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

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.

"Saints don't complain, they suffer." - Matthew Clark. Buck sleeps over, Patricia has a rough night, and Abby confronts her fears head on.

'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.

'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.

She knocks, shifting anxiously on her feet as she waits for him to open the door. It's ridiculous that she's nervous. She's not a teenage girl asking her crush out for a date. It's not even a date. Well... it could be a date. If he wants it to be. If she wants it to be. She's pretty sure he'll be up to anything she asks of him. (Set mid-Season 4)

Post-finale. 'She would never have asked her friend to choose her over a job. But so much of her had wanted to.' COMPLETE.

A series of Christmas themed one shots, each a glimpse into a minimum of ten previously written stories.

"Someday you're going to find that your way of facing this realistic world just doesn't work. And when you do, don't overlook those lovely intangibles. You'll discover those are the only things that are worthwhile." An AU story set after the events of 2x24, 'A Deadly Game', for Christmas.

'She tortures herself on the walk through the airport, wonders how he's spending his Thanksgiving this year.' AU set post 5x24, 'Watershed'. Two shot for Thanksgiving.

'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.

"I wasn't going to leave you sick and alone on your favorite holiday, Castle." Set early season four, not long after 4x07, 'Cops and Robbers'. Castle Halloween Bash 2017 entry.

'For Kate Beckett, he would have tried. He would have continued to love her quietly. Not anymore, though. Not with the lying and leading him on and sinning by silence. But it doesn't stop him from wanting her.' One shot set throughout the '47 Seconds' arc.

"Castle." His lashes rise, nearly graze hers in their ascent. She's never been this close before and yet, somehow, she still doesn't feel close enough, still wants so much more. "I love you." He looks mesmerized, intoxicated, but so sharp with need. Her thighs squeeze at his hips. "Now take me to bed." Insert for 'If You Wait', set between chapter fourteen and fifteen.

'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.

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

"She can't stop thinking about it. About him. The feel of his lips pressed against hers as his hands tangled in her hair. The feeling of him pressed against her, taking every ounce of her strength not to roll her hips into his." Season 3 AU where Castle and Beckett get together before she's shot and they spend the summer together at the cabin. Summer Ficathon 2016.

"For once, she wants less of it all. Less boundaries, less space, less secrets. A lot less waiting." Set post 4x10, 'Cuffed'. One shot. For Maddy.

'He may not have every muscle chiseled and sharp, may not meet his own standards, but she adored his body, every inch of him, and she wants him to know.' Post 5x01.

'She's in the middle of seducing Nigel Wyndham with her words, earning his interest with ease, and he's about to give up that champagne glass he'd been nursing with his prints all over it, when a hand touches her waist, a throat clears. "May I cut in?"' An AU insert for 4x20, 'The Limey'.

'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!"

'Life hasn't exactly been going well for him throughout the last three years, but he hadn't expected dying lost, alone, and in the middle of New York's worst blizzard in decades, to be his fate.' An AU twist on season 8 that picks up from the end of 8x07, 'The Last Seduction'. Two shot.

'His daughter is hopelessly smitten with her dance teacher, already attached, and she isn't the only one.' After enrolling Alexis in dance classes, Castle meets her talented instructor, Kate Beckett. AU. Three shot. For Alex.

'It's been over a year since he last saw her and after all this time, of all places, he's literally bumped into her in the middle of Paris.' A post 3x24, Knockout, AU.

"You may not care, but I'm not losing you again," he states under his breath, his eyes a thunderous shade of blue burning bright in the darkness of night all around them. "Definitely not like this." A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Set during 4x22, 'Undead Again'.

"I'm sitting in my living room with you on Halloween watching scary movies, Beckett. What more could I want?" Set season 4. Final entry for the Castle Halloween Bash 2016.

'There are only two options: let her die, peacefully, naturally, like a human should, or save her life by damning her at the same time. ' A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Three shot.

'Kate casts her gaze to the evening sky, momentarily ponders how she ended up here with a supposedly unlucky cat and a ludicrous writer both accompanying her home on Halloween night.' A Castle Halloween Bash 2016 entry. Set in season 3.

The aftermath of 47 Seconds goes differently, as Castle understands the big step Beckett has taken.

'Kate glances up from her place on the porch to the sight of Richard Castle approaching, concern drawing his brow into a furrow, but his eyes still light up at the sight of her, bright blue and shimmering. An unexpectedly welcome sight to her sore heart.' A 'Sister Cities' inspired AU.

4x01 AU. "Don't look!" Just to hiss out these words, the effort left her breathless and rigid with pain. Castle eased the door shut behind him as quietly as he could. The soles of his shoes squeaked on the shiny floor and he cringed at the screech of sound. COMPLETE

AU post-3x15 "The Final Nail." Takes place after Kate goes for a drink with Castle before her dinner with Josh on Valentine's Day.

'Of course her husband had told their daughter stories that involved turning a man who had hit on her into a bad guy. Of course.' Castle, Beckett, and their children have a run-in with a former acquaintance. Prompt fill for the #GoodLuckStana fundraiser. Cover art provided by the immensely talented E (random-ship).

