Speculation for 5x16, "Hunt." Assume spoilers. Also assume that this is not what is going to actually happen in the episode.

Les années ont passé, mais pas la douleur… (OS sur Castle)

After they spoke to the FBI agent and Castle went home, Kate had a responsibility to fulfill. A missing scene from Target. S5:E15

She takes up his thoughts and his dreams and his actions, whether he's with her or with someone else. Based on lyrics from Matt Nathanson's "Run".

One-Shot. That's the talk I thought Beckett would have to have with Gates after she learned that Alexis is in Paris. Was inspired before I saw the promo for "Hunt" so NO SPOILERS, because it's not gonna happen that way.

What happened after the cameras went off after S1Ep08, "Ghosts?" Here is the continuation of the heads-up match between our favorite duo.

"You can tell me anything." The unspoken 'you know that' resting between them until she drew in enough breath, and courage, to let her secret out. My entry in the 12th precincts Valentines day competition.

Decisions have been made. Now Kate Beckett will make hers.

Kate is trying to figure out how to tell Castle she loves him. But what ends up coming out was completely unexpected. "I love you Castle more than you'll ever know."

Post 5x15 and pre 5x16. Because I can't imagine him jetting off to another country without her trying to comfort him. "If a lifeline is what he needs, then a lifeline she shall be." COMPLETE.

"If it was me lying there would you just walk away?" I never thought I'd be standing here as you lie there gone forever. My world shatters as they take you away. Set somewhere in season 5. What will Castle do when he can't move on? Warning Character Death {Don't Like Don't Read}

Pre-5x16 musing on 'Hunt'."The air is still, the bed remade – pristine, smooth and flawless. This space smells of him: of expensive soap, and his light cologne, of lavender fabric softener that lingers in her drawers and closets these days too. They are merging, their lives intertwining like the twisting, thriving shoots on a vine; healthy and fortified, full of life and prospect."

The family talks about love and such.

He looked like an entirely different person than the hard-ass she had met before. She was curious as to what had changed over the past years.

Serie de treinta shots, de diversa temática. Sacado del desafío 30 Day OTP Challenge de ericandy. Todos Caskett./Día 30, ¡terminado!

Pre-Target family fluff - Rick, Kate, and Alexis

She's bored, she's impatient, and she really, really wants a cup of coffee.

"Why are you crying, momma?" The little girl asked, looking up at her with her father's big blue eyes. "I'm just really happy, baby" "Because you're marrying daddy?" "Yes, that's right".

OneShort. Reconciliación desde el punto de vista de Kate.

What drew Kate Beckett to the words written by Richard Castle? A one-shot to episode 2x05, and Kate waiting an hour in line to get her book signed by her favorite author. Kate centric and semi AU.

A little Javier/Lanie moment happening during the beautiful 5x15 'Target'. In other words, Esplanie's reaction to Alexis' kidnapping. This is what I would have loved to see between these two because I adore them together. Very short One Shot, Javier's POV, Esplanie. Please read, enjoy, and review :)

Kate and Esposito discuss what Castle did to extract information from a suspect. A missing scene from "Target" S5:E15

Captain Gates has always seen the chemistry between Detective Beckett and Mr. Castle, but when she can no longer ignore it, will it mean an end for the partners? One shot

"She was ridiculously gorgeous, that much was a fact. But there was something about her, he couldn't quite put his finger on what exactly, that made her stand out even more. He watched as her thumb caressed the cover of the book gently, and was startled to find sadness in her eyes for a moment." AU.

"She needs to find some clue, just something to go on. She needs to help Castle however she can from her spot here at the Twelfth before he gets himself caught or worse." Post-Target oneshot, Hunt speculation.