"In the event of my death, Isabella Marie Swan, upon previous agreement, is to step in and assist Edward Anthony Cullen in the caring of the child, necessitating her to stay at the Cullen residence in which the child lives for six months." When tragedy strikes, a last wish forces Edward and Bella together to deal with their pain, heal and rebuild the lives they lost.

Edward Cullen, an Olympic swimming star, goes to Beijing with winning gold medals on his mind, but is distracted by the beautiful but clumsy reporter he meets on his way. All Human AU, co-written by tameleine.

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*

Eight years later Richard Castle is found, and it's no longer his ring on her finger. AU from 6x23 "For Better Or Worse".

"It would be fun, she had said. It would do her good, she had said. It was time to let Rebel Becks out again, she had said. But right now all she did was cursing her best friend for dragging her to this party." AU Caskett meeting. One Shot.

Everyday was the same. Get up, work, and then go to bed. Kate Beckett was bored. She needed a change in her routine. So, after some nagging from her best friend, she allowed herself to be set up on a blind date… and that's when she met Rick Castle. AU. Spy Castle. Entry for 2014 Castle Ficathon.

The AU of 7x06 "Time of Our Lives" AU in which Castle makes it to Captain Beckett with those two coffees. 'Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate.' -William Shakespeare

When Richard Castle learns his publisher hired a writing consultant to help him complete his latest novel he's insulted-until he meets her. Dr. Kate Beckett was merely looking for a summer job between semesters, but could three weeks with the famous writer might be more than she bargained for? Caskett AU.

I had it all; the beautiful wife, loving son and dream life. It was perfect, but perfect was never enough for me.

With no reason left to hold onto where life was taking her prior to her parents' deaths, Kate Beckett stumbles into a different world. Can she keep herself and her emotions buried deep or will everything crack open when fate throws Rick Castle her way? An AU Caskett meeting. Ficathon 2014 Entry. COMPLETE

Sequel to 'heart so helpless'. Castle and Beckett's struggles to overcome their past, the murders, and the mess they left behind. Cover art by half0utloud. COMPLETE.

[1x07 AU. Written for Summer Kink Meme '14] Beckett intends to teach Castle a lesson after he bests her at the firing range. Things don't go quite according to plan.

If it only takes a moment for your life to change forever, can a 'one time thing' right the wrong? An AU Caskett meeting.

Castle and Beckett never met five years ago. Beckett's Mom's case remains unsolved, and Castle has no muse. What happens when their paths cross? An AU Target/Hunt meeting.

They meet again in the hospital. AU. Cover art by half0utloud.

Realising you've packed the wrong shoes to go with your skirt and you have to rethink your whole outfit is bad enough. Being holed up in a hotel bathroom while you get changed into said outfit because you're suddenly sharing your room with a strange British man is a whole lot worse. Captain Swan AU (prompt: Accidental Roommates) COMPLETE, AND THANK YOU FOR READING! Mwah!

kairos (ancient Greek) - (n) the perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words, or movement; the time of possibility. COMPLETE

In a miraculous feat of Murphy's Law, Emma ends up paired with Killian Jones for an English project - one of the few people at her school that she really, genuinely Does Not Like. It doesn't help that Neal's back in town. [High School AU, slow-build CaptainSwan] - COMPLETE -

Birthday fic for my darling KT, who actually asked for this. "I know, Castle, I know," she sobs, doesn't know what else to say, she understands, and this fire is tearing her apart. COMPLETE

A vulnerable teen changes Beckett's life in ways she could not imagine and teaches her the true meaning of "Home". Multiple genres here (Angst, Romance, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Family). Rating for language and mature themes. Finally Complete!

When you get those rare moments of clarity, those flashes when the universe makes sense, you try desperately to hold on to them. They are the lifeboats for the darker times. A season 4 AU based on the fanvideo by OhChizzz.

AU post 6x05 Spoilers "Richard Castle lives in New York with his wife Senator Beckett and their three children." one shot

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

Marley was a gift to me that not everyone gets. She was my life, my everything. But a letter changed things the day it came. And now it seems that Marley may not have been theirs to give, nor mine to receive..

We base our relationships on first impressions. But then life gets involved and makes us realize that everything we think we know could be wrong. An A/U take on things. As of 'Flowers for your Grave,' yet Johanna Beckett is alive.

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.

Plan B: a strategy or plan to be implemented if the original one proves impracticable or unsuccessful. Best used in the cold light of day, after waking up in bed next to a virtual stranger. An E/B three shot.

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.

Oneshot. 10 scenes of Castle/Beckett. "Her own fingers reach up, stroke a thumb across his smiling lips, watches the way the ring on her finger twinkles in the early morning sun." COMPLETE.

"I didn't get you anything." Post-Secret Santa episode tag. Castle/Beckett.

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.

Bella wants to die, and almost gets her wish fulfilled when she gets hit by a shiny Volvo. She is left with serious injuries, and the only thing keeping her from dying is the person who hit her. All Human, Rated M for language, dark themes & violence.

Like most women, I always found Speedos to be equal parts hilarious and horrifying. That all changed the day I saw Edward Cullen wearing one.

It's been four hours since she's spoken to him. Four hours since her eyes went missing and it's crushing him. He doesn't know how to help. A prompt on Tumblr. One-shot.

A Halloween Vice fic. "He found no explanation for the immediate and overwhelming connection he felt to her." Placed 3rd in the public vote for the 2012 12th Precinct Halloween Fic competition.

For months she's been gone. Months in which Castle's been forced to believe that Kate Beckett was dead. Eight full months in which he's missed her, craved her, mourned her. Now she's standing on his doorstep, two coffees in slightly shaking hands and Castle's world collapses. Direct spoilers for 4x23 Always, but most probably AU from there.

