What would happen if Johanna Beckett hadn't died on that fateful day in 1999, but went into hiding with the FBI? The FBI faked her death and she couldn't come back or have any contact with her family until the case was solved. The case is now over. How will her family react? Will this affect the Caskett wedding? Who is buried underground while Johanna still lives?

An AU retelling of Deadly Game. Beckett's treatment of Castle goes too far. He leaves the precinct for good. No pathetic need of Gina or tail between his legs return in the fall. It will be a major shock to Beckett and her crew when she finds out who Richard Rodgers really is. Caskett is not a foregone conclusion in this one.

Grief changes the path that Kate Beckett had laid out for herself in 1999. It affected her career, it affected her mentality, but more it affected her family. Because of her Mother's death, she left it all behind. Can a chance encounter 10 years later help her make up for past mistakes? Sometimes to receive a second chance, one only needs to ask for it.

America is under attack. A deadly foe unleashes weapons of mass destruction and masses of fanatical terrorists. When the enemy stages an attack in the city of Tampa as a dress rehearsal they encounter an unsuspected obstacle: FBI counterterrorism agent Kate Beckett and an ex-marine turned college physics professor - Richard Castle.

Rick has been on a 2 month book tour and their 8 month anniversary is approaching. Everything is fine until his calls and texts suddenly stops coming. Where is he and what is he up to?

A re-imagining of After The Limey.

In this Parallel worlds Science-fiction/fantasy story Captain Richard Rodgers, U.S. Army Rangers is transported across space and time to the nation of Caledonia to marry the Royal Princess and defend the kingdom.

This story is about eight year old, Emily Marie Beckett Roswell, who loses her mother to a drug overdose. She finds her Aunt Kate and has to live with her because there is no other family members except Kate's father who will help from time to time. This will follow Emily's adventures and all the trouble she causes and gets into, while driving Detective Beckett crazy.

"Who is the father?" Kate looked offended at the question. She shot her a look. Hurt that she would even have to ask. Which could only mean... "Ca...Ca...Castle?" Lanie asked, her jaw on the floor. "When? How?" Set sometime after "The Limey"

The family saga continues, narrated by Eliot Beckett-Castle, who previously appeared in "Womb with a View," "Hi. I'm Eliot," and "Hi. I'm Your Brother," or as reviewer sillylissy calls it, "The Hi Series."

Post 8x22. When Kate and Rick are shot in their own home, it's only the beginning of a journey that changes everything, not just for them, but for their friends and loved ones. New paths open up, while the bonds of love and friendship only grow stronger. The future is everyone's to decide.

Castle gets disturbing news while Kate is at her dads cabin recuperating. He decides a change is in order for his life. How will Kate cope with this news. Can Caskett even happen? We will have to wait and see, but I don't think Beckson or Davidett has a ring to it. Do you?

We're born breakable. Detective Kevin Ryan knows this; a wanderer named Alexis knows it, too. When life shatters us, we hold tight to what used to be, scraping for normalcy in a chaotic world. But sometimes you have to let go of those broken pieces to learn to be whole again. AU.

AU: Lt. Rick Castle heads a NY State Police unit that uses information, technology, deception and misdirection to get criminals to unwittingly destroy themselves. His friend, Captain Roy Montgomery, NYPD, asks for his help to save a young female cop from a man so powerful he isn't just above the law, he makes the law. He can only be stopped by going at him Rick's way, Sideways.

The team haven't seen each other in years, after a massive trauma tore them all apart. As they gather once more, brought together for the memorial, they can't help but remember the terrible events that brought them all there.

Richard Rodgers is a Professor of Criminal Justice in the daytime. He's the author behind the popular Derrick Storm books. The true identity is unknown to anyone but his family and publisher. Can he find true love? Read and find out...Definitely AU with some angst...

Alexis and Kevin have been to hell and back for each other—only to be pulled apart time and time again. Now, with their Happily Ever After finally within reach, they must learn to let go of the past and dare to hope for the future they thought they'd lost, or let their love go. Sequel to Heart of Stone. Winter Hiatus Ficathon entry.

