A collection of unrelated ficlets and filled prompts. 10: flash fic prompt "Renewing Wedding Vows."

It just didn't feel right to be with another man...can be read as breaking up with Demming or Josh.

How do you tell a rookie cop, two weeks out of the academy, that the attack wasn't her fault? That there is only so much she could have done? Graduating top of your class means you're good, the best, and the best don't lie there while their mother is killed.

AU Meeting. Kate Beckett is a homicide detective at the 12th precinct. What happens when she and her friends go for a drink and Richard Castle, her favorite author, is the bar owner? Will the two give in to the obvious feelings they have when they first meet?

"Every heartbeat is a reminder that she's still alive. Of how precious life is and how quickly it fades away. The scars are what motivate her to live." A post S3 oneshot.

Prompt fill from tumblr. Beckett gives Castle a shirt that says "I can't keep calm, I'm having a baby!"

Castle decides to get a dog.

Kate goes back to work for the first time after her daughter is born, and finds that getting back tot he grind isn't as easy as she thought it would be. AU, since they're married and have a kid. Please read and review.

"What kind of man would I be if I ignored the tears of my wife?" Future fic. One shot.

Seeing Richard Castle for the first time in a decade? Yeah, she could totally handle that...right? (Rick & Kate met in college AU)

"But he sees the immediate reaction to the idea of losing him in spite of her plan to keep him safe, watches as it nearly breaks her apart in every way." An 8X01 post-ep. (sort of a fixer, because happy endings are ALWAYS possible, as our show has proven.)

Based on a tumblr prompt: What if "The Belly of the Beast" happened post "47 seconds"

Post 807. AU After his initial high from sex with Kate, Castle is depressed. He wants her to come for Thanksgiving, but she says no. He suspects the reason for her retreat revolves around Vikram. Spurred on by Martha, decides to do something about it. Of course I own nothing Castle.

Kate starts to go blind but is to scared to tell anyone for fear of losing her job. She does not even want to tell Castle. One chapter for now but I may add more later!

Kate is on a business trip in San Francisco. After receiving a text from Castle, she calls him and asks him to read to her. My entry in the Castle Hiatus Contest

This is the third story in the Magic AU, and picks up a few hours after the end of The Long Game. If you haven't read those stories, please do so first. Otherwise, this won't make a lot of sense. What does one do when one's reality has been shaken to the core?

Yesterday their world changed forever and now they are left shattered, broken, and consumed by pain

Written for fembot77's Castle Flash-Fiction Challenge on Tumblr. prompt at the end. Thanks Dia!

A conversation between Martha and Rick Castle about a week after he visits Kate in the hospital in 'Rise' 4x01. My entry for the Castle Contest, which required a standalone one-shot in under 1000 words with some minimum dialog. I did not place, but feel honored to be in the mix with so many of my favorite fanfic writers. Thanks for reading :-)

The box was standard-sized, inconspicuous, but her heart started pounding the moment she peeled back the tissue paper, revealing bold, white print on a crimson background, a female silhouette in stark black... AU.

It was easier then. Before the lies and separation; before the truth and heartache. *Season 8 spoilers*

Still reeling from the knowledge that Castle's life, and a future she won't allow herself to consider, had rested in the manipulative hands of a serial killer, Kate looks for a way to calm her unsteady emotions and get some sleep. And where else would she turn, but to the man whose hand she'd held earlier that night? Set after 3XK (3x06).

What if Johanna Beckett hadn't died, Kate Beckett had continued to strive for Chief Justice, and Richard Rogers had never sold a novel? An AU in 998 words. 2nd place winner in the 2015 Castle Contest.

"Richard Rodgers, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Richard Rodgers will be that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster." Cover art courtesy of the lovely and talented Dtrekker

What might have been between "Knockout" and "Rise." First place entry for the Castle Hiatus Writing Contest 2015. Thanks to Caffinate-Me and Airbefore - we do this better together. Twitter: Kate Christie Tumblr: KathrynChristie dot tumblr dot com.