'Her body still hums with a kinetic energy, an electricity that begs to surge, be released, but this case has her dignity at stake, thanks to the man peeking over her shoulder between calming breaths. They can't afford to lose and perhaps, if they win, then maybe they really can find a creative way to celebrate.' AU episode insert for 2x02, 'The Double Down'. Three shot. For Alex.

Inspired by the prompt: 'Castle is looking for Beckett and the boys tell him she's in the gym, but he finds her crying in the shower.' Set post 4x09, Kill Shot.

Set during 4x01: Rise. Castle strode past the diner's long bank of windows as quickly as his legs would take him. A bead of sweat trickled down the middle of his back despite the cool of the evening. He was desperate to get inside. Kate's father had called him not a half hour ago and he couldn't get there fast enough.

One-shot. Early meeting AU. Castle caught her in profile for the first time. She seemed so young, hesitant and slightly unsure of herself, weighed down almost if he were to describe her fully, that writer's itch already in search of a pen to capture such untouched beauty and effortless poise. COMPLETE

'It's probably later than what is appropriate for him to be showing up on her doorstep, the city-lit darkness of nightfall pressing in against her windows, the lingering taste of her mouth still on his tongue, and his hand still alive with a pain that laces through his knuckles.' An AU post-ep for 3x13, Knockdown.

Season 2 AU. "It was Memorial Day weekend and with his daughter off in California visiting her mother, Richard Castle, mystery writer and fêted man-about-town, was at a dangerous loose end."

Post ep for the series finale. The seven year gap, Castle and Beckett, and their three children.

One-shot set five years in the future from mid-season 8. Her hand fluttered at her throat, reaching for the comfort and softness of her turtleneck, and the sunlight caught her ring. The row of diamonds exploded in a shower of color, radiant as a firework display. Castle saw the twinkling diamonds and a chip of ice melted inside his heart. COMPLETE

"Limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate." My post-ep for the series finale.

'All they went through, all they fought for, shines so brightly in moments like these. And as Castle so often likes to remind her, she would never change their story either, not a single chapter. Not when every page spent with him means more to her than words could ever describe.' Post-ep for 8x22, 'Crossfire'.

"Given all the crazy stuff that goes on between you two..." Fluff, pure sweet cavity inducing fluff, happy ending included. Imagine one more conversation between Castle and Simon Doyle to which Beckett is not privy. (Thanks to Kylie for the beta.)

"The first time he snuck a picture of her had been long before he'd gained the privilege of calling Kate Beckett his." Post-ep for 8x19, 'Dead Again'.

"This is our life, not just mine anymore, and I'm happy about that," she promises him, smoothing over old wounds and doubts with soft words, nipping on his bottom lip when he leans in to kiss her again. "Besides, you on the bike is extremely hot." Castle and Beckett take that cross-country trip. Post-ep for 8x18, 'Backstabber'.

'"You know, once you clean that up, maybe we could go for a, um, round three." Castle pauses with the cool flesh of the fresh melon against his fingertips, his head rising slowly at the enticing sound of his wife's voice, how wonderfully erotic the number three has become for them.' Alternative insert for 8x17, 'Death Wish'.

"I'm telling you, we need a dog." Post-ep of sorts for 8x16, 'Heartbreaker'.

At the end of the world, they find each other. Apocalyptic AU.

"I was ready to abandon everything because I couldn't picture a life without you." AU. Very loosely inspired by 8x16, 'Heartbreaker'.

'Castle opens his mouth, determined to set the words free in this moment of solace with her, but the noise that escapes his throat is hoarse, raspy, silent. He can't speak.' AU for 4x16, Linchpin. Two shot.

'There was a story, always a story, and she was only here temporarily, but she wanted to know his, wanted to invest in his. And hadn't she just discussed yesterday with Decker that fraternizing with fellow recruits was a bad thing' AU for 8x15, 'Fidelis Ad Mortem'.

'Three years ago, he had gone searching for a story, and he had found one in her. One he wanted to be a part of.' AU.

'Castle jerks his attention towards the front entrance of the hotel room, his eyebrows sky rocketing at the sight of his wife approaching, her gun raised and trained on Hayley. And he has absolutely no idea what is going on, but it definitely isn't good.' Post-ep for 8x14, The G.D.S.

'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.

'They're all in pairings, cut into halves, and if this is a study into separation anxiety, then it's definitely working. Even though Castle technically isn't her other half.' An AU version of 8x12, 'The Blame Game', set in season 3.

Episode insert for 8x11 "Dead Red." Beckett makes good on her promise to keep Castle "happy." Unrepentant PWP.

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

S2. M! insert for When the Bough Breaks.

Castle is in prison, wrongly accused for Johanna Beckett's murder. Based on a Castle Fanfic Prompt posted by Lord of Kavaka.

Two strangers meet in a bar and spend a single night together, never to meet again. Can it really be that simple? Of course not.

'"She's nearly dead, Castle. Maddox beat her to a pulp and I know you're off the team, but she needs you." He may be angry with her, brokenhearted and wounded over her, but like hell is he going to stay away from the woman he loves when she's on the brink of death. Again.' AU to 4x23, Always.

