A 12-part series of mostly-unrelated one shots, each one centered around a Christmas/winter song.

When Kate and Rick are faced with an impossible task, they realize that sometimes the best laid plans are the ones you never expected to have in the first place.

During season 2 Castle friend, the Mayor was tried of the way precinct was treating his friend. So, he sent his friend away from the city.

AU ending of The Human Factor, 5x23. Instead of keeping the job opportunity a secret, Beckett tells Castle about the interview.

Mercenary officer Richard Castle and his platoon of Tarkai scouts are taking a company of armored vehicles his commander has no use for to their new owner. A simple enough mission, right?

Standing in line waiting to get a signature for the new book. Why was she here? Her mother was the fan, and she was murder last year, but here KTe is waiting for the author to sign his new book.

The dedication – wow. Thank you." His smile is warm, honest and so tender, it makes her heart leap again. "I meant it. You are extraordinary … Listen ... I was thinking ..." Instead of fighting they go for something more, spend a night together, but their relationship is still fragile only knowing each other for a year. What will happen? AU after 2x05; Castle Ficathon Winter 2023

This AU story begins at the point in "Knockdown" when Rick and Kate are trying to figure out how to go after Lockwood without getting Ryan and Esposito killed. Castle's kiss shocks Kate into a realization.

A few weeks after their trip to the Hamptons at the beginning of season 5, Kate discovers she's pregnant. This is a short story of her finding out and both of them processing the news. A standalone story with only 3 chapters. I know the title sucks, I'm so sorry. COMPLETE.

Christmas, Beckett thought firmly, was humbug. It encouraged over-consumption, bratty behaviour, and unpleasantness – not to mention the migraine-inducing properties of tinsel, twinkling lights, or shining stars. Castle, of course, had other ideas. As did the blasted brainworm. Two chapters of Christmas Caskett.

A series of heinous crimes sends Beckett and her team into a dizzying spiral of close-calls, chaos and bloodshed. Amidst it all are some hearts trying to heal, while new wounds threaten to undermine the very fabric of what our favorite foursome is made of.

An AU meeting, set in December of 2003. Almost five years after the death of her mother - and still reeling from the loss - Kate Beckett relies on an unlikely ritual to keep herself from spiralling and, in the process, meets someone who is as in need of a distraction this holiday season as she is. (Part 1 posted, part 2 to come!)

When a brutal murder occurs at a Halloween event, Castle and Beckett search for the killer before more bodies can drop. The combination of their case with an ongoing federal investigation combines to reveal that nothing is as it seems, even in the Hamptons. Forty-fourth in the Beware Of Darkness series. Caskett pairing.

Standalone sequel to Internal Struggle. Kate has been exposed to unknown substance and begins to hallucinate. She examines her relationship with Castle through an unlikely source

Christmas time with the Castle family is silly and strange, full of adventures and activities, and never, ever dull. Post-Series Fic, Caskett. For CastleFicathonWinter2023.

Authors Note: Sequel to Girl from Yesterday, No Time Lapse, the story picks up where we left off. It blends some Canon dialog, courtesy of Dust Jackets Dot Com then goes quickly and completely AU. This will describe what our friends have been up to, Rick and Kate WILL NOT END UP TOGETHER! Taking a Literary License to fill in the blanks.

It takes place after THE NOSE (Ep 05) and goes AU from there. Kate realizes that it's stupid to hunt LokSat on her own to protect the ones she loves because they will always be in the crosshair especially since they all know about LokSat. Whenever a case might be connected to LokSat their lives will be in danger. So they team up to find LokSat and take them down – together.

Post 5x16 "Hunt." Beckett takes care of Castle.

AU 2 years after 2x24; Castle never comes back after the summer, too scared to hear how happy she is with Demming. But he's miserable, lonely, and stopped writing. Reminders of Beckett haunt him, especially after he meets the mysterious burlesque dancer Kitten at a club and pulls him into a dangerous adventure; Caskett Love Story of course! – Castle Ficathon Winter 2023

Crossfire: Castle and Beckett have both been shot in the loft. This is the aftermath. Will they both make it?

"He's close enough to Alexis, but far enough to give her space; close enough to L.A. for him to drive out for press and book meetings, but far enough for him to feel secluded from the spotlight. And best of all, it was a parallel line across the country from New York, from everything that haunts him there." A Christmas season AU that takes place after the events of 3x24, Knockout.

Rick is in prison for a crime he committed. He lost his appeal and Black Pawn needs someone to write for him. Black Pawn managed to hold the story about Richard Castle to being only local. They own the name Richard Castle so now they need a Ghost writer. They find one. - COMPLETE

An AU meeting of Rick and Kate. Late season 3/early season 4 timeframe, characters are still the same but they never crossed paths during the Tisdale case. I do not own or profit from these beloved characters.

Set directly after the finale scene of 4x23 Always and developing an alternative storyline following Castle and Beckett finally finding their way to each other. Things will unfold a lot differently and faster than they did on screen. The main theme will be their relationship and the events regarding their families as things continue to evolve. Will contain smut. COMPLETE

It's June 1999—Kate Beckett is leaving Stanford behind on her Harley Softail, the loss of her mother still a fresh wound on her heart, while Rick Castle, fresh off his first best-seller and a brutal break-up, is searching for new inspiration on the open road. When girl meets boy on Historic Route 66, it might just change both of their lives forever.