In the face of his impending death, Castle tries to piece together the story of LokSat and prays that he gets a chance to tell it to someone - preferably Kate. One way that the LokSat investigation might play out, entirely in my own imagination. Spoilery for season 8.

She is almost sure she knows what he's going to say. She wants to hear the words but is not sure how to react if they're not the ones she expects. Post 8x17. Small spoilers.

There's a Kate-sized lump under the covers. And she's not just asleep; when he moves around to the other side, he sees that she's half on his side, wearing one of his shirts, her head on his pillow. An 8x15 pre-ep. COMPLETE.

"Alien abduction. Clowns. Abnormally symmetrical cacti. Zombies. Ghosts. Silently fuming Beckett. Mummies. Big Foot. Spiders. Tigers. Lions. Bears." Dreams are terrifying, especially when they get Castle in trouble with Beckett. Season 5 fic.

It's 2004, Castle is 32, Alexis is 10. Castle's latest book just made number one on the NY Times best seller list. So, what better way to celebrate than to take his daughter to Breckenridge, Colorado for Spring Break? Skiing, sledding and fun in the snow, what could possibly go wrong?

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.

The third and final installment of the Monster Trilogy, set in Season 7. This continues the AU tale of Richard Castle's disappearance at the end of Season 6, leading into Season 7. This picks up at the conclusion of Recluse. Please read Monster and Recluse first, as spoilers are throughout.

She wanted one night of fun, one night to lay down her burdens, and he looked like exactly what she wanted. One-shot smut and fluff. PWP.

"You don't have to do this alone. And I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let you. You think you have to carry this burden on your shoulders. You've convinced yourself that the weight of it is just something more you have to bear while the hole in your heart is trying to heal. But that's not true, Kate. I can help carry it, I can take some of the weight." An AU take on 4X01 (Rise).

Mature AU 4x20: "I … I uh tried to call you and you didn't pick up and than you didn't open the door an I thought something happened...and...and...and who the hell has a Boba Fett in his freaking bathroom?"

"Rick Castle had a secret. A deeply hidden one that he was carrying around for the past six years and that no one could ever found out."

Smutty one shot. Sets after 8x17, because we need more Caskett sex.

Insert short story to Death Wish, but in this case Kate Beckett has a surprise for her husband after wishing for a while for it to come true.

They were more than a team; they were a family. Take one away, and they all come tumbling down.

Post-episode tag for 8x17 'Death Wish'. "What has he done that you should give him this pleasant life— what have I done to deserve so hard a fate?" ― Anonymous, Tales from the Arabian Nights

Castle couldn't have been happier that they finally had the loft to themselves. They need not fear any unwelcomed interruptions. "You do not have to tell me twice, or should I say thrice?" AU insert for "Death Wish". ONESHOT. Rated M.

'"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'.

Set around "Headhunters". -The hammer blow comes when she least expects it, and it's devastating. He wants to follow another cop, and not just any other cop. He wants to follow Ethan Slaughter, this uncouth meathead from Gangs whose last three partners all died on the job under questionable circumstances, earning Slaughter the unfortunate nickname: "The Widowmaker."

It felt good to wake up like this. Wrapped in the warmth of her husband's embrace feeling loved and protected. Just the way she wants to wake up every morning. Post 8x08.

The team at the 12th must help Beckett and Castle out of a sticky situation.

A post ep for 8x17 Death Wish. Castle and Beckett have a long postponed conversation. Also babies.

Kate helps out Lanie with her niece's slumber party, only to get pranked by the girls.

She looks fragile and pale and just...battered. The image is burned into his mind, swirling with his conflicted emotions. But, she's alive. The thing that overrides all of it is that Kate will be all right. His wife will recover. This is a wildly different take on what would be 8x08 I guess. It was begun over the summer as a "What if" separation concept. Now very AU.

A lone white candle sits on the wooden desk. A single rose, blood red, stands upright, its stem encased in the narrow vase. What if Johanna Beckett wasn't the first? One shot.

His troubled past behind him, the man once known as the Boy Who Lived changes his identity to live in New York as best selling author Rick Castle. What happens when his past catches up to him and what will he do about a certain Detective Beckett whose allure he cannot resist?