with her destruction of the Mountain Men. Clarke also becomes entangled with Lexa, and she isn't sure which situation is more dangerous.

Everything That Glitters 3. A Dash Universe story with adult Ellery. "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost." -Tolkien

Clexa/Commander Princess: Prompt fic. "How about Clarke and Lexa taking a bath and keep getting interrupted while in said bath. Nothing too serious, just something funny and sexy." Veered a little off course, but I think I hit all the major requests.

A co-authored story by seilleanmor and chezchuckles. Takes place after 3x14 'Lucky Stiff' (with 3x13 'Knockdown's relationship-shifting). No Josh. "Richard Castle has quite possibly never been so grateful to have a ball thrown at his face. Because this - this changes everything."

Clexa/Commander Princess: Though she may be Clarke's weakness, Clarke is hers in kind. Lexa will protect that weakness with everything that she has, so it matters not that Clarke is not afraid for herself. Lexa will make certain that Clarke has no reason to be. Spoilers for 2x15.

Only one person can make him start to feel whole again, like something more than a broken shell of a human. One person. And he doesn't even know her real name. *AU based loosely on 4x12*

a post-ep for 7x04 "Child's Play." thanks to jyleafer15 for awesome cover art.

The Dash Universe is concurrent with ours this time. Kate and Castle's son had his first birthday in October of 2013, and they were married in March of 2014. In April of this year, Dash Away showed us that their family was still going through some growing pains, but they're working through it. And now their Memorial Day weekend.

A sequel to shimmeryshine's story "Sugar, we're going down." In which Kate Beckett gets hers. Oneshot.

On the Secret Service. After Kate Beckett's encounter with Senator Bracken, she and Castle must face the fallout.

post-ep for Veritas, 6x22 "...on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge." 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', Wilfred Owen

Post ep for Veritas. Hopefully, a little different to what you're expecting. An unexpected visitor intruding on Castle and Beckett's Saturday morning. Complete

Set after 3x02 "He's Dead, She's Dead" when the psychic tells Beckett that an Alexander will save her life. Castle is just back from the Hamptons with Gina, Beckett has started seeing Josh, and they don't really know what they are.

A Dash Universe mini-epic. Set four/five months after the events of Mad Dash.

post-ep/fill-in for 6x17 'In The Belly Of the Beast'. Kate makes her way back to him.

The beat changed long ago - something driving that rattles the floor and echoes in her bones - but still they sway, caught up in the moment. In each other. *Smells Like Teen Spirit post ep*

Based in a world where there was no Caskett doorway scene at the end of Always. Instead, that night ended with friendship and John Woo movies. Would Meredith's visit during Alexis' illness push Castle and Beckett together or break them apart for good? Winter Ficathon 13/14. Prompt one.

A chapter by chapter look at the Christmas holidays of the various AUs. A post every day of December in which we dip into the universe of Castle and Beckett from my previous stories. Begins with Vice. Ends with Advent.

'Ricki Castle is annoying and friends with the mayor. She is also tall, gorgeous, blue-eyed and charming. Working with her side-by-side, Beckett starts to question her sexuality.' Femslash. Written for the kink meme. COMPLETE.

A throat clears from somewhere nearby but she doesn't move away. Not tonight. Tonight, she doesn't care. *Post ep for 6x04, Number One Fan*

He unpacks while he waits. Unwinds the bubble wrap from a few knickknacks he himself wrapped and boxed six weeks ago. The delicate little bird on rocker legs, a silver paperweight in the shape of an asterisk, the parade of elephants that sat on her desk at the precinct for five years. *6x01 post-ep/scene filler* Complete*

Seriously, this just isn't fair. She so rarely has a day off in the middle of the week, and instead of spending it lounging in bed with her, all her delicious nakedness aligned with his, he has to sit through Black Pawn meetings. Happy Birthday, AC!

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.

In that one moment, he knows he's ruined.

This green-eyed woman took a bullet for Mal Reynolds before he ever learned her name. Kate Beckett becomes a character in the 'verse. Mackett.