'After her mother's death, after her father's dark descent into the bottle, the need for something light, something that wasn't stained in grief had become her lifeline.' A detour in Kate's journey to becoming a detective leads to a life changing meeting. AU. For Alex.

"Castle, what are you doing here?" She felt his arms slide around her, gathering her up, gathering her to him, closer than ever before. His cologne filled her nostrils and his hands seemed to be everywhere at once, claiming her if she wasn't mistaken. - Set during 4x20 "The Limey" One-shot. Complete.

'He returns around midnight, nagged by a thought that won't leave him. It's case related and pretty minor, skimpy really, in the grand scheme of murder and things. But it won't leave him.' One-shot. Complete.

'He wants to take the apologies from her mouth with his teeth and breathe his forgiveness into her skin.' Post-ep for 8x08, 'Mr. & Mrs. Castle'.

'He thinks the way she rises on the tips of her toes, surges against him to meet his embrace so firmly, is his favorite type of hug.' Set a couple of years into the future.

'You're scared of haunted houses and halloween attractions and I don't even know you, but your friends left you behind so I'm gonna hold your hand and get you through this, alright' AU Halloween meeting. #CastleHalloweenBash

"You're the one who made a bet with the boys, a bet you roped me into without my permission, and now we're stuck in a cemetery on Halloween." Set early season 2. #CastleHalloweenBash

'"Scars tell stories, Beckett," he had smiled at her, his eyes soft with sincerity when she had jokingly confessed to the silly insecurity amidst the hours spent in his bed that first night.' A brief glimpse into Castle and Beckett's exploration of their scars. Set early season 7. Fluff. Written for #CastleThemeDay.

The sight of her here, home, has his mind exploding, neurons firing at rapid succession, directing his body to do so many things at once. To scream, to dance, to run, to stand his ground, to go to her, to question, to cry... to love. "Do I need to handcuff you here?" he jokes, dangling the silver cuffs in front of her face. Episode AU for 8x05. One shot.

'Kate slips the large t-shirt over her head before she can think about it, draws the collar to her nose and hums at the lingering scent of his aftershave. She has no intention of keeping him off of her mind. Quite the opposite, actually.' Set shortly after 8x02, XX.

Picks up immediately after the end of 4x11 - Ryan's wedding. What if, for just one night, Kate Beckett needed an escape from her own life-an escape named Richard Castle.

'The smile tugs at her lips. He's always been an amusing drunk, maybe a bit whiny, but also sweet, sleepy and easy to handle. "You're a lightweight."' Episode insert of sorts for 8x03, PhDead.

'She said it herself, it isn't fair, it doesn't erase what she's done, the new scars she's carving, but his love for her will always trump all else. His need to have her - in any way she will allow - will always win. It always has.' Another post-ep for 8x02, XX. For the tumblr anon.

"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.

Post-ep for 8x02, XX. Castle doesn't allow Beckett to walk out, not without a fight.

His lips tag her forehead, warm but dry, and she lets herself sag deeper into his embrace. Apparently pregnancy makes her a cuddler. Or maybe it's just Castle. She doesn't feel quite the same urges to curl into Ryan's chest the way she does her partner's. - A follow-up oneshot to The Reminder.

A collection of one shots and short fics. First up: "He really doesn't mind mornings like this. He doesn't care if the light is still blinding he needs to see her."

An AU post-ep to 2x18 "Boom." "He cares about you, Kate. You may not see it; you may not be ready to. But he does." She saw it. She just didn't know what to do about it.

For CastleFanficMonday. One shot set season 4. "Truth or Dare?"

"If you would have just stopped, if you would have just let it go…" Roy shakes his head, lips pursing with shame or disappointment, perhaps both. "We wouldn't be here if you would have just stood down." An alternative turn of events in 3x24, Knockout.

Three-shot set after "Cop & Robbers" but before "47 Seconds". "Hey. Did we get a body?" he asks the second she answers. "And good morning to you." He can hear her smile as she speaks, rightly chiding him for his lack of manners and any proper greeting. "Sorry. You're right. Let me start over." He takes a deep breath, pauses and then smiles. "Good morning, detective." COMPLETE

"Okay, look, I think maybe you're hoping for perfect, Beckett. All this work you've been putting in…it's great. Really great. But I can tell you for a fact…perfect doesn't exist." One shot post-4x22 "Undead Again". COMPLETE

For CastleFanficMonday. Takes place during Beckett's suspension early Season 5. "She loves him with a desperation so profound it overwhelms her, settles in the deepest parts of her heart, encases her lungs so every breath she takes is full of the love she harbors for him. There are no remainders of her wall, he's beaten them down and swept it all away..." FLUFF

'Kate jerks up from her seat, ready to do damage, to make Vulcan Simmons pay, but before she can even dig her hands into his shirt and fling him against the wall, Castle already has him by the neck.' A twist on 3x13, Knockdown.

'Castle plops down to the sand once she's gone, opens his notebook on his bent knees and uncaps his pen. He came here for inspiration, and he may have just found it.' Based on a gif set by katigron on tumblr.

'Never once did she picture her recovery taking such a drastic turn, could never have imagined Richard Castle would end up in her bed, in her heart, but she's grateful, so grateful, and now she doesn't want to let him go.' M rated insert for chapters 10 and 15 of Caught in the Riptide.