The U.S. and New York City are under attack. Rick and his team of bomb experts need to find out who is wreaking havoc in the city and stop them in any way they can. Rick, however, has more at stake this time around and he will do anything in his power to protect the ones that he loves. This story picks up three years after Bomb I ended. Rated T for now, warnings for "M" will show.

Alexis has had enough, and she lets Kate know. Rated for language. Based on speculations flying on finale. It has become a multi-chapter story exploring how decisions have a ripple effect, whether we realize it at the time or not.

The third tale in 'The Wonder' AU, this story picks up four months after the conclusion of 'Hunt the Hunter', rejoining Kate Beckett, circa Season 6. Estranged from Richard Castle, the former detective/federal agent is on a different path that ultimately will bring her full circle with the writer.

After Castle leaves with Gina in the season 2 finale, Beckett has a one night stand and comes to regret it. Will Castle stand by her or is it too much for him to handle. Maybe just a tiny bit of angst... This is an AU story.

Brokenclaw. For the Castle Ficathon 2017. After Spy Castle and Beckett return from Colombia, they must right a few wrongs at home.

This is Castle future history that takes place after Life Goes On and Distress from the Dungeons, in the same universe. If you haven't read Life Goes On, you've missed the 7 years that precedes this. They have the kids and the life shown in the final seconds of Castle S8. Of course I own nothing Castle.

An AU meeting. Richard Rodgers is a homicide detective raising a daughter who is assigned a young Kate Beckett as his partner. They both have their share of secrets. COMPLETE - For Now

"It's him," her colleague answers and it's the solemn tone of his voice, the grave quality of words that she's heard in only the most dire of circumstances, that confirms it for her before he has to say another word. "It's Castle. They found him. Alive." AU. An entry for the Castle Ficathon 2017.

'She's never mentioned the name Richard Castle, and no one's ever asked. She's kept their past as far away from here as she can manage. That burgundy pillow sitting on her bed is about as much as she will allow herself. Some nights, it's all she deserves, others it's all she can get. But most nights, it's all she will allow.' Post Watershed AU (5x24) *COMPLETE*

After proposing to Castle out of the blue in mid-season 3, and a sudden, whirlwind marriage, Kate must finally confront the secret she's kept from Rick for seven years. Very Alternate Universe.

Rick is a fireman. His wife left him a year earlier, took his twelve year old daughter with her. Kate is a homicide detective. Young but savvy, knows what she's talking about. One day, Rick goes into a house fire and something goes very wrong and Kate and her team are called in to investigate.

After the election, everything changes. People you thought you knew become strangers and life is turned upside down.

Castle's been betrayed by the most important person in his life. His darkest secret comes to light. Set after 'Food to die for'. Complete AU from that point on. My first published fic so please go easy on me.

Rick and Kate have deep feelings for each other. They both know it. She thinks about the pain he will cause if she drops her walls, so she sets out to teach him a lesson the only way she knows how. That is until the team catches a murder that will hit both of them hard. Can they come together to solve it and realize they need each other? Season 2 A/U story. Prompt from TORONTOSUN.

Kate Beckett never expected to find herself nineteen, pregnant, and motherless, but that was the hand life dealt her and she was dealing with it the best she could. She had finally decided to give her baby up for adoption when the baby's father showed up and complicated things. Richard Castle had a tendency to do that. (Caskett AU)

An AU take on the end of Season 3, in the cemetery at Roy Montgomery's funeral.

Kate Beckett's and Rick Castle's daughters meet at the public library and develop a friendship. Their parents also develop a connection while battling their children's other parents and Kate's daughter's very sneaky grand parents. Hope you give it a try.

Richard Castle is bored when he's wheelchair bound after a skiing accident. However, that changes when he becomes intrigued with the woman from across the way. The Lives of Others AU.