The tone of the heart monitor rings in her ears, the length between beeps steadily growing. She holds his hand, trying to focus on anything but the way his skin is already cooling, the way his fingers weakly grip her own.

An Always AU, in which Ryan calls, and this time Castle answers. A two-shot, co-authored by seilleanmor and BerkieLynn

A one shot circa season four, a few weeks after the Ryans' wedding. A birthday present for closingdoors and my first M rated fic. Ellie said: car sex, and I said: okay.

"I needed something to lose myself in. A place to hide." She lifts her head, looks up at him. "I don't want to define myself by the things that I've lost anymore, Castle. I don't want to hide."

a Dash Companion. Working title for this one was 'Future/Adult Ellery' if that helps you at all with a summary. This one will be a longer story but not epic.

You're drifting. You know you are. You just... stopped caring.

It's only the second time he's seen her legs and he's absolutely certain he wants to see more of them. Season 1.

Her dad takes her to the airport. He doesn't ask where Castle is and she doesn't offer. *Watershed post-ep*

Under normal circumstances, she'd assume he was doing something as innocent as visiting the bathroom but she knows him too well for that. It's late, they're alone, and he's restless; the perfect conditions for him to wander off in search of trouble.

Your first step is always panic.

A co-authored story by seilleanmor and chezchuckles. An argument between them causes Castle to give Beckett the silent treatment. References to Target/Hunt, Lives of Others, Squab, and Still. Watershed has not happened.

A short piece about the four days of surveillance that Agent Castle undertook before making contact with Detective Beckett. For Jessie - Happy Birthday!

Following the Miranda broadwave, there's only one direction for Malcolm Reynolds and his crew to go. Part Nine: Wrath: Cornered on Persephone, River faces both the dark products of the Academy, and her own inner demons. Post-BDM, Series.

"It would just be research for the case, Castle."

She'll always remember the letter that waited for her in her inbox, the pounding of her heart as she opened it and scanned words from a man who had saved her and broken her throughout the timeline of her life.

Post-ep for 5x20's The Fast and The Furriest.

He starts out slowly. Subtly. A light touch at the small of her back to usher her through a doorway. Grazing his fingers across the bend of her elbow to get her attention in the bullpen. Freeing the hair trapped in her collar after helping with her jacket. Small gestures of physicality meant to acclimate her to his touch, the feel of his hands on her body. One Shot. Complete.

When she got the call, she didn't expect it to lead to this. Season 5 AU.

The late summer breeze is a gentle hum and she relishes in the change of air in Napa, less humid and easier to take in like nothing matters but the grapes and atmosphere. The wine is a pleasant thrum throughout her body, lips moist with remnants of blackberry and chocolate, cedar and cassis.

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.

Of course he believes it's real. He's - well, he's him. Magic and curses and zombie apocalypses are right up his alley. *An insert of sorts for 5x17, vague spoilers* Now a two shot. Complete.

Five glimpses in moonlight. Written for Julie.

Making the call might just have been one of the best decisions of his life, he thought, as he stared at his phone again like he had been for the past five days. (AU from the S2 finale.)

Apparently a young uniform cop accidentally touched someone's chest at a crime scene last week. Meeting!fic. For Carto because she's stuck in one today.

a Dash companion, first in the Home series. More filling in the blanks. Castle and Kate's wedding.

He always had this vague, half-formed desire for a family with Kate Beckett. He just never expected it to happen like this. - for Laura. I hope you had an amazing birthday!

The rain has lessened, she thinks inanely, clinging to the random scraps of reality that she can process as they zip and crisscross through her brain. Much less than the downpour that stranded them here, on the side of some highway in the middle of New Jersey. A season four story, set after 'Cuffed.' One-shot. NOT a Christmas story. :)

"It's just a pencil skirt, Castle. Are you really that easy?"

AU: Beckett is a uniform on the Vice squad at the 12th, five years before she and Castle actually meet in the show. Based on an idea of Cartographical - chezchuckles and I just liked it so much that we each wrote our own. Variations on the same theme, sort of.