"You know, Castle, your bucket list was way more PG-13 that I thought it'd be." A series of steamy little one-shots based on our favorite couple's new weekly tradition. Season 5.

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.

'He knew now how to calm her racing heart, how to distract her from the claws of a nightmare she's trying to escape. Or at least, he had an idea.' Set early season 5. One shot.

"It's one thing to stop by unannounced when they're in the middle of a case and he's excited about a theory; it may be a weak excuse even then, but he can usually make it work. But now he has nothing but a small box of comic books and an uncomfortably strong heartbeat and he just needs to knock and get over it." Post-ep for Heroes and Villains (4x02).

AU for 4x06 Demons. What if, instead of quoting Ghostbusters, Kate said the other thing Castle really wanted to hear? One shot.

'Her hand flies to his forehead before she even realizes what she's doing, but his damp skin and fevered flesh steal her attention from the meaning behind her unplanned touch and that familiar worry uncoils from its hiding place inside her stomach.' In which a cold tests the boundaries of Castle and Beckett's partnership. Season 4 AU.

She wakes to a curious numbness in her right leg and a mouth full of cotton. One Shot, complete. Posted for Castle Fanfic Monday.

"Why? So I can be one of your conquests?" - "Or I could be one of yours." Episode insert for 1x01, 'Flowers For Your Grave. Prompt fill for the ThankYouTerri campaign.

"It's her favorite author and of all the people, he came to her rescue. Richard Castle who got his suit dirty just to help her, who's looking at her with the bluest eyes she's ever seen." AU Caskett meeting.

'He finds Kate Beckett standing in the middle of her small kitchen, an umbrella opened over her head, her entire body soaked in the water that's breaching her ceiling and coming down hard on her and everything she owns.' Inspired by a prompt from castlefanficprompts. Two shot. AU.

"She's so ready for this. For him. For happiness and love and movie dates." AU - what might have happened had they gotten to have that Jon Woo marathon. One shot. Complete.

She faints. And on her first day back, no less. An AU story set early season five for Castle Fanfic Monday!

"She's so happy she's not sitting at the singles table, couldn't fathom not being here to witness the pure joy painted across his face." Episode insert for 4x11. For Alex.

What if it didn't take a brush with death, or an ultimatum, or a confrontation? What if, one ordinary evening, she just realised she was finally ready to let him into her life?

CS AU – Seventeen year old Emma is sentenced to spend eleven months in prison for stealing the watches. She soon learns that her correctional officer is a young handsome blue eyed man named Killian Jones.

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

She has a baby. She brought a baby back from Haiti. Can you even do that? Season 3 AU.

'Discouraging a very doped up Kate Beckett from doing anything other than what she wants is no small feat.' A season 4 insert of sorts set between 4x16, Linchpin, and 4x17, Once Upon A Crime.

Her eyes search his at the door. Pupils rapid, darting back and forth, manic with something he's seen flares of before but hasn't dared put a name to. Post Cops and Robbers.

A drunken Kate Beckett is not what he had expected for Christmas, but he's not complaining. A season 2 AU holiday oneshot.

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

'It's been months since Montgomery's funeral, since the gunshot, since the damning diagnosis after she awoke from surgery. ' An alternate ending to 'Knockout' that changes everything. AU.

A single chance meeting can change everything. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

A short one-shot post-ep to 7x8, "Kill Switch." "I needed to make sure you know that just because I talk about it less doesn't mean that I don't love you just as much..." Castle comforts Kate after a nightmare.

Beckett doesn't realize at first that it's a game. 4x6 AU (Demons) Fluff. Fluff. Fluff. Fluff.

'He hadn't come expecting to find anyone interesting, he never does when he ends up in one of these clubs, but the requirement of masks, the promise of unknown identities and costumed anonymity for a night had appealed to him.' An AU meeting on Halloween night. Entry for the #CastleHalloweenBash.

A thoughtless remark from Beckett makes Castle give up on them ever becoming more than partners, and he leaves. Without being able to talk to him, Beckett must convince him that he's wrong about her feelings.

"In the end she will be just that - the damaged." An one shot set during 4x09 - Kill Shot in which Rick comes to Kate's place that night.

"If you believe anything, just believe that I love you." Post-ep for 7x01, Driven.

He holds her against him, his heart still caught in his throat. She's been holding back from touching him. Probably because she's had this flicker of doubt about him not wanting her. And that kills him. Because of course he wants her. He wants her more than he's ever wanted anything. Post-ep for 7x01, Driven.

It's been nearly four years since the last time he heard her voice. AU. Oneshot.

This can't be real. He must be dreaming. This can't possibly be real... Castle catches Beckett in a compromising situation. (Allow me to clarify: This is NOT a sequel. This is the complete piece in one post.)

'He's testing the boundaries, wondering how far down her wall has really fallen.' An alternate ending to Undead Again, 4x22.

"There will be a later, there will be plenty of time to do everything she's ever dreamed of with him, but now – right now she just wants him." A continuation of the 'Always' deleted scene.

