"I'm pretty sure she's under the impression that you're angry with her." Takes place in "Headhunters" timeline, but only tiny synopsis spoilers. *Chapter 3 up now. *Now M-Rated.

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

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

Fall out from the revelation of 47 Seconds.

Kate gets a call from Esposito, with word of Rick's hospitalization after his little excursion with Slaughter. Naturally, his partner goes to his side, ready to be undemanding, ready, for now to simply... be.

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

Can Ryan and Esposito talk... make that threaten... some sense into Castle? Fallout from 47 Seconds, The Limey and Headhunters promo. *Extra: Epilogue now up*

CASKETT. Missing scene without a place for "The Limey". Beckett's in her black dress and Castle sees something he shouldn't. Angst ensues.

What if the bullet didn't hit Beckett? What if it hit someone else?

Re-posted with a new title. Formerly "Doubts." Thank God for an excellent beta. "He smiled bitterly. For once, no masks. No lines to recite. No roles to play."

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

Easter fic. Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. No spoilers really, just vague references to a rough patch that is now over. I like my world better than Marlowe's.

She has to fix this. She just doesn't know if she can. Follows "Darkness Falls" and "Jaws of Death."

'This is how the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper.' - "The Hollow Men," T.S. Eliot :: Spoilers for post-'47 Seconds' and 'The Limey'

"Because when you have nightmares every night, they become as ordinary as the dreams you have every night that you wake up from in the morning and don't remember. With one little twist."

Boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell...-Tennyson. Follows "Darkness Falls."

Lanie did say that there's no time like the present and, well, this may not be the right time, considering that he's headed off on another date, but it's their time, and Kate is going to make sure that Castle knows that. Set post-4x20.

His mother told him he should move on. His head told him he should move on. His heart speaks different advice.

It's always the darkest right before dawn. A 'Limey' Post-Ep.

Post-The Limey. Events from Castle's perspective. Decisions make secrets. Secrets explode and the fallout has to be dealt with. Happy birthday jenlovesbones, here's some angst!

"I love you and either that's enough or it isn't." When waiting isn't enough and their partnership ends, everything changes. So Rick Castle takes solace in the little things that don't.

Because I like Detective Inspector Colin Hunt and would hate to feel obliged to hate him because he became a third wheel. Post "The Limey." Beckett/Hunt FRIENDSHIP fic.

Pandora: prevented. Linchpin: saved. She and Him: alive. Secrets: kept.

Once more...yes, another post-47 fix-it. Because I think Our Heroes are actually capable of an adult conversation.

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