"The call comes at nine in the evening. They've had nothing, literally nothing, not a single, solitary lead, and then suddenly, everything moves so fast, it makes her head spin." Spoilers for the - gasp - 6x23 finale. Enjoy. Chapter 35.

AU. Castle and Beckett are both homicide detectives. When Castle becomes dangerously ill, he must figure out his real priorities. What happens when Beckett finds out that SHE is at the top of his bucket list? The clock is ticking, and love is in the air. Translation of Te aprendí a amar by Tamyalways with author's permission.

Set in lead up to D-Day. Lieutenant Richard Castle arrives in England to take charge of a platoon of infantry in the 12th Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division. While training for the invasion, he meets Lieutenant Kate Beckett, an army nurse and a relationship blossoms. Can their love survive the most destructive war in history as battles wage across Europe.

'Alexis counted the elephants, her eyes meeting Kate's for permission before her fingers traced their heads. "You, Daddy, me, Carrie, and Tater tot. There's enough for each of us!"' Sequel to Little Bean, written for the Castle Hiatus Ficathon 2016.

Richard Castle is not the famous author...just yet. He had a secret that he will not let anyone know about, not even his mom. He needs to save her. That's what he was put on this earth to do. It will be a close save, but he will protect her from harm.

Season 5 finale 'fic based on something said by Stana herself in an interview during the hiatus between S5 and S6. Before Kate can commit to a possible future with Richard Castle, she has a few things that she has to tell him first. More characters than just the four mentioned. Now a series of one-shots!

AU season 6. Told from the perspective of Kate Beckett. What happens after Castle proposes to Beckett in season 5? Does she take the job? Does she say yes? Find out here. Some cases and lots of fluff between Beckett and Castle.

A sequel to my fic "Feels Like Home". An AU version of Season 3, following Castle and Beckett's relationship.

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.

The team catches a case of a murdered stockbroker whose shady practices may have gotten him killed. While the Castle family gets a surprise visit from Castle's and Alexis's past.

Number 6 in the series... Read them first. This keeps you up on how we arrived here. Richard Castle is asked to teach at a prestigious university. There is, of course, a murder. Kate and Rick have been now married for several years.

Alexis and Kevin fell in love but outside forces got in their way. Will they ever find their way back to each other?

When a bridesmaid is killed hours before a wedding, Ryan and Esposito are called to solve the case. Serving as their shadow, Rick Castle runs headlong into his past; ex-girlfriend and current bride, Kate Beckett. An AU re-telling of 2x12 'A Rose For Everafter'. [An eight-part prompt from the Castle fanfics prompt blog on Tumblr.]

When Johanna Beckett wins a contest to meet her favorite writer, Richard Castle, she's thrilled. Oppositely, her daughter simply doesn't see the appeal. One simple meet becomes the catalyst for a series of events none of them could have foreseen. Caskett AU. Castle Summer 2016 Ficathon Entry.

What if Castle Beckett met in a different way? Like at a police charity auction? Meeting AU

One of the last things true crime writer Richard Castle expected when he took a meeting with convicted murderer Kate Beckett was to be sent on a quest for proof of her innocence, the other was to fall in love with her. A Castle AU. Written 2012. Revised 2016.

Number 7 in my "A Murder In..." Series Read them first Kate is assigned a series of murders that appear to relate to a women's maternity Center. She may have to go undercover to solve the crime

The team catches a case of a dead security guard, and has to deal with two old boyfriends of Kate's who interject themselves into the investigation. As they dive deeper, they find a connection back to the Rachel Maddows Case.

Castle and Beckett spent one night together and over a year apart. Now they were neighbors and they had a second chance for something extraordinary. Pre-Series AU, Meeting AU. Caskett. A prompt response written for CastleFanficMonday and continued for the 2015 Castle Hiatus Ficathon.

AU meeting fic. Kate is a young mother, living in the same apartment complex as Castle. He is annoyed that the baby is crying all night while he tries to write, and goes to yell at her. Instead, he finds her disheveled and upset, pacing with the baby down the hall, and offers to help.