"Castle, I said legs!" Alternative scene for episode 4x06, 'Demons'.

"Maybe I'm just in love when you wake me up." What it this"? More Ed Sheeran? Just fluff, cause I noticed, I haven't written any fluff stories, so. One story, but each chapter can be treated as a one shot.

Her heart was still in jagged pieces after the summer. The sequel to 'still our hands match'. Takes place throughout season 3. AU. Cover art by ournorthstars.

"He's never been good at these..." Castle and Beckett meet at a bar pre-season. One-shot.

When she gets him back after the accident, she doesn't want to let go of him for the fear that she'll lose him again. She wonders if this is how he felt after she had been shot. Sure they weren't together then, but he had loved her. And with love, came pain. Developed from a prompt I received on Tumblr.

Tag for 5x02 'Cloudy with a Chance of Murder'. The slight falter in Beckett's voice, the stunned look on her face, said everything she couldn't put into words. Very Casketty! Sort of a 'fix it fic' for me.

"In the darkest night hour, I'll search through the crowd, your face is all that I see, I'll give you everything, baby, love me lights out." Kate and Castle finally come to their senses while waiting for New Year's fire works in Time's Square.

Kate Beckett hates hospitals. She hates the white linoleum tiles and how she can't help but wonder how often they are stained red. She hates how the walls all look the same, that no one could paint on even an ounce of joy. But what she hates most now is that her grandfather is there and she has no idea why. Post-Undead Again.

"Why do you even care so much? What is it that you want so badly that you can't just let this go so we can both move on with our lives?" Set in the summer between 1x10 and 2x01, continues on throughout season 2. Cover art by ournorthstars.

Booze and flirting and sexy times! What more could you ask for from an M-rated Caskett fic?

Episode tag for 6x02. Let's pretend this happened before Castle wakes up from his dream. One-shot.

And today—today was an unspoken agreement, a late night text that didn't surprise her at all.

Post ep for 6x21 Law & Boarder. It's exactly what you think. Shameless.

They turn in opposite directions and his skin is on fire, hot annoyance like acid through his veins and - it stuns him - he's hurt. Set S2 during When The Bough Breaks. M for language and content. Now Complete.

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

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

"I just wanted to let you know that I'm actually going to be free tomorrow." She didn't think one phone call could go so wrong. Tumblr prompt fill: called the wrong number while drunk au. It's only going to be a oneshot though. Rated T for language.

Taking the flowers from Beckett's hand, Castle grins. It's amazingly sweet to have someone taking the time and effort to make him smile, to have someone trying to improve his day, and these flowers have just become sacred. Poof! You're Dead (S3) post episode story, becomes AU. How a simple gift turns into something so much more. COMPLETE

She's here, he knows it. Who else could it be but her? He gets to his feet as the doors open and he's hit with a wave of disbelief. The weight that's been settled in his chest all day alleviates but doesn't dissipate entirely. He needs to hold her, to wrap his arms around her slim body and never let her go. 6x17 mid-ep insert.

Beckett and Castle realize that her 'wall' is beginning to fall and they can finally see a future together. But nothing is that easy, especially with outside forces attempting to destroy them. While they are both determined to keep their family together, will living on the run tear them apart? Or should they just be more focused on staying alive? AU after Cops and Robbers.

Post-Smells Like Teen Spirit 6x15. No major spoilers whatsoever, just some fluff and smut between everybody's favorite engaged duo.

They were moving towards something... she knew that, but maybe it wasn't what it seemed. One night of no declarations or expectations forces the walls around Kate Beckett to come crumbling down. Caskett goodness set in fourth seasonish.

Post-47 Seconds. 'Kate stands several feet away from Castle's spot at the far end of the bar, hands jammed into her pants pockets, fists curled up tight with her short nails digging half-moons into her palms while the writer studiously tries to ignore her. "You're angry." "You think?" His voice is harsh, dripping sarcasm.

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.

An AU summer fic, set between seasons two and three. The Hamptons trip doesn't work out, and Castle comes back to the city in time to score himself an invitation to Beckett's camping trip. Entry for the Winter Ficathon 13/14.

'She missed this. The effortless banter, the smiling, him. Never had she imagined how empty her life would become without him.' One shot. A post ep of sorts for 4x07. COMPLETE.

Now complete. Thanks everyone! This is my 2013/14 Winter Ficathon Entry. Cover Art courtesy of the great dtrekker. Prompt 1: "She awoke with a start. The bed beside her was cold, the room still dark save for the soft glow of the light outside filtering in through the window as it reflected off of the steadily falling snow." A/U sometime in season 6.

A requested fic for alwaysdefectivecastle. What would have happened in the Hamptons if a dead man hadn't fallen into the pool?

