Her heart hammers in her throat as she sets her phone on her side table, and she watches Castle's eyes darken and drop to her lips. His tongue darts out to wet his bottom lip, and she barely has a chance to register that he's moving towards her before his hands are cupping her jaw and his mouth is on hers. A post-3x06 AU. COMPLETE

Keyed up after a dirty dream, Kate accidentally agrees to pick Castle up on their way to a crime scene in the morning. When he gets into the car, she realizes she made a massive mistake. Set season 3, with no Josh, and no Gina.

Kate is a vampire and she's on the run when she runs into two people willing to help her. What happens next? Read and find out. - COMPLETE

Series of one shots

After a difficult day, or a week, all you need is the lap of someone you love. Or just... Different ways that the castle family can offer comfort and love.

He gets her through her toughest cases. He gives her a reason to come home each night.

Of all the ways he's approached a woman to ask her out - and the occasional times when she's made the first move - this is different. Being suddenly woken from a sunshine-induced doze by someone tripping over his outstretched legs is a new one. A one-shot meeting AU. COMPLETE

Begins in March 2009. Starts as you would expect, then quickly goes AU (for being sensible about a budding new relationship - then a lot more AU.

Kate has dressed as Inara Serra to Castle's Malcolm Reynolds for his annual Halloween Party. After going to those great lengths to get to know one another, where will the after party lead them? (Sidebar story to Serenity at Chez Castle which was written for Castle Fic Promoter's 2023 #CastleHalloweenBash...)

The decades long war is finally over, but civilization is breaking down on many human colonies. Rick Castle needs to recruit some people to help protect his home. Where better to look than with soldiers that have no place else to go: the deadenders.

What would happen if Johanna Beckett hadn't died on that fateful day in 1999, but went into hiding with the FBI? The FBI faked her death and she couldn't come back or have any contact with her family until the case was solved. The case is now over. How will her family react? Will this affect the Caskett wedding? Who is buried underground while Johanna still lives?

Kate Beckett had given into the fact that ghosts were real and she wasn't bothered by the fact that they sometimes paid her mother a visit but she wasn't thrilled to find the ghost of her great grandmother Sarah in her baby's nursery…nor would she be thrilled with Sarah's mission to be named the baby's guardian. CastleHalloweenBash2023 A Visitors story from the Johanna Verse.

"The damn cat was staring at him again. Every time he came around, the cat fixed him with a deadly stare before she decided she would deign to acknowledge him. Castle thought back to the first time he'd been allowed into Beckett's apartment, and had met, much to his surprise, a small kitten." Fluffy Hallowe'en fun. CastleHalloweenBash2023

Stranded in Sleepy Hollow for the weekend, Kate and Rick end up embroiled in a mystery. A season 6 one-shot, for Castle Halloween Bash 2023. COMPLETE

Who or what are the Manhattan Three? Disclaimer: I own nothing but the words I used to write this story

They had a big fight. He had found out that she had gone to L.A. with Castle on a case. He accused her of sleeping with Castle. He had told her in harsh and painful words. He breaks up with her and storms out of her apartment telling her he is on his way to a six month DWB mission in Columbia. He had initially rejected the mission wanting to he with her, but now no more.

They have crashed on a strange planet. What do they do now? - COMPLETE

What might happen when a Season 3'ish Castle decides he wants Beckett to dress up as one of his fave characters from a sci-fi television series? It just might lead to their romance starting a little earlier than the show allowed. Written for Castle Fic Promoter's (@CFPromoter) Castle Halloween Bash 2023!

It had taken three weeks before she'd told him the whole story about her mother. In return, he'd told her some of what had happened in Iraq. It was establishing rapport and trust, he told himself; but somehow it had started to turn into something else. Pre-Series. No canon was harmed in the writing of this fanfic. [CW: some suggestive language and situations]

Traveling along the west coast of North America, Castle and Beckett navigate from the waterways of Vancouver to the shores of San Diego with their family and friends. They spend the summer making their way south exploring places new and old while Castle and Beckett look forward to their upcoming anniversary. Forty-third in the Beware Of Darkness series. Caskett pairing. Complete

There was a loud rumble, the carpeted floor shaking beneath her feet as a stampede of brutish, black-clad men flooded the halls; wisps of white smoke billowing at their backs as they drowned out the last of "La Bamba" with loud whoops and hollers of: "Go! Go! Go!" Trope Checklist: College AU, Alternate Timeline

"I don't mean for this to sound awkward, but..." Just how much had he had to drink last night, anyway? Tag for 2x06 "Vampire Weekend," based on an idea floated by Tamala Jones during an interview. No canon was harmed in the writing of this fanfic. [CW: strongly suggestive language]

Castle sighs again, letting his head fall back against the wall. So this is what PTSD feels like. Episode tag to 7x01 "Driven," with title from the Grateful Dead song and references to 4x01 "Rise."

Two murders, one weird, the other not so weird, so what did they have common. DISCLAIMER: I have the privilege of writing about these fabulous characters. But do not have any association with AWM, the show, or the network.

Castle is arrested for the murder of Maya Santori.