Completely AU story. What would happen if Kate and Rick met when his child is kidnapped. Set in the past.

Six and a half years ago, Kate Beckett had a one night stand. Nine months later, she gave birth to a daughter. Five and three quarter years after that, Harriet Johanna Beckett be-friends Alexis Castle.

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.

Captain Richard Castle is the best that the Navy SEALs have ever produced. When he is sent to New York to investigate the death of a SEAL, he is paired with Kate Beckett. When they uncover a dark secret, how will they survive, let alone solve the case?

While investigating a new case Castle run's into an old flame, inflamming Beckett's nerves...But this love affair isn't all they'll have to worry about!...

In a perfect world, neither of them would have been shot. But this is not a perfect world, and Kate's only now beginning to figure that out.