SPOILERS: Post-ep for 6x11 'Under Fire'. 'They trudge through the front door, feet heavy, hair, clothes, everything reeking of smoke. They have sooty smudges on their faces and a pair of matching grins that are already threatening to fade to nothing – soppy, tired, over emotional. "Hey, come here," growls Castle, catching her sleeve and tugging her back towards him'. COMPLETE

It wasn't planned, wasn't a date, but when he'd shown up looking striking in his suit and with his arm empty, she'd gravitated to him like she always did, her whole body orienting toward him as if he was her shining beacon in a dark, starless night. Follows episode 4x11, "Till Death Do Us Part." -COMPLETE-

"I got shot in the chest, and I remember every second of it." She had lied. After everything they'd been through, after everything he'd done for her, and she lied? He couldn't believe it. He watched her die, and she didn't even have the guts to tell him that she remembered? What did that mean for them? What did that mean for their relationship? One Shot -Season 4- (Endgame-Caskett)

She doesn't like him. Not one tiny little bit. She hates him. She hates him every minute he turns those bedroom eyes on her and heats her blood and fries her nerves. Very early in Season 1. AU. Fill for the 2013 Winter Hiatus Kink Meme. No plot to speak of.

Set during the episode 4 x 16 "linchpin". What if when Caste returned to the loft, it was someone other than Sophia waiting for him? AU

Now complete. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to read it. Set after the end of Watershed, a devastated Rick and their family and friends desperately search for a missing Beckett. Will they find her in time? A/U as I don't control any part of the show.

Waking up to the sound of his voice is intoxicating. Makes her feel safe. She'd know his voice anywhere. She'd always hear him... even now... when his heart is shattered... (Sometime early S6 - No spoilers) - COMPLETE - {2014 Castle FanFic Writer's Guild Winner - Fav. T Rated Multi-Chapter}

Don't wait. Don't think. Just... jump. Making mistakes is what we live for, they help us grow, they're confirmation of the freedom that every soul needs. But are some mistakes just too big to fix? When the dominoes start falling, Kate will have to wonder if it was really worth it - and if Rick is worth it, especially when there is so much more at stake.

Set between 'Always' and 'After The Storm'... Three times. M-RATED.

After the swings and the ring, Rick and Kate return to the loft and…yeah.

"She fights him, she does. But she's just not strong enough. After that fight with him, her former partner, she's just hunting the dragon, with no reason to live. Without Castle she can't win. Now she hangs there by her two hands and feels her life slip away." AU from the rooftop fight in 'Always'.

The late hour is leaving its mark on his mind, and his imagination is creating a hundred and one different scenarios for how tomorrow will eventuate. Will she call because of a body drop, or should he arrive at the Precinct with coffee? Will it be awkward and jutted, or can they recapture the magic that had been the essence of them? Could they be more? Undead Again Fix it!

An extension of the end of "Always" (4.23) One-shot.

"Kate," he rasped, tentatively slipping a hand under her neck and sliding the other down to rest along her side, feeling the warm rush of blood sluicing through the spaces between his fingers. "Please, Kate, please don't leave me. Not again." Based on a tumblr prompt. Cover art by half0utloud.

"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.

He wakes to the sound of her voice again, twice in as many days and a lifetime hereafter that he's more than okay with. The light tippy-tappy movement of her fingers brush out over his cheeks and though he feigns sleeps just a little while longer he can't help the smile that creeps out across his face. Post epi for 6.04

Missing scenes from 11.02. How Tony and Ziva spent those few days in Israel. Alone, in a bubble.

Ziva is alone and on a mission in Brazil when Tony finds her. Will he be able to convince her to stay with him? Or Will this secret mission be the end of anything between them? This story takes place after season 10. The story was inspired by some spoilers for Ziva's exit. It is my wish that Ziva return. This story is rated T but there is one chapter rated M.

"I was supposed to be doing this alone." They spend a year apart. The lines never quite meet.

Three short stories about the past, present and future of Tony and Ziva. First up is Paris and what happened in the hotel room and how it molded certain aspects of their relationship.

"I came here to bring you back home. I was not gonna leave without you. You're making me leave without you." Tony spends all summer searching for Ziva in Israel and finally finds her. What could have been in "Past, Present and Future". One-shot.

"I'm sorry, I don't know you" Tony said, simply. Like that one single comment hadn't ripped her heart out and stomped all over it. She was his partner, she's not meant to be forgotten by him of all people.

He never thought it could hurt like this. AU for 5x05, "Probable Cause."

"Castle." She breathes, her eyes dropping, roaming over his face, like she wants to devour him and she did say dessert. The sweet treat at the end of a meal, the soft, hard, hot, cold culmination of an evening spent in promise. He can think of no better word for what is about to transpire between them. M addition to All Good Things

Esposito and Ryan don't come into the room when Castle tells Kate she smells like cherries. A series of events follow. Does the nature of their relationship change? Takes place during Vampire Weekend (2x06). Be aware, this is a fluff piece. I'd agree we need it.

What happens when it gets boring when our Detective and Writer are stuck in the Elevator? From "Undead Again". Alternative ending for Season 4. Now updated with Epilogue number two - celebrating the year passing of this fic.

"I lied to you. We've hardly spoken in two days. And now..." Her voice wavers, and she shakes her head regretfully, hating that she's doing this to him. "That's not a solid foundation for the future, Castle." Entry for the 2013 Castle Ficathon. Complete.

Based on the episode 'Cops and Robbers' 4x07, but with an unsuspected twist! Caskett. Rated T, but possible some more mature content in following chapters! Read and Review!

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.