After his partner is taken off active duty, Kevin Ryan is stuck with rookie detective Alexis Castle. He thinks she's a spoiled brat, and she's not very impressed with him either. When a near-fatal mistake causes their work and personal lives to collide, Kevin and Alexis discover that first impressions are often deceiving. Inspired by 'The Time of Our Lives.'

Castle and Beckett are married and expecting their second child. This is the story of the Castle family, through the ups and downs and the love between Castle, Beckett, and their children.

A new case leads to someone close to the team as a person of interest for the murder, and a team member being sideline for a bit of the case. Meanwhile Kate is ordered to bed rest and must content with her mother in law, father, and her best friend trying to follow the doctors and her husband's instructions while Kate's mind wonders to the case and her precinct.

Sequel to PRIVATE EYES. Detective Kate Beckett picks up a case that has an unexpected connection with her unsolved shooting. Meanwhile, her boyfriend, CIA Agent Rick Castle, is back in New York after an encounter with an international criminal simply known as "The Knave". Little do they know their worlds are about to collide. AU. Spy Castle. Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry

Set in 1941 in the territory of Hawaii. Lt. Richard Castle is a divorced father station aboard the USS Arizona who is happy with his life. That all changes when US Navy Nurse Lt. Kate Beckett arrives in Hawaii. Now Lt. Castle is smitten with the new arrival as the world continues to deteriorate. Then one Sunday fateful morning everything changes. Contains characters deaths.

A murder of a man leads to the reporters who were looking into the team's take down of the ISIS cell in Castle Homegrown. As the team investigates, the victims identity leads back to 1PP and the identity of the leak During the course of the investigation a familiar face returns back to the precinct to help close the case. Kate is having trouble adjusting to pregnancy and Desk Duty

Number 5. Read my other "A Murder In..." series to give background to this AU. Our favorite couple are invited by two dear friends to go to their destination wedding. But of course things go wrong And maybe something goes right for our love birds. We just have to see where this one goes from there As in the prior stories this story has romance, drama, and humor

Beckett's decision to leave Castle will have a devastating impact on the future. He will tell her,"I once believed,then I hoped, but now,all is gone. You have thrown us, away." She will attempt to repair the damage, but outside forces will complicate the task. Will they ever be repaired? Can he ever love her again? An AU tale, based on Season 8, for "Winter CastleFicaton, 2015."

Has a gang of vigilantes been operating on the streets of NYC with Police protection for over a year without being detected? Castle thinks so. How do you solve a case when you have no suspects or evidence? Get them to confess of course!

A murder case of a documentary film maker trying to uncover the reasons of a suspicious death is further complicated by a couple reporters both in New York and Qatar who are looking into the teams role in the take down of the ISIS cell. As the case progresses, a suprising connection to one of the team members is brought to light.

With the swing of a knife, their lives were torn apart. Three years later, Alexis is determined to find her missing other half and get justice for the horrifying crime that separated them, not knowing that Kevin has long-since made a deal with the devil, and some bonds aren't so easily broken. Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry. Sequel to In My Veins.

AU Castle has been shot. Beckett is on the verge of a break down. The team is in trouble. Enemies are closing in. This is indeed a dark hour. First chapter is a little slow because it is all set up but after that it will pick up,I promise.

They'd been stranded on an island for almost 5 months, and now it's time to go home... where everything has changed. Sequel to SOLID GROUND. Rated M. NOW COMPLETE.

This is an AU story. Kate Beckett-Sorenson is a detective, Richard Caste a famous writer. A chance encounter brings them together for one night, but is there more for them? Can love transcend space and time? Is life the search for the one and is there really just one for each person?

