Families defy science; no matter how full it is, there is always room for one more. A few little glimpses of the highs and lows of creating a family and a home.

"Sometimes, help comes from the unlikeliest of places." A chance encounter at Remy's reveals the truth of Castle's hurt. Post The Limey. Kate and Alexis.

Jenny Ryan is living a nightmare after the night her husband didn't make it home. WARNING: Character death, but not graphic

***NEW SUMMARY*** A new life to live, new characters to meet and new story to tell. The Castle kids already adults tryng to survive everything life gives them, with also a little help from their parents. All the original characters and a lot of new ones trying to face love, happiness sadness and so on, with always NY and its murderers in the background ! Give it a try !

Rick Castle has a tea party with his daughter and thinks about the things you do for your kids. Written for #Castle Fanfic Monday. I don't own Castle, I just wish I did.

Trotz ihrer Probleme müssen Castle und Beckett gemeinsam ermitteln. Zeit der Handlung: 4. Staffel, nach der Episode "Der Brite" ("The Limey")

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.

"Where do you see yourself five years from now?" The question haunts her. Post-ep for 5x23, The Human Factor. Written for Castle Fanfic Monday.

S4 AU Post-Limey. What if Kate's feelings get the better of her after Castle's attempts to move on without her? Prompt fill from Tumblr.

A Castle fanfiction for advent. Castle/Beckett AU meetings

"I was shot," she murmurs, her hand moving to her chest almost reflexively. "I was shot and you made me hold on. And then a month ago, you pulled away." "A month ago I found out you'd lied this entire time," he hisses, watching her eyes widen. "You remember everything, and I felt – still feel – like a fool because you won't just tell me the truth." -Written for CastleFanficMonday.

Beckett's post honeymoon root through their combined movie collection leaves Castle having to make a confession. written for CastleFanficMonday.

Possible conversations between Castle and Beckett on all their car rides throughout the episodes.

AU. It's been seven years and so much has changed. Has too much happened over their time apart? He isn't her professor anymore and she's not his love-struck student. Eventually M. & Caskett

The tires chew up the road, carrying him back to the city he escaped from less than two weeks ago. Back to the oppressive heat radiating from the sidewalks and the cold loneliness of an empty loft. Back to the haunted streets, where the ghosts of happy memories and what-might-have-beens lurk around far too many corners. Post season one AU.[Summer Hiatus Ficathon Entry]

Beckett was held captive by Nieman for a month; after having her hearing damage caused by a explosion & temporary blindness caused by Nieman, she didn't know she was rescued due to the sick games 3XK played, and as a emotional response she wasn't talking. Post 7x15 Reckoning

After learning that Beckett has a fear of water after a suspect threw her in a deep swimming pool, Castle is determined to make sure she never has to face that fear again.

AU: "I know it's been quite some time since we were last in contact, but the time has come. She's the one, Richard. And you're right, she is extraordinary." COMPLETE

A different take on season 1 episode 7: "Home is Where the Heart Stops". "Look, I have money. Anything you pay, I'll pay you back."' What happens when Kate agrees? Please R/R! Rated T, at least for now.

She used to be scared of the things she'll say...until he came along.

"He loved nights like tonight where they could just relax with one another and not have to worry about anything else in the world." Future AU based on a tumblr prompt for Castle Fanfic Monday

AU - Beckett is shot at a crime scene, Lanie and the boys meet her family for the first time.

Holding her hand up in front of her she was still awed by the beauty of the ring that he had placed on her finger... This was written long before caskett got engaged

It was when she got her first glimpse of the dark bruise that had formed on his chest that the tears began to flow. A.N. this takes place after Number 1 fan and Dreamworld/Valkyrie Don't own Castle either sigh

Kate hat Geburtstag. Aber ein Geschenk bekommt sie von Rick nicht... zumindest vorerst...