She grins and rolls her eyes but lets him keep a hold on her foot as she turns back to her book. His book. **vague Frozen Heat spoilers** One shot. Complete.

"It had been a mistake. All of it really. The drinks, the company, the dress. How she had thought any of it would ease the ache in her chest was beyond her. Because it hadn't. Not at all." Four-shot - based off of The Limey/To Love and Die in LA. Now Complete.

Dash Series Epic #3 - read Dash Away and Dash It All first. COMPLETE at 100.

a Dash Companion, fourth in the Sleep Series. Two chapters total. For the correct order of the stories in the Dash Universe, consult my profile page.

My post-ep for Probable Cause. "His warm breath washes in reverent preamble before the soft, sure brush of his mouth finds the edges, just exactly where he knows the touch won't sting, won't make things worse. An invocation that walks that perfect line between too much and not enough."

She laughs and leans in to press her lips to his. "I am all yours, Castle," she says as she pulls back. "I don't consider breaking just anyone out of prison." Post Ep for 5x05.

co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. inspired by the Richard Castle Bucket List on richardcastle dot net; set after 47 Seconds/The Limey. Chapter 9b is Bucket List in Paris, posted separately, and to be read before Chapter 10.

A Dash Companion. Third in the Sleep series. Kate gets to read the book Castle was writing in Dash Away, giving her the courage to ask for help.

"You can hold my hand anytime, Detective," he rasps, slipping away before she can even muster a half-hearted slap against his arm. She sinks her teeth into her lip, shaking her head at his retreating form. Infuriating man-child. Outtake from 'Murder Most Fowl'. Oneshot. COMPLETE.

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.

"I'm sure somewhere in this great big city of ours, some poor unfortunate soul has lost their life but today you're going to let the justice seeking be someone else's job. Today, you're going to take a little trip with me." - Scavenger hunt, Castle style. ***co-authored with sparklemouse***

"That's how all my stories end. With someone else dead." :: AU of Tick, Tick, Tick.../Boom!

CASKETT. Missing scene from "The Third Man". Takes place during the cab ride from restaurant to crime scene.

"It's not the seismic shift she expected. Just the next, right step." How the first 24 hours of their new relationship shape Castle and Beckett. And what's to come. *Slight spoilers for season five in later chapters*

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.

If she hadn't said yes, they wouldn't have kissed. Alternate Universe. Picks up immediately after Cops and Robbers.

Always SPOILERS. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. How Kate Beckett and Rick Castle spend their summer.

A look at the lives of Richard Castle and Kate Beckett through the eyes of a relatively objective outside source. A complete experiment.

He's pretty sure he convinced the lady with the smoky voice that he knew exactly what he was doing, knew how to give her a good time. A variation on the 'Vice Beckett' theme. For ER, on request.

"I'm not quite sure I had a say in the process, but Castle has been very good about the research. He's gotten inside of me maybe more times than I'd like, but all in the name of research right?" Rick chokes out a laugh and then one, two, three, the detective's eyes widen.

a Dash companion. 1st in the Sleep Series

There are only these truths for him: Someone wants Kate dead. Kate wants him. He cannot let her walk out his door alone.

"my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom. . .And death i think is no parenthesis" -ee cummings co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles

...but it can purchase a few of my kisses.

Their footsteps echo in the nearly empty hallways as they make their way to the room that is at once so familiar and yet still feels so strange. Follows "Sweetheart," "The Message," and "The Call." Complete.

Lanie comes into the morgue and finds Kate laying on her table. This does not bode well. Post-4x20 The Limey, ignoring Headhunters and beyond. COMPLETE

Sparks fly and unexpected fires start when an undercover cop and a researching novelist spy each other from across the room. AU. One-shot. Please don't be put off by the rating; it's tasteful... enough.

