No one told Johanna that picking up the pieces and moving on would be easy…but they never said it would be this hard either. A sequel to Apologize; dealing with the fallout and aftermath of Bracken's arrest as the family tries to heal and move on. Warning: This is a Johanna centric story. Cover art by LordofKavaka

rework of Season 4? 'That wall inside.'

Kate Beckett struggles with her demons after the Sniper case and, because of it, she's re-assigned to protect celebrity writer, Richard Castle, whose life is threatened by a dangerous stalker. AU-meeting fic set during season 4.

Castle, Beckett, and the crew never thought 2020 would be this type of year

March 2020. The world changes. Part of the #CastleFicathon2020

Kate Beckett gets the perfect gift for Mother's Day this year. Caskett, Post-Series.

Things are busy around the Castle household, so much so that something pretty important slips through the cracks at Thanksgiving. Caskett, Post-series Fic.

An AU story set after A Deadly Game. COMPLETE!

"It's time to make the most of their lives. Starting with embracing the season, embracing the fun they can have with one another and their friends and family." A collection of holiday moments. Caskett. For the 2018 Castle Winter Ficathon. Complete.

Post 8x22. When Kate and Rick are shot in their own home, it's only the beginning of a journey that changes everything, not just for them, but for their friends and loved ones. New paths open up, while the bonds of love and friendship only grow stronger. The future is everyone's to decide.

While following a lead in a gruesome homicide case, Captain Kate Beckett disappears and is eventually presumed dead. Six years later she's found, barely alive, in a cabin in the woods, only to return to a world she no longer recognizes. An Absentia-inspired Castle fic.

Post 8x07 'The Last Seduction.' The story will start in canon for that episode, but will move into AU territory after Kate receives the mysterious text from Vikram. Kate vanishes the morning after she and Castle celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Where has she gone and why? I want to thank Angie (at dtrekker) for the fantastic cover art. Contains spoilers for Season 8.

A new Christmas advent/ure. The idea is that each AU gets a chance to tell its Christmas story. I'll mark the chapter with the AU in which it is appearing so that you'll know what universe we're in, and if the story requires more than one chapter, then it will be labeled: Ultimatum - Chapter 1, Ultimatum - Final Chapter, etc. A new chapter every day of December thru Xmas Day.

Set in Season 5 time...Rick & Kate share their first bath together. Very romantic and sexy.

Model/photography roleplay one-shot between Castle and Beckett.

"I'm pregnant." It's a phrase that replayed in his head constantly since he first heard it. He felt his excitement rise again and could not suppress the giddiness that came along with it. They were going to have a baby. There was going to be a mini Castle or a mini Beckett running around. They were going to have a baby. A baby.

"God, what the hell had she been thinking? Marrying a guy she met in a bar on what amounted to a dare? Do something crazy, Kate, her friends had teased the moment they landed in Las Vegas. It's your last chance before you go serious Stanford on us." - A Caskett AU.

Sometimes he had to remind himself that it was real, that he was married to a woman who loved him as fiercely as he loved her. That the strong, savvy detective who'd confessed to him once that she wasn't a baby person had taken so well to motherhood. A future fic. COMPLETE.

Castle and Beckett spent one night together and over a year apart. Now they were neighbors and they had a second chance for something extraordinary. Pre-Series AU, Meeting AU. Caskett. A prompt response written for CastleFanficMonday and continued for the 2015 Castle Hiatus Ficathon.

"If we lay a strong enough foundation, we'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you and you'll blow us all away, someday someday." :: Glimpses into the 'someday'

One shots of the friendship between Kate Beckett and Jane Rizzoli. Everything from sports rivalries, and hilarious moments to family trouble and fighting for their lives in the ER. In series fun from both Castle and Rizzoli & Isles. Episode Titles for placement.

AU. 9 years ago Kate Beckett left New York and her father. Longing to find happiness again she returns to New York, and winds up in bed with author Rick Castle. The two of them get far more than they bargained for. Starting a family with a stranger is a challenge, it's even harder for Kate who is still trying to pick up the pieces of herself after her mother's death.

AU: Castle is the fun English teacher. Beckett is the strict English teacher. All their students ship them together. (And they may ship themselves together, too). Castle Ficathon 2015 Entry.

An advent style story for the holiday season. Current with season eight, contains spoilers. For the soundtrack, visit my utube channel under chezchuckles. Thank you all for another blessing of a year.

When Castle steps over a line, Beckett lets him know exactly why she was so angry with him for having hidden a lead in her mother's murder case. Set between 5x01, "After the Storm," and 5x02, "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder." Complete.

Castle leaves with Gina, but is all as it seems? Season 2 finale AU. Caskett. ONE-SHOT. Based off a tumblr prompt.

Eight years later Richard Castle is found, and it's no longer his ring on her finger. AU from 6x23 "For Better Or Worse".

Season 7. Post-'Reckoning' timeline. "Even knowing how ruthless nature can be, and how cunningly defensive, Kate Beckett is not at all prepared for the blind eyes staring back at her in the morgue."

Kate arrives at the loft for an impromptu visit and she comes bearing news. A Season 6 AU that picks up after the beginning of 6x01, Valkyrie.