Eventually some lessons from your past come back to haunt you, sometimes they can be learnt from. Even the biggest things grow from small seeds. The story of the fall and rise of a relationship. When things are just meant to be, they happen, no matter how epic the struggle to resist.

"He could make jokes about coffee every day for the rest of his life, and it would never be enough. He could say always a million times over, and it would never be enough… But what he can't do anymore – what he will not do anymore – is pretend to not see." Post-ep for Killshot. Complete.

Richard Castle's life has always been influenced by whatever he reads, watches or experiences... and has a LOT of fun with it. Now, how does this play with Kate Beckett in his life... having fun, in his shower?

A bridge for episode 3x24 'Knockout' between the hangar scene and the funeral. 'You're sitting on the hood of your car outside the aircraft hangar when she finally appears, grief and the darkness painting her face with an ash-grey wash. "Castle? What are you still doing here?" she asks. "Waiting for you." COMPLETE

One-shot set after the season 5 finale. Beckett says no to Castle and takes the job but after two months something happens. Suck at summaries, just read :)

Post "Watershed", right after. She looks at him, stunned. She can't move. She can't make a sound.

Caskett talks about Kate's insecurities in the relationship and she responds to the proposal, Yes, it's another post Watershed fic. Sorry, i'm not sorry. Oneshot. Disclaimer: Just another fan trying to make it through the hiatus in one piece.

Post Watershed: If you haven't seen it, don't look! So whatever happens, whatever you decide... Katherine Houghton Beckett, will you marry me?

Kate buries her face against his chest, fingers clawed into his sides and it's so unlike her that it gives him pause... Episode reaction to 5x21 and 5x22, taking into account the original air order in which we were to see "STILL" before "The Squab and the Quail."

Kate goes to see Dr Burke because that bullet whizzing past her head has shaken her up. Cue some honesty and grown up talking. Spoilers for 5x21 (The Squab and the Quail). Fix-it fic with a rating to be safe

(Spoilers for Still/Squab and the Quail) "The next time you flirt with a guy, I'm gonna have to ask you to marry me."

Light-hearted one-shot highlighting the benefits of Stana Katic's 'Alternative Travel Project'. The story of what happened the day Beckett persuaded a reluctant Castle to 'ATP' to work..."I can't believe you got Castle on the subway," laughs Esposito. "Next you're gonna be asking Gates for matching push bikes with little blue flashing lights on the front." COMPLETE

Prompt based on the unfinished conversation between Castle & Beckett in the isolation tent during 3x16: 'Setup'. "… I wish that I had someone who would be there for me, and I could be there for him, and we could just dive in to it together," she says wistfully." What might have happened next it they hadn't been interrupted... COMPLETE

On Castle's birthday, Castle, Beckett, Esposito, Lanie, Ryan and Jenny decide to play a drinking game! Here's what ensues...

What happens when a game of Truth or Dare at the precinct gives Castle a fun idea of how to spend the next day? Now complete!

Anxiety knots in her stomach as she fills the sink with warm water, touches her fingertips to the assortment of items she needs for this. Her body aches with the weight of the week and she wants nothing more than to crawl into bed next to him, to feel the solid presence of his body against hers as she tries to sleep. One shot. Complete.

A young Kate Beckett spends her summer waitressing at a local shack on a Jersey beach, tending to her alcoholic father and paying her way through the academy. One night, her world turns on its feet when Rick Castle enters the door...and her heart. AU. COMPLETE.

He holds on to her, fingers entwined, his grip almost bruising but he can't let go. Episode reaction to 5x05, 'Probable Cause.'

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.

"So…" whispered Kate, a slight smile curving her lips and threatening to break wide open like the sun bursting free of a cloud, "you wanna talk about it?" she asked tentatively, looking up at him from beneath dark lashes. How the story might continue post-Always. The morning after...well, in my little world... If you find Ch1 a little OTT it does get better. COMPLETE.

She curls her hand around his ear, fingers brushing through his hair as he lies there, head cradled on her chest, body heavy over hers. Post ep, 5x02.

By cartographical, Sandiane Carter, and chezchuckles. 19. Live for a year in Paris. Kate says, No, only a month, Castle. This is what Bucket List version of Caskett did over the summer hiatus.

"Is this your way of subtly asking me if I'm viewing our new relationship as a conquest?" "No." "Liar." Post After the Storm. One shot

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

It's said that laughter is the best medicine; but together, Castle and Beckett find something even greater.

"You're staring. At me." A fluffy post-ep for 'Cops and Robbers'.

Beckett helps Castle solve a little mystery the morning after. Post-Always. One-shot.

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

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

Sometimes, the only way to become whole is to break first. Post-Limey/Headhunters.

It's not a joke, or a catastrophe, or even Castle that brings them together. Somehow, like the punch line of a bad joke, it's Mother's Day that does it.

Words cannot describe it.

post Always fic.

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.

What should have happened at the end of 2x24... ONESHOT.

He's putting words in her mouth. She has to set the record straight. - How I think things might go, briefly, during 'Always'. Minor spoilers perhaps from the last several episodes and from the official synopsis of 'Always'.

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.

When caught in the eye of the storm, Castle and Beckett finally surrender to the electricity between them.