Their thighs are aligned, the heat of his skin mingling with hers through the fabric of both their jeans and his heart thunders in his chest, her nearness an alluring draw that holds him captured. Winner of "The 12th Fan Awards 2013" for best Angst.

Because when Natalie Rhodes comes to New York City, she doesn't stay at a hotel, she stays with them. Castle/Beckett/Natalie Rhodes.

Kate was only looking to spend time with her son at the park, but what found her there was a chance to meet the man that saved her years ago. AU. Complete.

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

AU. What happens to Kate Beckett when the Dragon is slain - and she's charged with his murder?

A series of bedroom - and maybe a bathroom and deck and other locations near a bedroom- conversations between Beckett and Castle in the first year or so of their relationship.

The title says it all. Co-authored by Sandiane Carter and chezchuckles. Spoilers for season four, but as you will see, quite a lot of it is. . .missing.

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen :: AU, as if the events of 'Always' didn't happen.

He's never hosting Lanie's birthday party again.

"Did you ever think about us here?" - Post Finale, Castle and Beckett stop by her apartment for the first time since she showed up at his door.

When Castle's life is threatened, Kate makes the choice to leave everything behind to go after her mother's murderer. Two years later, she returns. But will Castle take her back? Or has too much time passed? AU

Suddenly tomorrow doesn't seem early enough. "I've got a better idea," he smiles tentatively, holds out his right arm for her. "Come with me." Set post 4x22, Undead Again. NO Spoilers for season finale. NOW COMPLETE.

He isn't afraid of Kate in the crosshairs anymore. Right now, Castle is more afraid of his partner behind a gun than in front of one.

Castle asks Beckett to be his date to the Nikki Heat movie premiere. "It's a date?" "It IS a date."

The story of each and every one of those one hundred coffees that Kate owes Rick. Castle/Beckett. Now COMPLETE. Spoilers now include "Undead Again" in the EPILOGUE/START OF SEQUEL, which is what I just added. Fluff, angst, reality.

There's a moment of silence and then he speaks, his voice both soft and resolute. "I'll meet you there." Spoilers for 4x22 and 4x23. Complete.

Castle gets a new hobby.

The first thing he becomes aware of is her scent, the subtle, familiar notes of cherry and cinnamon sugar that tease his nose. ONE-SHOT.

Castle and Beckett work out their jealousy issues in a supply closet at the Twelfth. Post The Limey.

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.

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

It might have been the bravest thing she ever did. Post-Headhunters, oneshot.

"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.

Episode reaction to 4x21, "Headhunters."

Sometime in the future. Has nothing, absolutely NOTHING, to do with secrets. I'm tired of secrets, aren't you?

noun; clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit. One shot. Complete.

I hate to do it, but more angst after 47 Secs and The Limey. I can't help myself. It ends well.

"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers as to why you're evidently injured and not in a hospital." Minor,synopsis mainly,SPOILERS for "Headhunters" 4x21. *Chapter 5 up now. COMPLETE

Castle and Beckett go undercover in a club and things get a bit out of hand when they get cornered in the bathroom. A twist on a well loved trope, if you will.

What happens at Ryan's wedding stays at Ryan's wedding.

spoilers for 47 Seconds. Title says it all. oneshot.

Castle overhears Kate being asked out on a date by another man. Oneshot. Post 47 Seconds and SPOILERS for The Limey.

CASKETT. Beckett doesn't want Castle dating other women. Castle doesn't want Beckett dating other men.

Cat's out of the bag for both of them, and Castle is crushed in the wake of the truth. Because if she cares for him at all - then how could she do this? ***Finalist for 'Best Drama' in the 2012 Castle Fanfiction Awards.***

Kate Beckett was twenty-six when the biggest accident in her life occurred. Five years later, the biggest miracle happens. AU.

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Once Upon a Crime". Title kinda says it all.

"'God, I miss sex' she commented out of nowhere. It surprised him enough that he laughed, although he wasn't entirely sure that was the appropriate reaction. He wasn't used to Beckett talking like that to him." Beckett/Espo, Castle/Beckett & Lanie/Espo

When he stumbles through the darkened living room and opens the door, Beckett is standing there. Beckett, in faded jeans and a black button-down. Beckett, carrying a bottle of wine.

