Castle/Beckett. The first time Alexis finds them, she knows she wasn't supposed to find them at all.

Twelve years ago, Johanna Beckett was found in an alley, and Kate Beckett's life crumbled. Since then, one day a year, she closets herself away from the world to remember and to mourn. Today, she has company.

It's Kate Beckett's worst nightmare come true. The DA wants Castle to testify at a murder trial. And the cross-examination doesn't go exactly as planned. By popular request, NOW UPDATED WITH A SECOND CHAPTER

Esposito needs a little help with words. Castle is more than happy to oblige. Kate, however, has no idea what she's agreed to. And she agrees to far more than she planned.

She was teasing him. The dirty little minx, she knew exactly what she was doing to him, and was loving every second. Rated M for smut.

Castle catches Beckett in a rare moment of vulnerability.

When Castle ends up on Kate's doorstep late one night, will their feelings finally end up out in the open? Or will it end as it always ends for them?

Based on the SPOILER for Knockout released by TV Guide tonight, Castle and Beckett have a confrontation during the Finale. Here's how I think it might go.

What was Castle thinking as he raced to Beckett's apartment in "Tick, Tick, Tick?" A one-shot look at the end of that episode.

When a throwaway comment leads to some serious revelations, Castle and Beckett's relationship is changed forever.

A quick follow-up to "A Rose For Everafter" just because I wanted to.

After watching Bones' 100th episode, Kate and Castle take Alexis' comment to heart. Please R&R! Also I rated this K because there's not any adult themes, but if anyone thinks the rating should be changed, let me know. It's odd to write something not T

"If only..." This story takes place a few hours after the end of "To Live and Die in L.A." Enjoy!

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

When Beckett makes an embarrassing admission at a crime scene, Castle lets her in on a guilty little secret of his own.

Kate supposed it fit that the biggest step of their lives would be summed up in a gesture that would mean nothing to any normal adult.

After keeping their relationship under wraps for a month, Beckett and Castle decide they should have a bit of fun breaking the news to the others.

After a rough case, Kate comes to the realisation that waiting isn't always the answer, and perhaps having a certain author close to those walls might not be such a bad idea. Written for Manuxinhace's challenge /s/7382548/1/Challenge

When Kate wakes up from surgery, there are things that Josh needs to discus with her. Angst. The usual 3x24 spoiler warnings apply.

Conundrums, among other things - irony, hyperbole, conceit – and unrelated to literature: Rubik's cubes - are inherently intriguing to Richard Castle. Beckett/Castle, and how he's learned to read between her lines.

While worrying over her reaction to the new cover art, a call from Esposito shatters his world, tilting it off it's axis. Castle/Beckett

Castle and Beckett have been tiptoeing around each other for too long. Will he step up to the plate when it looks like he's going to lose her? And how will she react to his life changing news?

In the aftermath of solving her mother's case, Beckett tries to comes to terms with the fact that she is still in love with Castle and tries to make things right with him before it is too late.

A continuation of Dangerous Game. Highly recommended that you read that first. Beckett tries to figure out where she wants things to go with Castle. Meanwhile, a serial killer fixates on Beckett.

Post-Countdown. Kate and Josh have dinner and a long conversation that leads to some interesting realizations.