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.

"Give you my sleep?" she asks a minute later, as though the thought had to slog through water to come out. "Stealing," she sighs. Tumblr prompt: "Can't sleep? Me either. Let's can't sleep together."

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

Post-ep for 47 Seconds. I totally wasn't going to do this...But then I had to.

Castle is away on another book signing tour and Beckett is taking his absence hard. But it's not as hard for her as it is a certain little one. It takes just one phone call for the walls to come crashing down. Futuristic story.

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.

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

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

He really wishes she wouldn't smile like that.

During an ordinary wind down from a case. Castle finds himself in a predicament:his partner has fallen asleep on him. He soon finds out that Kate Beckett is indeed a cuddler...a frisky one at that. Co Authored with Kimmiesjoy

They're magnets for life as well, and now that they've survived, they need to learn to navigate a life that has ceased to be his or hers. Sequel to More Than This.

What happens when Ryan and Esposito find out about that undercover 'Knockdown' kiss? Set in the present day season 4 , Casketty, light and fun, rated T to be safe although I am fairly confident K would be more accurate, oneshot. Enjoy!

He really has to wonder how it is that they end up in these situations. It's like they're magnets for near-death. Complete. Sequel: More Than Them.

Following a PTSD episode, Kate has a choice to make. Heavy angst, character death, adult situations . Spoilers for Rise, Cops & Robbers and Kill Shot. Chapter 3 up, COMPLETE.

Because any time a woman, much less his woman, camps out in the bathroom, curled up against the side of the tub, something's very, very wrong.

Just what was on Kate's camera after the wedding?

Kate stumbles across a secret - no wonder he'd been so angry at her after she'd avoided him all summer - and reason comes from an unlikely source. Complete.

No Light, No Light continuation. A Dash Away prequel. The morning after that terrible case. COMPLETE

The night and morning after their relationship changes. Nearly plot-less Casketty goodness.

Post-ep for Kill Shot. It's not a hundred cups of coffee but it's a start. COMPLETE

November 17th is Kate Beckett's birthday. COMPLETE

Cops&Robbers - Just a little addition to the end scene at Castle's apartment. One Shot.

It was Kate's worst nightmare; that he'd see her like this and run the other direction. What she didn't expect, however, was that this was the night that would prove just how deeply his love ran. Possible spoilers for Kill Shot.

They've spent so much time racing toward the finish line, waiting to break down the wall. Now that it's broken, where do they go from here? Castle and Beckett find the calm after the storm.

When Kate Beckett went to get her book signed by Richard Castle, she never imagined that she'd end up meeting his daughter, much less offering to babysit for the afternoon. AU.

Another Cops and Robbers post-ep. To chezchuckles without whom this would not exist.

A little post-episode addition for Cops & Robbers. Of course. Caskett

post ep oneshot for Cops & Robbers. for Gabee, who begged me

A short alternate scene to the Caskett moment in Cops and Robbers

Taking liberties with the Nathan Fillion quote: "It's like our morning kiss. One way to say, without actually saying it, 'Good morning, my heart, how are you doing'" COMPLETE

based on the production stills for Cops and Robbers - What brings Kate to Castle's loft after the bank robbery?

Beckett's annoyed with Castle's behavior? What happens when she's not thinking about what she's saying?

This is not something she has ever done before, come home with Castle after a case. Spoilers for 4.07 - Cops & Robbers episode stills.

He made a wish as the New York City lights shone brightly a hundred floors below. Then he realised it had just been granted.

Castle and Beckett end up trapped in a room during a gunfire and secrets end up surfacing by accident.

It's just a scar. It doesn't mean anything. COMPLETE Spoilers for oblique allusions to season 3 finale, and maybe some of season four. Second chapter due to popular demand.

Shot, hospitalized and confused, Katherine Beckett wakes up to a changing future. Richard Castle wants to protect her, love her, save her. But there are things she must face, and she can't make him the promises he needs. Post-Knockout continuation.

SPOILERS for Knockout. In between scenes, before and after the hangar. ONESHOT

What happens after Josh operates on Kate? Does she remember Rick telling her something special after she was shot? What's next for Beckett and Castle?

"The best you can hope for is to find a place to make your stand. And if you're very lucky, you find someone willing to stand with you." As Kate recovers, she begins to realize the importance of Montgomery's words, both on the job and in life. Spoilers for Knockout. Complete.

Kate and Josh have broken up, and Kate and Castle have…well, they haven't anythinged. And tonight, they finally stop fighting it. Set somewhere at the end of Season Three, assuming that our shipper irritant is gone.

After the events of Setup and Countdown, Rick Castle can't get warm without a little help. Oneshot COMPLETE.

SPOILERS Continuation of the scene in Knockout after Beckett runs back to the hangar. COMPLETE First time I published this, no one could see it, so I'm republishing it.

Richard Castle is on the other side of that door. Oneshot, based on the sneak peek for the LA episode.

Being stuck in a snow storm with a hyperactive man child is no surprise for Beckett but that doesn't mean he still can't surprise her.

"I don't believe in your happiness," he says.

When Beckett begins receiving strange deliveries with her mail, is it a threat or something even more unexpected?