Part 4 Fourth in the, A Murder In A ..." series. Richard Castle is invited to be the host writer on a mystery tour. Naturally some one has to die. Someone always has to die. Oh I just quoted Dunn, sorry. I still like to have some fun and humor and love and angst

A couple weeks after Esposito leaves for his assignment, the team is assigned to a case that could have disastrous implications for the city: Kate is ordered not to disclose the victims true identity to her team and husband. Will this cause a strain between her team and husband; A new detective temporarily joins the team. As they dive deeper, the team calls on a old friend for help

Reckoning AU- Kate's blood is found, but no body is found she is announced dead. Nine months later a baby boy arrives at Castle's loft.

Meet Richard Castle. A highly skilled assassin, he is the man who moves in the shadows to get the most difficult of jobs done for the U.S. government. To some there is no one that can match his ability and skill. Except for one. Kate Beckett. An assassin just like Castle and just as deadly. However, she has gone rogue. Castle's new mission: Bring in Kate Beckett. Dead or Alive. AU

A sequel to "Hi, I'm Eliot," in which Eliot Beckett-Castle explains the ways of the world to his sibling, long before the baby is born. Part 3 of the baby saga, and my final entry in the Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon. Complete.

3 months after a Castle will Rise, Kate has been promoted to Captain of the 12th. How will she handle not being in the field anymore, as a new detective is assigned to her old squad. How will the new detective fit in to the well oiled team as she attempts to help solve her first murder with the team. And at home Kate and Castle make a decision about some news they receive mid-case.

Sequel to a Castle will Fall. Captain Gates has been brutally executed and Castle is severely wounded in a drive-by and is now in the Hospital. Kate, Ryan and Esposito are off the case as the Feds are taking over, but this wont stop them from investigating the case. As they dive deeper into the case, a surprising guest from the past arrives to help the team get justice.

You heard him talking in "Womb with a View." Now he's out of the womb and has even more to say. (Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry. I finished one, and because I seem to have misplaced my mind I'm doing another.) Enormous thanks to dtrekker for the absolutely perfect cover art. Complete.

Part 3 Set immediately after A Cold War Murder and "A Murder In The Hamptons". This is third in the series. Read them first. They are married and getting started in their new world when Castle gets stuck on a book tour complete with a murder. The system does not allow more than two descriptions, so this is romance, drama, a little more humor

A/U set shortly after Season 7x06 Time of our lives when Beckett and Castle are married. A murder investigation will lead them to a event that will rock the Castle family and the 12th Precinct to its core.

A somewhat AU fic. She's cool, she's a mystery. He's a writer and he wants to know more about his late-night visitor. 1 Chapter going up each day.

They say that the first year of marriage is the roughest, but the first week proves more trying for the couple. It seems like nothing is never easy for Kate Beckett and Richard Castle. So why would their wedding be any different? Set in my AM universe.

Det. Kate Beckett isn't so sure about her new partner, Det. Richard Castle. He's irritating and doesn't always play by her rules...he also just might be the one person she never knew she needed. AU set circa Season 1.

Kate is pregnant, and even in utero the Beckett-Castle baby has plenty to say. Plenty. (Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon Entry.) Special thanks to dtrekker for the great cover art!

Part 2 Set one month after and follows the "Cold War Murders". Rick and Kate are settling in on their new life as a couple. Trying to swim in new uncharted waters When a friend and neighbor of Castle is found murdered and the local police ask for the help from the pair

They met briefly during the war. Now she is out for justice and revenge. He is trying to resurrect his writing career and get over a divorce. Their paths cross and soon they are plunged into a world of murder, spies and constant danger.

When Kevin Ryan's life falls apart, he finds comfort in Lanie's new assistant, Alexis Castle. Their friendship brings much-needed light to his life, but Kevin refuses to recognize their growing attraction. When Alexis is threatened by forces outside their control, Kevin has to make a decision. And with lives hanging in the balance the wrong choice could cost everything.

This is my version of deleted scenes. Just little snippets that have come to me now that I've completed the story!

Castle had the night planned perfectly and it sure as hell didn't include chasing Beckett down in the pouring rain. How did it come to this? How could she say they were done.