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Linchpin". Castle and Beckett share a drink and discuss the nature of Musery.

CASKETT. Castle misses sex. Beckett offers some consolation.

Co-authored story by Topsy and chezchuckles. While Beckett has been struggling with PTSD, with becoming more, Castle has been struggling as well.

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

It's cliché, he knows, that this happens on New Years Eve. He's having a party, she comes, and the writer inside of him dies a little bit over the fact that fate has chosen this moment for them.

Beckett takes Castle with her to a therapy session with Dr. Burke. Secrets are spilled.

CASKETT. Castle and Beckett come out of the relationship closet.

Post-Cuffed fic. SPOILERS. COMPLETE

Castle/Beckett. Sit back down where you belong, in the corner of my bar with your high heels on... A night at The Old Haunt and a memory.

"You asked me to come over here so you could handcuff me to a bed?" "Well – yes, but it sounds creepy when you say it like that." Caskett.

CASKETT. Post-ep for "Eye of the Beholder". Castle and Beckett go out for burgers and talk some more about kissing.

You asked for it. Sequel to Inherited Traits. COMPLETE

Castle/Beckett, "To Kate" universe. It's strange to hear her best friend talking this way, and Lanie realises it sounds strangely like she's talking about forever.

CASKETT. Castle and Beckett admit their sexual frustration.

Alexis, after her rejection from Stanford, decides she needs to do more with her life than pad her transcript. Beckett and Castle help her organize a blood drive. ...kudos to Vandi for the twist in this story... COMPLETE at 2

Castle/Beckett. The first time Alexis finds them, she knows she wasn't supposed to find them at all.

In the aftermath of solving her mother's case, Beckett tries to comes to terms with the fact that she is still in love with Castle and tries to make things right with him before it is too late.

She knows it's not the fall that hurts but the sudden stop at the end. For her, the descent is no less terrible than the crash. But at the bottom, at the end, she realizes there is no place to go but up. So she rises. Now complete, with epilogue.

Castle and Beckett, a collection of oneshots and story arcs inspired by Carmina Burana.

After Kate has been shot, she struggles with her recovery, her feelings for Castle & finding her shooter. Rick, in turn, struggles expressing his love for Kate while trying to keep her safe from those who still wish her harm. Post S3. Angst/Rom/humor

Kate receives many presents while she's recovering in the hospital, but what Castle brings is the best gift of all. Post-season 3 one-shot.

Post-finale. Castle tries to put the pieces back together.

A series of connected one shots about what happens post-"Countdown" when Castle and Beckett go back to work after not dying. Basically, my version of this oh-so-popular "after episode" scenario. Hope you like it. Now with installment number five.

Beckett celebrates.

Castle gets the cold shoulder.

It's never been if. It's always been when. Alternate Universe. Oneshot.

Conundrums, among other things - irony, hyperbole, conceit – and unrelated to literature: Rubik's cubes - are inherently intriguing to Richard Castle. Beckett/Castle, and how he's learned to read between her lines.

A kiss that never was.

...and one they did. Castle/Beckett, written after 3x07.

Kate Beckett works on what may be the most unusual murder case of her career. Will her personal involvement with the victim help her solve the case, or will it cause events to spiral out of control? Now *COMPLETE*

A continuation of Dangerous Game. Highly recommended that you read that first. Beckett tries to figure out where she wants things to go with Castle. Meanwhile, a serial killer fixates on Beckett.

Castle's All Access pass is revoked, and the whole team has something to say about it. A fill-in-the-blank from 1x10 to 2x01.

M/I. Post-BDM. At a moment of crisis, Mal gives thought to the past three years as he tries to make sense of the present. An Inara's secret story. Many thanks to Bytemite and Aliasse for betaing throughout.

Beckett is jealous. Castle wants to play a game. This could be dangerous.