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.

From the Sanskrit for 'sound,' Dhvani refers to the allusion or implied meaning of something that can only be perceived upon the second or third try. Kate is forced to face the choices she has made...

"Mom," Quinn said tugging on my hand. I slowly turned to him and he gave a sweet smile. "Can we keep him?" I turned back to the bum and he smiled sheepishly. "Can we?" AU,AH,M Bella's son Quinn has taken a liking to a surly bum,will Bella let him stay until he gets on his feet and maybe a little while after?

The idea of them moving in together was just something he was playing with in the back of his mind, not yet ready to position it for her to think about. Then he went and slipped up. Castle/Beckett, one-shot, no spoilers, future fic.

Bella, recovering from a broken heart, meets Edward, who isolates himself emotionally. Their attraction is immediate, but can they be friends and lovers - without the love? BxE, all the regs, some drama, some funny, lemony, language AH

Life is never perfect, the cracks always appear. "My Polaroid would show the face of a girl who has forgotten how to truly smile." Even the strongest of dreams can fail to become enough.

Everyone pretends to be a hooker sometimes.

After nine years of marriage, Rick Castle finally has to get out. But when the daughter of an old friend comes into his life, he starts to find a reason to work for more. AU, Now Complete, with Epilogue.

Kate's back at work. She deserves punishment, and this is Gates's way. She has to accept it. One-shot, Castle/Beckett

Edward has spent all of his thirty-two years trying to be the man his grandfather raised him to be. When he wakes up married to a young, scared, pregnant stranger, this is one mistake he won't leave in Vegas.

"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

True love always conquers all...but in the real world, can Edward handle what Bella has chosen to do for those she loves? AH, ExB, OOC, and honest.

AU and AH. Short chapters with daily updates. When Bella's boyfriend brings up the issue of her virginity with his ex, she decides to take charge of her own fate. Now complete with occasional snippets to come.

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.

AU. Edward Masen was changed in 1918 and abandoned by his sire. He feeds on human blood, unaware of any other way…until he stumbles across college freshman Bella Swan for a night that will change everything.

She met him once, long ago, thinking he was someone else, and fell in love. Caskett-Season 1 AU. -Part 1 of the WHAT'S IN A NAME series-2012 Castle Fan Awards, Fanfic: Best Alternate Universe Story nominee-

Edward finds himself back in the little beach town of his childhood when he inherits the local bar from his uncle. The elusive, pretty girl next door has killer legs, a sketchbook and secrets that are slowly eating her alive.

Edward Cullen was a man who liked order. He arranged his life into neat little segments, exercising rigid control in all areas of his existence. Then one day, all of it was brought tumbling down by one simple question.

AU: carolina17 had this idea: What if Kate's mother was never murdered but her father was instead? This Kate Beckett never went to the police academy, grew up under the shadow of her mother's ambition, and has her own wall to deal with. COMPLETE

Ch. 5: Kate figured out long ago that had the two of them met, Johanna would have absolutely loved Rick Castle and immediately started dropping subtle hints like So Katie, when's the wedding? Caskett.

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

Overnight irresponsible Edward goes from bachelor to father of a 5 yr old. Meanwhile responsible, prepared Bella begins her first job as Kindergarten teacher at Forks Elementary. When irresponsible meets the epitome of responsible, sparks will fly!

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.

Bella wasn't interested in finding a father for her baby-to-be. Edward wasn't interested in being a father at all. The accidents that can make a parent don't always happen between the sheets, but will they make the best of it?

When Castle asks Kate to have a heart-to-heart with his daughter about relationships, Beckett discovers more than he really wanted her to know about himself. COMPLETE. Now broken into chapters for easier reading.

One fateful night, 29y/o Edward must make the decision that haunts every firefighter's worst nightmares. In choosing between his life and that of another, life altering repercussions arise. Rated M. Contains graphic descriptions of fire. HF Warning.

Beckett goes to dinner with Castle at the end of the pilot.

Confirmed bachelor and career soldier, Edward Cullen was perfectly happy with his life. Until a young punk busted his windshield. Suddenly, he finds himself drawn to a beautiful widow with a LOT of baggage- four rambunctious sons. AH/AU - COMPLETE

New student Bella Swan needs to break out of her shy exterior and her guidance counselor has the answer: tutoring. And Bella is too new to know she shouldn’t want to tutor Edward Cullen.

Edward is a self-centered college drop-out, waiting on tables and living an empty life. Redemeption arrives in the guise of a quirky customer who offers him some much-needed advice for happiness. Does Edward have the character to rise to the challenge?

Edward makes a bet with Bella's ex, James, that he can bed her. Bella learns of the bet through a friend and decides to string Edward along for a bit and subsequently land herself a hot date for her friend's wedding. Things soon get very interesting...

She's glad he can't see her, or rather the fact that her eyes slide shut at the sound of his voice. Castle/Beckett

Bella is hired as a photographer to do a photo feature on the cocky, playboy tennis pro Edward Cullen. Bella is determined to resist his charms, but Edward can't seem to leave her alone. Does love really mean nothing in tennis? Slightly OOC, AH. Rated M

Bella is reunited with her childhood friend Alice under unlikely circumstances. When sparks fly between Bella and Alice's older brother, will she be able to resist? And what secrets is he hiding? Canon Couples

Bella is a single mom who was jaded by her exhusband, Mike. She is struggling to put her life back on track when she meets Edward. Edward is a hot shot corporate lawyer who has sworn off love and kids. What happens when the two meet at a club?

Um. Hi. I don’t really know how to say this, but I have your kids with me, and I was thinking maybe you would like them back. So yeah… call me.