Part 1 Rick and Kate both think the other is in a relationship with someone else. But when they go to a crime scene from 1970 they get trapped in a cold war bomb shelter. They have to spend the next three days talking to one another, opening up to each other, instead of hiding from their feelings that are getting stronger by the minute.

Alexis and Jeremy finally go on their official first date. Snippet from my 2AM story.

This is my version of deleted scenes. Just little snippets that have come to me now that I've completed the story!

A cowardly betrayal leaves Rick Rodgers and Kate Beckett fighting for their lives. Can they learn to rely on the other; will it lead to something more? What happens when they return from exile and the world learns the truth? A/U. Complete. Giant hugs to who've taken a chance on this story and followed to the end. Which is just a beginning...

An AU story. Richard Castle is a bookkeeper living in Queens with his daughter Alexis. He works in Manhattan. An elderly woman rides the same subway line to work each day, she and Castle become friends. She introduces him to a detective, Kate Beckett, who is stumped on a cold case. The pair end up working together. Fate intervenes in this multi-chapter story.

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

An early start to the morning and career day, a pretty easy day for the Castle house hold. It doesn't stay that way for long as something is bothering Nate that is far more troubling than a normal seven year old problem. 3rd in AM series

Beckett and Castle lay in the freezer they had backed themselves into, both knowing that they are most likely going to die there. Kate begins to realize her feelings for Rick and admits them to him. Where will this take them?

He's put on psychiatric leave. She's in hiding with her family trying to finish her book. The conspiracy thickens and the gates of Hell are about to open. Violence and darkness ahead. Yes Caskett moments in between and some sex eventually but before the light there's always the gaping maw of darkness trying to consume you... Season 1 has smutty fun. Season 2 is drama.

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.

Kate is a wild phase teenager. She was only looking for some fun. Find herself. She wasn't tying to be rebellious with her parents, she actually loved her parents, especially her mother. However her latest choice took her down the wrong road, and she didn't see any off ramps in the distance. Rick is dealing with his own problems on the other side of the country. Everything changes.

My entry into the "Summer 2014 Ficathon." Based on 6X5, Katherine Beckett is a US Senator, as predicted by Simon Doyle. She lives between New York and Washington DC, Richard Castle and their three children have remained in New York City. As before, DC brings new and greater challenges. A story of angst. The unanswered question is, can they survive?

Beckett gets a phone call in the morning. Some one is hurt and needs her. But soon the family of the 12th is faced with a ghost from the past. Squeal to 2 AM Wake up call.

A direct follow up story to Inchoate by ColieMacKenzie. Castle and Beckett are both miserable following their divorce. Can they heal their broken relationship?

Post Watershed. Kate has accepted both the proposal and the job. As she begins training while Rick is off on a long book tour she becomes quite ill. Will Rick be at her side in time?

Kate's the author, Ricks the detective. A killer is loose and she's meddled with his dead father's case. Now it's time to make things interesting. Read Alternate Universe for season 1. Warning: season 1 is M rated.

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

Sequel to ALEXANDER & JANE; Castle and Beckett must deal with him digging into her mother's case against her express orders, while at the same time balancing their renewed romantic relationship with family obligations. Caskett-Season 1 AU. -Part 2 of the WHAT'S IN A NAME series-

Don't know if anyone else has tried this but here's my shot at it. Kate's the author. Rick's the Detective. Read?

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.

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.

Castle and Beckett finally get to have that trip to Bora-Bora. But not all goes as planned. Instead of sipping mojitos in paradise, they find themselves stranded on an isolated island. Cover Art made from collaboration with @dtrekker. 2013 Castle Ficathon Entry. Rated M for safety, though the bulk of the story is T-rated. COMPLETE.

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

Beckett is awaken by a call and it's from the last person she expected. Alexis has been attacks and needs her...

A 'Dash Away' sequel.

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-

COMPLETE at 100. AU: Kate and Castle try to adjust to life as parents. Check out AC's preview video on youtube: /watch?v nARnCrP2Z98 Thanks AC!