Crossover Time! Castle and Beckett find bones in New York City, they call in Dr. Temprance Brennan for help. Will Castle and Brennan be able to get along long enough to work together. Will Beckett be able to get over the fact that Booth is helping them on the case? Set in Season 8 of Bones and Season 5 of Castle.

Alexis walks into the loft studying the scene before her, Martha and Kate on the sofa with her father on the floor more importantly her grandmother feeding a baby. "Alexis, meet your brother." A different take on when Alexis walks into the loft in 6x10

A series of somewhat related ficlets that follow the adventures of Kate and Castle as they work their way through the book, "100 Sex Positions of the Kama Sutra." Expect the unexpected! Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, they are the property of Andrew W. Marlowe and company, with whom I am, unfortunately, not affiliated.

AU Post 'For Better or Worse' The search for Richard Castle.

He's left sitting on a swing in the park that has shaped so very much of his adult life. Rick can't remember how they decided that these swings were theirs, that every significant moment of their relationship needed to play out with them as a witness. One shot of what could be the final scene of Castle.

Post Watershed. Kate has accepted both the proposal and the job. As she begins training while Rick is off on a long book tour she becomes quite ill. Will Rick be at her side in time?

Birthday fic for my darling KT, who actually asked for this. "I know, Castle, I know," she sobs, doesn't know what else to say, she understands, and this fire is tearing her apart. COMPLETE

It should have brought them closer together, not torn them apart – she understands this now. What she doesn't know is whether any way back for them still remains. Future fic - Complete. **Winner of 'Favorite M rated Fanfic Multi-chp' in the 2013 Castle Fanfic Writers Guild Awards**

An unexpected pregnancy shatters Alexis's plans for college and life. Will she keep it?

Post 'Mind Games.' A year in the life of baby Ariel Castle as Kate adjusts to her new role as mom. Rated T because I want to increase my fan base. Reading 'Mind Games' isn't necessary, but would probably help with some aspects of this story.

Season 5 between the episodes 'After the Storm' and Still.' Rick and Kate learn how to become a couple as their families and friends gradually learn of their new relationship. Rated M because we are talking about a new couple here. Please read and review.

Outside, cops and clerks moved about their days. She felt far away from that world. It was just her and him and he knew her and when he held her at night, she didn't feel lonely anymore. She let out a long breath. "I'm pregnant," she whispered.

Prequel to 5x01- "After the Storm". "'Shh… shh…' I whisper, using the same soft tone I used to soothe Alexis with when she was a little girl. At the same time, I pick her up gently and move with her to the edge of the bed, cradling her in my lap." For Kate, what should have been a near-perfect night takes a turn for the worse. Thankfully, she has Castle there to care for her.

For five months he's been missing, but she refuses to believe it's hopeless . . . Consider this canon until 'Always', and AU from there. Complete.

A chapter a day. A holiday fic. Assume Season 5 spoilers.

The rain has lessened, she thinks inanely, clinging to the random scraps of reality that she can process as they zip and crisscross through her brain. Much less than the downpour that stranded them here, on the side of some highway in the middle of New Jersey. A season four story, set after 'Cuffed.' One-shot. NOT a Christmas story. :)

He has to get her out of his system somehow . . . Post-episode aftermath for 'The Limey' and going AU from there.

The first time she wakes up in Castle's bed, it doesn't take seconds or minutes for memory to come back to her. (set during and after 5x01)

If it were possible for time to stop, for the earth to pause in its spinning, it would happen for them on this night. The hours between "Always" and "After the Storm." Now complete.

Castle and Beckett will do anything in their power to protect an abused little girl. However, when the case threatens to reveal their secret relationship to the world, will they be forced to give it all up?

It finally happened, but do things ever work out as planned? How will our favorite couple cope with each other when they must flee and are hidden away from all that they know for her safety? Immediately follows 4x23. Now Complete.

Alexis is almost perfect teenager. But when the good ones screw up, it's always a big time. As most of my fictions rated T, to be safe. NOW COMPLETE

It's the end of the world as we know it. COMPLETE.

A writer, a detective, and her cat ring in the new year. A sequel to "Fluff." Yes, you should probably read that first. COMPLETE.

After a particularly difficult case, Castle takes Beckett on vacation to the Hamptons. NOW COMPLETE!

Richard Castle discovers something unexpected when he visits Kate Beckett one December night.

Castle has a plan for Kate's birthday, but then it eventually morphs into a sub-plan to pull a fast one on Lanie and the guys. Caskett moments in this one. Total AU. *Complete*

Nine months ago she gave him up at the behest of his daughter - choosing to break herself in order to free him. As dumb ideas go it's the worst one ever. ***Finalist for 'Best Romance' in the 2012 Castle Fan Fiction Awards.***

What happens when you get a visit from Meredith, and she has a surprise with her? What happens when you throw in a stressed out Alexis and her family into the mix? Read on to find out!

Esposito needs a little help with words. Castle is more than happy to oblige. Kate, however, has no idea what she's agreed to. And she agrees to far more than she planned.

"Always," means always, no matter what. Kate learns that Richard Castle is willing to be in her life, however she'll have him, and eventually, she realizes just how much of her everything he has become.